A toast to the acquisition of an unconventional new portrait of former Prime Minister, Stanley Melbourne Bruce.
Diana O’Neil on Noel Counihan’s vivid 1971 portrait of Alan Marshall.
Sir Sidney Kidman (1857-1935) is inscribed in Australian legend as the ‘Cattle King’.
A newly acquired work by Stella Bowen adds to the National Portrait Gallery's growing collection of important Australian self-portraits.
Barbara Blackman reflects on her experiences as a life model.
The world of Thea Proctor was the National Portrait Gallery's second exhibition to follow the life of a single person, following Rarely Everage: The lives of Barry Humphries.
Dr Sarah Engledow traces the significant links between Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo and Evelyn Chapman through their portraits.
Family affections are preserved in a fine selection of intimate portraits.
Joanna Gilmour revels in accidental artist Charles Rodius’ nineteenth century renderings of Indigenous peoples.
Tenille Hands explores a portrait prize gifted to the National Screen and Sound Archive.
Drawn from the Gallery's collection, the exhibition Face the Music explores the remarkable talents and achievements of Australian musicians, composers, conductors and celebrities associated with the music industry.
Joanna Gilmour reveals love’s more intense manifestations in the tale of Lord Kenelm and Venetia Digby.
Naomi Cass, Director of the Centre of Contemporary Photography, in conversation with Anne Zahalka.
The London-born son of an American painter, Augustus Earle ended up in Australia by accident in January 1825.
The oil portrait of Sir Frank Packer KBE by Judy Cassab was gifted to the National Portrait Gallery in 2006.
Jerrold Nathan's portrait of Jessie Street shows the elegant side of a many-faceted lady.
