Jenny Saville Excavating The Feminine NPG – Sooz Belnavis-Abbott
When I walked into Jenny Saville’s exhibition, The Anatomy of Painting, this morning, my face split into a grin.
24 June 2025
National Portrait Gallery
Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting
Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting brings together 45 works made throughout the artist’s career.
Open daily: 10.30 – 18.00 Friday & Saturday: 10.30 – 21.00
National Portrait Gallery Unveils 2025 Portrait Award Shortlist
London’s National Portrait Gallery has revealed three exceptional finalists for its Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award, selected from 1,314 international submissions…
29 May 2025
Edvard Munch And His Inner Freudian Trauma – Sue Hubbard
The German-Polish writer and anarchist Stanislaw Przybyszewski described his friend, the artist Edvard Munch, as ‘a painter of the soul’.
16 March 2025
Edvard Munch Portraits: Personas With A Body – John K. Grande
“Nature is the vast eternal kingdom which nourishes art,” Munch observed, and this vast source was not a choice but a reality…
13 March 2025
Edvard Munch Portraits
Widely regarded as one of the great portraitists of the 19th and 20th centuries, Edvard Munch consistently produced intimate portraits of family, friends.
Open daily: 10.30 – 18.00 Friday & Saturday: 10.30 – 21.00
The Face Magazine: Culture Shift
The Face Magazine: Culture Shift celebrates iconic fashion images and portraits from The Face, a trail-blazing youth culture and style magazine that has shaped the creative and cultural landscape in Britain and beyond.
Open daily: 10.30 – 18.00 Friday & Saturday: 10.30 – 21.00
London Art Exhibitions 2025 An Artlyst Month by Month Guide
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2025 promises to see another full and varied programme of art exhibitions in London. Artlyst has put together this month-by-month guide.
5 January 2025
Ten London Art Exhibitions Opening In 2025
Here are ten London Art exhibitions to look out for in 2025.
17 December 2024
National Portrait Gallery Unveils Exhibitions For 2025
The National Portrait Gallery announces its forward programme of exhibitions for 2025, featuring various anticipated shows….
17 October 2024
Francis Bacon – Human Presence – National Portrait Gallery – Sue Hubbard
Francis Bacon is something of a Marmite painter. There are those who love him – his searing honesty and the existential search to extract the essence of a subject…
16 October 2024
Francis Bacon: Human Presence
The exhibition will explore Francis Bacon’s deep connection to portraiture and how he challenged traditional definitions of the genre.
Open daily: 10.30 – 18.00 Friday & Saturday: 10.30 – 21.00
Ten Unmissable London Art Exhibitions Autumn 2024 – Artlyst
Autumn will bring significant exhibitions to the major museums and galleries in London.
28 August 2024
Peter Tatchell: National Portrait Gallery Acquires Portrait Of Human Rights Activist
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled a never-before-seen, full-length portrait of renowned human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, now on display… Read More
3 August 2024
Antony Williams Wins NPG’s Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024
Antony Williams has been awarded the prestigious Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award by the National Portrait Gallery
12 July 2024
Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024
The Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award makes a welcome return to the National Portrait Gallery for 2024.
Open daily: 10.30 – 18.00 Friday & Saturday: 10.30 – 21.00
Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens
The exhibition presents a study of the lives and afterlives of the six women who married Henry VIII.
Open daily: 10.30 – 18.00 Friday & Saturday: 10.30 – 21.00
Juliet Margaret Cameron and Francesca Woodman Photographic Storytelling – Sue Hubbard
As much seems to divide the photographers Juliet Margaret Cameron and Francesca Woodman as unites them.
2 April 2024
Reframing The Black Figure – National Portrait Gallery – Albertina Campbell
Five years ago, curator and writer Ekow Eshun embarked on a mission to formulate a new narrative from the Black perspective for a 21st-century audience.
12 March 2024
The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure – National Portrait Gallery
In a thought-provoking exploration of contemporary Black Art, Ekow Eshun, curator of “The Time Is Always Now,” emphasises the profound shift…
7 March 2024
Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In
Showcasing more than 160 rare vintage prints, Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In spans the career of both artists
Open daily: 10.30 – 18.00 Friday & Saturday: 10.30 – 21.00
The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure
A major study of the Black figure – and its representation in contemporary art.
Open daily: 10.30 – 18.00 Friday & Saturday: 10.30 – 21.00
Nicholas Cullinan Visionary Director of The National Portrait Gallery Speaks To Nico Kos Earle – Artlyst Exclusive
Since 2020, Nicholas Cullinan has overseen an acclaimed £41.3m renovation, which reopened on time and on budget, no mean feat…. Read More
8 January 2024
Twelve London Art Exhibitions Autumn 2023
Several exciting art exhibitions will open in London’s major museums and galleries this Autumn.
22 August 2023
Russell Tovey Launches Art of London’s Summer Season 2023
Russell Tovey launches ‘Art of London’s Summer Season 2023: The Art of Entertainment’, some of the National Portrait Gallery…
27 July 2023
Paul McCartney: Photographs 1963–64 Eyes of the Storm
An unprecedented exhibition, revealing – for the first time – extraordinary photographs taken by Paul McCartney.
Open daily: 10.30 – 18.00 Friday and Saturday: 10.30 – 21.00
Yevonde: Life and Colour
An exploration of the life and career of Yevonde, the pioneering London photographer
Open daily: 10.30 – 18.00 Friday and Saturday: 10.30 – 21.00
Tracey Emin Creates Every Women Bronze Doors For NPG Relaunch
Forty-five portraits that “represent every woman” cover the three doors that now form the entrance to the National Portrait Gallery.
20 June 2023
National Portrait Gallery To Reopen With Sir Paul McCartney Photo Exhibition
Sir Paul’s private and personal photos will be displayed for the first time when the National Portrait Gallery reopens to visitors
30 March 2023
Bored Ape Hypesters Sued For Millions – Tate Britain’s ‘Racist’ Mural Back On Show Next Autumn – National Portrait Gallery To Reopen 22 June
Bored Ape Hypesters Sued For Millions – Tate Britain’s ‘Racist’ Mural Back On Show – National Portrait Gallery To Reopen 22 June
15 December 2022
BP Portrait Award 2020
Selected from 1,981 entries by artists from 69 countries around the world, the BP Portrait Award 2020 represents the very best in contemporary portrait painting.
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David Hockney: Two Major Shows Open In London – Edward Lucie-Smith
As the National Portrait Gallery prepares for its long sleep – three years with its doors firmly shut – it is not surprising to find it playing host to a major show of work by David Hockney.
25 February 2020