National Portrait Gallery

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An exhibition aims to give voice to the ‘fallen women’ at the heart of the Victorian brotherhood

BY Chloë Ashby | 22 OCT 19

The historic image was taken by Tyler Mitchell — the first African-American to shoot the cover of Vogue  

BY Kadish Morris | 09 AUG 19

Antony Gormley, Rachel Whiteread, Anish Kapoor, Gillian Wearing and Mark Wallinger have co-signed a letter addressed to the gallery’s director

BY Frieze News Desk | 08 JUL 19

As five Turner Prize winners denounce BP sponsorship, the arts community is rising up to address the climate emergency

BY Mel Evans | 08 JUL 19

A new book published to coincide with her retrospective at London’s National Portrait Gallery includes a rare glimpse of the artist’s workspace

BY Figgy Guyver | 27 JUN 19

A group of leading artists and a judge of the annual BP portrait prize have urged the London institution to cut ties with the oil company

BY Frieze News Desk | 11 JUN 19

A remarkable exhibition of tiny paintings at London’s National Portrait Gallery

BY Tim Smith-Laing | 29 MAR 19

As leading arts institutions decline donations over opioid links, the artist and activist on why the age of using culture for ‘reputation laundering’ is over

BY Chris Sharratt | 29 MAR 19

The Guggenheim in New York is the latest major arts institution to refuse Sackler money

BY Frieze News Desk | 25 MAR 19

2.3 million people visited the gallery due in part to the portraits of the former US President and First Lady

BY Frieze News Desk | 01 MAR 19

In further news: New Museum workers vote to unionize; Amanda Schmitt appeals dismissal of Artforum suit

BY Frieze News Desk | 25 JAN 19

In further news: National Portrait Gallery’s visitor decline due to counting ‘error’; Berlin’s Arratia Beer gallery closes

28 AUG 18

The new initiative will loan celebrated National Portrait Gallery artworks to towns across the UK that they are most closely associated with

26 JUL 18

On the eve of a major show at the National Portrait Gallery, considering the legacy of MJ in light of ‘Apeshit’ and fraught debates on Blackness

BY Sonya Dyer | 21 JUN 18

A surprising show of silhouettes at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. sheds light on obscure chapters of US history 

BY Evan Moffitt | 23 MAY 18

In further news: London’s National Portrait Gallery shuts for fashion show; and Neïl Beloufa accused of defamation by Parker Bright

20 FEB 18

Crowdfunding campaigns launched in memory of artist Khadija Saye; the 2017 Serpentine Pavilion opens; plans for a new Documenta Institute 

23 JUN 17