Exhibitions (3)

Irving Penn Portraits
18 February - 6 June 2010
Wolfson Gallery
Tickets: £10/£9/£8
The exhibition includes over 120 exquisite prints, many vintage, ranging from his earliest portraits for Vogue magazine in 1944 to the present day.

The Indian Portrait 1560 - 1860
11 March - 20 June 2010
Porter Gallery
Free

BP Portrait Award 2010
24 June - 19 September 2010
Call for entries is now closed. The exhibition of selected works will be on display at the Gallery from 24 June - 19 September 2010.
Events (84)
Sam Sweeney and Hannah James
- Friday Night Music
19 March 2010, 18:30
Free
With an emphasis on traditional material, two melody instruments play together to produce a particularly tuneful yet vibrant and lively style.

Storytelling for Families - The Special Flower
- Family
20 March 2010, 10:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
In amongst all the flowers of the world - the rarest is waiting to be picked.
In March we are launching our new storytelling sessions, now featuring a follow-on art activity. Come along and join our launch party on 20 March at the new times of 10.30 and 13.30 and pick up your goody bag.
Suitable for ages 3+ and their carers. No ticket required. The session will last approximately 45 minutes.
Family Art Workshop - Frames and Face
- Family
20 March 2010, 11:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Decorate a frame with traditional Indian motifs. With artist Amber Khokhar.
Suitable for ages 5+ and their carers. Free ticket required and available on the day one hour before the event starts from the Information Desk in the Main Hall. The session will last approximately 90 minutes. Places are limited to 20 per session, maximum 4 tickets per adult.
Leonard Sidney Woolf - Portrait of the Day
- Gallery Talk
20 March 2010, 12:00
Room 31
Free
by Eveline Coker

Storytelling for Families - The Special Flower
- Family
20 March 2010, 13:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
In amongst all the flowers of the world - the rarest is waiting to be picked.
In
March we are launching our new storytelling sessions, now featuring a
follow-on art activity. Come along and join our launch party on 20
March at the new times of 10.30 and 13.30 and pick up your goody bag.
Suitable for ages 3+ and their carers. No ticket required. The session will last approximately 45 minutes.
Family Art Workshop - Frames and Face
- Family
20 March 2010, 14:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Decorate a frame with traditional Indian motifs. With artist Amber Khokhar.
Suitable for ages 5+ and their carers. Free ticket required and available on the day one hour before the event starts from the Information Desk in the Main Hall. The session will last approximately 90 minutes. Places are limited to 20 per session, maximum 4 tickets per adult.
Highlights of the Collection
- Gallery Talk
21 March 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by Lucinda Hawksley
Facing Forward
- Gallery Talk
23 March 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by Joanne Rhymer
Format: The First Women’s Photographic Agency
- Lecture
25 March 2010, 13:15
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Free
Maggie Murray and Michael Ann Mullen talk about Format, the all-women Photography Agency who documented the world from different perspectives.
Portrait of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
- Picture descriptions
- Picture descriptions
25 March 2010, 14:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Picture Description for visually impaired visitors.

Steve McQueen in Conversation with Adrian Searle
- Lecture
- Buy tickets
25 March 2010, 19:00
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Tickets: £8/£6 concessions
Helen Withers and David Barnard
- Friday Night Music
26 March 2010, 18:30
Free
Music for soprano and piano by Berg, Quilter and Faure.
Elizabeth of Bohemia - Portrait of the Day
- Gallery Talk
27 March 2010, 12:00
Room 4
Free
by Emanuel Chabot

Studio Portraits Inspired by Irving Penn
- Workshop
A part of Irving Penn Portraits
27 March 2010, 10:30-16:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Tickets: £60/£50 concessions and Gallery Supporters
Fully booked
Highlights of the Collection
- Gallery Talk
28 March 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by Sarah Ciacci

