This edited version of a speech by Andrew Sayers examines some of the antecedents of the National Portrait Gallery and set out the ideas behind the modern Gallery and its collection.
Inga Walton on the brief but brilliant life of Hugh Ramsay.
The Rajah Quilt’s narrative promptings are as intriguing as the textile is intricate.
The portrait of Janet and Horace Keats with the spirit of the poet Christopher Brennan is brought to life by artist Dora Toovey.
John Zubrzycki lauds the characters of the Australian escapology trade.
To accompany the exhibition Cecil Beaton: Portraits, held at the NPG in 2005, this article is drawn from Hugo Vickers's authorised biography, Cecil Beaton (1985).
Joanna Gilmour describes how colonial portraitists found the perfect market among social status seeking Sydneysiders.
Works by Arthur Boyd and Sidney Nolan bring the desert, the misty seashore and the hot Monaro plains to exhibition Open Air: Portraits in the landscape.
Anne Sanders celebrates the cinematic union of two pioneering australian women.
Shipmates for years, James Cook and Joseph Banks each kept a journal but neither man shed light on their relationship.
Inner Worlds evokes a broad view of psychology as a discipline. However, the specific interests of the practitioners whose portraits are included in the exhibition incorporate specialist areas including psychoanalysis.
Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.
