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Listomania

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.

Regarding Henrys

Sarah Engledow ponders the divergent legacies of Messrs Kendall and Lawson.

Rick Amor: 21 Portraits

Sarah Engledow chronicles Rick Amor's work and accomplishments in this extensive essay in conjunction with the exhibition Rick Amor: 21 Portraits.

Portrait Donors

Past present

Krysia Kitch celebrates Oodgeroo Noonuccal.

The Wentworths – Hidden in Plain Sight

Grace Carroll on the gendered world of the Wentworths.

Reflections on portraiture

An extract from the 2004 Nuala O'Flaaherty Memorial Lecture at the Queen Victoria Musuem and Art Gallery in Launceston in which Andrew Sayers reflects on the unique qualities of a portrait gallery.

Natural born stiller

Penelope Grist speaks to Robert McFarlane about shooting for the stars.

Women make history

Jennifer Higgie uncovers the intriguing stories behind portraits of women by women in the National Portrait Gallery’s collection.

The Bare story

Curator, Penny Grist, reveals how this exhibition came to be

High & Bligh

Joanna Gilmour explores the 1790 portrait of William Bligh by Robert Dodd.

Petal to the mettle

Sarah Engledow lauds the very civil service of Dame Helen Blaxland.

In the flesh

An exhibition of humanness in ten themes by Penelope Grist.

Political profiles

Joanna Gilmour examines the prolific output of Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, and discovers the risk of taking a portrait at face value.

Prima facie

Sarah Engledow casts a judicious eye over portraits in the Victorian Bar’s Peter O’Callaghan QC Portrait Gallery.

Inner Worlds and psychoanalysis

Inner Worlds evokes a broad view of psychology as a discipline. However, the specific interests of the practitioners whose portraits are included in the exhibition incorporate specialist areas including psychoanalysis.