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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.
All there in black and white
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007
The National Portrait Gallery acquired a beguiling silhouette group portrait by Samuel Metford, an English artist who spent periods of his working life in America.
Portrait 69
Magazine
In conversation with Aretha Brown, Pieter Roelofs on Vermeer, humanoid robots, the nationwide search for Archibald portraits, and 25 years of collecting at the National Portrait Gallery.
Of beef in burgundy
Magazine article by Angus Trumble, 2017
Angus Trumble reveals the complex technical mastery behind a striking recent acquisition, Henry Bone’s enamel portrait of William Manning.
Private virtues public lives
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2010
Family affections are preserved in a fine selection of intimate portraits.
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.
Splendid, many-splendoured
Magazine article by Sandra Bruce, 2021
Sandra Bruce gazes on love and the portrait through Australian Love Stories’ multi-faceted prism.
Presence and absence
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2018
The art of Australia’s colonial women painters affords us an invaluable, alternative perspective on the nascent nation-building project.
Showing character
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2016
Joanna Gilmour on Tom Durkin playing with Melbourne's manhood.
Hail Cézanne
Magazine article by John Elderfield, 2017
John Elderfield lauds the portraiture of Paul Cézanne, the artist described by both Matisse and Picasso as ‘the father of us all’.
Personal Politics
Magazine article by Dr Frances Borzello, 2001
Dr Frances Borzello, British art historian and author discusses the uniqueness of women's self-portraits. 
Sophisticated and glamorous
Magazine article by Amanda Rowell, 2015
Michael Riley’s early portraits by Amanda Rowell.
More cash than dash
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2011
Joanna Gilmour describes how colonial portraitists found the perfect market among social status seeking Sydneysiders.
Love in the extreme
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2020
Joanna Gilmour reveals love’s more intense manifestations in the tale of Lord Kenelm and Venetia Digby.
Snap chat
Magazine article by Anne O'Hehir, 2019
2019 National Photographic Portrait Prize judge Anne O’Hehir looks beneath the surface of this year’s entries.
The Vanity model
Magazine article by David Friend, 2009
Vanity Fair Editor David Friend describes how the rebirth of the magazine sated our desire for access into the lives of celebrities and set the standard for the new era of portrait photography.