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Martin Sharp fulfils the Pop art idiom of merging art and life.
Pushpamala N. was born in 1956 in Bangalore. Her early training was in sculpture, but as her practice progressed she brought an early enthusiasm for narrative figuration into her photographic work.
National Gallery of Australia curator Jane Kinsman discusses the portraiture of Henri Matisse.
The story behind two colonial portraits; a lithograph of captain and convict John Knatchbull and newspaper illustration of Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke.
Michael Desmond examines the career of the eighteenth-century suspected poisoner and portrait artist Thomas Griffiths Wainewright.
Joanna Gilmour profiles Violet Teague, whose sophisticated works hid her originality and non-conformity in plain sight.
The exhibition Aussies all features the ecclectic portrait photography of Rennie Ellis which captures Australian life during the 70s and 80s.
James Angus discusses his major sculpture commission Geo Face Distributor with Christopher Chapman.
Christopher Chapman highlights the inaugural hang of the new National Portrait Gallery building which opened in December 2008.
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.
Nathan Faiman delves into the rich life story and legacy of Alan Goldberg.
Joanna Gilmour explores the life of a colonial portrait artist, writer and rogue Thomas Griffiths Wainewright.
Family affections are preserved in a fine selection of intimate portraits.
Charting a path from cockatiel to finch, Annette Twyman explores her family portraits and stories.
Penelope Grist finds inspiration in pioneering New Zealand artist, Frances Hodgkins.