Australia’s National Portrait Gallery is often considered one of the world’s greatest portrait museums. How lucky for readers, then, that most of what is on display on the modernist walls of the gallery in Canberra is also available for viewing on the museum’s website. Readers may like to start with the Gallery’s homepage, which is packed with information about exhibits, links to the organization’s history, and articles about events. From there, The Portraits section is the logical next step. Here readers will find thousands of photographs, paintings, videos, and sculptures of Australians from across the decades. Of special interest, there are several excellent portraits of renowned actress, Cate Blanchett, and the Portrait Stories section features dozens of interviews and short documentaries concerning the artistic processes that lie behind some of the museum’s most celebrated portraits.
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