Events and exhibitions calendar
Find out what's on in our current and upcoming exhibitions, displays, events, programmes, workshops and more.
Exhibitions (6)
The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure
22 February - 19 May 2024
Floor 0
£16.00 / £18.00 with donation
Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In
21 March - 16 June 2024
Floor 2
£8.50 / £9.50 with donation
Six Lives
20 June - 8 September 2024
£21 / £23.50 with donation
Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024
11 July - 27 October 2024
Free to visit
Francis Bacon Portraits
10 October 2024 - 19 January 2025
Tickets not yet on sale
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024
14 November 2024 - 16 February 2025
Tickets not yet on sale
Events (28)
Spring Family Festival week 1
4 - 5 April 2024, 11.00-16.00
Learning Centre
Free
Drop-in drawing
Fri, 5 April 2024, 18.00-20.00
Floor 3, Room 18
Free
Trespassing: Art and Black belonging in a colonial landscape
Fri, 5 April 2024, 19.00-20.00
The Ondaatje Wing Theatre
£10 (£8 Members / concessions)
PORTfolio workshop
Sat, 6 April 2024, 11.00-16.00
Learning Centre
Free (booking required)
PORTfolio reviews
Sun, 7 April 2024, 14.00-17.30
Learning Centre
Free (booking required)
Spring Family Festival week 2
11 - 12 April 2024, 11.00-16.00
Learning Centre
Free
Get loud: a dominoes night at the National Portrait Gallery
Fri, 12 April 2024, 18.00-20.00
Floor 3, Room 18
Free
Members’ early morning view - The Time is Always Now and Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron
Mon, 15 April 2024, 08.30-10.00
Exhibition space
Free for Members
Members’ event: frame conservation studio tour and gilding workshop
Fri, 19 April 2024, 18.00-20.00
The Law Photography Studio
£80
Drop-in drawing
Fri, 19 April 2024, 18.00-20.00
In Gallery
Free
Creating realistic portraits using ballpoint pen
20 - 21 April 2024, 11.00-17.00
The Art Studio
£250 (£200 Members / concessions)
Sensory tour: the Collection
Various dates, next at Mon, 22 April 2024, 12.00-12.45
In Gallery room TBC
Free (booking required)
Descriptive tour: the Collection
Various dates, next at Tue, 23 April 2024, 14.30-16.00
In Gallery
Free (booking required)
Women’s representation and the female gaze
Thu, 25 April 2024, 13.00-14.00
The Ondaatje Wing Theatre
£10 (£8 Members / concessions)
BSL tour: the Collection
Various dates, next at Fri, 26 April 2024, 19.30-20.30
In Gallery (room TBC)
Free (booking required)
Members’ Late - The Time is Always Now and Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron
Tue, 7 May 2024, 18.30-20.30
Exhibition spaces
Screening of 'Super Sam' and In Conversation with director Sandi Hudson-Francis
Fri, 10 May 2024, 18.00-20.00
The Ondaatje Wing Theatre
£10 (£8 Members / concessions)
Weekend workshop: Introduction to figurative painting
11 - 12 May 2024, 11.00-17.00
The Art Studio
£250 (£200 Members / concessions)
The Time is Always Now - meet the makers
13 - 19 May 2024
Main Gallery Shop
Free
Going Pro
29 - 31 May 2024, 10.30-16.00
Learning Centre
Free
Displays (2)
Windrush: Portraits of a Pioneering Generation
9 October 2023 - 1 April 2024
Room 14, Floor 3
Free
Creative Connections: Cornwall and Southampton
26 February - 12 April 2024
Studio Gallery, Floor -2
Free
National and International Programme (0)
There are currently no National and International Programme matching this filter.