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Kate picks places close to heart for birthday portraits’ first public display

Portraits of the Duchess of Cambridge taken to mark her 40th birthday are to go on public display for the first time – in places close to Kate’s heart. The glamorous shots of the duchess by celebrated fashion photographer Paolo Roversi will feature ...

16 Mar 2022 at 12:25

National Portrait Gallery announces reopening date in June

The National Portrait Gallery in London has set the date it will reopen three years on from its closure due to renovation. The public can enjoy the improvements, the biggest development since the building in St Martin’s Place, close to Trafalgar ...

15 Dec 2022 at 11:16

National Portrait Gallery will get new wing as part of refurbishment

The National Portrait Gallery in London will get a new wing as part of its refurbishment when it reopens in 2023. The Blavatnik Wing will host more than one hundred years of British portraits in nine galleries as part of the gallery’s Inspiring ...

23 Nov 2022 at 12:09

Museums and galleries to get share of £4m funding pot

A total of 33 museums and galleries in England will get a share of a funding pot worth £4 million. The grants from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Wolfson Foundation will fund projects in places like Hampton ...

06 Dec 2022 at 01:01

Duchess of Cambridge personally thanks well-wishers for birthday messages

The Duchess of Cambridge has thanked supporters who have wished her a happy birthday. Kate, who turns 40 today, took to Twitter to personally thank everyone who had sent her messages on her birthday. It is rare for the duchess and her husband ...

09 Jan 2022 at 19:55

Scottish Ballet confirms it has ended sponsorship deal with oil giant BP

Scottish Ballet has confirmed it no longer has a deal with BP due to a clash over future “green” company plans. It joins the National Portrait Gallery, which announced the end of its partnership with the oil giant in a joint statement on ...

23 Feb 2022 at 13:55

National Portrait Gallery ends partnership with BP after more than 30 years

The National Portrait Gallery has announced the end of its partnership with BP, becoming the latest institution from the world of art and culture to distance itself from the oil giant. The Royal Shakespeare Company and Tate have already ...

22 Feb 2022 at 15:55

World

UK and US galleries buy masterpiece Portrait Of Mai for £50m

One of the earliest portraits of a black person by a British artist will remain on public display after London’s National Portrait Gallery and the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles struck a £50 million deal to buy it. The two ...

26 Apr 2023 at 14:30

National Gallery to reopen with exhibition on pioneering colour photographer

The National Portrait Gallery is set to reopen with more than two dozen newly discovered works from trailblazing 20th century British photographer Yevonde. Yevonde: Life And Colour will explore the life and career of Yevonde ...

20 Mar 2023 at 12:13

Climate activists paint over portrait of King in Scottish museum

Climate activists from This Is Rigged have spray-painted on a portrait of the King, the group has claimed. Two people from the group sprayed the painting in Edinburgh’s National Portrait Gallery with the words “The people ...

26 Jul 2023 at 17:43

Music

David Hockney’s Harry Styles painting to go on show at National Portrait Gallery

A painting of pop star Harry Styles created by English artist David Hockney will go on display at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Hockney, 86, painted As It Was singer Styles, 29, in his art studio in Normandy, ...

02 Aug 2023 at 17:26

News

The royal family has been captured in art for generations

The Queen had several official royal portrait paintings commissioned during her 70-year reign and the King is set to follow in her footsteps with a portrait to commemorate his coronation. Artists painted the late ...

28 Apr 2023 at 02:45

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