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Angus and the arbiters talk (photo) shop for the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Krysia Kitch reviews black chronicles at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Christopher Chapman absorbs the gentle touch of Don Bachardy’s portraiture.
Robyn's parents had two terriers, Wuff and Snuff. In spite of Snuff’s ominous name and a couple of close shaves – once, he jumped out of a moving car, and another time, on a long road trip, he was accidentally left behind at a petrol station – he outlived Wuff.
Gael Newton looks at Australian photography, film and the sixties through the novel lens of Mark Strizic.
Joanna Gilmour describes how colonial portraitists found the perfect market among social status seeking Sydneysiders.
Vanity Fair Editor David Friend describes how the rebirth of the magazine sated our desire for access into the lives of celebrities and set the standard for the new era of portrait photography.
Tom Fryer surveys the twentieth-century architectural project, and finds representation and the portrait were integral elements.
Australian character on the market by Jane Raffan.
The London-born son of an American painter, Augustus Earle ended up in Australia by accident in January 1825.
The complex connections between four creative Australians; Patrick White, Sidney Nolan, Robert Helpmann and Peter Sculthorpe.
Joanna Gilmour describes some of the stories of the individuals and incidents that define French exploration of Australia and the Pacific.
Dempsey’s People curator David Hansen chronicles a research tale replete with serendipity, adventure and Tasmanian tigers.
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the portraits of writers held in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
How seven portraits within Bare reveal in a public portrait parts of the body and elements of life usually located in the private sphere.
John Singer Sargent: a painter at the vanguard of contemporary movements in music, literature and theatre.