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Observation point
Magazine article by Keith Burt, 2020
I have always loved portraits; there is something magical about the combination of the terrain of a face, the angle of a head, and the pose of a body.
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch
Magazine article by Simon Elliott, 2002
The story behind the commissioning of the tapesty portrait of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch.
The transparent mask
Magazine article by Karen Vickery, 2015
Cate Blanchett and the art of acting in Rosetzky’s digital portrait.
Portrait 64
Summer 2019/20
Magazine
Marian Anderson, emerging photographer Charles Dennington, piscatorial portraits, and the poignant path of photographer Polixeni Papapetrou and more.
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.
Drawn from life
Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2021
Penelope Grist discovers the rich narratives in Peter Wegner’s series of centenarian portraits.
The elegant thinker
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2020
Sarah Engledow pens a fond farewell to acclaimed science historian Ann Moyal.
Portrait of the artist as a young man
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2010
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the early life and career of John Brack.
Hide/Seek
Magazine article by David Ward, 2010
David Ward writes about the exhibition Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture on display at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington.
The life of Bryant
Magazine article by Tenille Hands, 2018
Tenille Hands explores a portrait prize gifted to the National Screen and Sound Archive.
Emblems of beauty
Magazine article by Keith Christiansen, 2012
Keith Christiansen introduces the exhibition The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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.
Doodles of the Diva
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2010
Three tiny sketches of Dame Nellie Melba in the NPG collection were created by the artist who was to go on to paint the most imposing representation of the singer: Rupert Bunny.
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.
Lauded legacy
Magazine article by Karl James, 2015
Karl James gives short shrift to doubts about the profile of General Sir John Monash.