Studio Portraits Inspired by Irving Penn
- Workshop
A part of Irving Penn Portraits
28 March 2010, 10:30-16:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Tickets: £60/£50 concessions and Gallery Supporters
Fully booked
The Kit Kat Club
- Gallery Talk
30 March 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by Justin Nolan

Irving Penn Portraits Exhibition Tour
- BSL
A part of Irving Penn Portraits
1 April 2010, 19:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free but tour tickets required and available on the day from 17.00 on a first come first served basis in addition to a timed exhibition ticket.
Exhibition curator Magdalene Keaney leads a tour of the exhibition.
Clare Deniz and Hisayo Shimizu
- Friday Night Music
2 April 2010, 18:30
Free
Music for cello and piano by JS Bach and Frederic Chopin.

Queen and Country - Sunday Session
- Young People
4 April 2010, 13:00-16:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Looking at Steve McQueen’s work, Queen and Country, who would you choose to put on a postage stamp and why? Create your own design using photography, drawing and collage. Led by photographer Marysa Dowling and artist Grace Adam.
Booking required. Please email youthbookings@npg.org.uk or call 020 7312 2483.

Family Drop-in Activities - Animated Portraits
- Family
5 April 2010, 11:00-16:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
A range of activities including film screenings, making flick books, animating yourself and dressing up. Inspired by The Indian Portrait exhibition and The Singh Twins display.
Suitable for ages 5+ and their carers. Drop-in. No ticket required.

Family Art Workshop - Tales From The East
- Family
6 April 2010, 11:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Join storyteller Seema Anand and our team of animators for a workshop making magical tales come to life. Inspired by The Indian Portrait exhibition and The Singh Twins display.
Suitable for ages 5+ and their carers. Free ticket required and available on the day one hour before the event starts from the Information Desk in the Main Hall. The session will last approximately 90 minutes. Places are limited to 20 per session, maximum 4 tickets per adult.

Family Art Workshop - Tales From The East
- Family
6 April 2010, 14:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Join storyteller Seema Anand and our team of animators for a workshop making magical tales come to life. Inspired by The Indian Portrait exhibition and The Singh Twins display.
Suitable for ages 5+ and their carers. Free ticket required and available on the day one hour before the event starts from the Information Desk in the Main Hall. The session will last approximately 90 minutes. Places are limited to 20 per session, maximum 4 tickets per adult.

Family Art Workshop - Printed Rainbow
- Family
7 April 2010, 11:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Watch a film screening of Gitanjali Rao’s animation The Printed Rainbow (2006) and make a flick book inspired by the film. Inspired by The Indian Portrait exhibition and The Singh Twins display.
Suitable for ages 5+ and their carers. Free ticket required and available on the day one hour before the event starts from the Information Desk in the Main Hall. The session will last approximately 90 minutes. Places are limited to 20 per session, maximum 4 tickets per adult.

Family Art Workshop - Printed Rainbow
- Family
7 April 2010, 14:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Watch a film screening of Gitanjali Rao’s animation The Printed Rainbow (2006) and make a flick book inspired by the film. Inspired by The Indian Portrait exhibition and The Singh Twins display.
Suitable for ages 5+ and their carers. Free ticket required and available on the day one hour before the event starts from the Information Desk in the Main Hall. The session will last approximately 90 minutes. Places are limited to 20 per session, maximum 4 tickets per adult.

Family Art Workshop - Treasure Trove
- Family
8 April 2010, 11:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Use found objects, buttons, beads and ribbons to create and animated self-portrait. Inspired by The Indian Portrait exhibition and The Singh Twins display.
Suitable for ages 5+ and their carers. Free ticket required and available on the day one hour before the event starts from the Information Desk in the Main Hall. The session will last approximately 90 minutes. Places are limited to 20 per session, maximum 4 tickets per adult.

