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The exhibition Reveries: Photography and mortality is a powerful display which brings together images that depict the last phase of people's lives.
Dr Sarah Engledow writes about the larger-than-life Australian performance artist, Leigh Bowery.
Penelope Grist unpacks photographs by David Parker, who captured the phenomenal emergence of the 1970s and 80s Melbourne music scene.
Sarah Engledow reflects on the shared life and writing of Dorothy Porter and Andrea Goldsmith.
Sandra Phillips on portraits of Indigenous activism from Cairns Art Gallery’s 2019 Queen’s Land Blak Portraiture exhibition.
Sir Sidney Kidman (1857-1935) is inscribed in Australian legend as the ‘Cattle King’.
Barry York charts the course from childhood request to autographed celebrity portrait anthology.
Joanna Gilmour reflects on merging collections and challenging traditional assumptions around portraiture in WHO ARE YOU.
Dr Sarah Engledow writes about the gift of two striking paintings by the Australian artist Ken Done AM.
Penelope Grist speaks to Robert McFarlane about shooting for the stars.
Joanna Gilmour takes us behind the scenes of some of Ralph Heimans’ best-known portraits of royalty, heads of state and cultural icons.
Select extracts from Mirka Mora's autobiography, Wicked but Virtuous, provide rich accompaniment to recent Gallery acquisitions.
Joanna Gilmour reflects on 25 years of collecting at the National Portrait Gallery.
Penelope Grist talks to photographer Benjamin Warlngundu Ellis about capturing moments, telling stories and keeping Culture strong.
Penelope Grist explores the United Nations stories in the Gallery’s collection.
Christopher Chapman absorbs the gentle touch of Don Bachardy’s portraiture.