Jack Smith Rarely Seen Abstract Portraits To Be Exhibited At NPG
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 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A previously unpublished photograph of the British conductor Sir Simon Rattle by Rory Coonan has been unveiled at The National… Read More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
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled its latest commissioned portrait – a photograph of Dame Vivienne Westwood in her garden… Read More
16 September 2014
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
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
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
Two larger-than-life sized paintings featuring famous chefs including a seven-foot study of TV chief James Martin are part of the… Read More
3 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
The National Portrait Gallery along with four other major museums is to showcase their creative and personal responses to the… Read More
31 March 2014
Of all the events and memorial activities scheduled for this year to mark the centenary of the beginning of the… Read More
30 March 2014
A photograph of National Portrait Gallery patron HRH The Duchess of Cambridge viewing the Van Dyck Self-portrait it is campaigning… Read More
24 February 2014
This landmark exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London is the largest exhibition of David Bailey’s portraits. With over 300… Read More
22 February 2014
The Duchess of Cambridge, patron of the National Portrait Gallery attended a ticketed black-tie fundraising event last night Tuesday 11… Read More
13 February 2014
David Bailey’s landmark exhibition opens today (6 February) at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Selected by the photographer, Bailey’s Stardust… Read More
6 February 2014
£3.2 million has been raised in support of the National Portrait Gallery and Art Fund appeal to secure the last… Read More
31 January 2014
Marina Warner, Hilary Mantel, Esther Freud, Joanna Trollope, Sir David Hare, Sir Michael Holroyd and Dame Jacqueline Wilson are among… Read More
23 January 2014
The National Portrait Gallery have launched an online archive catalogue, enabling a wider audience to access details of the Gallery’s… Read More
21 January 2014
The National Portrait Gallery, London, has appointed Phillip Prodger, founding Curator of Photography at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts,… Read More
15 January 2014
London’s National Portrait Gallery, London, has unveiled its most recent commissioned portrait, a painting of Tony Blair by artist Alastair… Read More
20 December 2013
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
The National Portrait Gallery has announced that it is now accepting entries for the thirty-fifth Portrait Award, one of the… Read More
3 December 2013
A newly commissioned portrait of barrister, politician and broadcaster Baroness Helena Kennedy by light artist Chris Levine has been unveiled… Read More
28 November 2013
The National Portrait Gallery and the Art Fund have launched an appeal to raise £12.5 million and save the last… Read More
25 November 2013
To mark the centenary of the British born, Hollywood legend Vivien Leigh’s birth, a previously unseen and newly acquired photograph… Read More
31 October 2013
London’s National Portrait Gallery is presenting the first national exhibition of the First World War centenary commemorations in February 2014…. Read More
27 October 2013
A re-discovered painted portrait of the seventeenth-century feminist patron, builder and conservationist, Lady Anne Clifford has been acquired by the… Read More
2 October 2013
Pop Art Portraits by the seminal British Pop Artist Derek Boshier will be shown in the UK for the first… Read More
23 September 2013
Ben Okri has unveiled his poem (see below) dedicated to William Hoare’s compelling portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, the earliest… Read More
18 September 2013
Four photographers have been shortlisted for this year’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, the major international photography award. Firmly established… Read More
12 September 2013
A landmark exhibition of the work of David Bailey is to open at the National Portrait Gallery, London, in February… Read More
5 September 2013
A little known painting of three Elizabethan children containing what may be the first portrait of a guinea pig has… Read More
20 August 2013
The Booker Prize winning writer Ben Okri has been commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to write a new poem… Read More
7 August 2013