Family Art Workshop - Treasure Trove
- Family
8 April 2010, 14:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Use found objects, buttons, beads and ribbons to create and animated self-portrait. Inspired by The Indian Portrait exhibition and The Singh Twins display.
Suitable for ages 5+ and their carers. Free ticket required and available on the day one hour before the event starts from the Information Desk in the Main Hall. The session will last approximately 90 minutes. Places are limited to 20 per session, maximum 4 tickets per adult.
The ‘Pakistani Literati’
- Lecture
- Buy tickets
A part of The Indian Portrait 1560 - 1860
8 April 2010, 19:00
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Tickets: £5/£4 concessions and Gallery Supporters
Award winning authors Kamila Shamsie (Burnt Shadows), Daniyal Mueenuddin (In Other Rooms, Other Wonders) and Ali Sethi (The Wish Maker) discuss their books and the contemporary geopolitics that have changed the world’s awareness of their country and their writing. Chaired by Moni Mohsin, author (Diary of a Social Butterfly) and columnist for Pakistan’s Daily Times.

Family Art Workshop - Tales From The East
- Family
9 April 2010, 11:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Join storyteller Seema Anand and our team of animators for a workshop making magical tales come to life. Inspired by The Indian Portrait exhibition and The Singh Twins display.
Suitable for ages 5+ and their carers. Free ticket required and available on the day one hour before the event starts from the Information Desk in the Main Hall. The session will last approximately 90 minutes. Places are limited to 20 per session, maximum 4 tickets per adult.

Family Art Workshop - Tales From The East
- Family
9 April 2010, 14:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Join storyteller Seema Anand and our team of animators for a workshop making magical tales come to life. Inspired by The Indian Portrait exhibition and The Singh Twins display.
Suitable for ages 5+ and their carers. Free ticket required and available on the day one hour before the event starts from the Information Desk in the Main Hall. The session will last approximately 90 minutes. Places are limited to 20 per session, maximum 4 tickets per adult.
Spring Voices 1 - Simon Lepper
- Friday Night Music
9 April 2010, 18:30
Free
Award-winning young British singers perform with accompanist Simon Lepper.
Sponsored by the Tillett Trust
Highlights of the Collection
- Gallery Talk
11 April 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by Lucinda Hawksley
Modern Portraiture
- Gallery Talk
13 April 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by James Hicks
Oral Portraits: William Hogarth
- Lecture
15 April 2010, 13:15
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Free
Lucinda Hawksley discusses one of the most witty, intriguing and innovative artists of the 18th century. His works were a major infl uence on 19th-century writers and artists and continue to inspire us today.

The Last Jews of Kerala
- Lecture
- Buy tickets
A part of The Indian Portrait 1560 - 1860
15 April 2010, 19:00
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Tickets: £5/£4 concessions and Gallery Supporters
British-Indian journalist and author of Holy Warriors, Edna Fernandes explores the rise and fall of the Jewish community in Kerala - a community which will cease to exist within the next generation.

Three-day Dance Workshop: Images in Motion
- Workshop||Young People
14 April - 16 April 2010, 11:00-16:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Work with Joyce Gyimah and Garry Benjamin from Dance Physics to create and perform a dance piece inspired by the portraits and patterns in The Indian Portrait and The Singh Twins. This will culminate in a public dance performance on Friday 16.
Booking required. Please email youthbookings@npg.org.uk or call 020 7312 2483.

Dance Performance: Images in Motion presents...
- Young People
16 April 2010, 17:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free on a first come, first served basis
Work with Joyce Gyimah and Garry Benjamin from Dance Physics to create and perform a dance piece inspired by the portraits and patterns in The Indian Portrait and The Singh Twins. This will culminate in a public dance performance on Friday 16.
Musée d’Orsay Avant-scènes Competition
- Friday Night Music
16 April 2010, 18:30
Free
Prize-winners from this prestigious competition, in collaboration with the Paris National Conservatory for Music and Dance.
Storytelling for Families - The Royal Arrival
- Family
17 April 2010, 10:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
At the court of King Henry, there is a new arrival.
Suitable for ages 3+ and their carers. No ticket required. The session will last approximately 45 minutes.

