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Listening to form
Magazine article by Jane Kinsman, 2007
National Gallery of Australia curator Jane Kinsman discusses the portraiture of Henri Matisse.
Portrait 25
September - November 2007
Magazine
This issue of Portrait Magazine features Kym Bonython, Florence Broadhurst, Frank Fenner, Henri Matisse, animated portraits and more.
Portrait 13
September - November 2004
Magazine
This issue of Portrait Magazine features Nancy Wake, Jon Campbell's portrait of Paul Kelly, George Selth Coppin, Henri Cartier-Bresson and more.
Insightful
Magazine article by Robert McFarlane, 2004
Henri-Cartier-Bresson invented the grammar for photographing life in the 20th century.
Hail Cézanne
Magazine article by John Elderfield, 2017
John Elderfield lauds the portraiture of Paul Cézanne, the artist described by both Matisse and Picasso as ‘the father of us all’.
Capturing the Mouse
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2004
Nancy Wake AC (b. 1912), one of the most decorated women of World War 2, earned the name the 'White Mouse' for her maddening ability to evade the Gestapo.
A guy from Paris
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2018
Sarah Engledow on a foundational gallery figure who was quick on the draw.
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.
Donated duo
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2009
Dr Sarah Engledow writes about the gift of two striking paintings by the Australian artist Ken Done AM.
Fugue in Yellow
Magazine article by Roger Benjamin, 2015
Roger Benjamin explores the intriguing union of Lina Bryans and Alex Jelinek.
9 lives of Karin Catt
Magazine article by Simon Elliott, 2006
Australian photographer Karin Catt has shot across the spectrum of celebrity, her subjects including rock stars, world leaders and actors.
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.
Aretha Brown
In conversation
Magazine article by Rebecca Ray, 2023
Gumbaynggirr artist Aretha Brown talks street art, collaboration and ghost stories with First Nations Curator and Meriam woman, Rebecca Ray.
The alchemist’s profile
Magazine article by John Zubrzycki, 2017
John Zubrzycki meets Australian paint pioneer Jim Cobb.
Touchy touchy
Magazine article by Tony Curran, 2015
Tony Curran ponders whether our phones can change the course of painting.
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.