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When the National Portrait Gallery opened its doors to the public in London on June 22, ... such as a more accessible main entrance and increased natural light in many of the gallery spaces.
T he National Portrait Gallery is much loved in the U.K. as both a distinguished art museum and a vibrant, even rhapsodic record of the country’s history. In many ways, it’s our history, too ...
The National Portrait Gallery in London is welcoming the public tomorrow for the first time in three years following a $52 million renovation—the first of its kind since the museum opened in 1896.
London’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is a unique cultural venue, founded in 1856 to tell the story of Britain through portraiture, and where a work’s subject is often more important than the ...
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced its 2025 Teen Portrait Competition, which is open to students between the ages of 13 and 17 residing in the U.S. and its territories. Teens ...
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced an open call from Oct. 2 through Jan. 26, 2024, for submissions to its seventh triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
Spanning the visual arts, performing arts and new media, the Portrait Gallery portrays poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists whose lives tell the nation’s story. The ...