Dr Sarah Engledow writes about the larger-than-life Australian performance artist, Leigh Bowery.
Anne Sanders imbibes Tony Bilson’s gastronomic revolution.
Michael Desmond explores what makes a portrait subject significant.
Johanna McMahon revels in history and mystery in pursuit of a suite of unknown portrait subjects.
Penelope Grist finds inspiration in pioneering New Zealand artist, Frances Hodgkins.
Sarah Engledow picks some favourites from a decade of the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Jean Appleton’s 1965 self portrait makes a fine addition to the National Portrait Gallery’s collection writes Joanna Gilmour.
The London-born son of an American painter, Augustus Earle ended up in Australia by accident in January 1825.
How seven portraits within Bare reveal in a public portrait parts of the body and elements of life usually located in the private sphere.
Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.
Sarah Engledow casts a judicious eye over portraits in the Victorian Bar’s Peter O’Callaghan QC Portrait Gallery.
