This is not the case in the most recent acquisition by London’s National Gallery: a mysterious altarpiece painted by an unknown hand that has been dated to around 1510. The Virgin might be ...

This week sees the long anticipated public debut of the spruced-up Sainsbury Wing at London’s National ... expanse achieved by the National Portrait Gallery‘s new entrance hall, inaugurated ...

aims to celebrate the National Portrait Gallery’s vast collection, and nod to its heritage, as well as motifs found within its refurbished building. It has launched across the gallery’s digital ...

a symbol of so-called Buffalo Style towering over the entrance of the National Portrait Gallery in London. Inside find a myriad of icons including Kurt Cobain the front man of Nirvana wearing a ...

Photographs, engravings, etchings, lithographs, and other graphic arts are generally not surveyed by the CAP; however, portraits in these media are included if they are in the collections or ...

Ideal if you're after an extra-special souvenir to round off a day out in London! Below you'll find a few of our favourite things you can buy right now in the National Portrait Gallery Shop.

John Henry Brodribb (1838-1905) assumed the surname of Irving by royal licence in 1889. He was the son of Samuel and Mary Brodribb of Somerset. His parents moved to London and Henry began his long ...

When planning exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery, our historians and curators carefully select what will be displayed in the galleries, considering hundreds of possible images for each ...

But despite these late-20th century and 21st century contenders, perhaps the most notorious art vandals of all were the British suffragettes. And now, one of the paintings famously slashed by ...

Sean Ellis Twenty-seven years later, Swillingham’s prediction came true. At London’s National Portrait Gallery, “The Face Magazine: Culture Shift” celebrates the enduring, boundary-pushing ...

This week: after a two-year closure, the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing reopens ... about its seismic impact in London and beyond over the past quarter of a century, its complex present ...