ANARCHY AND BEAUTY: WILLIAM MORRIS AND HIS LEGACY 1860-1960 National Portrait Gallery, London 16 October 2014 – 11 January 2015 Introduced by Gallery Director Sandy Nairne, curator Fiona MacCarthy announces the first exhibition to focus on William Morris and his influence on twentieth-century life, politics, thought and design. Many extraordinary loans will be brought together […]
A Homeless Man, A Woman Reluctant To Be Painted By Her Son And A ‘Fabulous Fashionista’… 25th Anniversary BP Portrait Award Shortlist
April 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Three artists have been short-listed for the twenty-fifth anniversary BP Portrait Award 2014 at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Their sitters are a homeless man in Germany who earns money by cleaning car windscreens, an American woman who was reluctant to sit for a portrait painted by her son, and the Bath-based grandmother and model […]
Rarely Seen Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Photograph in New National Portrait Gallery Exhibition
July 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A behind-the-scenes and previously unexhibited photograph of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton at the beginning of their love affair is to be included in a new display of ten photographs by Michael Peto at the National Portrait Gallery, London in September, 2013. The photograph shows Elizabeth Taylor in a hat and necklace passing Burton a […]
