Paul Kelly & The Portraits presents a multifaceted image of the performer over the course of his career.
Dr Anne Sanders previews the works in the new focus exhibition Paul Kelly and The Portraits.
An exhibition that celebrates the people, places and sounds of Australian pub rock and its enduring impact on the nation’s identity, opens at the National Portrait Gallery on 5 September, 2020.
Michelle Fracaro describes Lionel Lindsay's woodcut The Jester (self-portrait).
During his long and distinguished career Max Dupain took thousands of photographs of people
Rennie Ellis: Aussies All is a celebration of the life and work of the late Australian photographer Rennie Ellis.
Bess Norriss Tait created miniature watercolour portraits full of character and life.
Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.
The exhibition Flash: Australian Athletes in Focus offers various interpretations of sporting men and women by five Australian photographers.
Three tiny sketches of Dame Nellie Melba in the NPG collection were created by the artist who was to go on to paint the most imposing representation of the singer: Rupert Bunny.
Sarah Engledow picks some favourites from a decade of the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Joanna Gilmour explores photographic depictions of Aboriginal sportsmen including Lionel Rose, Dave Sands, Jerry Jerome and Douglas Nicholls.
Jaynie Anderson reflects on her experience as sitter for Reshid Bey’s 1962 portrait.
The name of Florence Broadhurst, one of Australia’s most significant wallpaper and textile designers, is now firmly cemented in the canon of Australian art and design.
Joanna Gilmour explores the life of Chinese-Australian businessman and philanthropist Quong Tart.
Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2014 Prize.
