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National Portrait Gallery will get new wing as part of refurbishment

The Blavatnik Wing will host portraits of Charles Darwin, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, the Bronte sisters and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

Evening Standard

‘At 52, I abandoned everything, every friend, every family member’: the top official who escaped Scientology

After 45 years in the church, Mike Rinder became disillusioned and walked out. He talks about daily life in the organisation, being disciplined in ‘the Hole’, and his hopes of reconnecting with his children

The Guardian - UK

Maya Lin doesn't like the spotlight — but the Smithsonian is shining a light on her

Heavily criticized 40 years ago for her Vietnam Veterans' Memorial design, the artist-architect-activist prefers to talk about her artistic process rather than her life

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National Gallery entrance revamp row recalls King Charles’ ‘carbuncle’

Architects’ society forced to defend scheme to remodel entrance from ‘unjustified’ criticism

The Guardian - UK

First show in 100 years of disabled Victorian artist Sarah Biffin opens in London

Accomplished miniaturist and a household name in 19th century was born without arms and hands

The Guardian - UK

Taylor Wessing Prize: Lockdown laundry portraits win prestigious photography award

Clémentine Schneidermann won for photos of her neighbour hanging out washing

Evening Standard

Photos of lockdown mundanity win £15,000 Taylor Wessing prize

Judges commend Clémentine Schneidermann for simple series capturing neighbour in Wales

The Guardian - UK

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Former National Portrait Gallery director Angus Trumble dies

Angus Trumble served as National Portrait Gallery director from 2014 to 2018.

The Canberra Times

Guardian and Observer photographer Eamonn McCabe dies aged 74

Tributes paid to one of the most celebrated newspaper photographers and picture editors of his generation

The Guardian - UK

Your votes are in: National Portrait Gallery prize winners announced

The People's Choice Award winners have been announced.

The Canberra Times

V&A drops financial ties with Sackler family over links with opioids

London museum bows to years of pressure and removes signs bearing name of family associated with OxyContin crisis

The Guardian - UK

National Portrait Gallery's latest exhibition set to redefine portraiture

Think a sculpture of two scooters isn't a portrait? Think again.

The Canberra Times

Idealised, gilded or defaced, Queen Elizabeth's image dominated our age

From Beaton to Warhol, from the Sex Pistols to the coins in our pockets, the Queen’s face has been everywhere

The Guardian - UK

Queen Elizabeth II, the muse

FRANCE 24's Olivia Salazar-Winspear takes a look at the late British monarch's place in arts and culture, as the second Elizabethan era comes to end. From the paintings hanging in the National Portrait Gallery to dramatic interpretations on the screen, Queen Elizabeth II's image had surpassed her status to become…

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The Independent UK

Bidens to host Obamas at White House for unveiling of their official portraits

Unveiling was supposed to happen during Trump’s term but it was put off

The Canberra Times

Had to believe she was magic: Olivia Newton-John and the times she visited Canberra

RIP ONJ, you lit up all our lives

The Guardian - UK

Letters: James Lovelock obituary

Michael Gaskell writes: I painted James Lovelock for the National Portrait Gallery and his company was filled with science, anecdotes and laughter

The Canberra Times

National Portrait Gallery director's departure announced

The National Portrait Gallery is set to say goodbye to its director Karen Quinlan.

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The Guardian - UK

Tacita Dean on David Warner: ‘Hummingbirds were his angels – he had an altar to them in his flat’

The artist remembers filming the actor, who died this week, in a work bringing together three great stage Hamlets – a valedictory performance that moved his son to tears

ABC News

How a chance encounter led Wayne Quilliam to capture the winning entry to the 2022 National Photographic Portrait Prize

A portrait of Aurukun man Eric Yunkaporta at an Indigenous dance festival in ceremonial headwear is selected as this year's winner of the prestigious National Photographic Portrait Prize.

The Canberra Times

A moment of silence takes out National Photographic Portrait Prize

It may have only taken seconds of planning, but one spare-of-the-moment portrait by Wayne Quilliam has won this year's National Photographic Portrait Prize.

The Canberra Times

We can all be Kate Bush in July

Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy.

The Canberra Times

NGA needs $67m for urgent building repairs

The 40-year-old building has been plagued with maintenance issues for several years.

The Canberra Times

The Canberran who captured Aunty Matilda's story in a portrait

When Canberra artist Narelle Zeller first decided to paint a portrait of Aunty Matilda House, she knew she wanted to capture the Ngambri elder's connection to culture.

The Independent UK

Queen photos projected onto Stonehenge and Marble Arch to celebrate Platinum Jubilee

HRH’s face will illuminate national landmarks to celebrate 70th year on the throne

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