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	Full Events Calendar - July All events are free except where indicated. To book ticketed events call 020 7306 0055.

July	Tuesday 1 July 2008, 15:00 Gallery Talk Lady Mary Wortley Montague Angela Cox Free

July	Thursday 3 July 2008, 19:00 Paper Portraits - Falling Wide Falling between dance and the visual arts, Paper Portraits explores dance's relationship to artists' materials: how movement influences art, the choreography of construction and how line, colour and sculptural form can bear its mark on movement and space. Performed within the galleries, five dancers will create life-sized self-portraits influenced by the sitters in the Collection. Free

July	Friday 4 July 2008, 18:30 Music Dorian Ford Trio An affectionate and meticulous post-modern approach to the music of Bill Evans: Dorian Ford (piano), Tom Herbert (bass), Pat Levett (drums). Free

July	Saturday 5 July 2008, 12:00 Portrait of the Day Free Event cancelled

July	Saturday 5 July 2008, 15:00 Gallery Talk Contemporary Portraits Marc Woodhead Free

July	Saturday 5 July 2008, 15:00 Paper Portraits - Falling Wide Falling between dance and the visual arts, Paper Portraits explores dance's relationship to artists' materials: how movement influences art, the choreography of construction and how line, colour and sculptural form can bear its mark on movement and space. Performed within the galleries, five dancers will create life-sized self-portraits influenced by the sitters in the Collection. Event Cancelled - please see 3 July for details of alternative performance Free

July	Sunday 6 July 2008, 13:00, 15:00 Highlights of the Collection Free

July	Sunday 6 July 2008, 13:00 - 16:00 Sunday Session Body Mapping Exploring issues of identity in relation to your own lives and the BP Portrait Award 2008 exhibition, during this workshop you will have the opportunity to use photography and collage to create a text and image based life-sized representation of yourself. Led by artists Farina Alam and Miranda Lopatkin. Free - Fully Booked BP Portrait Award 2008 Young People's Programme

July	Sunday 6 July 2008, 15:00 Film Black and White in Colour Parts One and Two A two-part documentary charting the presence of black people in British cinema and TV from the late 1800s to the early 1980s. This film has been cancelled due to distribution problems. Instead of the screening Tony Warner of 100 Black Men of London will be giving a presentation charting the history of Black actors in British film and television.

July	Tuesday 8 July 2008, 15:00 Gallery Talk Portraiture of the British Empire James Hicks Free

July	Thursday 10 July 2008, 13:15 Wyndham Lewis Richard Humphreys Free

July	Thursday 10 July 2008, 19:00 BP Portrait Award 2008 Exhibition Tour Art historian and painter Marc Woodhead introduces the exhibition. Free but tour tickets required and available on the night from 17.00, on first come, first served basis. Free

July	Friday 11 July 2008, 18:30 Music Trillium This unique quartet (soprano, saxophone and brass), returns with a programme of new works written for them by composers Eoin O'Keefe, Paul Seamen, Luca Vanesschi, Tim Benjamin and Howard Haigh. Free

July	Saturday 12 July 2008, 10:30 - 17:30 Vorticism vs Bloomsbury Study Day Wyndham Lewis, through Vorticism, and the Bloomsbury circle shared a common determination to pioneer a British response to Modernism. They worked and exhibited together in close collaboration until their differences were very publicly aired in a row over the Ideal Home Exhibition in 1914. Richard Cork, Frances Spalding and Richard Humphreys are among the leading critics, curators and art historians who will explore the conflicts and allegiances that sparked the rift and its consequences. Tickets: £45/£35 concessions and Gallery Supporters (includes wine reception and entry to the Wyndham Lewis Portraits exhibition) Click here to view Agenda

July	Saturday 12 July 2008, 12:00 Portrait of the Day Free

July	Saturday 12 July 2008, 15:00 Gallery Talk Tudor Portraits Lesley Rivett Free

July	Sunday 13 July 2008, 13:00, 15:00 Highlights of the Collection Free

July	Tuesday 15 July 2008, 15:00 Gallery Talk Romanticism: Painters Julie Barlow Free

July	Thursday 17 July 2008, 19:00 Film Allen Jones - Women and Men Dir. Jake Auerbach, 2007 (59 mins) Allen Jones has produced some of the most startling and zestful images of the past fifty years, in painting, sculpture and print. This film explores the artist and his work with contributions from former sitter, Prima Ballerina Darcey Bussell, his wife Deirdre Morrow, artist Gary Hume and Jones himself.

July	Friday 18 July 2008, 18:30 Music Claire Jones Official Harpist to HRH The Prince of Wales One of Wales's brightest young talents, since her appointment in June 2007 Claire has performed for His Royal Highness on a number of occasions, including an invite by Maestro Gergiev to join the Mariinsky Theatre Ballet Orchestra as guest artist. Free

July	Saturday 19 July 2008, 11:30, 14:30 Family Art Workshops Third Saturday of every month. Family session exploring portraits in the Collection, followed by an art activity. Suitable for ages 5+. Free ticket required and available one hour before the event starts from the Information Desk in the Main Hall Free

July	Saturday 19 July 2008, 12:00 Portrait of the Day Free

July	Saturday 19 July 2008, 14:00, 15:00 Storytelling for Families Drop-in storytelling sessions in the Gallery on the third Saturday of every month. Suitable for ages 3+. Free

