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Face the music

Drawn from the Gallery's collection, the exhibition Face the Music explores the remarkable talents and achievements of Australian musicians, composers, conductors and celebrities associated with the music industry.

Portrait story

Photographer Polly Borland on capturing Queen Elizabeth II.

Love my way

Inga Walton delves into the bohemian group of artists and writers who used each other as muses and transformed British culture.

Crikey!

Robin Sellick captured a rare moment of quietude from the late conservation star Steve Irwin.

On the road again

Deborah Hill talks figures with character, as the National Portrait Gallery touring exhibitions program welcomes its millionth visitor.

In profile

Polly Borland talks to Oliver Giles about the celebrity portraits that made her name and why she’s now making more abstract art.

Thread bare

US artist Cayce Zavaglia reveals human duality in her striking embroidered portraiture.

Glossy too

The Glossy 2 exhibition highlights the integral role magazine photography plays in illustrating and shaping our contemporary culture.

The bright-eyed Mariner

Showing character

Joanna Gilmour on Tom Durkin playing with Melbourne's manhood.

The life of Bryant

Tenille Hands explores a portrait prize gifted to the National Screen and Sound Archive.

Clay, water, fire

Ah Xian's porcelain portrait of paediatrician Dr. John Yu reflects Yu's heritage and interests.

Unknown drawer

Dempsey’s People curator David Hansen chronicles a research tale replete with serendipity, adventure and Tasmanian tigers.

Seeing red

Rebecca Ray delves into Simone Arnol’s powerful photographic tribute to her great-grandmother

Canadian identities

An exploration of national identity in the Canadian context drawn from the symposium Face to Face at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2004.

Natural born stiller

Penelope Grist speaks to Robert McFarlane about shooting for the stars.