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.
Karen Vickery delights in a thespian thread of the Australian yarn.
A focus on Indigenous-European relationships underpins Facing New Worlds. By Kate Fullagar.
Inga Walton traces the poignant path of photographer Polixeni Papapetrou, revealed in the NGV’s summer retrospective.
Jane Raffan asks do clothes make the portrait, and can the same work with a new title fetch a better price?
Roger Benjamin explores the intriguing union of Lina Bryans and Alex Jelinek.
Sarah Engledow on Messrs Dobell and MacMahon and the art of friendship.
Frank Hurley's celebrated images document the heroism and minutiae of Australian exploration in Antarctica.
Penelope Grist explores the United Nations stories in the Gallery’s collection.
