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All in the Family
Magazine article by Barbara Blackman AO, 2003
In 2000, Barbara Blackman donated a portrait of her close friends - poet Judith Wright, her husband Jack McKinney and their daughter Meredith - painted by Charles Blackman.
Big bouquet of Blackmans
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2013
Dr. Sarah Engledow explores the context surrounding Charles Blackman's portrait of Judith Wright, Jack McKinney and their daughter Meredith.
The activist A-list
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007
Dr Sarah Engledow examines a number of figures in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery who were pioneers or substantial supporters of the seminal Australian environmental campaigns of the early 1970s and 1980s.
A sketch for some portraits
Magazine article by Judith Pugh, 2005
Judith Pugh reflects on Clifton Pugh's approach to portrait making.
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.
Poets' Portraits
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2005
The Portrait Gallery's paintings of two poets, Les Murray and Peter Porter, demonstrate two very different artists' responses to the challenge of representing more than usually sensitive and imaginative men.
Sitter still
Magazine article by Emeritus Professor Jaynie Anderson AM, 2015
Jaynie Anderson reflects on her experience as sitter for Reshid Bey’s 1962 portrait.
Prima facie
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2019
Sarah Engledow casts a judicious eye over portraits in the Victorian Bar’s Peter O’Callaghan QC Portrait Gallery.
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.
Rock star
Magazine article by Jennifer Coombes, 2018
Jennifer Coombes explores the lush images of Picnic at Hanging Rock, featuring Anne-Louise Lambert’s Miranda, the face of the film.
Past present
Magazine article by Krysia Kitch, 2016
Krysia Kitch celebrates Oodgeroo Noonuccal.
Worth her salt
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2009
Jerrold Nathan's portrait of Jessie Street shows the elegant side of a many-faceted lady.
Self-effacing
Magazine article by Michael Wardell, 2016
Michael Wardell samples the fare in the University of Queensland National Self-portrait Prize.
Drawing inspiration
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2017
Christopher Chapman absorbs the gentle touch of Don Bachardy’s portraiture.
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.