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Reveries
Magazine article by Helen Ennis, 2007
The exhibition Reveries: Photography and mortality is a powerful display which brings together images that depict the last phase of people's lives.
The art of conciliation
Magazine article by Gareth Knapman, 2017
Gareth Knapman explores the politics and opportunism behind the portraits of Tasmania’s Black War.
Cook in context
Magazine article by Diana Warnes, 2007
Robert Oatley's continuing benefaction has helped the National Portrait Gallery acquire works that add another layer to the story of Captain Cook.
This is Afghanistan
Magazine article by Andrew Quilty, 2023
Walkley Award-winning photojournalist Andrew Quilty shares an extract from his new book, a powerful visual record of his nine years in Afghanistan.
A Captured Moment
Magazine article by Simon Elliott, 2001
The acquisition of David Moore's archive of portrait photographs for the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
Pre-Raphaelite Profile
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2006
In 2006 the National Portrait Gallery acquired a splendid portrait of Victoria's first governor, Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe by Thomas Woolner.
Be frank
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2020
Close encounters are the genesis for Graeme Drendel’s enticing portraiture.
Four from the 30s
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2003
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.
Political profiles
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2016
Joanna Gilmour examines the prolific output of Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, and discovers the risk of taking a portrait at face value.
Hearts of Darkness
Magazine article by Magda Keaney, 2006
The National Portrait Gallery's acquisition of the portrait of Edward John Eyre by pioneering English photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.
Sea legged frogs
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2011
Joanna Gilmour describes some of the stories of the individuals and incidents that define French exploration of Australia and the Pacific.
Top shot that
Magazine article by Gideon Haigh, 2009
Gideon Haigh discusses portraits of Australian cricketers from the early 20th century
The artist, the scholar and the gentleman
Magazine article by Kwon Hyeeun, 2019
Kwon Hyeeun introduces Korean portraits of Kang Sehwang, and five generations of the Kang family.
South-bound and down
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2013
Joanna Gilmour recounts the story of ill-fated sea voyages in the early stages of the Antipodean colony.
First encounters
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2011
Representations of the inhabitants of the new world expose the complexities of the colonisers' intentions.
Rethinking foundational histories
Magazine article by Kate Fullagar, 2019
A focus on Indigenous-European relationships underpins Facing New Worlds. By Kate Fullagar.