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The Royal she
Magazine article by Inga Walton, 2019
Traversing paint and pixels, Inga Walton examines portraits of select women in Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits.
Portrait story
Magazine article by Polly Borland, 2022
Photographer Polly Borland on capturing Queen Elizabeth II.
The Changing Face of the Scientist
Magazine article by Elizabeth Finlay, 2003
Scientists tend to conjure up images of men in white coats in labs but this is just one stereotype in an evolving history of how we have perceived scientists, and how their profession has been understood over the years.
Imagination
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2013
Dr Sarah Engledow tells the story of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee portrait by Australian artist Ralph Heimans.
Painting writing
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the portraits of writers held in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
Golden Jubilee
Magazine article by Magda Keaney, 2002
Polly Borland's photograph of The Queen was commissioned by Buckingham Palace as part of a series of high profile celebrations to mark the Golden Jubilee.
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.
The first nurse
Magazine article by Tamsin Hong, 2016
Tamsin Hong recounts the tale of Marion Smith, the only known Australian Indigenous servicewoman of World War One.
Portrait 65
Autumn/Winter 2021
Magazine
Hugh Ramsay, the fashion of Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, Peter Wegner's centenarian series, John and Elizabeth Gould's family connections, Karen Quinlan's top five portraits and more.
Australian Princess
Magazine article by Katherine Russell, 2005
The full-length portrait of HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark by artist Jiawei Shen, has become a destination piece for visitors.
Duty bound
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2009
Joanna Gilmour explores the life of colonial women Lady Ellen Stirling, Eliza Darling, Lady Eliza Arthur, Elizabeth Macquarie and Lady Jane Franklin.
Portrait 67
Winter 2022
Magazine
William Yang on his autobiographical self portraits, David Parker's 1970s and 80s Melbourne music photographs, seven-time NPPP finalist Chris Budgeon, and Benjamin Warlngundu Ellis.
Icons and imagery
Magazine article by Alison Weir, 2011
Alison Weir explores the National Portrait Gallery, London and the BP Portrait Award to find what makes a good painted portrait - past and present.
Michael Kimmelman
Magazine article by Pamela Gray, 2002
Michael Kimmelman, Chief Art Critic of The New York Times and author of Portraits: Talking with Artists at the Met, the Modern, the Louvre and Elsewhere, presented the National Portrait Gallery Third Anniversary Lecture on 2 March 2002. He was generously brought to Australia by the Gordon Darling Foundation and Qantas.
Little treasures
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2002
The acquisition of the ivory miniatures of Mortimer and Mrs Lewis.
The house, the horse, the wife and the offspring
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2009
Joanna Gilmour writes about the portraiture of the colonial artist William Nicholas.