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Diamond Doll
Magazine article by Karen Vickery, 2016
Karen Vickery delights in a thespian thread of the Australian yarn.
The portrait writ large
Magazine article by Karen Vickery, 2015
Karen Vickery on Chang the Chinese giant in Australia.
Agnes enigma
Magazine article by Karen Quinlan AM, 2019
Karen Quinlan considers the case of Agnes Goodsir, whose low profile in Australia belies her overseas acclaim.
The transparent mask
Magazine article by Karen Vickery, 2015
Cate Blanchett and the art of acting in Rosetzky’s digital portrait.
The story of us
Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2022
Gallery directors Karen Quinlan and Tony Ellwood talk to Penelope Grist about the NPG and NGV collaborative exhibition, Who Are You: Australian Portraiture.
Give me five
Magazine article by Karen Quinlan AM, 2021
National Portrait Gallery director Karen Quinlan AM nominates her quintet of favourites from the collection, with early twentieth-century ‘selfies’ filling the roster.
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.
Portrait 62
Autumn 2019
Magazine
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019, the iconoclastic Japanese figures Yukio Mishima and Tamotsu Yato, Angélica Dass’ Humanæ project and more.
Conflicting images
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2008
Michael Desmond reveals the origins of composite portraits and their evolution in the pursuit of the ideal.
Portrait 66
Summer 2021/22
Magazine
The Huxleys, National Portrait Gallery London’s masterpieces, Jennifer Higgie on portraits of women by women, Tamara Dean, Bangarra, Glynis Jones on fashion photographers, and NPG/NGV collaboration.
20 20
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2017
Sarah Engledow picks some favourites from a decade of the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Hot Scots
Magazine article by Christopher Baker, 2013
James Holloway describes the first portraits you encounter when entering the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Great Scots
Magazine article by Diana O'Neil, 2017
Diana O’Neil samples the tartan treats on offer in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Unbuttoning uniforms
Magazine article by Sharon Peoples, 2017
Sharon Peoples contemplates costumes and the construction of identity.
Naked nostalgia
Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2016
Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.