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![National Portrait Gallery](https://recollections.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0014/330701/50-NPG_building_1_thumb.jpg)
At the National Portrait Gallery
Art or history?
by John Thompson
A year after the opening of the National Portrait Gallery's $87 million building, John Thompson ponders whether the gallery succeeds in telling the Australian story through portraits.
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![Working machines and 'broken Britain': Re-enactment and the historical politics of Goodwood Revival](https://recollections.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0015/330702/51-Goodwood_thumb.jpg)
Working machines and 'broken Britain'
Re-enactment and the historical politics of Goodwood Revival
by Peter Stanley
You need neither own nor be a connoisseur of vintage racing cars to enjoy a 'magical step back in time' at the Goodwood Revival.
![The Victorian Bushfires - Symbols for healing](https://recollections.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0016/330703/52-1_Netty_thumb.jpg)
The Victorian Bushfires Collection
Symbols for healing
by Liza Dale-Hallett and Matthew Higgins
The National Museum of Australia and Museum Victoria are working with the Victorian community to document Black Saturday.
![The Sower](https://recollections.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0017/330704/53-Thumb_sower.jpg)
Exhibition as edition
Edition as exhibition
by Paul Eggert
Do the curators of Van Gogh's Letters: The Artist Speaks succeed in bringing together the artist's letters and paintings to form a cohesive narrative?