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Doodles of the Diva

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.

Pretty in peach

Suave

Charles Haddon Chambers the Australian-born playboy playwright settled permanently in London in 1880 but never lost his Australian stance when satirising the English.

Portrait 20

This issue of Portrait Magazine features Dame Nellie Melba and Frances Alda, Leigh Bowery, Karin Catt, Sidney Nolan and more.

Bewitching

Roger Neill delves into the life of a lesser-known Australian diva, Frances Alda.

Wunderkind lost

Inga Walton on the brief but brilliant life of Hugh Ramsay.

The Wentworths – Hidden in Plain Sight

Grace Carroll on the gendered world of the Wentworths.

Velasquez Touch

Former NPG Director, Andrew Sayers, explores the creative collaborations between four Australian artists living in Paris during the first years of the twentieth century.

Kylie

The Kylie exhibition celebrated the significant achievements of one of Australia's most internationally recognisable faces and gave the general public a rare glimpse into her glamorous life. 

Northern exposure

Phil Manning celebrates a century of Brisbane photographic portraiture.

Small worlds

Bess Norriss Tait created miniature watercolour portraits full of character and life.

Agnes enigma

Karen Quinlan considers the case of Agnes Goodsir, whose low profile in Australia belies her overseas acclaim.

In the galleries

Christopher Chapman highlights the inaugural hang of the new National Portrait Gallery building which opened in December 2008.

Final frame

Karl James reflects on soldier portraiture during the Great War.

Beguiling impressions

Sarah Engledow is seduced by the portraits and the connections between the artists and their subjects in the exhibition Impressions: Painting light and life.

Jewelled nights

Anne Sanders celebrates the cinematic union of two pioneering australian women.