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Portrait 70

Portrait 70

In this issue:

  • Anne O’Hehir talks to artist Kim Leutwyler about her portraits of figures from the LGBTQIA+ community.

  • We reveal our new commissioned portrait of Maggie Beer by Del Kathryn Barton.

  • Oliver Giles chats to Polly Borland about her career and the new acquisitions on display at the Portrait Gallery.

  • Rebecca Ray writes about Gunggandji artist Simone Arnol’s photographic series seeRED.

  • Magda Keaney reviews her Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron exhibition at National Portrait Gallery, London.

  • Andrew Quilty shares photographs and stories from his new book This is Afghanistan: 2014–2021.

Articles from this issue will be published online when Portrait 71 is out. Until then, you can purchase Portrait 70 online from The Curatoreum.

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