The Australian public was invited in 2008 to vote for their favourite Australian. After the votes were tallied an exhibition of the top-ten Popular Australians and the top-twenty unsung heroes was displayed at the National Portrait Gallery.
Barry York charts the course from childhood request to autographed celebrity portrait anthology.
Martin Sharp fulfils the Pop art idiom of merging art and life.
Karen Quinlan considers the case of Agnes Goodsir, whose low profile in Australia belies her overseas acclaim.
John Singer Sargent: a painter at the vanguard of contemporary movements in music, literature and theatre.