Christopher Chapman highlights the inaugural hang of the new National Portrait Gallery building which opened in December 2008.
Rod McNicol's method and motivation, 19th century Indigenous peoples, Barrie Cassidy on Bob Hawke, five generations of the Kang family from Korea and more.
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.
Penelope Grist speaks to Robert McFarlane about shooting for the stars.
Joanna Gilmore delights in the affecting drawings of Mathew Lynn.
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.
Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.
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.
Tenille Hands explores a portrait prize gifted to the National Screen and Sound Archive.
