National Portrait Gallery
National Portrait Gallery boosts female representation with five new self-portraits
Paintings highlighting stories of women who have helped shape British culture are part of three-year project by NPG
Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent
08, Mar, 2022 @6:00 AM
London’s National Gallery under pressure over links to Credit Suisse
Questions raised over sponsorship of exhibitions by scandal-hit Credit Suisse
Shanti Das
26, Feb, 2022 @8:39 PM
National Portrait Gallery and BP to cut ties after 30 years
Firm will cease sponsorship of portrait award, in latest boost to campaign against oil involvement in the arts
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
22, Feb, 2022 @2:07 PM
Sydney photographer scoops 2021 Taylor Wessing prize
David Prichard’s series, a tribute to Indigenous stock women, was shot in the north of Queensland
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
08, Nov, 2021 @8:00 PM
No 10 is marching through cultural institutions – and making a battleground of the arts | Charlotte Higgins
By interfering in appointments, the government is trying to shape museums and trusts in its own image, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins
Charlotte Higgins
08, Nov, 2021 @1:06 PM
The row between art galleries and donors is bigger than bringing home the Bacon | Oliver Basciano
As Tate faces potential legal action from a Francis Bacon donor, British galleries’ relationships with private collectors need more scrutiny
Oliver Basciano
12, Aug, 2021 @2:02 PM
National Gallery to buy Thomas Lawrence’s ‘Red Boy’ for £9.3m
Sentimental toffee-tin favourite was first painting on a UK postage stamp but has divided opinion since 1825
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
22, Jul, 2021 @2:42 PM
Visits to world's top 100 museums and galleries fall 77% due to Covid
Institutions across globe could take years to recover from disastrous 2020, suggests survey
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
30, Mar, 2021 @6:00 AM
Freak out! It's Nile Rodgers in your living room, singing and answering questions
The superstar hitmaker spent five hours answering 350 questions – to become the world’s first voice-interactive digital portrait. He reveals why the tell-all experience was thrilling – and sometimes upsetting
Etan Smallman
24, Mar, 2021 @7:35 AM
National Portrait Gallery to feature more women in its collection
Curators will increase representation of female artists and sitters and seek overlooked stories
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
17, Mar, 2021 @4:09 PM
'Lost summer' prom images win over judges of Taylor Wessing photo portrait prize
National Portrait Gallery names Alys Tomlinson winner of £15,000 prize
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
24, Nov, 2020 @10:56 AM
Photo exhibition captures British life under lockdown
National Portrait Gallery unveils collection of 100 images submitted by the public
Mark Brown
13, Sep, 2020 @11:01 PM
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