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Bewitching
Magazine article by Roger Neill, 2006
Roger Neill delves into the life of a lesser-known Australian diva, Frances Alda.
Fugue in Yellow
Magazine article by Roger Benjamin, 2015
Roger Benjamin explores the intriguing union of Lina Bryans and Alex Jelinek.
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.
Love my way
Magazine article by Inga Walton, 2022
Inga Walton delves into the bohemian group of artists and writers who used each other as muses and transformed British culture.
Top shot that
Magazine article by Gideon Haigh, 2009
Gideon Haigh discusses portraits of Australian cricketers from the early 20th century
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.
Suave
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2010
Charles Haddon Chambers the Australian-born playboy playwright settled permanently in London in 1880 but never lost his Australian stance when satirising the English.
Enigma
Magazine article by Dr Grace Blakeley-Carroll, 2015
Grace Carroll contemplates the curious case of Christian Waller.
Missionary positions
Magazine article by Stella Ramage, 2016
Stella Ramage on Father McHardy’s Bougainville portraiture.
Snap decisions
Magazine article by Robert Cook, 2018
NPPP judge Robert Cook provides irreverent insight into this year’s fare, and having to be a bit judgemental.
Eating the seasons
Magazine article by Dr Anne Sanders, 2019
Anne Sanders imbibes Tony Bilson’s gastronomic revolution.
Getting a head
Magazine article by Alexandra Roginski, 2015
Alexandra Roginski gets a feel for phrenology’s fundamentals.
Starry knight
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2010
Aircraft designer, pilot and entrepreneur, Sir Lawrence Wackett rejoins friends and colleagues on the walls of the National Portrait Gallery.
Demimonde liaisons
Magazine article by Jane Raffan, 2017
Jane Raffan feasts on modernity’s entrée in the Belle Époque theatre of the demimonde.
A feast of friends
Magazine article by Richard Ormond, 2015
John Singer Sargent: a painter at the vanguard of contemporary movements in music, literature and theatre.
Study in scarlet
Magazine article by Angus Trumble, 2018
Angus Trumble reflects on the force of nature that was Helena Rubinstein.