Contemporary portraits
A selection of contemporary portraits from 2000 to the present day, some of which are on display at the Gallery. Portraits below are listed in chronological order.
Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield
by Tom Phillips
1999-2000
NPG 6526
'The Royal Family: A Centenary Portrait'
by John Wonnacott
2000
NPG 6479
Sir John Hurt
by Stuart Pearson Wright
2000
NPG 6541
Andrew Motion
by Jilly Sutton
2000
NPG 6543
('Damon, singer. 2000') Damon Albarn
by Julian Opie
2000
NPG 6593(1)
Tracey Emin ('The Last Thing I said to you is don't leave me here. 1')
by Tracey Emin
2000
NPG P879
Queen Elizabeth II
by John Swannell
November 2001
NPG x125851
Mo Mowlam
by John Keane
2001
NPG 6468
Neil Kinnock; Glenys Kinnock
by Andrew Tift
2001
NPG 6583
Fiona Shaw
by Victoria Russell
2001-2002
NPG 6609
Ian McKellen
by Clive Smith
2001-2002
NPG 6610
Nelson Mandela
by Ian Homer Walters
2008, based on a work of 2001
NPG 6868
Sam Taylor-Johnson (Sam Taylor-Wood) ('Self-portrait in Single-breasted Suit with Hare')
by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Sam Taylor-Wood)
2014, based on a work of 2001
NPG P959
Thomas Joseph Edmund Adès
by Phil Hale
2002
NPG 6619
Sir George William Langham Christie; (Patricia) Mary (née Nicholson), Lady Christie
by David Hockney
2002
NPG 6624
Isabella Blow
by Tim Noble, by Sue Webster
2002
NPG 6872
Tracey Emin ('Death Mask')
by Tracey Emin
2002
NPG 7034
Lindsay Quartet (Peter Cropper; Ronald Birks; Robin Ireland; Bernard Gregor-Smith)
by György Gordon
2003
NPG 6649
Mike Leigh
by Stuart Pearson Wright
2003
NPG 6926
Three Royal Court Theatre Directors (Katie Mitchell; Stephen Daldry; Ian Rickson)
by Justin Mortimer
2004
NPG 6668
Judi Dench
by Alessandro Raho
2004
NPG 6671
Ken Dodd
by David Cobley
2004
NPG 6702
Harry Patch
by Giles Price
7 December 2004
NPG x127190
Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders
by Catherine Goodman
2005
NPG 6704
Bill Morris
by John Keane
2005
NPG 6721
J.K. Rowling
by Stuart Pearson Wright
2005
NPG 6723
Sir David Hare
by Dame Paula Rego
2005
NPG 6746
Stephen Hawking
by Frederick George Rees Cuming
2005
NPG 6764
'Self-Portrait with Charlie' (David Hockney; Charles Dare Scheips)
by David Hockney
2005
NPG 6819
Julian Opie ('Julian with T-shirt')
by Julian Opie
2005
NPG 6830
Johnson Gideon Beharry
by Emma Wesley
2006
NPG 6803
Marc Quinn ('Self')
by Marc Quinn
2006
NPG 6863
Kate Moss
by Corinne Day
2006
NPG P1274
Queen Elizabeth II ('Lightness of Being')
by Chris Levine
2008
NPG 6963
Queen Elizabeth II
by Annie Leibovitz
2007
NPG P1316
Paul Nurse ('Paul')
by Jason Brooks
2008
NPG 6837
Dame Zaha Hadid
by Michael Craig-Martin
2008
NPG 6840
Camila Batmanghelidjh
by Dean Marsh
2008
NPG 6845
Akram Khan
by Darvish Fakhr
2008
NPG 6847
V.S. Naipaul
by Paul Emsley
2009
NPG 6875
William, Prince of Wales; Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
by Nicky Philipps
2009
NPG 6876
Willard White
by Ishbel Myerscough
2009
NPG 6886
Anna Wintour
by Alex Katz
2009
NPG 6908
Sir Martin John Evans
by David Cobley
2011
NPG 6897
Amy Winehouse ('Amy-Blue')
by Marlene Dumas
2011
NPG 6948
Michael Rosen
by Lee Fether
2011
NPG 6973
Kelly Holmes
by Craig Wylie
2012
NPG 6944
Maggie Smith
by James Lloyd
2012
NPG 6955
Catherine, Princess of Wales
by Paul Emsley
2012
NPG 6956
Julia Donaldson
by Peter Monkman
2013
NPG 6960
Helena Ann Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws
by Chris Levine
2013
NPG 6979
'A Map of Days'
by Sir Grayson Perry
2013
NPG 6998
Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd
by Brendan Kelly
2014
NPG 6982
Simon Weston
by Nicky Philipps
2014
NPG 6984
Joan Bakewell
by Glenys Barton
2014
NPG 6997
Sir Andrew John Wiles
by Rupert Alexander
2015
NPG 6994
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
by Sean Henry
2015
NPG 6996
Gail Rebuck, Baroness Rebuck
by Jennifer McRae
2015
NPG 7018
Dame Sally Davies
by Daphne Todd
2016
NPG 7022
Ed Sheeran
by Colin Davidson
2016
NPG 7035