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Kate Middleton grins alongside Sir Paul McCartney as she unveils £40m revamp of gallery

Kate Middleton headed to central London on Tuesday - officially opening the National Portrait Gallery after a major three-year refurb.

Daily Record

Kate Middleton giggles with music royalty as she unveils revamp of gallery

Kate Middleton made a trip into central London today, where she officially reopened the National Portrait Gallery after a major three-year refurbishment - and met the likes of artist Tracey Emin and even Beatle Sir Paul McCartney

Irish Mirror

Facial recognition: the 10 best exhibits in the revamped National Portrait Gallery

To mark the London gallery’s reopening this week after a £35m redevelopment, its director and chief curator introduce their favourite paintings from the expanded collection

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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

Photorealist suburbia, Russian war protesters and the dark side of Constable – the week in art

A major show for photorealists Boyd and Evans, protesters mourn victims of the war in Ukraine and looming storms spark savage poetry – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Passenger falls overboard on Royal Caribbean cruise hours after a woman dies on ship

Quantum of the Seas was on a 15-day trip from Australia to Hawaii when the passenger fell overboard

The Independent UK

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

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Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of Omai acquired by National Portrait Gallery

Painting, renamed Portrait of Mai, will remain on public display after being jointly acquired with Getty Museum

The Guardian - UK

Unique deal struck to acquire The Portrait of Omai

The future of Sir Joshua Reynolds’ The Portrait of Omai has been secured thanks to a unique deal between London’s National Portrait Gallery and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Depicting a Polynesian who sailed to Britain with Captain Cook, the c.1776 work is one of the earliest great portraits…

The Week

National Portrait Gallery unveils plan to share historic £50m painting between two countries

The historic masterpiece is one of the earliest great portraits of a person of colour

The Independent UK

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

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

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

The Guardian - UK

Joshua Reynolds’ ‘Portrait of Omai’ is a national treasure. Why is Britain struggling to keep it?

The fight to save the iconic work reflects a painful truth about the UK’s financial state

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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

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Is this Boris Johnson’s last gift to the nation?

In today’s Diary: The PM’s parting gift / Gender neutral GB News / Madonna loves a showtune / Annoying Anna Wintour

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