Inga Walton traces the poignant path of photographer Polixeni Papapetrou, revealed in the NGV’s summer retrospective.
Jane Raffan asks do clothes make the portrait, and can the same work with a new title fetch a better price?
Inga Walton on the brief but brilliant life of Hugh Ramsay.
Roger Benjamin explores the intriguing union of Lina Bryans and Alex Jelinek.
Sarah Engledow on Messrs Dobell and MacMahon and the art of friendship.
Frank Hurley's celebrated images document the heroism and minutiae of Australian exploration in Antarctica.
Penelope Grist explores the United Nations stories in the Gallery’s collection.
John Zubrzycki lauds the characters of the Australian escapology trade.
Jane Raffan examines unique styles of Indigenous portraiture that challenge traditional Western concepts of the artform.
Dr. Sarah Engledow tells the story of Australia's first Federal statistician, Sir George Knibbs.
Tom Fryer surveys the twentieth-century architectural project, and finds representation and the portrait were integral elements.
Dr Sarah Engledow discusses the recent gift of works by David Campbell.
Dr. Sarah Engledow explores the context surrounding Charles Blackman's portrait of Judith Wright, Jack McKinney and their daughter Meredith.
Alexandra Roginski gets a feel for phrenology’s fundamentals.
To accompany the exhibition Cecil Beaton: Portraits, held at the NPG in 2005, this article is drawn from Hugo Vickers's authorised biography, Cecil Beaton (1985).
The London-born son of an American painter, Augustus Earle ended up in Australia by accident in January 1825.
