Joanna Gilmore delights in the affecting drawings of Mathew Lynn.
Tamsin Hong recounts the tale of Marion Smith, the only known Australian Indigenous servicewoman of World War One.
Matthew Jones on the upshot of a St Kilda Road outrage.
A focus on Indigenous-European relationships underpins Facing New Worlds. By Kate Fullagar.
Former NPG Director, Andrew Sayers describes the 1922 Self-portrait with Gladioli by George Lambert.
John Zubrzycki meets Australian paint pioneer Jim Cobb.
Andrew Sayers outlines the highlights of the National Portrait Gallery's display of portrait sculpture.
Jane Raffan investigates auction sales of self portraits nationally and internationally.
I met Kaloti Parmjit the day I took the photo. I first visited the Sikh temple in the suburb of Glenwood to take photos as part of a social documentary project I'm undertaking for the State Library of NSW.
The Australian public was invited in 2008 to vote for their favourite Australian. After the votes were tallied an exhibition of the top-ten Popular Australians and the top-twenty unsung heroes was displayed at the National Portrait Gallery.
Joanna Gilmour discusses the role of the carte de visite in portraiture’s democratisation, and its harnessing by Victoria, the world’s first media monarch.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
In March 2003 Magda Keaney travelled to London to join the photography section of the Victoria & Albert Museum for three months.
Fiona Gruber investigates the work of Australian painter Kristin Headlam.
Diana O’Neil samples the tartan treats on offer in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
