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COMING HOME has been made possible by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, generous contributions from The Thompson Family Charitable Trust and funds raised at the Gallery’s Portrait Gala in 2017.
While venues remain closed due to COVID-19, some works are being loaned ‘virtually’, providing a focus for online exhibitions and projects from our partners.
Current
National Programme (4)
4 events matching the search term COMING HOME and the date today
COMING HOME: Chris Lowe
11 January - 7 March 2021
Virtual loan
Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Mary Seacole
4 January - 12 March 2021
Virtual loan
Brent Museums and Archives, London
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Jem Wharton
27 January - 5 April 2021
Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Grayson Perry
24 February 2020 - 20 September 2021
Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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Future
National Programme (0)
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Past
National Programme (22)
22 events matching the search term COMING HOME and the date past
COMING HOME: Anne, Countess of Pembroke (Lady Anne Clifford)
Past national programme archive
22 March - 22 June 2019
Abbot Hall, Kendal
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Past national programme archive
18 March - 23 June 2019
Portsmouth Museum, Portsmouth
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: David Hockney
Past national programme archive
26 February - 14 July 2019
Cartwright Hall, Bradford
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Dylan Thomas
Past national programme archive
4 May - 1 September 2019
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Tracey Emin
Past national programme archive
24 June - 8 September 2019
Turner Contemporary
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: King Richard III
Past national programme archive
8 June - 22 September 2019
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Stormzy
Past national programme archive
24 May - 28 September 2019
Museum of Croydon, London
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Sir Francis Drake
Past national programme archive
27 April - 29 September 2019
Buckland Abbey – National Trust, Yelverton
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Jessica Ennis-Hill
Past national programme archive
23 July - 20 October 2019
Weston Park, Museums, Sheffield
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Maxine Peake
Past national programme archive
1 July - 21 October 2019
The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Lord Byron
Past national programme archive
13 July - 3 November 2019
Newstead Abbey, Ravenshead
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Samuel Johnson
Past national programme archive
13 September 2019 - 3 January 2020
Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: William Wilberforce
Past national programme archive
21 September 2019 - 19 January 2020
The Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Virginia Woolf
Past national programme archive
13 September 2019 - 19 January 2020
Charleston, Lewes
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Horatio Nelson
Past national programme archive
12 October 2019 - 26 January 2020
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Ira Frederick Aldridge
Past national programme archive
3 October 2019 - 1 March 2020
The Holburne Museum, Bath
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Meera Syal
Past national programme archive
11 January - 5 April 2020
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Florence Nightingale
Past national programme archive
3 March - 21 May 2020
Derby Museum, Derby
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Paul Robeson
Past national programme archive
20 October 2020 - 30 January 2021
Reading Museum, Reading
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Malala Yousafzai
Past national programme archive
7 October 2020 - 7 February 2021
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: David Beckham
Past national programme archive
5 December 2019 - 1 March 2021
Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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COMING HOME: Ridley Scott
Past national programme archive
1 April 2020 - 3 March 2021
Virtual loan
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
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