National Portrait Gallery
National Portrait Gallery acquires 20 works from collecting couple
Ian and Annette Cumming set out to commission likenesses of people who would remain renowned
Letter to the editor | Necessity, not secrecy, will close NPG’s doors
Nicholas Cullinan, the director of the National Portrait Gallery, responds to criticism about the museum's three-year closure
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Elizabeth Peyton's historically contextualised portraits to a jarring installation on queer existence
Why was the National Portrait Gallery so secretive about its closure?
The London museum will close between 2020 and 2023, but the announcement was buried in the fourth paragraph of a press release
Nan Goldin brings first PAIN protest to the UK, storming the Victoria and Albert Museum
Demonstrators demand that V&A director Tristram Hunt drops Sackler name
National Galleries of Scotland to no longer host BP Portrait Award
Museums officials say that the association with the oil company is at odds with a "responsibility to do all we can to address the climate emergency"
London’s National Portrait Gallery to close for three years with ‘some job losses’
Museum plans to send 300 portraits a year on tour around the country during £35.5m redevelopment
Dread Scott’s slave revolt reenactment. Plus, Pre-Raphaelite Sisters
The US artist on his two-day performance in Louisiana and the role of women in the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Produced in association with Bonhams
San Diego artist wins top prize in US portrait competition with immigration-themed animation
Washington's National Portrait Gallery will display finalists’ work in a contest that helped to vault the reputation of Amy Sherald
Elizabeth Peyton on Kurt Cobain, the Twilight films and painting a museum director in his shorts
In her new solo show at London's National Portrait Gallery, the artist connects the past with the present
How ethical can museums afford to be? We ask five major UK art institutions about funding challenges
We find out how mounting public scrutiny of private money could affect the bottom line of London's National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Gallery and the Tate
Amy Sherald, Michelle Obama's portraitist, unveils massive mural in Philadelphia
The six-storey 2,400 sq ft painting depicts an empowered black teenager
Cindy Sherman gets first UK retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery
Exhibition will explore the influence of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window and how it all began with a humble family album
Artists call for National Portrait Gallery to drop BP sponsorship
Gary Hume says funding for the arts is 'outweighed by the need to act urgently on the climate crisis'
When it comes to museum attendance, it’s more than just a numbers game
London's National Portrait Gallery director on the way cultural institutions engage audiences and measure success
South London Gallery returned funding to Sackler Trust last year
Plus, Nan Goldin's show at the National Portrait Gallery is expected to go ahead after the trust and London museum decided not to proceed with a £1m grant
London's National Portrait Gallery and Sackler Trust to 'not proceed' with £1m grant
Mutual decision comes amid controversy over trust's connection to Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, a prescription painkiller linked to the opioid crisis
Victoria Beckham and Kate Moss among star-studded guest-list at London National Portrait Gallery gala
Martin Parr photographs patriots, partygoers and Perrys alike in new survey show at London's National Portrait Gallery
Hunk of burning love: the naked selfie of the Elizabethan age
On The Art Newspaper podcast, we zoom into a passionate expression of desire in a miniature at the National Portrait Gallery
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From exquisite Elizabethan portrait miniatures at the National Portrait Gallery to Franz West's playful sculptures at Tate Modern
Antony Gormley at the Uffizi, plus portrait miniatures
We talk to the British artist as he shows his sculptures with ancient works in the Florentine museum, and we zoom in on the tiny art works that are the subject of a major show London's National Portrait Gallery. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the dazzling dresses of Dior at the V&A to the grim reality of how architecture can affect your health at the Wellcome Collection
From counting muddles to collective cuddles: the art world's highs and lows of 2018
The people, places and things that had a year to remember—or to forget
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Thomas Gainsborough's family portraits—including his pet dogs—at the National Portrait Gallery to "sexual warfare" at Goldsmiths CCA
Portrait of Gainsborough's nephew will sparkle in National Portrait Gallery show thanks to conservators
The painting, which took the artist less than an hour to paint, was restored for the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition opening in London this week
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From a “once in a lifetime” show of Henry Walpole's reunited treasures to a final chance to see a Michael Jackson thriller at the National Portrait Gallery
London's National Portrait Gallery’s contemporary art programme resonates more with the art world than the public
Though not as dire as first thought, visitor figures for the museum's contemporary shows have still been poor
London's National Portrait Gallery's steep decline in visitors due to counting error
“Human error” by Ipsos Retail Performance blamed for museum’s disastrous recent visitor numbers