Martin Sharp fulfils the Pop art idiom of merging art and life.
Djon Mundine OAM brings poignant memory and context to Martin van der Wal’s 1986 portrait photographs of storied Aboriginal artists.
Artist Mandy Martin describes the creation of her portrait of Aldo Giurgola, principal architect of Australia's Parliament House.
Exploring the photographs of Martin Schoeller, Michael Desmond delves into the uneasy pact that exists between celebrity and the camera.
Dr Christopher Chapman discusses the portrait of Australian composer Paul Grabowsky by photographer Martin Philbey.
This issue of Portrait Magazine features the Reveries: On Photography and Mortality exhibition, Peter Cosgrove, Martin Sharp, Terence Tao and more.
This issue features Martin Schoeller, Bess Norriss Tait, Emanuel Solomon and the sisters of St Joseph, Rennie Ellis and AC/DC, John Brack and more.
Martin Philbey’s portrait of Dan Sultan.
Pat Corrigan's generous gift of 100 photographic portraits by Greg Weight.
The discovery of Dempsey's People, Australian rugby greats, Athol Shmith's progressive pictures, and powerful Indigenous portraits.
Artist David M Thomas lists some of the ideas and influences behind his video portraits.
In 2006 the National Portrait Gallery acquired a splendid portrait of Victoria's first governor, Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe by Thomas Woolner.
Eric Smith describes the agony and finally the ecstasy of winning the 1982 Archibald Prize with the portrait of Peter Sculthorpe.
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the portrait of Ninette Dutton by Bette Mifsud.
John Elliott talks about his photographic portrait practice, including his iconic image of Slim Dusty arm-in-arm with Dame Edna Everage.
Gael Newton delves into the life and art of renowned Australian photographer, Max Dupain.
Joanna Gilmour explores the enticing urban shadows cast by artists Martin Lewis and Edward Hopper.
Christopher Chapman contemplates the provocative performance art of Chris Burden.
Michael Desmond charts the path of portraiture, arriving at Julian Opie’s digital realm.
A reflection on the National Portrait Gallery's first four years.
Henri-Cartier-Bresson invented the grammar for photographing life in the 20th century.
Chris O'Doherty, also known as Reg Mombassa, is best-known for his Mambo imagery but he also paints a lot of self portraits.
Kim Sajet reflects on two portraits with a power that extends beyond gallery walls.
Deborah Hill talks figures with character, as the National Portrait Gallery touring exhibitions program welcomes its millionth visitor.
Joanna Gilmour explores the life and times of convict-turned-artist William Buelow Gould.
Andrew Mayo talks to three of Australia’s most prominent and prolific music photographers — Martin Philbey, Kane Hibberd and Daniel Boud — about the challenges and inspiration behind their craft.
Michael Desmond profiles a handful of the entrants in first National Photographic Portrait Prize and notes emerging themes and categories.
Julia Gillard pays poignant tribute to her friend and mentor, the late Joan Kirner, Victoria’s first and only female premier.
Australian photographer Karin Catt has shot across the spectrum of celebrity, her subjects including rock stars, world leaders and actors.
The exhibition Australians in Hollywood celebrated the achievements of Australians in the highly competitive American film industry.
Magda Keaney explores the symbolism in eX de Medici's portrait of Midnight Oil.
Roger Neill delves into the life of a lesser-known Australian diva, Frances Alda.
Mark Haworth-Booth explains why Bill Brandt is one of the most important British photographers of the Twentieth Century.
The Glossy 2 exhibition highlights the integral role magazine photography plays in illustrating and shaping our contemporary culture.
In March 2003 Magda Keaney travelled to London to join the photography section of the Victoria & Albert Museum for three months.
Exhibition curator Christine Clark introduces the work by Indonesian artist Agus Suwage created for Beyond the self: Contemporary portraiture from Asia.
Sarah Engledow describes the fall-out once Brett Whiteley stuck Patrick White’s list of his loves and hates onto his great portrait of the writer.
David Ward writes about the exhibition Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture on display at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington.
David Solkin ponders the provocations and inspirations of the enigmatic Thomas Gainsborough.
English artist Benjamin Duterrau took up the cause of the Indigenous peoples of Tasmania with his detailed and sympathetic renderings.
June Oscar AO lauds three iconic Aboriginal figures in the Portrait Gallery collection who have inspired and influenced her.
Portraits of philanthropists in the collection honour their contributions to Australia and acknowledge their support of the National Portrait Gallery.
Michael Desmond discusses Fred Williams' portraits of friends, artist Clifton Pugh, David Aspden and writer Stephen Murray-Smith, and the stylistic connections between his portraits and landscapes.
An extensive selection of portraits by John Brack were on display at the National Portrait Gallery in late 2007.
Angus Trumble salutes the glorious portraiture of Sir Thomas Lawrence.
A design diary retrospective.
Sarah Engledow casts a judicious eye over portraits in the Victorian Bar’s Peter O’Callaghan QC Portrait Gallery.
Jude Rae contemplates the portrait commission.
John Zubrzycki meets Australian paint pioneer Jim Cobb.
NPPP judge Robert Cook provides irreverent insight into this year’s fare, and having to be a bit judgemental.
Dr Anne Sanders previews the works in the new focus exhibition Paul Kelly and The Portraits.
Jenny Gall delves into Starstruck to celebrate some of Australian cinema’s iconic women.
Anne Sanders imbibes Tony Bilson’s gastronomic revolution.
Angus and the arbiters talk (photo) shop for the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Krysia Kitch reviews black chronicles at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Christopher Chapman absorbs the gentle touch of Don Bachardy’s portraiture.
Gael Newton looks at Australian photography, film and the sixties through the novel lens of Mark Strizic.
Joanna Gilmour describes how colonial portraitists found the perfect market among social status seeking Sydneysiders.
Vanity Fair Editor David Friend describes how the rebirth of the magazine sated our desire for access into the lives of celebrities and set the standard for the new era of portrait photography.
Tom Fryer surveys the twentieth-century architectural project, and finds representation and the portrait were integral elements.
Australian character on the market by Jane Raffan.
The London-born son of an American painter, Augustus Earle ended up in Australia by accident in January 1825.
The complex connections between four creative Australians; Patrick White, Sidney Nolan, Robert Helpmann and Peter Sculthorpe.
Joanna Gilmour describes some of the stories of the individuals and incidents that define French exploration of Australia and the Pacific.
Dempsey’s People curator David Hansen chronicles a research tale replete with serendipity, adventure and Tasmanian tigers.
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the portraits of writers held in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
How seven portraits within Bare reveal in a public portrait parts of the body and elements of life usually located in the private sphere.
John Singer Sargent: a painter at the vanguard of contemporary movements in music, literature and theatre.
Representations of the inhabitants of the new world expose the complexities of the colonisers' intentions.
Sarah Engledow lauds the very civil service of Dame Helen Blaxland.
Sarah Engledow bristles at the biographers’ neglect of Kitchener’s antipodean intervention.
