How a 17-year-old high school student became 2026 Portrait Artist of the Year
Jasmine “Jazz” Lancaster Merton was meant to be on year 12 camp. But instead, the 17-year-old rolled up…
Children’s author Andy Griffiths immortalised with sculpture at National Portrait Gallery
Andy Griffiths, one of Australia’s most-loved children’s authors, has been immortalised in a new portrait at the National…
London’s Courtauld and National Portrait Gallery announce partnership for aspiring curators – The Art Newspaper
The Courtauld Institute of Art and the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) have announced a new partnership that will…
Nicholas Cullinan portrait goes up at his former employer, London’s National Portrait Gallery – The Art Newspaper
The British Museum director and art world fixture Nicholas Cullinan has been caught on canvas by Elizabeth Peyton.…
This joyful Marilyn Monroe exhibition will melt your heart
You would have to have a heart (and loins) of granite not to melt at the radiance of…
5 exhibitions celebrating female creatives, from Marilyn Monroe to Frida Kahlo
As in most fields, women in art have often been pushed to the margins and left woefully under-represented.…
Two artists who created remarkably similar works 50 years apart celebrated at National Portrait Gallery
Australian artist Noel McKenna draws a lot of inspiration from dogs. Now, some of those “dogs he has…
Lily Allen’s ‘West End Girl’ Portrait Debuts at London’s National Portrait Gallery
Lily Allen’s Album Portrait Debuts at U.K. MuseumVictor Boyko – Getty Images Lily Allen’s critically acclaimed album West…
Lily Allen’s ‘West End Girl’ Portrait Debuts at London’s National Portrait Gallery
Lily Allen’s Album Portrait Debuts at U.K. MuseumVictor Boyko – Getty Images Lily Allen’s critically acclaimed album West…
Photographer Catherine Opie at the National Portrait Gallery
Against patterned blue wallpaper like a rich backdrop in a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger, a young…
London show highlights how drawing was at the heart of Lucian Freud’s practice – The Art Newspaper
Further proof of the unflagging appetite for Lucian Freud exhibitions comes this month as the National Portrait Gallery…
Meet the Winners of the 2025 Teen Portrait Competition
Matilda Myers, ‘Rest,’ 2024. Winner, age group 13-15. Every three years, the National Portrait Gallery hosts a major…