The Latest Breaking News from National Portrait Gallery

Is the writing on the wall for the British Museum’s BP deal?

Chair of the museum, George Osborne, says it no longer wants to be a ‘destination for climate protest’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022

Descendants of Algernon Marsden help save Tissot portrait of great grandfather

The Victorian painting by Jacques Joseph ‘James’ Tissot was valued at £2.4 million.

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

‘Emancipation’ producer called out for showing off photo of enslaved man at premiere

LOS ANGELES — Joey McFarland, a producer on Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation,” apparently did not think through the ramifications of showing off the original 1863 “scourged back” photo of an enslaved man at the film’s L.A. premiere Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 2, 2022

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

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

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022

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 · Oct 31, 2022

Taylor Wessing Prize: Lockdown laundry portraits win prestigious photography award

Clémentine Schneidermann won for photos of her neighbour hanging out washing

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2022

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

Judges commend Clémentine Schneidermann for simple series capturing neighbour in Wales

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022

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 · Oct 3, 2022

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 · Oct 1, 2022

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 · Sep 10, 2022