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Frank Norman with five actors, including Dudley Sutton, rehearsing 'Fings ain't wot they used t'be'

Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be

Can you help us complete the Who’s Who in this photograph by Ida Kar?…

By National Portrait Gallery,

19 September 2018

Todd Gray

Todd Gray: Michael Jackson’s official photographer

We caught up with the artist Todd Gray to talk about the artwork he created for Michael Jackson: On the Wall, and his time spent with Michael Jackson as the singer's official photographer.…

By National Portrait Gallery,

04 September 2018

Dylan Thomas, by Augustus John, oil on canvas, circa 1937-8 © estate of Augustus John / Bridgeman Art Library www.bridgemanart.com

Dylan Thomas

We are happy to announce the recent acquisition of a portrait of Dylan Thomas by his close friend, artist and fellow Welshman Augustus John.…

By Rosie Broadley, Collections Curator 19th Century (and interim Collections Curator 20th Century)

16 August 2018

Bella Freud x Gillian Wearing

Earlier this month we caught up with designer Bella Freud to discuss her exciting new collaboration with artist Gillian Wearing and publisher Plinth.…

By National Portrait Gallery,

18 July 2018

Art for the Young People: BP Portrait Award: Next Generation Young People’s Private View

On Tuesday 4 August, the BP Portrait Award: Next Generation Young People’s Private View opened up the Gallery only for 14-19-year-olds as a showcase of youth talent and portraiture. The hosts for the evening, the Gallery’s Youth Forum are a group of young people who develop events to make the Gallery more youth-friendly. Youth Forum members Josh and Miranda talk about how the night brought a youth perspective to the BP Portrait Award 2015.…

By BP Portrait Award: Next Generation,

20 August 2015

Suffragette Painter: discovering Ethel Wright

The aim of International Women’s Day 2015 on Sunday 8th March is to encourage effective action for advancing and recognising women. This year’s theme is Make it Happen, which echoes the spirit of the militant suffragette’s motto of a hundred-years’ earlier, ‘Deeds not Words’; a call-to-action for disenfranchised British women. Two portraits of leading militant suffragettes, Emmeline Pankhurst by Georgina Brackenbury and her daughter Dame Christabel Pankhurst, painted by Ethel Wright, are currently on display in the twentieth-century galleries. …

By Rosie Broadley, Collections Curator 19th Century (and interim Collections Curator 20th Century)

05 March 2015