Events calendar
Dates are subject to change
Exhibitions (5)
George Catlin: American Indian Portraits
7 March - 23 June 2013
Porter Gallery
Admission Free
During the 1830s Pennsylvanian-born artist George Catlin (1796-1872) made five trips to the western United States to document the Native American peoples and their way of life. The resulting portraits have become one of the most extensive, evocative and important records of indigenous peoples ever made.
BP Portrait Award 2013
20 June - 15 September 2013
Wolfson Gallery
Admission Free
The BP Portrait Award is the most prestigious international exhibition of contemporary portrait painting.
First Prize now £30,000.
Laura Knight Portraits
11 July - 13 October 2013
Porter Gallery
Dame Laura Knight (1877 –1970) was one of the most popular and pioneering British artists of the twentieth century.
Elizabeth I & Her People
10 October 2013 - 5 January 2014
Wolfson Gallery
Elizabeth I & Her People explores the remarkable reign of Elizabeth I through the lives and portraiture of her people.
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2013
14 November 2013 - 9 February 2014
Porter Gallery
Entry is now open for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2013. First Prize £12.000. Closing date 8 July 2013.
