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Last entry to the Gallery is 15 minutes before the closing time on any given day. Closing commences 10 minutes prior to the stated closing time.

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Get insights into creating portraiture from BP Portrait Award 2020 artists and their sitters.

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Sleeping Awake

Watch our film created to say ‘goodbye’ to the Gallery before we closed for our major transformation project.

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