© National Portrait Gallery 2024
King Edward Terrace, Parkes
Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Phone +61 2 6102 7000
ABN: 54 74 277 1196
Speed demon
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2009
Scott Redford discusses his dynamic portrait commission of motorcycling champion and 2008 Young Australian of the Year Casey Stoner.
Portrait 30
December 2008 - February 2009
Magazine
This issue of Portrait Magazine features the inaugural hang of the new National Portrait Gallery, Cadel Evans, Stuart O'Grady, Robbie McEwen, Casey Stoner, Bruce Petty and more.
Observation point
Magazine article by Shaun Gladwell, 2011
Australian artist Shaun Gladwell discusses his portraits of champion athletes.
Heroine knits
Magazine article by Sophia Cai, 2017
‘Dear Kate Just – I’m your feminist fan’. Interview by Sophia Cai.
Mugshots
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006
A toast to the acquisition of an unconventional new portrait of former Prime Minister, Stanley Melbourne Bruce.
Golden boy
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2010
Dr Christopher Chapman examines Scott Redford's photographic portrait of Australian surfer David 'Rasta' Rastovich.
The incomparable Beaton
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2005
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).
Giving and getting
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2006
The exhibition Portraits for Posterity celebrates gifts to the Gallery, of purchases made with donated funds, and testifies to the generosity and community spirit of Australians.
The silent partner
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2015
One half of the team that was Eltham Films left scarcely a trace in the written historical record, but survives in a vivid portrait.
It's a Mora!
Magazine article by Tedi Bills, 2016
Select extracts from Mirka Mora's autobiography, Wicked but Virtuous, provide rich accompaniment to recent Gallery acquisitions.