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National Portrait Gallery flushes £3m down the loo, buying a former WC

NPG plans to transform former Victorian lavatory into a gallery space

Evening Standard

Emily Brontë's death needs to be radically reimagined – an expert explains

Novelist Charlotte Brontë was devastated when her sister Emily died from tuberculosis on December 19, 1848.

The Conversation

National Portrait Gallery announces reopening date in June

A new wing will host more than 100 years of British portraits in nine galleries as part of the redevelopment.

The Independent UK

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Is the writing on the wall for the British Museum’s BP deal?

Chair of the museum, George Osborne, says it no longer wants to be a ‘destination for climate protest’

The Guardian - UK

Descendants of Algernon Marsden help save Tissot portrait of great grandfather

The Victorian painting by Jacques Joseph ‘James’ Tissot was valued at £2.4 million.

The Independent UK

‘Emancipation’ producer called out for showing off photo of enslaved man at premiere

LOS ANGELES — Joey McFarland, a producer on Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation,” apparently did not think through the ramifications of showing off the original 1863 “scourged back” photo of an enslaved man at the film’s L.A. premiere Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times

National Portrait Gallery to get new wing as part of revamp

Blavatnik Wing will host more than 100 years of British portraits when London institution reopens in 2023

The Guardian - UK

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National Portrait Gallery will get new wing as part of refurbishment

The Blavatnik Wing will host portraits of Charles Darwin, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, the Bronte sisters and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

Evening Standard

‘At 52, I abandoned everything, every friend, every family member’: the top official who escaped Scientology

After 45 years in the church, Mike Rinder became disillusioned and walked out. He talks about daily life in the organisation, being disciplined in ‘the Hole’, and his hopes of reconnecting with his children

The Guardian - UK

Maya Lin doesn't like the spotlight — but the Smithsonian is shining a light on her

Heavily criticized 40 years ago for her Vietnam Veterans' Memorial design, the artist-architect-activist prefers to talk about her artistic process rather than her life

WEKU

National Gallery entrance revamp row recalls King Charles’ ‘carbuncle’

Architects’ society forced to defend scheme to remodel entrance from ‘unjustified’ criticism

The Guardian - UK

First show in 100 years of disabled Victorian artist Sarah Biffin opens in London

Accomplished miniaturist and a household name in 19th century was born without arms and hands

The Guardian - UK

Taylor Wessing Prize: Lockdown laundry portraits win prestigious photography award

Clémentine Schneidermann won for photos of her neighbour hanging out washing

Evening Standard

Photos of lockdown mundanity win £15,000 Taylor Wessing prize

Judges commend Clémentine Schneidermann for simple series capturing neighbour in Wales

The Guardian - UK

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The Canberra Times

Former National Portrait Gallery director Angus Trumble dies

Angus Trumble served as National Portrait Gallery director from 2014 to 2018.

The Guardian - UK

Guardian and Observer photographer Eamonn McCabe dies aged 74

Tributes paid to one of the most celebrated newspaper photographers and picture editors of his generation

The Canberra Times

Your votes are in: National Portrait Gallery prize winners announced

The People's Choice Award winners have been announced.

The Guardian - UK

V&A drops financial ties with Sackler family over links with opioids

London museum bows to years of pressure and removes signs bearing name of family associated with OxyContin crisis

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The Canberra Times

National Portrait Gallery's latest exhibition set to redefine portraiture

Think a sculpture of two scooters isn't a portrait? Think again.

The Guardian - UK

Idealised, gilded or defaced, Queen Elizabeth's image dominated our age

From Beaton to Warhol, from the Sex Pistols to the coins in our pockets, the Queen’s face has been everywhere

France 24

Queen Elizabeth II, the muse

FRANCE 24's Olivia Salazar-Winspear takes a look at the late British monarch's place in arts and culture, as the second Elizabethan era comes to end. From the paintings hanging in the National Portrait Gallery to dramatic interpretations on the screen, Queen Elizabeth II's image had surpassed her status to become…

The Independent UK

Bidens to host Obamas at White House for unveiling of their official portraits

Unveiling was supposed to happen during Trump’s term but it was put off

The Canberra Times

Had to believe she was magic: Olivia Newton-John and the times she visited Canberra

RIP ONJ, you lit up all our lives

The Guardian - UK

Letters: James Lovelock obituary

Michael Gaskell writes: I painted James Lovelock for the National Portrait Gallery and his company was filled with science, anecdotes and laughter

The Canberra Times

National Portrait Gallery director's departure announced

The National Portrait Gallery is set to say goodbye to its director Karen Quinlan.

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