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Christopher Chapman highlights the inaugural hang of the new National Portrait Gallery building which opened in December 2008.
Rod McNicol's method and motivation, 19th century Indigenous peoples, Barrie Cassidy on Bob Hawke, five generations of the Kang family from Korea and more.
In March 2003 Magda Keaney travelled to London to join the photography section of the Victoria & Albert Museum for three months.
Joanna Gilmour explores the extraordinary life of Australian female aviator Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE
Andrew Sayers outlines the highlights of the National Portrait Gallery's display of portrait sculpture.
Australia's tradition of sculpted portraits stretches back to the early decades of the nineteenth century and continues to sustain a group of dedicated sculptors.
Grace Carroll on the gendered world of the Wentworths.
Tsering Hannaford reflects on her experiences, process and motivation for making portraits.
Penelope Grist speaks to Robert McFarlane about shooting for the stars.
Joanna Gilmore delights in the affecting drawings of Mathew Lynn.
Penelope Grist unpacks photographs by David Parker, who captured the phenomenal emergence of the 1970s and 80s Melbourne music scene.
Sir Sidney Kidman (1857-1935) is inscribed in Australian legend as the ‘Cattle King’.
Barbara Blackman reflects on her experiences as a life model.
This article examines the portraits gifted to the National Portrait Gallery by Fairfax Holdings in 2003.
Joanna Gilmour reflects on 25 years of collecting at the National Portrait Gallery.
Family affections are preserved in a fine selection of intimate portraits.