Portrait 57

Observation point

by Tony Albert

I think the truest representation of someone is a portrait.

Unknown drawer

by Dr David Hansen

Dempsey’s People curator David Hansen chronicles a research tale replete with serendipity, adventure and Tasmanian tigers.

Powerful Indigenous women

by June Oscar AO

June Oscar AO lauds three iconic Aboriginal figures in the Portrait Gallery collection who have inspired and influenced her.

Northern exposure

by Phil Manning

Phil Manning celebrates a century of Brisbane photographic portraiture.

Big shots

by Djon Mundine OAM

Djon Mundine OAM brings poignant memory and context to Martin van der Wal’s 1986 portrait photographs of storied Aboriginal artists.

The art of conciliation

by Gareth Knapman

Gareth Knapman explores the politics and opportunism behind the portraits of Tasmania’s Black War.

Demimonde liaisons

by Jane Raffan

Jane Raffan feasts on modernity’s entrée in the Belle Époque theatre of the demimonde.

Progressive pictures

by Aimee Board

Athol Shmith’s photographs contributed to the emergence of a new vision of Australian womanhood.

Humour’s warm refuge

by Angus Trumble

Angus Trumble pays tribute to John Clarke.

Full time

by Alistair McGhie

Alistair McGhie reminisces about three Australian rugby greats commissioned for the Portrait Gallery collection by Patrick Corrigan AM.

In focus

Brook Andrew, Marcia Langton and Anthony Mundine.