July	Saturday 19 July 2008, 15:00 Gallery Talk Stuart Portraits Justin Nolan Free

July	Sunday 20 July 2008, 13:00, 15:00 Highlights of the Collection Free

July	Sunday 20 July 2008, 15:00 Film Allen Jones - Women and Men Dir. Jake Auerbach, 2007 (59 mins) Free

July	Tuesday 22 July 2008, 15:00 Gallery Talk William and Mary Lesley Rivett Free

July	Thursday 24 July 2008 - 25 July 2008, 18:00 - 20:30 Wyndham Lewis Portraits Workshop Taking place over one-day (27 July) or two-evenings (24-25 July), this practical workshop explores the techniques of Wyndham Lewis's portraits, led by artist Jane Elliott. Using the Wyndham Lewis Portraits exhibition as inspiration, participants will develop drawings and paintings using the visual language of Vorticism, Cubism and Futurism. No previous experience necessary and all materials are provided. Tickets: £45/£35 concessions and Gallery Supporters (includes wine reception and entry to the Wyndham Lewis Portraits exhibition)

July	Thursday 24 July 2008, 19:00 Pub Quiz: Yara El-Sherbini Part quizmaster, part stand up comic, artist Yara El-Sherbini uses the format of the pub quiz to playfully - and seriously - explore ideas around art, life and the Gallery's Collection. Fun, entertaining and politically challenging - join in, answer the questions and have a laugh. Tickets: £4/£2 concessions and Gallery Supporters Book online

July	Friday 25 July 2008, 10:00 - 15:30 National Portrait Gallery Walk Hampstead The leafy North London village of Hampstead, celebrated as the home to artists, writers and intellectuals, is the perfect location for a summer walk. The day begins with a lecture tracing the stories of Hampstead's most famous residents including John Constable, John Keats and Lucian Freud and is followed by a guided walk through some of London's most beautiful eighteenth-century streets, led by historian and Blue Badge Guide Owen Joseph. Travel to Hampstead not included although the group will be accompanied on the London Underground by the guide. Tickets: £15/£10 concessions and Gallery Supporters

July	Friday 25 July 2008, 18:30 Music Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea Irish duo, Darragh Morgan (violin) and Mary Dullea (piano) play music by John Adams and Chick Corea, alongside a world premiere written for them by British composer Tom Armstrong. Free

July	Friday 25 July 2008, 19:00 Pub Quiz: Yara El-Sherbini Part quizmaster, part stand up comic, artist Yara El-Sherbini uses the format of the pub quiz to playfully - and seriously - explore ideas around art, life and the Gallery's Collection. Fun, entertaining and politically challenging - join in, answer the questions and have a laugh. Tickets: £4/£2 concessions and Gallery Supporters Book online

July	Saturday 26 July 2008, 10:00 - 15:30 National Portrait Gallery Walk Hampstead The leafy North London village of Hampstead, celebrated as the home to artists, writers and intellectuals, is the perfect location for a summer walk. The day begins with a lecture tracing the stories of Hampstead's most famous residents including John Constable, John Keats and Lucian Freud and is followed by a guided walk through some of London's most beautiful eighteenth-century streets, led by historian and Blue Badge Guide Owen Joseph. Travel to Hampstead not included although the group will be accompanied on the London Underground by the guide. Tickets: £15/£10 concessions and Gallery Supporters

July	Saturday 26 July 2008, 12:00 Portrait of the Day Free

July	Saturday 26 July 2008, 15:00 Gallery Talk Civil War and Restoration Portraits Leslie Primo Free

July	Sunday 27 July 2008, 10:30 - 17:00 Wyndham Lewis Portraits Workshop Taking place over one-day (27 July) or two-evenings (24-25 July), this practical workshop explores the techniques of Wyndham Lewis's portraits, led by artist Jane Elliott. Using the Wyndham Lewis Portraits exhibition as inspiration, participants will develop drawings and paintings using the visual language of Vorticism, Cubism and Futurism. No previous experience necessary and all materials are provided. Tickets: £45/£35 concessions and Gallery Supporters (includes wine reception and entry to the Wyndham Lewis Portraits exhibition)

July	Sunday 27 July 2008, 13:00, 15:00 Highlights of the Collection Free

July	Tuesday 29 July 2008, 15:00 Gallery Talk Octavia Hill Debbie Challis Free

July - August	Wednesday 30 July 2008 - 1 August 2008, 11:00 - 16:00 Three-day Workshop Video 'Who-Ha' Inspired by a wide variety of portraits in the Collection, this multi-media course, including film and photography, is led by video and performance artists (nobleandsilver). The course will culminate in a public screening of the work at Video 'Who-Ha' Presents... on Friday 1 August. Fully booked Young People's Programme

July	Wednesday 30 July 2008, 14:00 - 15:30 Visualising Portraits Picture description for visually impaired visitors. Free

July	Thursday 31 July 2008 - 1 August 2008, 18:00 - 20:30 Portrait Techniques: Photography Taking place over one-day (2 August) or two-evenings (31 July - 1 August), this practical photography workshop led by Elizabeth Doak will include working with large format studio and digital cameras, using studio lighting and learning about basic portraiture composition, with reference to the Gallery's Collection. No previous experience necessary and all materials are provided. Fully booked

July	Thursday 31 July 2008, 19:00 Wyndham Lewis Exhibition Tour Free but tour tickets required in addition to an exhibition ticket and available on the night from 17.00, on a first come, first served basis.

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