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Audrey Hepburn to Salvador Dalí: Cecil Beaton’s bright young things – in pictures | Art and design

October 7, 2025

Cecil Beaton, c.1935‘Beaton needs little introduction as a photographer, fashion illustrator, triple Oscar-winning costume designer, social caricaturist, essayist,…

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Painting of Gardening Australia host Costa Georgiadis unveiled at National Portrait Gallery

September 27, 2025

A portrait of environmental educator and television presenter Costa Georgiadis has been unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery…

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'Nike trainer' spotted in 17th century painting

September 15, 2025

A painting in the National Portrait Gallery has gained attention after a mother and daughter couldn’t help but…

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Baltimore Museum of Art to Host Amy Sherald Show After Artist’s Smithsonian Withdrawal

September 6, 2025

Over a month after painter Amy Sherald withdrew her exhibition from the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), citing concerns…

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Photographic portrait marking 50-year career of Tina Arena goes on display at National Portrait Gallery

September 5, 2025

It was the 1980s when a young Georges Antoni heard Tina Arena singing for the first time. It…

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Hoda Afshar wins National Photographic Portrait Prize for collaboration with Indigenous young people

August 15, 2025

The National Photographic Portrait Prize has been won by visual artist Hoda Afshar for her work Untitled #01,…

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National Portrait Gallery unveils installation of Romance Was Born designers

July 25, 2025

Two Australian fashion designers are the focus of a new “opulent, big, and unique” photographic installation at the…