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Confessional conversations

Fiona Gruber investigates the work of Australian painter Kristin Headlam.

Regarding Henrys

Sarah Engledow ponders the divergent legacies of Messrs Kendall and Lawson.

Air wear

Aviation carried women’s roles in society to greater heights – fashion followed suit.

George Lambert, c. 1929

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

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The Archduke

The immediate chain of events that led to the outbreak of the First World War began 100 years ago on June 28.

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Male Domains - The Pub #4, 2006

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About Headspace

Both making and exploring art involve a form of thinking that opens the way to multiple systems of knowing and experiencing.

Kondelea (Della) Elliott, 1979

Gift of Jeannie Highet and Kim Buchan 2012

First encounters

Representations of the inhabitants of the new world expose the complexities of the colonisers' intentions.

Hide/Seek

David Ward writes about the exhibition Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture on display at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington.

Husbands and Wives

'I have just been to my dressing case to take a peep at you.

Omai, 1777

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Thinking about architecture and portraiture

Dr Christopher Chapman describes the experimental exhibition Portraits + Architecture