Family Art Workshop - Animate!
- Family
17 April 2010, 11:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Make a simple animation inspired by the The Singh Twins’ display.
Suitable for ages 5+ and their carers. Free ticket required and available on the day one hour before the event starts from the Information Desk in the Main Hall. The session will last approximately 90 minutes. Places are limited to 20 per session, maximum 4 tickets per adult.
Storytelling for Families - The Royal Arrival
- Family
17 April 2010, 13:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
At the court of King Henry, there is a new arrival.
Suitable for ages 3+ and their carers. No ticket required. The session will last approximately 45 minutes.

Family Art Workshop - Animate!
- Family
17 April 2010, 14:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Make a simple animation inspired by the The Singh Twins’ display.
Suitable for ages 5+ and their carers. Free ticket required and available on the day one hour before the event starts from the Information Desk in the Main Hall. The session will last approximately 90 minutes. Places are limited to 20 per session, maximum 4 tickets per adult.
Challenging Patriarchy
- Gallery Talk
18 April 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by Sarah Ciacci
The Nevilles
- Gallery Talk
20 April 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by Justin Nolan
Philip de László: ‘An Air of Nobility … a Spirit of Humanity’
- Lecture
22 April 2010, 13:15
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Free
Sandra de Laszlo talks about the artist’s extraordinary life and work in the context of the paintings that are on view in Room 33.

Fatima Bhutto - Songs of Blood and Sword
- Lecture
- Buy tickets
A part of The Indian Portrait 1560 - 1860
22 April 2010, 19:00
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Tickets: £5/£4 concessions and Gallery Supporters
Fatima Bhutto, political commentator and fearless niece of Benazir, is one of the most outspoken critics of Pakistan’s current regime. Her new book examines the interweaving of the Bhutto dynasty, politics and
violence in Pakistan over the past 30 years and discusses the building of a more empowered and democratic future for the country.
Radius
- Friday Night Music
23 April 2010, 18:30
Free
An exciting programme of new music with ensemble Radius, featuring works by Boulez, Xenakis, Tim Benjamin, Anna Meredith and a world premiere by Ian Vine.

Workshop: Portrait Photography
- Workshop
- Buy tickets
24 April 2010, 10:30-16:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Tickets: £60/£50 concessions and Gallery Supporters
Taking inspiration from portraits in the Gallery’s Collection, photographer Emily Harris will lead this one day workshop exploring lighting used in traditional photographic portraiture influenced from Camera Obscura. The workshop will look at art from Sir Thomas Lawrence to Steve McQueen and use digital photography to produce beautifully lit portraits.
Highlights of the Collection
- Gallery Talk
25 April 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by Lucinda Hawksley

Workshop: Portrait Photography
- Workshop
- Buy tickets
25 April 2010, 10:30-16:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Tickets: £60/£50 concessions and Gallery Supporters
Taking inspiration from portraits in the Gallery’s Collection, photographer Emily Harris will lead this one day workshop exploring lighting used in traditional photographic portraiture influenced from Camera Obscura. The workshop will look at art from Sir Thomas Lawrence to Steve McQueen and use digital photography to produce beautifully lit portraits.
Queen and Country by Steve McQueen
- Gallery Talk
27 April 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by Linzi Stauvers
Shakespeare and Love
- Lecture
29 April 2010, 13:15
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Free
Sylvia Paskin discusses what we can ascertain about love in Shakespeare’s own life and Elizabethan notions of love, with readings by Eve Karpf.
Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill
- Picture descriptions
- Picture descriptions
29 April 2010, 14:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Picture Description for visually impaired visitors.

