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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 · Mar 20, 2023

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.

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

National Portrait Gallery shines light on colour photography pioneer

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

Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2023

Second portrait of Moree Aboriginal elder and activist Polly Cutmore to hang in the National Portrait Gallery

Gomeroi and Anaiwan woman Polly Cutmore says she sees her family and its history in the portraits — from Moree's segregation laws, to her activism work today.

ABC News · Mar 7, 2023

We can’t let Joshua Reynolds’ magnificent Portrait of Omai leave the UK

This breathtaking 7ft-high portrait of a Polynesian visitor to London in the 18th century captures a complex cultural encounter and showcases the genius of Reynolds

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2023

Curious Kids: who was the first celebrity?

Who was the first celebrity? – Grace, aged eight, Belfast, Northern Ireland

The Conversation · Mar 6, 2023

New William Hogarth exhibition to feature artwork not seen for 300 years

The display focuses on the British artist and his reaction to the 1745 Jacobite Uprising.

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023

Art After Dark: the free late-night culture programme coming to London’s biggest galleries

This year you can see some of London’s best exhibitions late in the evening

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2023

Race to save £50m Reynolds painting showing early portrait of person of colour

Exclusive: There are just two weeks to save the £50m 18th-century Joshua Reynolds painting – one of the earliest portraits of a person of colour – or it could be lost to a foreign buyer

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

This glorious portrait is too precious a treasure to be lost from our shores for ever

Even in tough times, masterpieces like Joshua Reynolds’s painting are worth saving

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023