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Confessional conversations
The portraiture of Kristin Headlam
Magazine article by Fiona Gruber, 2015
Fiona Gruber investigates the work of Australian painter Kristin Headlam.
Observation point
Magazine article by Fiona McMonagle, 2016
Fiona McMonagle considers her reasons for painting portraits.
The Good Doctor
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2005
Dr Sarah Engledow describes the achievements of internationally renowned burns and trauma surgeon Professor Fiona Wood.
Portrait 18
December 2005 - February 2006
Magazine
This issue of Portrait Magazine features Daddy Cool, HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, the exhibition Glossy 2, Aldo Giurgola, Fiona Wood and more.
Charlie's angles
Magazine article by Stephen Phillips, 2017
Stephen Phillips talks to neurosurgeon Charlie Teo about his practice, perspectives and the anatomy of hope.
Self-effacing
Magazine article by Michael Wardell, 2016
Michael Wardell samples the fare in the University of Queensland National Self-portrait Prize.
Activating the space
Magazine article by Sandra Phillips, 2020
Sandra Phillips on portraits of Indigenous activism from Cairns Art Gallery’s 2019 Queen’s Land Blak Portraiture exhibition.
The Wentworths – Hidden in Plain Sight
Magazine article by Dr Grace Blakeley-Carroll, 2015
Grace Carroll on the gendered world of the Wentworths.
In profile
Polly Borland
Magazine article by Oliver Giles, 2023
Polly Borland talks to Oliver Giles about the celebrity portraits that made her name and why she’s now making more abstract art.
See through me
Magazine article by Penelope Grist and Rebecca Ray, 2022
Penelope Grist and Rebecca Ray talk to the artists in Portrait23: Identity about transcending modes of portraiture.
Study in scarlet
Magazine article by Angus Trumble, 2018
Angus Trumble reflects on the force of nature that was Helena Rubinstein.