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Emily Eavis explains why Michael didn't open Glastonbury Festival

Emily encouraged fans to count down from ten before the first festivalgoers entered the legendary Worthy Farm site on Wednesday morning (June 21)

Bristol Post

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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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Kate Middleton grins alongside Sir Paul McCartney as she unveils £40m revamp of gallery

Kate Middleton headed to central London on Tuesday - officially opening the National Portrait Gallery after a major three-year refurb.

Daily Record

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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Kate Middleton's subtle nod to life with newborn Prince George during sweet exchange with little girl

The Princess of Wales made the remark during her exciting visit to the National Portrait Gallery in London on Tuesday

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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

Mystery Evening Standard sellers star in first show as the National Portrait Gallery reopens

A portrait of two Fleet Street newspaper sellers is included in a new show dedicated to pioneering photographer Yevonde Middleton

Evening Standard

The great face off: 16 of the most wonderful portraits ever painted

As the National Portrait Gallery prepares for its grand reopening this week, critics, artists and curators pick their favourite works from 500 years of portraiture

The Guardian - UK

'Unflinchingly honest' photo takes out National Photographic Portrait Prize

This year's winning portrait is one of two finalist works featuring the same sitter.

The Canberra Times

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

Evening Standard

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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

The Conversation

Yevonde: an introduction to the woman who pioneered colour photography

The National Portrait Gallery, London, reopens in June following a three-year closure for the “largest redevelopment” in its 127-year history. Its opening exhibition, Yevonde: Life and Colour, will be the most comprehensive to date on British photographer, Yevonde Middleton (1893-1975).

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The Guardian - UK

Masterpieces and margaritas: National Portrait Gallery to open new bar as part of revamp

London gallery will be latest institution to offer after-hours events when it reopens in June after a £35m refurbishment

The Canberra Times

'It's unreal': the ACT schoolkids already featured at the Portrait Gallery

The Canberrans are two of the 12 finalists in this year's youth portrait prize.

The Independent UK

National Portrait Gallery unveils plan to share historic £50m painting between two countries

The historic masterpiece is one of the earliest great portraits of a person of colour

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.

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