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Country man
Magazine article by Angus Trumble, 2015
Angus Trumble’s tribute to the late Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser.
Conduct becoming
Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2017
Penelope Grist speaks to Bill Henson and Simone Young to discover the origins of the artist’s stunning photographic triptych.
No shirt, no service
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2010
Bon Scott and Angus Young photographed by Rennie Ellis are part of a display celebrating summer and images of the shirtless male.
Brothers on farms
Magazine article by Malcolm Robertson, 2011
Malcolm Robertson tells the family history of one of Australia's earliest patrons of the arts, his Scottish born great great great grandfather, William Robertson.
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.
Portrait 58
Summer 2017-18
Magazine
Paul Cézanne, Bill Henson and Simone Young, Australian cinema’s iconic women, and feminist portraits by Kate Just.
Tribute
Stevie Wright
Magazine article, 2016
Stevie Wright (1947-2015), singer-songwriter, came to Australia from England at the age of nine.
Charmed by the Rose
Magazine article by Anthony Browell, 2004
Anthony Browell reminisces about meeting Rose Lindsay, the wife of Australian artist Norman Lindsay.
Interview
Magazine article by Rineke Dijkstra, 2013
Rineke Dijkstra's photographic series of her subject, Almerisa Sehric, evolved over the course of 14 years.
Now and then
Polly Cutmore
Magazine article, 2023
Photographed 35 years apart, these two portraits offer both a timeline of, and thematic thread for, Maria (Polly) Cutmore’s life – from a young woman to a respected Gomeroi Elder.
Emerging realities
Magazine article by Helena Bezzina, 2008
At the end of 2007 the National Portrait Gallery launched the inaugural National Youth Self Portrait Prize and artists aged between eighteen and twenty-five were invited to submit self portraits using a variety of media including drawing, painting, printmaking and traditional or digital photography.
City boys
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2016
Christopher Chapman immerses himself in Larry Clark’s field of vision.
Golden boy
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2010
Dr Christopher Chapman examines Scott Redford's photographic portrait of Australian surfer David 'Rasta' Rastovich.
Here and there
Magazine article by Geoffrey Batchen, 2007
Nathalie Latham's exhibition Australia's Creative Diaspora explores Australians, in the arts, who live and work internationally.
Basking in light
Magazine article by Pieter Roelofs, 2023
Pieter Roelofs, Head of Painting and Sculpture at Rijksmuseum and co-curator of Vermeer, delves into the largest-ever exhibition of the master artist.
Australian visit in Denmark
Magazine article by Mette Skougaard, 2006
In April 2006 the National Portrait Gallery showcased Australian portraits at the Fredenksborg Castle in Denmark.