Editor Stephen Phillips looks at the finalists' photographs through a judge's lens.
Penelope Grist charts an immersive path through Stuart Spence’s photography.
The exhibition Aussies all features the ecclectic portrait photography of Rennie Ellis which captures Australian life during the 70s and 80s.
Marian Anderson’s glorious voice thrust her into stardom, and a more reluctant role as American civil rights pioneer.
At just 7.8 x 6.2 cm, the daguerreotype of Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa is one of the smallest works in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.
Anne Sanders finds connections in Inner Worlds between Hungarian expatriates and the development of psychoanalysis in Australia.
Andrew Sayers discusses the real cost of George Lambert's Self portrait with gladioli 1922.
Angus Trumble reveals the complex technical mastery behind a striking recent acquisition, Henry Bone’s enamel portrait of William Manning.
Robyn Sweaney's quiet Violet obsession.
Penny Grist on motivation, method and melancholy in the portraiture of Darren McDonald.
Biographies of participants in the Writing lives, revealing lives forum.
Dr Christopher Chapman describes the experimental exhibition Portraits + Architecture
John Zubrzycki meets Australian paint pioneer Jim Cobb.
Charting a path from cockatiel to finch, Annette Twyman explores her family portraits and stories.
Shipmates for years, James Cook and Joseph Banks each kept a journal but neither man shed light on their relationship.
Fiona Gruber investigates the work of Australian painter Kristin Headlam.
