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Observation point

Australian artist Shaun Gladwell discusses his portraits of champion athletes.

Glamour vs grunge

Christopher Chapman examines the battle of glamour vs. grunge which played out in the fashion and advertising of the 1990s.

The Saint and the merchant

Emanuel Solomon gave shelter to the Sisters of St Joseph upon the excommunication of St Mary MacKillop.

Storied portrait

Emily Casey takes in Shirley Purdie’s remarkable self-portrait, Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe.

Moving pictures

The exhibition California Video at the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles demonstrated how video artists expand the boundaries of portraiture.

Fang Lijun

Born 1963, Handan, Hebei Province China. Lives and works in Beijing.

The story of us

Gallery directors Karen Quinlan and Tony Ellwood talk to Penelope Grist about the NPG and NGV collaborative exhibition, Who Are You: Australian Portraiture.

I'm not there

101 photographic portraits

Pat Corrigan's generous gift of 100 photographic portraits by Greg Weight.

Reflections

All that fall: Sacrifice, life and loss in the First World War exhibition co-curators Dr Anne Sanders and Dr Christopher Chapman reflect on the evolution of the Gallery’s Anzac Centenary exhibition.

Yu Hong

Born 1966 in Beijing, China. Lives and works in Beijing.

How to be a boy

Christopher Chapman profiles Chris Lilley, actor and creator of Angry Boys.

Trucaninny [Trukanini], wife of Woureddy [Wurati], 1836

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Tim Fairfax, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2018

Very fine and very like

When did notions of very fine and very like become separate qualities of a portrait? And what happens to 'very like' in the age of photographic portraiture?

Pop poet

Dr Anne Sanders previews the works in the new focus exhibition Paul Kelly and The Portraits.