Portrait 53

Apollo's breath

by Dr Christopher Chapman

Christopher Chapman delights in the intimacy of Robert Mapplethorpe's photography

Insight and identity

by Olivier Krischer

Olivier Krischer in conversation with photographer Wei Leng Tay.

Boyd to man

by Dr Christopher Chapman

Christopher Chapman looks at influences and insight in the formative years of Arthur Boyd.

Naked nostalgia

by Penelope Grist

Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.

Look who's coming to dinner

by Michael Wardell

Michael Wardell’s personal insight into Jacques van der Merwe’s New Arrivals.

The hands have it

by Angus Trumble

Angus Trumble treats the gallery’s collection with a dab hand.

All the way with K of K

by Dr Sarah Engledow

Sarah Engledow bristles at the biographers’ neglect of Kitchener’s antipodean intervention.

Observation point

by Fiona McMonagle

Fiona McMonagle considers her reasons for painting portraits.

Missionary positions

by Stella Ramage

Stella Ramage on Father McHardy’s Bougainville portraiture.

Rock art

by Andrew Mayo

Andrew Mayo talks to three of Australia’s most prominent and prolific music photographers — Martin Philbey, Kane Hibberd and Daniel Boud — about the challenges and inspiration behind their craft.

Tribute

Bob Ellis

Bob Ellis (1942–2016) was a journalist, columnist, screenwriter, film director, playwright, speechwriter and critic.

The family scene

Traudi Allen discovers sensitivity, humour and fine draughtsmanship in the portraiture of John Perceval.