A vibrant tapestry that celebrates the essential but sometimes unappreciated work of refuse collectors is to go on display alongside portraits of high-profile figures such as Stormzy and Andy Murray when the refurbished National Portrait Gallery reopens this summer.
The tapestry, titled John Barry, O Kelly, Sonny and Richard Moore after the four essential workers it depicts, is by the Kenyan-born artist Michael Armitage, whose painting of the same name was commissioned by the Southbank Centre during the Covid pandemic. It has now been acquired by the NPG.
