Artists First: Contemporary Perspectives on Portraiture
Exhibition
One of the founding principles of the National Portrait Gallery is to collect portraits with a focus on ‘the celebrity of the person represented rather than the merit of the artist’.
Art After Dark: Rise and Shine
Art After Dark
Art After Dark brings a vibrant energy and a taste of London’s music scene, created by internationally acclaimed London-based artist Lakwena Maciver.
PARTY After Dark at The National Gallery
Art After Dark
Art After Dark takes over the West End with a programme of late-night events, featuring a one-off, after-hours DJ takeover from Bimini and Mia Lily at the National Gallery on 5 February.
Lunchtime Street Food Finds in the Heart of Piccadilly
Dining
Looking for a flavour-packed lunch in the heart of London? Head to the courtyard at St James’s Church Piccadilly, where the Street Food Market brings the buzz every weekday.
Zurbarán
Exhibition
The exhibition brings together works from major galleries across Europe and the US that span Zurbarán’s career from his first religious commissions to paintings made for private devotion. Stand in front of monumental works that can still move and inspire us today.
Picture This: David Harewood and John Wilson in conversation
Talk
Join distinguished actor, documentary maker and author David Harewood OBE for the next episode of 'Picture This' at The National Gallery.
Shao Fran at White Cube
Exhibition
The first UK exhibition of Beijing-based artist Shao Fan (also known as Yu Han, b. 1964), featuring his meticulously rendered ink-on-rice-paper paintings.
LGBTQ+ highlights tour
Exhibition
Explore the lives of individuals who have lived and loved outside societal expectations, and focuses on key figures throughout history whose identities, relationships, creativity and activism challenged norms around gender and sexuality in Britain.
Live at Larry's - jazz evenings
Hospitality
An evening of live jazz whilst dining in the glitz and glam of Larry's, with an extensive wine list and cocktail menu that will take you back in time to the golden age of the speakeasy.
Lunchtime lecture - I wanna be loved by you
Talk
Award-winning biographer Andrew Wilson as he explores the highs and lows of Marilyn’s life, from her humble beginnings as Norma Jeane, dreaming of Hollywood, to goddess of the silver screen, told through 100 captivating stories.
Marilyn Monroe: told and retold
Talk
Join professor and acclaimed author Sarah Churchwell to delve deeper into the story of Marilyn Monroe’s iconic and instantly recognisable image.
Curator’s introduction: Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait
Talk
Join Rosie Broadley, Senior Curator of 20th Century Collections and curator of Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait, for an insider's guide to the exhibition, the work displayed and how it came to be, from the earliest ‘cheesecake’ pin-ups of Norma-Jeane to the most poignant final photographs of Marilyn in 1962.
Pagination
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