Michael Desmond profiles a handful of the entrants in first National Photographic Portrait Prize and notes emerging themes and categories.
Corinna Cullen on the symbolic power of pandemic-related imagery over the ages.
The Rajah Quilt’s narrative promptings are as intriguing as the textile is intricate.
Joanna Gilmour explores the life of Chinese-Australian businessman and philanthropist Quong Tart.
Michael Desmond introduces some of the ideas behind the exhibition Present Tense: An imagined grammar of portraiture in the digital age.
Aviation carried women’s roles in society to greater heights – fashion followed suit.
Penelope Grist charts an immersive path through Stuart Spence’s photography.
Dr Sarah Engledow puts four gifts to the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection in context.
Sarah Engledow writes about Gordon and Marilyn Darling and their support for the National Portrait Gallery throughout its evolution.
Joanna Gilmour explores the life and times of convict-turned-artist William Buelow Gould.
In his speech launching the new National Portrait Gallery building on 3 December 2008, then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd set the Gallery in a national and historical context.
Jude Rae contemplates the portrait commission.
Grace Carroll contemplates the curious case of Christian Waller.
Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.
An exploration of national identity in the Canadian context drawn from the symposium Face to Face at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2004.
