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Michael Desmond explores the portraiture of Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud.
Michael Wardell samples the fare in the University of Queensland National Self-portrait Prize.
Michael Desmond, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2007 Prize.
Michael Desmond profiles a handful of the entrants in first National Photographic Portrait Prize and notes emerging themes and categories.
Michael Desmond charts the path of portraiture, arriving at Julian Opie’s digital realm.
Curator Michael Desmond introduces the exhibition Truth and Likeness, an investigation of the importance of likeness to portraiture.
Michael Desmond reveals the origins of composite portraits and their evolution in the pursuit of the ideal.
Michael Wardell’s personal insight into Jacques van der Merwe’s New Arrivals.
Michael Desmond looks at the history of the Vanity Fair magazine in conjunction with the exhibition Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008
Technology has been a major influence on art since the invention of the camera, particularly in the field of portraiture.
Photography is the most pervasive and popular medium for portraiture and makes a natural fit with the Gallery, being a natural extension of the Gallery's longstanding commitment to photography as a contemporary portrait medium.
Michael Desmond in conversation with University of Houston professor of philosophy Cynthia Freeland.
Michael Desmond introduces some of the ideas behind the exhibition Present Tense: An imagined grammar of portraiture in the digital age.
Michael Wardell on Chrys Zantis’ Ora.
The exhibition Portraits for Posterity celebrates gifts to the Gallery, of purchases made with donated funds, and testifies to the generosity and community spirit of Australians.