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?
Inga Walton on the brief but brilliant life of Hugh Ramsay.
Roger Benjamin explores the intriguing union of Lina Bryans and Alex Jelinek.
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.
Sarah Engledow looks at three decades of Nicholas Harding's portraiture.
Curator, Penny Grist, reveals how this exhibition came to be
John Zubrzycki lauds the characters of the Australian escapology trade.
Jane Raffan examines unique styles of Indigenous portraiture that challenge traditional Western concepts of the artform.
Dr. Sarah Engledow tells the story of Australia's first Federal statistician, Sir George Knibbs.
Tom Fryer surveys the twentieth-century architectural project, and finds representation and the portrait were integral elements.
