National Portrait Gallery

Sir Anthony Caro Shows Portrait Heads Of His Wife

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:14:25 -0500

The man who took sculpture off the plinth now puts the portrait back on a pedestal - National Portrait Gallery displays Sir Anthony Caro's figurative busts for the first time. Four heads in bronze and steel by Sir Anthony Caro, who is widely regarded as Britain's greatest living sculptor, go on display for the first time this weekend at the National Portrait Gallery.

UNDEREXPOSED: Photographs By Franklyn Rogers

ruzik_tuzik — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:57:43 -0500

The National Portrait Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in the UNDEREXPOSED arts program, part of the 4 The Record Initiative (4TR) created to highlight talent and achievement within the black British community and to bring their work to a wider audience.

London Gallery Exhibit Photographs By Walter Hanlon

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:05:58 -0600

To mark the National Portrait Gallery's recent acquisition of a selection of photographs by Walter Hanlon, this display brings together his atmospheric portraits of the jazz scene in London in the 1950s.

London Gallery Exhibits Photographs By Tony Wilson

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:09:33 -0600

Each month the National Portrait Gallery will display a new acquisition to its Photographs Collection. This month, the Gallery is proud to announce its acquisition of a portrait of broadcaster, record company executive and entrepreneur Tony Wilson, who died earlier this year.

Leading Photographers Present Fashion And Advertising

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:22:38 -0500

Before the polish of the finished photograph comes a long and laboured process. This new display examines the techniques of contemporary image-making in fashion and advertising through the work of five leading photographers: Elaine Constantine, Warren Du Preez & Nick Thornton Jones, Alexi Lubomirski, Sølve Sundsbø and Paul Wetherell.

Fleet Street Photography At London Portrait Gallery

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:07:24 -0500

Major exhibition celebrates British press photography during the Fleet Street years 1900-1982. The National Portrait Gallery is to be the first British museum to focus on the history of British Press photography during the 80-year-span of its decisive Fleet Street years.

'Devotional Series' At London Portrait Gallery

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:02:15 -0500

Celebrating black female singers in British entertainment, this unique display is the latest development in the 'Devotional Series', a body of work by the artist Sonia Boyce. The display takes the form of an elaborately hand-drawn installation on the gallery walls: a roll call of one hundred and eighty names. The names will be illustrated by portraits of several of the singers, among them Shirley Bassey, Joan Armatrading, Des'ree and Ms.Dynamite.

Making History At London Portrait Gallery

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:56:08 -0500

Long before the age of photography, printed portraits served a growing public appetite to gaze upon the features of men and women whose exploits and achievements had excited public interest. From the mid-sixteenth century onwards, the great and the good (such as naval heroes, military commanders and the nobility) and the not so good (such as convicted traitors) were portrayed by engravers.

Diana Photographs At London Portrait Gallery

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:43:36 -0500

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997) was one of the most photographed women of recent times. This display of photographs, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of her tragic death, looks at her life in the public eye as a royal wife, mother, high-profile charity worker and international fashion icon.

Caricatures By Barry Fantoni At London Portrait Gallery

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:23:04 -0500

This display at London National Portrait Gallery recaptures the golden age of British television and radio light entertainment. The group of caricatures, a recent acquisition of works by the celebrated illustrator Barry Fantoni, focuses on 'the media mob': popular comedians, broadcasters and public figures of the 1960s and 70s.

London Portrait Gallery To Rut Artists First In Hang Of Collection

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 29 May 2007 06:19:48 -0500

National Portrait Gallery To Put New Hang Of 20th Century Collection

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:00:44 -0500

As a variation in its traditional policy of giving primacy to the sitter, the National Portrait Gallery will be focusing on the artist in its dramatic re-hang of the late 20th century Collection. Covering the period from 1960-1990, the new hang - entitled 'Artists and Sitters' - will take a fresh look at the period by grouping portraits by artist, allowing visitors a clearer sense of particular styles while also showing the great variety of approaches to portraiture of the late 20th Century.