Dr Christopher Chapman describes the experimental exhibition Portraits + Architecture
Jerrold Nathan's portrait of Jessie Street shows the elegant side of a many-faceted lady.
The Rajah Quilt’s narrative promptings are as intriguing as the textile is intricate.
Frank Hurley's celebrated images document the heroism and minutiae of Australian exploration in Antarctica.
Anne Sanders imbibes Tony Bilson’s gastronomic revolution.
Sarah Engledow picks some favourites from a decade of the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Fiona Gruber investigates the work of Australian painter Kristin Headlam.
Sarah Engledow bristles at the biographers’ neglect of Kitchener’s antipodean intervention.
Diana O’Neil samples the tartan treats on offer in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Joanna Gilmour discovers that the beards of the ill-fated explorers Burke and Wills were as epic as their expedition to traverse Australia from south to north.
Jo Gilmour uncovers endearing authenticity in the art of a twice-transported Tasmanian.
The portrait of Dr. Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster from 1780, is one of the oldest in the NPG's collection.
Dr. Sarah Engledow discusses a collection of drawings and prints by the Victorian artist Rick Amor acquired in 2005.
Australian character on the market by Jane Raffan.
Dr Sarah Engledow examines a number of figures in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery who were pioneers or substantial supporters of the seminal Australian environmental campaigns of the early 1970s and 1980s.
Alexandra Roginski gets a feel for phrenology’s fundamentals.
