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Be frank
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2020
Close encounters are the genesis for Graeme Drendel’s enticing portraiture.
The elegant thinker
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2020
Sarah Engledow pens a fond farewell to acclaimed science historian Ann Moyal.
Some prime ministers
General content
Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.
The Look
Previous exhibition, 2019
Featuring striking photographic portraits of contemporary figures from the National Portrait Gallery collection, The Look is an aesthetic treat with a lashing of je ne sais quoi.
Primed
Some Prime Ministers
Previous exhibition, 2019
Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.
Prima facie
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2019
Sarah Engledow casts a judicious eye over portraits in the Victorian Bar’s Peter O’Callaghan QC Portrait Gallery.
Petal to the mettle
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2019
Sarah Engledow lauds the very civil service of Dame Helen Blaxland.
Flash mob
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2019
Sarah Engledow trains her exacting lens on the nine photographs from 20/20.
A guy from Paris
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2018
Sarah Engledow on a foundational gallery figure who was quick on the draw.
So Fine
Contemporary women artists make Australian history
Previous exhibition, 2018
This exhibition features new works from ten women artists reinterpreting and reimagining elements of Australian history, enriching the contemporary narrative around Australia’s history and biography, reflecting the tradition of storytelling in our country.
Hope for kindness
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2018
Sarah Engledow arrives at the junction of fate and hope in Sarah Ball’s poignant Immigrants series.
NPPP 2011 exhibition essay
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Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2011 Prize.
Through thick and thin
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2017
Sarah Engledow likes the manifold mediums of Nicholas Harding’s portraiture.
Nicholas Harding
28 Portraits
Previous exhibition, 2017
Nicholas Harding: 28 portraits features paintings of Robert Drewe, John Bell and Hugo Weaving alongside gorgeously coloured recent oil portraits, delicate gouaches and bold ink and charcoal drawings.
Nicholas Harding: 28 Portraits
Exhibition essay
General content
Sarah Engledow looks at three decades of Nicholas Harding's portraiture.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017
Previous exhibition, 2017
The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.