Alan Charles Nelson Borg
13 of 43 portraits by Lucy Anne Dickens
© Lucy Dickens / National Portrait Gallery, London
Alan Charles Nelson Borg
by Lucy Anne Dickens
chromogenic print, February 2001
14 1/8 in. x 14 in. (358 mm x 356 mm)
Purchased, 2001
Primary Collection
NPG P948(3)
Sitterback to top
- Alan Charles Nelson Borg (1942-), Art historian; Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum. Sitter in 1 portrait.
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Photographed in the Cast Room at the Victoria and Albert Museum on the day his successor was announced, February 2001.
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- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (cast room, Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
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- The Art Establishment: Photographs by Lucy Dickens (10 September 2002 - 2 February 2003)
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Current affairs
Labour wins a second landslide general election victory campaigning on improvements to public services based on private finance projects. The Conservative party proved itself to be out-of-touch by ignoring public services and campaigning on the issue of Britain's membership of the EU. The day after the election William Hague resigned as leader of the Conservative Party.Art and science
The Eden Project opens in Cornwall. The eco-centre, conceived by Tim Smit, replicates tropical and temporal climates and houses plants from all over the world in two domed biomes. The project is both a large-scale scientific experiment to study the environmental changes in different biomes over time, and a visitor attraction teaching the public about the natural environment.International
On 11th September (9/11) America comes under foreign attack for the first time since Pearl Harbour when Islamic Fundamentalist terrorists hijack four planes, flying two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre, and one into the Pentagon; the fourth plane crashed in a field.George Bush launches his 'War on Terror' by invading Afghanistan to overthrown the Taliban and capture Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda.
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