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National Portrait Gallery Receives £9.4m From National Lottery Towards £35.5m Refurbishment

National Portrait Gallery Receives £9.4m From National Lottery Towards £35.5m Refurbishment

by News Desk | Jun 15, 2017 | News

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. ‘The...
Marlene Dumas Exhibits Oscar Wilde And Lover Bosie Portraits At NPG

Marlene Dumas Exhibits Oscar Wilde And Lover Bosie Portraits At NPG

by News Desk | Apr 4, 2017 | Previews

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...
Howard Hodgkin Portraits The Insider’s Insider Review By Edward Lucie-Smith

Howard Hodgkin Portraits The Insider’s Insider Review By Edward Lucie-Smith

by News Desk | Mar 23, 2017 | Reviews

Howard Hodgkin died just two weeks before the opening of the current retrospective of his portrait works at the National Portrait Gallery. The location of the show presents a paradox, which the artist himself was well aware of. He didn’t paint recognisable likenesses...
Gillian Wearing and Claude Cahun Projections of Self National Portrait Gallery

Gillian Wearing and Claude Cahun Projections of Self National Portrait Gallery

by News Desk | Mar 9, 2017 | Reviews

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...
Old Master Portrait Drawings Exhibition Announced For National Portrait Gallery

Old Master Portrait Drawings Exhibition Announced For National Portrait Gallery

by News Desk | Feb 16, 2017 | News

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...
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