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Recollections of a sinologist sitter
Magazine article by Professor Stephen FitzGerald AO, 2016
Professor Stephen Fitzgerald, Australia’s first Ambassador to China, traces the historical course from sino-australian cultural engagement to a maturing Australian identity.
Charlie's angles
Magazine article by Stephen Phillips, 2017
Stephen Phillips talks to neurosurgeon Charlie Teo about his practice, perspectives and the anatomy of hope.
The catechist and the cricketer
Magazine article by Stephen Valambras Graham, 2021
Stephen Valambras Graham traverses the intriguing socio-political terrain behind two iconic First Nations portraits of the 1850s.
The existential lens
Magazine article by Stephen Zagala, 2013
Stephen Zagala discusses Richard Avedon’s work from an Australian perspective.
Shop Talk
Magazine article by Stephen Phillips, 2016
Angus and the arbiters talk (photo) shop for the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Painting mates
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2011
Michael Desmond discusses Fred Williams' portraits of friends, artist Clifton Pugh, David Aspden and writer Stephen Murray-Smith, and the stylistic connections between his portraits and landscapes.
Portrait 65
Autumn/Winter 2021
Magazine
Hugh Ramsay, the fashion of Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, Peter Wegner's centenarian series, John and Elizabeth Gould's family connections, Karen Quinlan's top five portraits and more.
Axe Me Biggie
Magazine article by Stephen Dupont, 2008
Australian photojournalist Stephen Dupont's Afghanistan project captures the human experience of a country in reconstruction.
Celebrity cutpurse
Magazine article by Dr Grace Blakeley-Carroll, 2010
Grace Carroll discusses the portrait of the late-eighteenth century gentleman pickpocket George Barrington.
Country man
Magazine article by Angus Trumble, 2015
Angus Trumble’s tribute to the late Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser.
Prima facie
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2019
Sarah Engledow casts a judicious eye over portraits in the Victorian Bar’s Peter O’Callaghan QC Portrait Gallery.
How to be a boy
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2011
Christopher Chapman profiles Chris Lilley, actor and creator of Angry Boys.
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.
9 lives of Karin Catt
Magazine article by Simon Elliott, 2006
Australian photographer Karin Catt has shot across the spectrum of celebrity, her subjects including rock stars, world leaders and actors.
Birds of a feather
Magazine article by Annette Twyman, 2021
Charting a path from cockatiel to finch, Annette Twyman explores her family portraits and stories.
Arthur as Alyosha?
Magazine article by Patrick McCaughey, 2015
Patrick McCaughey explores a striking Boyd self portrait.