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Elle on wheels
Magazine article by Lucy Quinn, 2013
Lucy Quinn compares the approaches of three photographers lured to the action and culture of roller derby.
Profile of a marriage
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the lives of Sir George Grey and his wife Eliza, the subjects of a pair of wax medallions in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
The Lawrence lustre
Magazine article by Angus Trumble, 2019
Angus Trumble salutes the glorious portraiture of Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Being Cate
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2009
A moving portrait of Cate Blanchett unfolds as an inspired pairing of medium and subject.
The transparent mask
Magazine article by Karen Vickery, 2015
Cate Blanchett and the art of acting in Rosetzky’s digital portrait.
A man of superior attainments
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2013
Joanna Gilmour explores the life of a colonial portrait artist, writer and rogue Thomas Griffiths Wainewright.
The first nurse
Magazine article by Tamsin Hong, 2016
Tamsin Hong recounts the tale of Marion Smith, the only known Australian Indigenous servicewoman of World War One.
Giving and getting
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2006
The exhibition Portraits for Posterity celebrates gifts to the Gallery, of purchases made with donated funds, and testifies to the generosity and community spirit of Australians.
Speed demon
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2009
Scott Redford discusses his dynamic portrait commission of motorcycling champion and 2008 Young Australian of the Year Casey Stoner.
Technical terminology
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2010
Michael Desmond introduces some of the ideas behind the exhibition Present Tense: An imagined grammar of portraiture in the digital age.
The Multifarious Career of George Selth Coppin
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2004
George Selth Coppin (1819-1906) comedian, impresario and entrepreneur, was a driving force of the early Australian theatre.
Bill and Ted's excellent portrait.
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2016
Sarah Engledow on Messrs Dobell and MacMahon and the art of friendship.
In good company
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2015
Jean Appleton’s 1965 self portrait makes a fine addition to the National Portrait Gallery’s collection writes Joanna Gilmour.
The art of multiplicity
Magazine article by Meredith Hughes, 2019
Meredith Hughes explores a key Portrait Gallery work, emerging into the infinite iterations of identity.