Poet in the City: Courtly Love
- Lecture
- Buy tickets
A part of The Indian Portrait 1560 - 1860
29 April 2010, 19:00
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Tickets: £5/£4 concessions and Gallery Supporters
Indian poetry, music and dance from the palaces of the Maharajahs. Hosted by Asian Music Circuit director Viram Jasani, featuring the acclaimed dhrupad singer Ritwak Sanyal, accompanied by musicians playing tanpura and the pakhawaj, and traditional Rajwadi dance.
Organised in association with Poet in the City
Ailsa Hunter and Minako Oka
- Friday Night Music
30 April 2010, 18:30
Free
The return of Violinist Ailsa Hunter (Royal Opera House Orchestra) with a programme of German Sonata repertoire by Beethoven and Schumann.

Sunday Session: Junk in Your Bag
- Young People
2 May 2010, 13:00-16:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Create a life-sized head and shoulders self-portrait photo montage by taking photos of objects from your bag, mashed up with bindis, magazine images and glitter. Led by artists Chila Kumari Burman and Marc Woodhead.
Booking required. Please email youthbookings@npg.org.uk or call 020 7312 2483.
The Royal Society
- Gallery Talk
4 May 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by Marc Zakian
Portraiture at the Mughal Court
- Lecture
6 May 2010, 13:15
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Free on a first come, first served basis.
Susan Stronge will discuss the ‘magical art’ of tasvir, the representation of fi gures in the Mughal court in the
late 16th and early 17th century.
Portraiture at the Mughal Court
- Lecture
A part of The Indian Portrait 1560 - 1860
6 May 2010, 13:15
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Free on a first come, first served basis.
Susan Stronge will discuss the ‘magical art’ of tasvir, the representation of figures in the Mughal court in the late 16th and early 17th century.
Queer Perspectives
- Gallery Talk
6 May 2010, 19:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free but tour tickets required and available on the day from 17.00 on a first come, first served basis.
Artist Sadie Lee and a guest speaker take an alternative look at some of the sitters in the Collection, revealing the histories and anecdotes of both gay and straight personalities.
Ondaatje Wing 10th Anniversary: The Shout
- Friday Night Music
7 May 2010, 18:30
Free
Orlando Gough’s ground-breaking vocal ensemble returns to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Gallery’s Ondaatje Wing. The Shout gave the inaugural Friday night music performance in 2000.
Portraits in Pencil
- Gallery Talk
9 May 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by Alan Read
Members evening private view:
Irving Penn Portraits and The Indian Portrait 1560–1860
- Members and Associates only
10 May 2010, 18:30-20:30
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
The Elizabethan Credit Crunch
- Gallery Talk
11 May 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by Lesley Rivett
A Picture of Innocence: Lady Jane Grey and Her Sisters
- Lecture
13 May 2010, 13:15
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Free
Leanda de Lisle goes behind the legend of the Nine Days Queen revealing a history of religious propaganda, sadomasochism, sexual prejudice and forgotten tragedy.

Irving Penn Portraits Exhibition Tour
- BSL
A part of Irving Penn Portraits
13 May 2010, 19:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free but tour tickets required and available on the day from 17.00 on a first come first served basis in addition to a timed exhibition ticket.
Anne Braybon, Commissions Manager at the Gallery, leads a tour focusing on Penn’s magazine work, his approach to photography and selects highlights of the exhibition.
India Noir: LATE
14 May 2010, 18:00-21:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
A rich mix of contemporary Indian culture illuminates the Gallery with DJs, performance, art workshops, discussions and tours.
Part of Museums at Night

Singh Twins Masterclass
- Workshop
- Buy tickets
A part of Contemporary Connections: The Singh Twins
15 May 2010, 10:30-18:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Tickets: £90/£75 concessions and Gallery Supporters
A unique opportunity to spend the day with The Singh Twins exploring their unique artistic practice and producing your own artwork inspired by Indian miniature style and technique.
Highlights of the Collection
- Gallery Talk
16 May 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by James Hicks
Drawing in the Gallery with Marc Woodhead
- Workshop
18 May 2010, 14:00-16:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Artist Marc Woodhead will teach some basic drawing skills in the Gallery. Materials provided. Part of Adult Learners Week.
James, Sargent and the Suffragette
- Lecture
20 May 2010, 13:15
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Free
The suffragist, Mary Wood, severely disrupted the opening day of the Royal Academy Exhibition by slashing a John Singer Sargent work in 1914. Miranda El-Rayess explores the social and political implications of portraiture.

Irving Penn Portraits Exhibition Tour
A part of Irving Penn Portraits
20 May 2010, 19:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free but tour tickets required and available on the day from 17.00 on a first come first served basis in addition to a timed exhibition ticket.
Exhibition curator Magdalene Keaney leads a tour of the exhibition.
Robin Michael
- Friday Night Music
21 May 2010, 18:30
Free
Robin Michael Cello, Daniel Tong Piano
Saint Saens Sonata no.2 Op123 & Chopin Sonata Op.65
Portraiture in South Asia
- Conference
21 May - 22 May 2010, 11:00-18:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Tickets: £50/£40 concessions and £20 students
This conference will assess the character of portraiture, visual and literary representations of the individual in South Asia from 1500 - 1900. Though widespread in Europe, studies of portraiture in Asia are more unusual because of the common perception that it is largely a Western phenomenon. Speakers include Ebba Koch, Chris Pinney, J.P. Losty and Crispin Branfoot. First day at the National Portrait Gallery, second day at SOAS.
In partnership with the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
All That Glitters
- Gallery Talk
23 May 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by Lesley Rivett
Lord Kitchener
- Gallery Talk
25 May 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by Justin Nolan
Capital Gays
- Lecture
27 May 2010, 13:15
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Free
Dr Matt Cook, from Birkbeck University of London, looks at London’s gay life since World War II, exploring the better known histories of legal change and radicalism alongside individual stories of queer life in the capital.
Portrait of Nell Gwyn
- Picture descriptions
- Picture descriptions
27 May 2010, 14:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
Picture Description for visually impaired visitors.
Migration and Displacement: New Writing from India
- Lecture
- Buy tickets
A part of The Indian Portrait 1560 - 1860
27 May 2010, 19:00
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Tickets: £5/£4 concessions and Gallery Supporters
Neel Mukherjee (A Life Apart), Tishani Doshi (The Pleasure Seekers) and Nitasha Kaul (Residue) discuss the ‘enigma of arrival’ for Indians in multicultural Britain, from the 1970s to the present day. With broadcaster and author, Sukhdev Sandhu.
Spring Voices 2 - Simon Lepper
- Friday Night Music
28 May 2010, 18:30
Free
The third year of this popular series featuring rising stars of the singing world in programmes of German Lieder, French Melodie and English Song accompanied by pianist Simon Lepper.
Sponsored by the Tillett Trust
Highlights of the Collection
- Gallery Talk
30 May 2010, 15:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free
by Alan Read
Members afternoon preview - BP Portrait Award 2010
- Members and Associates only
23 June 2010, 14:00-16:00
Meet in the Main Hall
Free

Call for papers: International Conference
- Conference
2 December - 4 December 2010, 10:00-18:00
This conference is part of a collaborative research project between the National Portrait Gallery, the Courtauld Institute of Art and the University of Sussex, called Making Art in Tudor Britain. Delegate booking for the conference will open in May 2010.
Displays (21)

Photograph of the Month
1 March - 31 March 2010
Room 39
Free
Rio Ferdinand, England football captain, photographed by Mark Guthrie, 18 March 2009

Jane Bown Exposures
1 December 2009 - 5 April 2010
Bookshop Gallery
Free

Concealed and Revealed: The Changing Faces of Elizabeth I
13 March - 26 September 2010
Room 2
Free

Lady Jane Grey
19 December 2009 - 11 July 2010
Room 16
Free

Boer War Portraits by Inglis Sheldon-Williams
9 November 2009 - 16 May 2010
Room 23 case display
Free

Caricatures by Edwin Landseer
16 November 2009 - 23 May 2010
Room 24 case display

Benjamin Disraeli
13 January - 6 June 2010
Room 25

The Dalziel Brothers: A Family of Engravers
8 March - 5 September 2010
Room 26
Free

Victorian Chalk Portraits
12 January - 11 July 2010
Room 27
Free

The Brothers Sarony
20 October 2009 - 31 March 2010
Room 28 case display
Free

Great British Composers: From Elgar to Ades
27 April - 5 December 2010
Room 31 case display
Free

Life lines: Recently acquired 20th Century drawings
31 October 2009 - 30 April 2010
Room 31 case display
Free

Bridget Riley Portraits
15 May - 5 December 2010
Room 32
Free

John Gibbons: Portraits
12 September 2009 - 9 May 2010
Room 32 (Balcony)
Free

Twiggy: A Life in Photographs
19 September 2009 - 21 March 2010
Room 33

Philip de László
27 March - 5 September 2010
Room 33
Free

Queen and Country: A Project by Steve McQueen
20 March - 18 July 2010
Room 37
Free

Drawing Portraits
16 January - 12 September 2010
Room 37a
Free

Format Photography Agency 1983-2003
21 January - 11 July 2010
Room 38a
Free

Recent Acquisitions: Photographs of the 2000s
5 February - 9 May 2010
Room 41a
Free

Contemporary Connections: The Singh Twins
11 March - 20 June 2010
Studio Gallery
Free
Beyond the Gallery (12)

Comedians: From the 1940s to Now
- Partnership exhibition
21 November 2009 - 20 March 2010
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
Free
Supported by the DCMS/DCSF

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009 - Touring
- Touring exhibition
A part of Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009
27 March - 6 June 2010
Shipley Art Gallery, Newcastle
Free

Writers of Influence: Shakespeare to J.K. Rowling
- Partnership exhibition
17 April - 3 July 2010
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
Free
From the National Portrait Gallery Collection
Supported by the DCMS/DCSF

Inspired by Music
- Partnership exhibition
24 April - 18 July 2010
Bodelwyddan Castle
Partnership between Bodelwyddan Castle Trust, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum of Wales and the National Portrait Gallery as part of ArtShare Wales, National Museum of Wales' visual arts partnership programme funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

Beatles to Bowie: the 60s exposed - Touring
- Touring exhibition
A part of Beatles to Bowie: the 60s exposed
8 May - 5 September 2010
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Explores the leading pop music personalities who helped create ‘Swinging London' in the 1960s.

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009 - Touring
- Touring exhibition
A part of Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009
16 July - 12 September 2010
The Art Gallery, Walsall
Free

Writers of Influence: Shakespeare to J.K. Rowling
- Partnership exhibition
22 July - 26 September 2010
Southampton City Art Gallery
Free
From the National Portrait Gallery Collection
Supported by the DCMS/DCSF

Charles I : King and Martyr
- Partnership exhibition
27 February - 31 October 2010
Lyme Park, Cheshire

Writers of Influence: Shakespeare to J.K. Rowling
- Partnership exhibition
16 October 2010 - 8 January 2011
City of Plymouth Museum & Art Gallery
Free
From the National Portrait Gallery Collection
Supported by the DCMS/DCSF

Samuel Johnson and Biography
- Partnership exhibition
1 February 2010 - 1 February 2011
Beningbrough Hall
Free

Imagined Lives: Mystery Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, c.1540-1640
- Partnership exhibition
13 March 2010 - 1 March 2011
Montacute House

Writers of Influence: Shakespeare to J.K. Rowling
- Partnership exhibition
29 January - 27 March 2011
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Free
From the National Portrait Gallery Collection
Supported by the DCMS/DCSF


