
Zoë Law: Presents Noel Gallagher And Over 100 LEGENDS At NPG
Over a hundred celebrated figures from the colourful areas of art, fashion, business, and entertainment will be showcased in LEGENDS by Zoë Law.
9 September 2024
Over a hundred celebrated figures from the colourful areas of art, fashion, business, and entertainment will be showcased in LEGENDS by Zoë Law.
9 September 2024
The National Portrait Gallery in London has announced the shortlist for the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024.
13 August 2024
Antony Williams has been awarded the prestigious Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award by the National Portrait Gallery
12 July 2024
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled a groundbreaking exhibition showcasing the rare vintage prints of two iconic photographers: Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron.
21 March 2024
Forty-five portraits that “represent every woman” cover the three doors that now form the entrance to the National Portrait Gallery.
20 June 2023
To coincide with her major exhibition “Sirens” at the Marian Goodman Gallery, Nan Goldin was welcomed by a full-house audience at the National Portrait Gallery.
22 November 2019
The Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize has come round once again, just as the announcement went out that the NPG will very soon close its doors for a much-needed update, and won’t be accessible again for three years. It’s hard to be entirely regretful about the hiatus.
8 November 2019
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled the Gallery’s acquisition of a bronze sculpture of Holocaust Survivor Sir Ben Helfgott, Honorary President of Yad Vashem UK Foundation, by Royal sculptor Frances Segelman (Lady Petchey).
20 October 2019
The Cindy Sherman retrospective just opened at the National Portrait Gallery is a major blockbuster, illustrating all aspects of a very prolific career.
27 June 2019
The shortlist for the BP Portrait Award 2019 has been announced by the National Portrait Gallery, London. The prize which will be presented on 10 June 2019
29 April 2019
The Duchess of Cambridge National Portrait Gallery patron joined, Princess Beatrice of York, Miles Aldridge, Phyllida Barlow, David and Victoria Beckham, Ozwald Boateng, Alexa Chung, Michael Craig-Martin, Lawrence Dallaglio, Jourdan Dunn, Christina Estrada, Jess Gillam, Bianca Jagger, Sir Don McCullin, Kate Moss, Duro Olowu, Martin Parr, Grayson Perry, Elizabeth Peyton, Nicola Roberts, Jenny Saville, Mike Skinner and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye were among the guests at the 2019 Portrait Gala, a special event held at the NPGon Tuesday 12 March.
12 March 2019
Cindy Sherman’s groundbreaking series, Untitled Film Stills, 1977-80, is to go on public display for the first time in the UK, in a major new retrospective of the artist’s work at the National Portrait Gallery
31 July 2018
The National Portrait Gallery, London, has revealed the four artists shortlisted for the BP Portrait Award 2018. The award will be presented on 11 June 2018.
11 April 2018
The Duchess Of Cambridge has agreed to select Victorian photographs from an upcoming exhibition at the NPG, as part of a Patron’s trail.
16 February 2018
An exhibition of work by four of the most celebrated Victorian art photographers is to open at The National Portrait Gallery in London.
24 August 2017
Julian Opie has unveiled a new work to display alongside the National Portrait Gallery’s self-portrait of Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), acquired in 2014 after a major public fundraising appeal, as it returns to the Gallery following a three-year nationwide tour.
2 August 2017
Contemporary artist Marlene Dumas (b.1953) displays portraits of Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (1870–1945), also known as ‘Bosie,’ painted last year and exhibited in Artangel’s ambitious exhibition at Reading Gaol, Wilde’s place of incarceration.
4 April 2017
Antony Gormley is to display a life-size sculpture suspended from the ceiling of the Ondaatje Wing Main Hall of the National Portrait… Read More
18 July 2016
A collection of Lucian Freud’s sketchbooks, drawings and letters have been acquired by the nation from the estate of Lucian… Read More
16 November 2015
London’s National Portrait Gallery is presenting a new display exploring the unique artistic collaboration inspired by a close friendship of… Read More
10 June 2015
Artlyst is not normally one for conspiracy theories, but we have noticed an alarming trend with the seeming exodus of… Read More
10 April 2015
A selection of rarely seen abstract paintings by the important British artist Jack Smith has gone on show at the… Read More
19 March 2015
A previously unpublished photograph of the British conductor Sir Simon Rattle by Rory Coonan has been unveiled at The National… Read More
19 January 2015
A rarely seen portrait of one of the world’s most celebrated writers, Roald Dahl, painted when he was a young… Read More
6 August 2014
A portrait of Christabel Pankhurst, one of the leading Suffragettes, has gone on public display for the first time in… Read More
24 July 2014
Grayson Perry is presenting a new exhibition of portraits titled ‘Who Are You?’ (25 October 2014-15 March 2015) at the… Read More
22 July 2014
Lord Snowdon/ Antony Armstrong-Jones has given 130 original prints of some of his most iconic photographs to the National Portrait… Read More
15 July 2014
The winner of the BP Portrait Award 2014 was announced last night at the National Portrait Gallery. The first prize… Read More
25 June 2014
The shortlist for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery, London has been announced…. Read More
17 April 2014
A painted portrait of Falklands War veteran Simon Weston by the artist Nicky Philipps has been ubveiled at The National… Read More
20 March 2014
A patinated plaster sculpture of the well known British stage actress Margaret Rawlings by the sculptor Frank Dobson has been… Read More
11 December 2013
Andrea Riseborough is the subject of the National Portrait Gallery’s first commissioned photograph for the John Kobal New Work Award,… Read More
7 November 2013