National Portrait Gallery

Radical reboot of Black presence in art explored in three London shows

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

Francesca Woodman’s posthumous path to A-lister

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

Ekow Eshun on the power of Black figuration and his new London show

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

More than a moment: major survey of Black figuration opens at National Portrait Gallery London

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

Tipping point: how new immersive institutions are changing the art world

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?

Awardsnews

UK New Year Honours—Venice Biennale artist Sonia Boyce made a dame; stained glass supremo Brian Clarke is knighted

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

US National Portrait Gallery unveils painting of Oprah Winfrey

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

Former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter's portrait goes on view at National Portrait Gallery

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

Law firm sponsor for National Portrait Gallery prize sparks controversy

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

Prizesnews

Nicholas Cullinan wins Critics' Circle Visual Arts Award

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

Joshua Reynolds’s 'Portrait of Mai' could visit its Polynesian homeland

The painting of the striking Polynesian man, recently bought jointly by London's National Portrait Gallery and the J. Paul Getty Museum, may travel to the South Pacific to be shown in Tahiti

Diaryblog

When Harry met Hockney—pop idol is painted by the Bradford-born artist

The new portrait will go on show in a Covid-delayed exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London

As London's National Portrait Gallery reopens, we must rethink dusty prejudices

Reviews of the revamped institution insist on calling its former building 'dusty', but that label should really be applied to the website, which is badly in need of an update

Female forward: National Portrait Gallery announces women-led partnership with Magnum Photos

Seven portraits of British women by female Magnum photographers will enter the permanent collection of London's newly reopened gallery as it attempts to balance a historic gender disparity

London's National Portrait Gallery's revamp: the review

Plus, William Edmondson in Philadelphia and Zinzi Minott's Windrush 75 film in London

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Windrush 75th anniversary marked by series of royal art commissions including portraits by Sonia Boyce and Amy Sherald

Also commemorating the arrival of the vessel from the Caribbean is a new exhibition at London's V&A and a display in London's Piccadilly Circus

Gender balance redressed as Tracey Emin creates new 'every woman' front doors for the National Portrait Gallery

The 45 portraits, cast in bronze, have been installed on the entrance to the newly restored London museum

A director's tour of the newly renovated National Portrait Gallery in London

Nicholas Cullinan shows us around the new-look museum after its three-year closure

Stormzy, Doreen Lawrence and Lucy Bronze: National Portrait Gallery reopens with a focus on the new faces of Britain

After a three-year closure and £41m redevelopment, the London institution aims to better acknowledge the UK’s history and diverse population

National Portrait Gallery should become a dispersed museum

The gallery—and the other big London museums—should be sending their vast collections around the country instead of hiding them in basements

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Jann Haworth, Pop Art pioneer, discovers a 'soft and warm' sensibility in response to changes brought by the global pandemic

The American artist re-examines the myth of the Wild West in her new painted textile works—and shows a fabric figure from her co-creation of the legendary "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album cover

Arts minister extends export ban (again) to help save Joshua Reynolds’s Portrait of Omai

The export deferral on the famed painting has been extended to 10 June, giving London’s National Portrait Gallery a few more weeks to work out a deal, possibly with the Getty

Critics line up to condemn Science Museum’s sponsorship deal with Adani Green Energy

Museum is accused of “reprehensible” behaviour in allegedly allowing crisis-hit parent company Adani to greenwash its huge fossil fuel business

Show of unseen Paul McCartney photographs—taken at the height of Beatlemania—will help relaunch London’s National Portrait Gallery

Refurbished museum has also announced shows of female photographers Yevonde, Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron and will see the return of David Hockney

Acquisitions round-up: two London museums jointly purchase a masterpiece of the Aesthetic movement

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

New exhibition space! National Portrait Gallery buys former Victorian public lavatory

Museum in London acquired refurbished ticket kiosk site for £3m with funds from businessman Len Blavatnik

London's National Portrait Gallery to reopen its doors in June 2023 after three-year closure

The refurbishment is backed by a raft of sponsors including British-American billionaire Leonard Blavatnik and international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills