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Blur’s Alex James praises Noel and Liam Gallagher’s ‘good manners’ over Oasis reunion tour

Manchester-formed band will play a series of stadium shows around the world in 2025

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2024

The incredible winners of the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024 are announced!

Winning portrait of this year's Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize challenges conventional thinking about motherhood

Digital Camera World · Nov 12, 2024

Vote Your Fave Aussie Into The National Portrait Gallery & You Could Win A $1,000 Qantas Voucher

You could win a $1,000 Qantas voucher by voting which Aussie deserves to be the subject of the yearly National Portrait Gallery commission.

Pedestrian.tv · Oct 16, 2024

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Francis Bacon at the National Portrait Gallery is an emotional tour de force

‘Francis Bacon: Human Presence’ at the National Portrait Gallery in London puts the spotlight on Bacon's portraiture

Wallpaper · Oct 11, 2024

Francis Bacon – Human Presence review: the outrage king of British art at his terrifying best, and worst

Blockbuster show at the National Portrait Gallery overcomes Bacon’s late career lows to prove that his brutally frank portraiture can still take the breath away

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024

Francis Bacon: Human Presence review – ‘This whirligig of horrors is the best Bacon show I’ve ever seen’

The hard-living artist’s distorted figures – deformed to reveal mortality, sex and death – often left their subjects feeling injured. But this biting show should leave crowds astonished

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2024

How delicate beauty looks completed Roksanda’s Regency-inspired London Fashion Week show

Make-up artist Dominic Skinner chats through the striking yet soft beauty looks for Roksanda’s new collection.

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2024

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National Portrait Gallery appoints its first ever female director

Victoria Siddall will take up the post in the autumn

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2024

Victoria Siddall becomes National Portrait Gallery’s first female director

Former global director of Frieze says she is ‘thrilled’ to take up position left by Nicholas Cullinan

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024

Artist puts High Vis glare on Australia's colonisers

In an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, works by artist Joan Ross use lurid colours to talk back to colonial paintings.

AAP · Aug 23, 2024

Love portraiture? The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize shortlist is MUST SEE

The National Portrait Gallery releases the shortlist for the renowned Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize

Digital Camera World · Aug 14, 2024

'Me and my powerful butt': Benjamin Law on portraits and power

The writer has had his portrait in the Archibalds - twice.

The Canberra Times · Jul 29, 2024

‘Political’ search for new V&A chair mired in accusations of cronyism

Coveted post at London arts institution tainted by process widened to include the Cabinet Office and Downing Street

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2024

Young V&A wins Museum of the Year award

East London venue, previously known as the Museum of Childhood, described by judges as ‘truly inspirational’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2024

From Shakespeare’s lost plays to the world’s oldest horse: the bumper Art Fund Museum of the Year 2024 quiz

The five nominees competing to be crowned the UK’s best museum have each sent in five devilish questions about their collections – how culturally clued up are you?

The Canberra Times · Jun 21, 2024

'Sparse yet powerful': moonlit portrait takes $30,000 prize

The photographic prize is one of Australia's most popular shows.

The Guardian - AU · Jun 2, 2024

Gina Rinehart denies approaching National Portrait Gallery to offer an artwork of herself

Hancock Prospecting says billionaire did not initially approach National Portrait Gallery offering portrait of herself, saying gallery first approached her

Marie Claire · May 25, 2024

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Photo Added to the National Portrait Gallery

The photograph was taken just three days before Queen Elizabeth's passing.

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Evening Standard · May 24, 2024

Harry and Meghan photo given permanent home at National Portrait gallery

A portrait of Prince Harry and Meghan has been added to the National Portrait Gallery's permanent collection in London, whose patron is the Princess of Wales.

The Canberra Times · May 20, 2024

'Truthful and genuine': the kids set to stun in portrait prize

They're intimate and artful - and they're all by kids.

The Guardian - AU · May 18, 2024

‘Oh my god, I am beautiful’: the people who pay to have their portrait painted

It’s never been easier to take a flattering image of yourself. So why do people commission professional portraits of themselves or loved ones?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2024

Revamped National Portrait Gallery among contenders for museum of the year

Shortlist dominated by institutions that have undergone extensive renovations, including Young V&A and Manchester Museum

Wallpaper · Apr 30, 2024

London art exhibitions to see in January

Read our pick of the best London art exhibitions to see this month, from 'The 80s: Photographing Britain' at Tate Britain to Jennifer Binnie at Richard Saltoun

Wallpaper · Apr 26, 2024

Step into Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron's dreamy photographs in London

'Portraits to Dream In' is currently on show at London's National Portrait Gallery

Woman & Home · Apr 24, 2024

Kate Middleton granted prestigious new title by King Charles - and it's ten words long

King Charles recommended that the Princess of Wales should receive a new title that no royal has held before

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