Joanna Gilmour describes how colonial portraitists found the perfect market among social status seeking Sydneysiders.
Aircraft designer, pilot and entrepreneur, Sir Lawrence Wackett rejoins friends and colleagues on the walls of the National Portrait Gallery.
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.
Traudi Allen discovers sensitivity, humour and fine draughtsmanship in the portraiture of John Perceval.
An exhibition of humanness in ten themes by Penelope Grist.
Judith Pugh reflects on Clifton Pugh's approach to portrait making.
How seven portraits within Bare reveal in a public portrait parts of the body and elements of life usually located in the private sphere.
Dempsey’s People curator David Hansen chronicles a research tale replete with serendipity, adventure and Tasmanian tigers.
Anne Sanders celebrates the cinematic union of two pioneering australian women.
Angus Trumble reflects on the force of nature that was Helena Rubinstein.
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the portraits of writers held in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
