Dr Christopher Chapman looks at the life of Wurundjeri elder William Barak through the portrait painted by Victor de Pury in 1899.
Lee Tulloch remembers her great friend NIDA-trained actor turned photographer Stuart Campbell.
Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
This exhibition traces the creative output of nearly 50 years by one of Australia's landmark living photographers.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Rennie Ellis: Aussies All is a celebration of the life and work of the late Australian photographer Rennie Ellis.
Thousand mile stare provides a unique portrait of people of rural Australia
Drawn from some of the many donations made to the Gallery's collection, the exhibition Portraits for Posterity pays homage both to the remarkable (and varied) group of Australians who are portrayed in the portraits and the generosity of the many donors who have presented them to the Gallery.
The Tate/SFMOMA exhibition Exposed examined the role of photography in voyeurism and how it challenges ideas of privacy and propriety.
Tony Curran ponders whether our phones can change the course of painting.
Peter Wilmoth’s boy-journalist toolkit for antagonising an Australian political giant.
John Zubrzycki meets Australian paint pioneer Jim Cobb.
Traudi Allen discovers sensitivity, humour and fine draughtsmanship in the portraiture of John Perceval.
Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.
