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The insider’s guide to the hottest parties and events of the summer

David Beckham, Poppy Delevingne, Gene Gallagher and more tell Joe Bromley how to have the perfect high society summer

Evening Standard

The National Portrait Gallery: ‘if your collection only represents a fraction of Britain, that’s a problem’

The gallery’s director Nicholas Cullinan and Chanel Curator of Collections Flavia Frigeri on why reopening the new look NPG was always about representing the UK as it is today

Evening Standard

Blank canvas: gender-neutral uniforms at the National Portrait Gallery

National Portrait Gallery staff will be getting the uniforms for its reopening on June 22 after a £35 million refurbishment

Evening Standard

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William and Harry's 'sweet' picture removed from display at National Portrait Gallery

The 'sweet' portrait of Prince William and Prince Harry in happier times will no longer be on display in the National Portrait Gallery when it reopens this month after a £35million refit

Daily Mirror

US, UK galleries buy masterpiece 'Portrait of Mai' for $62M

One of the earliest portraits of a person of color by a British artist will remain on public display after London’s National Portrait Gallery and the J

The Independent UK

Tapestry celebrating refuse collectors to go on show in National Portrait Gallery

Michael Armitage’s work will hang alongside high-profile figures in new gallery when NPG reopens in June

The Guardian - UK

Unseen McCartney photos from Beatles’ early days unveiled ahead of gallery show

The personal archive will be displayed for the first time as part of a major exhibition to mark the National Portrait Gallery’s reopening in June.

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National Portrait Gallery to display unseen photos by Paul McCartney from The Beatles’ early days

Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes Of The Storm will run from June 28 to October 1

Evening Standard

National Portrait Gallery granted more time to secure cash to keep £50m painting in UK

The gallery has been in talks with the Getty Museum in California to strike an extraordinary deal

The Independent UK

National Gallery to reopen with exhibition on pioneering colour photographer

The exhibition will showcase the range of sitters who Yevonde photographed, from the royal family to film stars.

The Independent UK

National Portrait Gallery shines light on colour photography pioneer

Yevonde: Life and Colour will exhibit over 150 works by the revolutionary artist

Evening Standard

Margaret Thatcher excluded from National Portrait Gallery mural to great British women

Britain’s first woman prime minister is not among the 133 figures depicted

Evening Standard

Could the Getty museum save the £50m Portrait of Omai at 11th hour?

Exclusive: There are just 24 hours to hammer out a deal if the historic painting is to be saved for Britain

The Independent UK

National Portrait Gallery to display mural of 130 women from British history

Artwork depicting female figures – some never before represented at the gallery – inspired by Sgt Pepper’s album cover

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The Independent UK

National Portrait Gallery to double the number of women on walls in post-1900 collection

New work from Jann Haworth and Liberty Blake will depict 130 women who have impacted British culture

ABC News

Second portrait of Moree Aboriginal elder and activist Polly Cutmore to hang in the National Portrait Gallery

Gomeroi and Anaiwan woman Polly Cutmore says she sees her family and its history in the portraits — from Moree's segregation laws, to her activism work today.

The Canberra Times

Do you know these women? Because one artist thinks you should

Since Wednesday is International Women's Day, it seems appropriate that Alison Adler's work is the preview piece for Portrait23: Identity.

The Guardian - UK

We can’t let Joshua Reynolds’ magnificent Portrait of Omai leave the UK

This breathtaking 7ft-high portrait of a Polynesian visitor to London in the 18th century captures a complex cultural encounter and showcases the genius of Reynolds

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Curious Kids: who was the first celebrity?

Who was the first celebrity? – Grace, aged eight, Belfast, Northern Ireland

The Independent UK

New William Hogarth exhibition to feature artwork not seen for 300 years

The display focuses on the British artist and his reaction to the 1745 Jacobite Uprising.

The Canberra Times

Lights on at Enlighten: It's beautiful and a little emotional

The lights switch on for Enlighten on Friday night.

Evening Standard

Art After Dark: the free late-night culture programme coming to London’s biggest galleries

This year you can see some of London’s best exhibitions late in the evening

The Independent UK

Race to save £50m Reynolds painting showing early portrait of person of colour

Exclusive: There are just two weeks to save the £50m 18th-century Joshua Reynolds painting – one of the earliest portraits of a person of colour – or it could be lost to a foreign buyer

The Guardian - UK

This glorious portrait is too precious a treasure to be lost from our shores for ever

Even in tough times, masterpieces like Joshua Reynolds’s painting are worth saving

The Canberra Times

New National Portrait Gallery boss outlines her vision for role

It's a good time to be working in Canberra with the new national cultural policy in place.

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