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The art of conciliation
Magazine article by Gareth Knapman, 2017
Gareth Knapman explores the politics and opportunism behind the portraits of Tasmania’s Black War.
Augustus serendipitous
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2016
The London-born son of an American painter, Augustus Earle ended up in Australia by accident in January 1825.
Portrait 52
Autumn 2016
Magazine
This issue feature articles on the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2016, Augustus Earle, Larry Clark, Jude Rae, Oodgeroo Noonuccal and more.
An Intimate Portrait of an Australian Artist in 1930
Magazine article by Lauren Dalla, 2003
Lauren Dalla examines the life of Australian painter Roy de Maistre and his portrait by Jean Shepeard.
Reflection
Magazine article by Michael Rosen, 2013
British novelist and poet, Michael Rosen, weaves a tale about his early encounters with creativity and the self-portrait of a childhood friend.
Hope for kindness
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2018
Sarah Engledow arrives at the junction of fate and hope in Sarah Ball’s poignant Immigrants series.
Black and white history
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2009
English artist Benjamin Duterrau took up the cause of the Indigenous peoples of Tasmania with his detailed and sympathetic renderings.
More cash than dash
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2011
Joanna Gilmour describes how colonial portraitists found the perfect market among social status seeking Sydneysiders.
All dressed up
Magazine article by Jane Raffan, 2013
Jane Raffan asks do clothes make the portrait, and can the same work with a new title fetch a better price?
Birds of a feather
Magazine article by Annette Twyman, 2021
Charting a path from cockatiel to finch, Annette Twyman explores her family portraits and stories.
Fits of delicacy and despair
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2009
Henry Mundy's portraits flesh out notions of propriety and good taste in a convict colony.
Heartfelt
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2009
The portrait of Janet and Horace Keats with the spirit of the poet Christopher Brennan is brought to life by artist Dora Toovey.
Love my way
Magazine article by Inga Walton, 2022
Inga Walton delves into the bohemian group of artists and writers who used each other as muses and transformed British culture.
The catechist and the cricketer
Magazine article by Stephen Valambras Graham, 2021
Stephen Valambras Graham traverses the intriguing socio-political terrain behind two iconic First Nations portraits of the 1850s.
A feast of friends
Magazine article by Richard Ormond, 2015
John Singer Sargent: a painter at the vanguard of contemporary movements in music, literature and theatre.
First encounters
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2011
Representations of the inhabitants of the new world expose the complexities of the colonisers' intentions.