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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.
Susi Muddiman delights in Michael Zavros’ stunning portrait of the honourable Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO.
Glynis Jones on the Powerhouse’s retrospective of one of Australia’s foremost fashion reportage and social photographers.
Stevie Wright (1947-2015), singer-songwriter, came to Australia from England at the age of nine.
Brook Andrew, Marcia Langton and Anthony Mundine.
Tamsin Hong recounts the tale of Marion Smith, the only known Australian Indigenous servicewoman of World War One.
The portrait of Dr. Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster from 1780, is one of the oldest in the NPG's collection.
Michael Desmond looks at the history of the Vanity Fair magazine in conjunction with the exhibition Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008
Karl James reflects on soldier portraiture during the Great War.
Joanna Gilmour on Tom Durkin playing with Melbourne's manhood.
The world of Thea Proctor was the National Portrait Gallery's second exhibition to follow the life of a single person, following Rarely Everage: The lives of Barry Humphries.
Anne Sanders celebrates the cinematic union of two pioneering australian women.
Joanna Gilmour on the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2013.
Charting a path from cockatiel to finch, Annette Twyman explores her family portraits and stories.
This article examines the portraits gifted to the National Portrait Gallery by Fairfax Holdings in 2003.
Nancy Wake AC (b. 1912), one of the most decorated women of World War 2, earned the name the 'White Mouse' for her maddening ability to evade the Gestapo.