Rebel Women: Suffragette Centenary Celebrated At National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery will exhibit a portrait slashed with a butcher’s cleaver by a suffragette for the first time in over twenty years.
29 January 2018
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Cezanne Portraits Subversively In Motion National Portrait Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Cezanne portrait show at the National Portrait Gallery follows hot on the heels of the show of portraits by Soutine currently on view at the Courtauld.
26 October 2017
Julian Opie Debuts At The National Portrait Gallery
Julian Opie makes his debut at the National Portrait Gallery with a selection of new works. It will accompany the Gallery’s self-portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641)
9 October 2017
Black British Celebrity Photographs Acquired By National Portrait Gallery
Super model Naomi Campbell rapper Tine Tempah, and Journalist/newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald, are included in thirty-seven black British musicians, actors, politicians, models and sports stars who will feature in a major new National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Opening next year, the exhibition will also include actor Sir Lenny Henry, singer Laura Mvula and actress Thandie Newton.
18 August 2017
National Portrait Gallery Receives £9.4m From National Lottery Towards £35.5m Refurbishment
The National Portrait Gallery is to receive £9.4 million from The National Lottery towards a £35.5m refurbishment programme, which will be the Gallery’s biggest ever development and its most significant project since the opening of its Ondaatje Wing in 2000.
15 June 2017
Tracey Emin Death Mask Purchased For £67k By National Portrait Gallery
Death Mask’ by artist Tracey Emin, has been purchased by The National Portrait Gallery in London, it was announced today,
13 April 2017
Gillian Wearing and Claude Cahun Projections of Self National Portrait Gallery
Pairing the work of contemporary artist Gillian Wearing with the innovative early-twentieth century photographer Claude Cahun is an inspired choice by the National Portrait Gallery. Despite being born 70 years apart, the two female artists address similar themes around gender, identity, masquerade and performance.
9 March 2017
Old Master Portrait Drawings Exhibition Announced For National Portrait Gallery
The first exhibition of old master European portrait drawings at The National Portrait Gallery will be staged this summer. The Encounter: Drawings from Leonardo to Rembrandt (13 July – 22 October 2017), will include works by some of the outstanding masters of the Renaissance and Baroque, many rarely seen, and some not displayed for decades.
16 February 2017
Chuck Close Portrait Of Former National Portrait Gallery Director Sandy Nairne Unveiled
A large portrait of the former Director of the NPG Sandy Nairne by the US Photorealist artist Chuck Close has been unveiled. It is the first portrait by Close to be acquired by the Gallery and the first major work by the American artist to enter a British public collection.
14 December 2016
Portraits By Paul Cezanne Explored In New National Portrait Gallery Exhibition
The first exhibition devoted entirely to portraits by Paul Cézanne will be mounted at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Cézanne Portraits will bring together for the first time over 50 of Cézanne’s portraits from collections across the world, including works never before on public display in the UK.
12 December 2016
Famous Faces In LGBT Equality Exhibited At National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled an exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality in England and Wales. It uses portraits of prominent gay figures to illustrate how attitudes have changed.
28 November 2016
Picasso Portraits – master of transformations at National Portrait Gallery by Edward Lucie-Smith
The Picasso portrait show now at the National Portrait Gallery and the big Abstract Expressionist exhibition on offer at the Royal Academy are both worth a visit.
25 October 2016
Picasso Portraits – master of transformations at National Portrait Gallery by Edward Lucie-Smith
London is unusually rich in important exhibitions at the moment, and sometimes these events seem to enter into a dialogue… Read More
15 October 2016
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The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and… Read More
3 October 2016
Luc Tuymans: People Wearing Glasses Explored At The National Portrait Gallery
The Belgian Artist Luc Tuymans is to display a selection of paintings at the National Portrait Gallery this autumn, it was announced… Read More
3 August 2016
Unseen Lucian Freud Self Portrait and Drawings Go On Display At National Portrait Gallery
A selection of drawings from the unseen sketchbooks of Lucian Freud, together with a newly-discovered self-portrait by the artist, have… Read More
15 June 2016
British Black and Asian Lives Explored At The National Portrait Gallery
Black and Asian lives in Britain from the 1860s through to the 1940s are explored in a new display at… Read More
19 May 2016
Major Picasso Portrait Exhibition Announced By London’s National Portrait Gallery
London’s National Portrait Gallery has announced a major exhibition of portraits by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) opening this October. All phases of… Read More
11 April 2016
Celebrating Charlotte Bronte At 200 In New National Portrait Gallery Exhibition
The National Portrait Gallery in London is presenting a major new display of personal items, original manuscripts and works of art to… Read More
22 February 2016
Alberto Giacometti: Sensible Expression And Pure Presence National Portrait Gallery
If the outlandish and often gimmicky world of contemporary art is too hard to digest, ‘Frieze’ week also offers some… Read More
20 October 2015
Alberto Giacometti Exhibition At National Portrait Gallery Opens This Week
An exhibition devoted to portraits by the artist Alberto Giacometti opens at the National Portrait Gallery this week. The well… Read More
13 October 2015
National Portrait Gallery Releases Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2015 Shortlist
Four photographs have been shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2015, the major international photography award organised by… Read More
15 September 2015
Artists’ Film International Opens At Whitechapel Gallery
The Whitechapel Gallery presents four new works for Artists’ Film International, a seasonal programme of film, video and animation chosen… Read More
17 July 2015
Picasso and Lee Miller Explored In Scottish National Portrait Gallery Exhibition
The unique relationship between Pablo Picasso and the iconic photographer Lee Miller is explored in a stunning new exhibition at… Read More
26 May 2015
Alberto Giacometti Portraits Exhibition Announced For National Portrait Gallery London
An exhibition of portraits by Alberto Giacometti is to open at the National Portrait Gallery in London this autumn. The first… Read More
14 May 2015
Grayson Perry Attracts Record Visitors At National Portrait Gallery Exhibition
Artist Grayson Perry’s exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery has attracted record visitors. A quarter of a million people came… Read More
17 March 2015
Dr Nicholas Cullinan Appointed New Director Of National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery, London, has appointed Dr Nicholas Cullinan as their new director, following the resignation of Sandy Nairne… Read More
6 January 2015
Audrey Hepburn Explored In New Photography Exhibition At National Portrait Gallery
The exquisite Audrey Hepburn, will be the subject of a new photography exhibition opening at the National Portrait Gallery in… Read More
2 December 2014
John Singer Sargent Blockbuster For National Portrait Gallery This February
The National Portrait Gallery will stage a major exhibition in 2015 of works by one of the world’s most celebrated… Read More
30 September 2014
Lord Snowdon Photographs Go On Display At National Portrait Gallery
An important display of portraits by Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones AKA Lord Snowdon from the 1950s to the 1990s has… Read More
26 September 2014
Vivienne Westwood Commission Unveiled At National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled its latest commissioned portrait – a photograph of Dame Vivienne Westwood in her garden… Read More
16 September 2014
Ken Livingstone Painting By Andrew Tift Goes On Display At National Portrait Gallery
Ken Livingstone, the often controversial left wing politician has been inducted into the National portrait Gallery with a new painting… Read More
3 July 2014