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Hot Scots
Magazine article by Christopher Baker, 2013
James Holloway describes the first portraits you encounter when entering the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Poison pen
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2010
Michael Desmond examines the career of the eighteenth-century suspected poisoner and portrait artist Thomas Griffiths Wainewright.
Dan the man
Magazine article by India Bednall, 2015
Martin Philbey’s portrait of Dan Sultan.
Barak, respected elder
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2009
Dr Christopher Chapman looks at the life of Wurundjeri elder William Barak through the portrait painted by Victor de Pury in 1899.
International issue
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2009
Michael Desmond looks at the history of the Vanity Fair magazine in conjunction with the exhibition Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008
Stillness in movement
Magazine article by Tara James, 2024
Tara James shares the joy of dance and its power to connect in the National Portrait Gallery’s touring exhibition Dancer.
Crikey!
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006
Robin Sellick captured a rare moment of quietude from the late conservation star Steve Irwin.
Portraits to dream in
Magazine article by Magda Keaney, 2023
Magda Keaney on entwining the work of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron, two photographers working a century apart.
Enigma
Magazine article by Dr Grace Blakeley-Carroll, 2015
Grace Carroll contemplates the curious case of Christian Waller.
Of human clay
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2009
The first collaborative commission has arrived. It's a self portrait, it's ceramic and it's from Hermannsburg.
A real Pratt
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2015
The death of a gentlewoman is shrouded in mystery, a well-liked governor finds love after sorrow, and two upright men become entangled in the historical record.
The God-shaped hole
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2010
Exploring the photographs of Martin Schoeller, Michael Desmond delves into the uneasy pact that exists between celebrity and the camera.
Public hanging
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2008
As a convict Thomas Bock was required to sketch executed murders for science; as a free man, fashionable society portraits.
The Vanity model
Magazine article by David Friend, 2009
Vanity Fair Editor David Friend describes how the rebirth of the magazine sated our desire for access into the lives of celebrities and set the standard for the new era of portrait photography.
Little women
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2019
Joanna Gilmour looks beyond the ivory face of select portrait miniatures to reveal their sitters’ true grit.
Costantini's convictions
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2017
Jo Gilmour uncovers endearing authenticity in the art of a twice-transported Tasmanian.