Angus Trumble reflects on the force of nature that was Helena Rubinstein.
The portrait of Janet and Horace Keats with the spirit of the poet Christopher Brennan is brought to life by artist Dora Toovey.
Joanna Gilmour revels in accidental artist Charles Rodius’ nineteenth century renderings of Indigenous peoples.
Lee Tulloch remembers her great friend NIDA-trained actor turned photographer Stuart Campbell.
Dr Sarah Engledow writes about the larger-than-life Australian performance artist, Leigh Bowery.
Sarah Engledow reflects on the shared life and writing of Dorothy Porter and Andrea Goldsmith.
Sarah Engledow describes the fall-out once Brett Whiteley stuck Patrick White’s list of his loves and hates onto his great portrait of the writer.
Sarah Engledow ponders the divergent legacies of Messrs Kendall and Lawson.
Krysia Kitch celebrates Oodgeroo Noonuccal.
Grace Carroll on the gendered world of the Wentworths.
An extract from the 2004 Nuala O'Flaaherty Memorial Lecture at the Queen Victoria Musuem and Art Gallery in Launceston in which Andrew Sayers reflects on the unique qualities of a portrait gallery.
Penelope Grist speaks to Robert McFarlane about shooting for the stars.
Sarah Engledow lauds the very civil service of Dame Helen Blaxland.
Joanna Gilmour explores the 1790 portrait of William Bligh by Robert Dodd.
An exhibition of humanness in ten themes by Penelope Grist.
Joanna Gilmour examines the prolific output of Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, and discovers the risk of taking a portrait at face value.
