In March 2003 Magda Keaney travelled to London to join the photography section of the Victoria & Albert Museum for three months.
Joanna Gilmour explores the extraordinary life of Australian female aviator Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE
Andrew Sayers outlines the highlights of the National Portrait Gallery's display of portrait sculpture.
Australia's tradition of sculpted portraits stretches back to the early decades of the nineteenth century and continues to sustain a group of dedicated sculptors.
Grace Carroll on the gendered world of the Wentworths.
Sir Sidney Kidman (1857-1935) is inscribed in Australian legend as the ‘Cattle King’.
Barbara Blackman reflects on her experiences as a life model.
This article examines the portraits gifted to the National Portrait Gallery by Fairfax Holdings in 2003.
Family affections are preserved in a fine selection of intimate portraits.
Joanna Gilmour revels in accidental artist Charles Rodius’ nineteenth century renderings of Indigenous peoples.
Christopher Chapman highlights the inaugural hang of the new National Portrait Gallery building which opened in December 2008.
Tenille Hands explores a portrait prize gifted to the National Screen and Sound Archive.
Gideon Haigh discusses portraits of Australian cricketers from the early 20th century
Joanna Gilmour reveals love’s more intense manifestations in the tale of Lord Kenelm and Venetia Digby.
Naomi Cass, Director of the Centre of Contemporary Photography, in conversation with Anne Zahalka.
The Rajah Quilt’s narrative promptings are as intriguing as the textile is intricate.
