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An Intimate Portrait of an Australian Artist in 1930
by Lauren Dalla
Lauren Dalla examines the life of Australian painter Roy de Maistre and his portrait by Jean Shepeard.
Facing Facts
by Andrew Sayers AM
Former NPG Director, Andrew Sayers describes the 1922 Self-portrait with Gladioli by George Lambert.
Australians in Hollywood
by Simon Elliott
The exhibition Australians in Hollywood celebrated the achievements of Australians in the highly competitive American film industry.
A Singular Line
by Simon Elliott
A newly acquired work by Stella Bowen adds to the National Portrait Gallery's growing collection of important Australian self-portraits.
The Changing Face of the Scientist
by Elizabeth Finlay
Scientists tend to conjure up images of men in white coats in labs but this is just one stereotype in an evolving history of how we have perceived scientists, and how their profession has been understood over the years.
Nobel and his prize
by Jennifer Gason
To complement the exhibition Australians and the Nobel Prize, Jennifer Gason gives us a sense of the proceedings that occur during the award ceremony.