Different artists’ takes on the film star are explored ahead of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London

The artist's new show at the National Portrait Gallery offers plenty of reasons to be cheerful

Picture featuring his sons, husband David and their dogs goes on show at the National Portrait Gallery in London

The National Portrait Gallery is exploring a less familiar aspect of the artist’s work through his archive and recently acquired etchings

The London gallery and Frameless Creative, a leading maker of immersive experiences, have combined to create an unforgettable touring experience, with its first location at Salford Quays

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide

Art was not a part of the philanthropist’s life growing up in a remote town in Russia, but moving to Europe some years ago opened her eyes, and she is now an avid collector and generous donor

Painting by 17th-century Dutch painter has been researched and restored as part of the Women of the Rijksmuseum project supported by Chanel

The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month

The show at the National Portrait Gallery will explore how this master of loneliness was in fact surrounded by people—and how he could see “behind everyone’s mask”

The masterpiece will leave the National Portrait Gallery and head to Bradford and Cambridge

An exhibition of works by photographer Zoë Law, mounted after a donation towards the gallery’s £40m makeover, has raised questions about how matters relating to donors are handled and assessed

New experience produced by Frameless Creative with London museum to launch national and international tour at MediaCity, Salford, in May 2025

The gallery will also bring Cecil Beaton’s fashion photography and cult magazine The Face to the fore

With its first-ever Bacon show, the gallery plans to make 'a real splash with a major British artist'

Siddall will take up the role this autumn, becoming the first-ever woman to hold the position

The museum recently purchased the 1840s daguerreotype of Dolley Madison at auction

In this exclusive extract from a new book about Henry VIII’s six wives, the art historian Suzannah Lipscomb writes about “perhaps the greatest artistic patron of them all”

The face of the scandal-ridden, best-selling celebrity poet—who died 200 years ago, and had a great influence on 19th-century artists and composers—was better known in his era than that of anyone save Napoloen Bonaparte

Cullinan, currently the director of the National Portrait Gallery, faces an array of challenges in rebuilding the oldest national museum in the world’s reputation

The white, Western canon is being reassessed at the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Academy and the Dulwich Picture Gallery

Exhibitions at Gagosian in New York and National Portrait Gallery in London confirm late photographer’s arrival

Plus, 100 years of the Surrealist manifesto and Tonita Peña’s Eagle Dance

Curator Ekow Eshun has brought together portraits from 22 leading artists, including Kerry James Marshall and Claudette Johnson

Digital art venues are a global phenomenon, attracting massive audiences with radical new forms of immersive experiences. Are they a threat or an opportunity for traditional galleries and museums?

NPG chief Nicholas Cullinan, Southbank’s Elaine Bedell and Nick Merriman of Horniman Museum all receive OBEs

The portrait, showing the influential media personality in a striking purple dress, was painted by Chicago artist Shawn Michael Warren

The pastel double-portrait of President Jimmy Carter's recently deceased wife was drawn by Robert Clark Templeton

Herbert Smith Freehills, which runs an "oil and gas" division, replaces BP

The director of London's National Portrait Gallery receives what organisers hope will soon be seen as an “Oscar” of the art world