Michael Riley’s early portraits by Amanda Rowell.
The Tate/SFMOMA exhibition Exposed examined the role of photography in voyeurism and how it challenges ideas of privacy and propriety.
Dr Sarah Engledow writes about the larger-than-life Australian performance artist, Leigh Bowery.
Anne Sanders imbibes Tony Bilson’s gastronomic revolution.
Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.
Michael Desmond explores what makes a portrait subject significant.
Johanna McMahon revels in history and mystery in pursuit of a suite of unknown portrait subjects.
Penelope Grist finds inspiration in pioneering New Zealand artist, Frances Hodgkins.
Sarah Engledow picks some favourites from a decade of the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Jean Appleton’s 1965 self portrait makes a fine addition to the National Portrait Gallery’s collection writes Joanna Gilmour.
The London-born son of an American painter, Augustus Earle ended up in Australia by accident in January 1825.
How seven portraits within Bare reveal in a public portrait parts of the body and elements of life usually located in the private sphere.
Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.
Sarah Engledow casts a judicious eye over portraits in the Victorian Bar’s Peter O’Callaghan QC Portrait Gallery.
