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Glynis Traill-Nash explores a new Romance Was Born commission, Emma Kindred looks at Vincent Namatjira, and Rebecca Blake profiles NPPP finalist Gerwyn Davies.

Peter Dutton, 2016

The Art in the Optics

Magazine article by Jacqueline Maley, 2025

From the tightly stage-managed to the embarrassingly candid, Jacqueline Maley explores the power and influence of political portraiture.

Hibiscus rosa sinensis, 2010 Angela Tiatia

Floral Extravaganza

Magazine article by Serena Bentley, 2025

Serena Bentley talks to In Bloom artists Nathan Beard, Pamela See and Angela Tiatia about their fascination for florals.

HOSSEI

All About the Feelings

Magazine article by Claire Finneran, 2025

Claire Finneran dives into the wild and wonderful world of HOSSEI, where portraiture is intuitive and playful.

Albert and Vincent

Together on Country

Magazine article by Dr Emma Kindred, 2025

Emma Kindred considers the artistic lineage and deep Ancestral connection between Vincent Namatjira and his great-grandfather Albert Namatjira.

Romance Was Born, Regional Australia, 2006, with Del Kathryn Barton

Portrait x Romance Was Born

Magazine article by Glynis Traill-Nash, 2025

Glynis Traill-Nash on Samuel Hodge’s portrait of Romance Was Born.

Men In This Town 04

Why portraiture?

Magazine article by Atong Atem, 2025

Atong Atem reflects on her experiences, process and motivation for making portraits.

Performance still of Emily Hunt: The Grotto presented at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on 26 June 2024 Photo © Art Gallery of NSW, Anna Kucera and Jenni Carter

In Profile

Magazine article by Isobel Parker Philip and Dr Emma Kindred, 2025

Isobel Parker Philip and Emma Kindred delve into Emily Hunt’s embellished marionettes and intricate etchings which layer history, memory and magic.

Mirror II, 2022 Gerwyn Davies

Hidden in Plain Sight

Magazine article by Rebecca Blake, 2025

Rebecca Blake looks at the whimsical and flamboyant art of Gerwyn Davies, a two-time National Photographic Portrait Prize finalist.

1/2 length self portrait in mirror, wearing pyjama shirt, camera at shoulder height, 1979 Carol Jerrems

Great Experimentations

Magazine article by Rebecca Harkins-Cross, 2025

Rebecca Harkins-Cross considers Carol Jerrems’ portraiture against the backdrop of social change in the 1970s.

Thom Roberts

Trains, Towers and Thom Roberts

Magazine article by Isobel Parker Philip, 2025

Isobel Parker Philip introduces artist Thom Roberts, whose distinctive portraits of people, buildings and personified trains define the world as he experiences it.

Part 14 of Untitled, 2023 Anu Kumar

if only we could take the time

Magazine article by Sonia Nair, 2025

Sonia Nair looks at Anu Kumar, whose portraiture practice preserves the intimate, in-between moments of her hometown in India.

Venus, 2022 Jordan Richardson, Archibald Prize 2022 finalist

We Were There

Magazine article by Benjamin Law, 2025

Preserving stories, subverting power and posing nude: Benjamin Law explores the potency and persuasiveness of portraiture.

Shopping for butterfly, 2013 Joan Ross

Sucker Punch

Magazine article by Coby Edgar, 2025

Coby Edgar reflects on the artist Joan Ross, whose practice probes the ongoing consequences of colonisation, climate change and consumerism in Australia.

Gallery One, September 2024

Conversation pieces

Magazine article by Dr Emma Kindred, 2025

Curator Emma Kindred shares a glimpse of the creative process behind her selection of works for the National Portrait Gallery’s salon hang.

Some lads #1

In Profile

Magazine article by Daniel Browning, 2025

Daniel Browning delves into Tracey Moffatt’s Some lads series, recently acquired in full by the National Portrait Gallery.

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