Artist Mandy Martin describes the creation of her portrait of Aldo Giurgola, principal architect of Australia's Parliament House.
A new painting by Jiawei Shen captures the vision and resolve of the Gallery's founder, L. Gordon Darling AC CMG.
Alistair McGhie talks with Laura Moore about her winning digital self portrait.
This edited version of a speech by Andrew Sayers examines some of the antecedents of the National Portrait Gallery and set out the ideas behind the modern Gallery and its collection.
Penelope Grist finds philanthropy and fashion underpin the story of Susan Wakil AO.
Andrew Sayers feels the warmth in the paintings Matthew Perceval made while the sun shone in southern France.
My practice has always been driven by my experimental curiosity, from heavy wax and resin bodies generated in flame, to delicate temporal works that explore the conductive and alchemical possibilities of copper.
A brief introduction to the Weird, Wired World of Internet Portraiture.
Mark Haworth-Booth explains why Bill Brandt is one of the most important British photographers of the Twentieth Century.
Sir William Dargie, painter and eight times winner of the Archibald Prize for portraiture, died in Melbourne on July 26, 2003, aged 91.
A design diary retrospective.
Sharon Peoples contemplates costumes and the construction of identity.
Katrina Osborne immerses herself in one of photography’s most fearless chronicles.
The Kylie exhibition celebrated the significant achievements of one of Australia's most internationally recognisable faces and gave the general public a rare glimpse into her glamorous life.
Peter Wegner's approach to portraiture could be considered a visual record of the rapport, the dynamic space between artist and subject.
Joanna Gilmour writes about the portraiture of the colonial artist William Nicholas.
