Djon Mundine OAM brings poignant memory and context to Martin van der Wal’s 1986 portrait photographs of storied Aboriginal artists.
Traversing paint and pixels, Inga Walton examines portraits of select women in Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits.
Roger Neill delves into the life of a lesser-known Australian diva, Frances Alda.
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The wild balancing act of McDonald’s home décor (is that there as a joke? where do I actually sit down? is this ironic or what? what a lovely photo of Darren and Robin in Europe!) is reflected in his own personality.
Portraits of philanthropists in the collection honour their contributions to Australia and acknowledge their support of the National Portrait Gallery.
Michelle Fracaro describes Lionel Lindsay's woodcut The Jester (self-portrait).
Joanna Gilmour profiles the life and times of the shutter sisters May and Mina Moore.
Michael Desmond reveals the origins of composite portraits and their evolution in the pursuit of the ideal.
English artist Benjamin Duterrau took up the cause of the Indigenous peoples of Tasmania with his detailed and sympathetic renderings.
Lee Tulloch remembers her great friend NIDA-trained actor turned photographer Stuart Campbell.
Australia's former Cultural Attache to the USA, Ron Ramsey, describes the mood at the opening week of the revitalised American National Portrait Gallery.
Michael Desmond examines the career of the eighteenth-century suspected poisoner and portrait artist Thomas Griffiths Wainewright.
Bess Norriss Tait created miniature watercolour portraits full of character and life.
