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National Portrait Gallery

National Portrait Gallery, London is ‘to promote through the medium of portraits the appreciation and understanding of the men and women who have made and are making British history and culture, and ... to promote the appreciation and understanding of portraiture in all media’.
Location
London, United Kingdom
Founded in
1856

Permanent events

Champions. Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery
Champions
Permanent event
Bravo! Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery
Bravo!
Permanent event

Past events

Recent Acquisitions. Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery
Recent Acquisitions
16 Nov 2018 — 3 Nov 2019
Recent Acquisitions. Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery
Recent Acquisitions
16 Nov 2018 — 3 Nov 2019
Eye to I. Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery
Eye to I
2 Nov 2018 — 18 Aug 2019
One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey. Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery
One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey
29 Jun 2018 — 19 Jun 2019
Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now. Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery
Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now
31 May 2018 — 10 Mar 2019
UnSeen. Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery
UnSeen
31 May 2018 — 6 Jan 2019
Dorothy, Lady Browne (née Mileham) and Sir Thomas Browne attributed to Joan Carlile, circa 1641-1650 © National Portrait Gallery, London
Framing the Face
19 Feb 2016 — 16 Jul 2017
Nyaueth by Peter Zelewski © Peter Zelewski
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2015
12 Nov 2015 — 21 Feb 2016
Audrey Hepburn dressed in Givenchy with sunglasses by Oliver Goldsmith by Douglas Kirkland, 1966 © Douglas Kirkland
Audrey Hepburn: Portraits of an Icon
2 Jul — 18 Oct 2015
Benedict Cumberbatch by Spencer Murphy © Spencer Murphy
Camden Radical Characters
9 Jul — 11 Oct 2015
Annabelle and Guy by Matan Ben Cnaan © Matan Ben Cnaan
BP Portrait Award 2015
18 Jun — 20 Sep 2015
The Duke of Wellington playing with his Grandchildren By Robert Thorburn, 1852, Wellington Collection, Stratfield Saye House © Stratfield Saye Preservation Trust
Wellington: Triumphs, Politics and Passions
12 Mar — 7 Jun 2015 at National Portrait Gallery, London
Édouard and Marie-Louise Pailleron by John Singer Sargent, 1881 © Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends
12 Feb — 25 May 2015 at National Portrait Gallery, London
The Line of Departure, 2014, Courtesy the Artist, Victoria Miro, London and Paragon | Contemporary Editions Ltd © Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry: Who Are You?
25 Oct 2014 — 15 Mar 2015 at National Portrait Gallery, London
Dog and boy by Laurence Cartwright, 2013 © Laurence Cartwright
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2014
13 Nov 2014 — 22 Feb 2015 at National Portrait Gallery, London
Jerry Hall and Helmut Newton, Cannes by David Bailey, 1983, © David Bailey
Bailey's Stardust
6 Feb — 1 Jun 2014

National Portrait Gallery

51.50928
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St Martin's Place
London WC2H 0HE United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 73060055
www.npg.org.uk
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Daily from 10am to 6pm
Late Opening Thursday & Friday until 9pm

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