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National Portrait Gallery £41.3m makeover review – a breath of fresh air

Architect Jamie Fobert’s new entrance is the crowning achievement of this bold refurbishment, which opens forgotten windows and embraces the NPG’s mixed identity as temple of art-cum-tourist attraction

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Windrush heroes, knotted ropes and Macca’s Beatles snaps – the week in art

Leonor Antunes gets knotted, Carrie Mae Weems questions Black representation and Paul McCartney shares his early adventures with the Fab Four

The Guardian - UK

Portrait of Prince William and Prince Harry removed from Royal Gallery as feud between brothers continues

A 'sweet' painting of Williamand Harrywhen they were younger and dressed in military uniform has been removed from the National Portrait Gallery.

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The National Portrait Gallery’s architect Jamie Fobert has set the London gallery free

After years of undignified adaptations, this ingenious intervention has restored the building to its original beauty, and more

Evening Standard

New National Portrait Gallery collection to be ‘representative of Britain today’

The Inspiring People project is focused on inclusivity and representing people who have been previously overlooked.

The Independent UK

The new National Portrait Gallery review – ‘It’s the same old cocktail party’

We’re told it has been changed utterly. As if. The NPG makes a claim to be a serious temple of art – but its dismal subservience to celebrity persists

The Guardian - UK

Slashed stone, daylight galore and doors by Tracey Emin: the National Portrait Gallery’s £41m rebirth

Forty-five faces of women, scribbled by Emin, now beam out from bronze doors – all part of an astonishing revamp that has turned this once unloved London landmark into a great building

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National Portrait Gallery reopens its refreshed home

London’s National Portrait Gallery reopens with a design by leading architect Jamie Fobert and conservation specialist Purcell

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The new National Portrait Gallery review – more democratic and diverse, it has never looked better

At last the gallery is worthy of its magnificent collection

Evening Standard

Kate Middleton goes thrifty in chic two-in-one blazer dress and a jewelry re-wear as she steps out with curls to die for

Kate Middleton went for a two-in-one outfit and a pair of $120 earrings from her collection as she stepped out at the National Portrait Gallery

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OPINION - Where’s Margaret Thatcher in the new National Portrait Gallery mural?

She’s been dead for 10 years but I rarely read the news without thinking of her. More than any other figure of recent history, Margaret Thatcher created modern Britain, in all its dysfunction and despondency. Housing misery, asthmatic public services, crumbling infrastructure, badly privatised industries such as the waterworks, which…

Evening Standard

Facial recognition: the 10 best exhibits in the revamped National Portrait Gallery

To mark the London gallery’s reopening this week after a £35m redevelopment, its director and chief curator introduce their favourite paintings from the expanded collection

The Guardian - UK

Tracey Emin draws 45 portraits of women for National Portrait Gallery doors

Art installation The Doors by Tracey Emin will be unveiled when the National Portrait Gallery reopens on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Tracey Emin shares she is one-eighth Nubian as she unveils National Portrait Gallery collaboration

Artist has created 45 female portraits in gallery’s bronze doors

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The insider’s guide to the hottest parties and events of the summer

David Beckham, Poppy Delevingne, Gene Gallagher and more tell Joe Bromley how to have the perfect high society summer

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The National Portrait Gallery: ‘if your collection only represents a fraction of Britain, that’s a problem’

The gallery’s director Nicholas Cullinan and Chanel Curator of Collections Flavia Frigeri on why reopening the new look NPG was always about representing the UK as it is today

Evening Standard

Blank canvas: gender-neutral uniforms at the National Portrait Gallery

National Portrait Gallery staff will be getting the uniforms for its reopening on June 22 after a £35 million refurbishment

Daily Mirror

William and Harry's 'sweet' picture removed from display at National Portrait Gallery

The 'sweet' portrait of Prince William and Prince Harry in happier times will no longer be on display in the National Portrait Gallery when it reopens this month after a £35million refit

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US, UK galleries buy masterpiece 'Portrait of Mai' for $62M

One of the earliest portraits of a person of color by a British artist will remain on public display after London’s National Portrait Gallery and the J

The Guardian - UK

Tapestry celebrating refuse collectors to go on show in National Portrait Gallery

Michael Armitage’s work will hang alongside high-profile figures in new gallery when NPG reopens in June

Evening Standard

National Portrait Gallery to display unseen photos by Paul McCartney from The Beatles’ early days

Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes Of The Storm will run from June 28 to October 1

The Independent UK

Unseen McCartney photos from Beatles’ early days unveiled ahead of gallery show

The personal archive will be displayed for the first time as part of a major exhibition to mark the National Portrait Gallery’s reopening in June.

The Independent UK

National Portrait Gallery granted more time to secure cash to keep £50m painting in UK

The gallery has been in talks with the Getty Museum in California to strike an extraordinary deal

The Independent UK

National Gallery to reopen with exhibition on pioneering colour photographer

The exhibition will showcase the range of sitters who Yevonde photographed, from the royal family to film stars.

Evening Standard

National Portrait Gallery shines light on colour photography pioneer

Yevonde: Life and Colour will exhibit over 150 works by the revolutionary artist

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