Shepard Fairey is best known for his iconic poster Obama/Hope which he made in support of Barack Obama for the 2008 US election.
The first collaborative commission has arrived. It's a self portrait, it's ceramic and it's from Hermannsburg.
Michael Desmond discusses Irving Penn's photographic portrait of Nicole Kidman.
Michael Desmond discusses the iconic picture of two Rugby League players which became known as 'The Gladiators'.
English artist Benjamin Duterrau took up the cause of the Indigenous peoples of Tasmania with his detailed and sympathetic renderings.
Michael Desmond looks at the history of the Vanity Fair magazine in conjunction with the exhibition Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008
Michael Desmond explores the life of ballerina Irina Baranova through the portrait by Australian artist Jenny Sages.
Michael Desmond investigates the street art of Shepard Fairey, who was catapulted to fame during the 2008 presidential election with his resonant image of Barack Obama.
Michael Desmond discusses the portrait of Senator Neville Bonner by Robert Campbell Jnr.
Michael Desmond reveals the origins of composite portraits and their evolution in the pursuit of the ideal.
As a convict Thomas Bock was required to sketch executed murders for science; as a free man, fashionable society portraits.
Photography is the most pervasive and popular medium for portraiture and makes a natural fit with the Gallery, being a natural extension of the Gallery's longstanding commitment to photography as a contemporary portrait medium.
Michael Desmond profiles a handful of the entrants in first National Photographic Portrait Prize and notes emerging themes and categories.
Bringing eminent scientist Frank Fenner and artist Jude Rae together for the National Portrait Gallery commission was like matchmaking.
An extensive selection of portraits by John Brack were on display at the National Portrait Gallery in late 2007.
Michael Desmond explores what makes a portrait subject significant.
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