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‘What if I come out with nothing on?’ Marilyn Monroe and the defiance of her final photoshoot

For the star’s 100th anniversary, Lawrence Schiller relives the nude photoshoot that showed, far from being a ‘messy’ blond bombshell, Monroe was a shrewd controller of her image

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When Shirin Neshat photographed Malala, she turned to calligraphy to say what the camera alone could not

The Malala Yousafzai portrait that went beyond photography is now on show at a new immersive London experience

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‘We can all coexist’: artist Es Devlin uses selfies to unite UK in portrait of a nation

A National Portrait for the National Portrait Gallery aims to bring people together in increasingly atomised country

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‘It was life-changing’: the celebrated art historian who spent 46 years sitting for Frank Auerbach

Catherine Lampert is a historian, curator and model who spent much of her time sitting for her famous friends. She tells us what the likes of Auerbach, Lucian Freud and Euan Uglow meant to her

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‘The original triple threat’: two exhibitions celebrate Marilyn Monroe as creative pioneer

BFI and National Portrait Gallery to mark centenary of the film star’s birth with ‘the summer of Marilyn’

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Other lives: Learning manager who made visiting schoolchildren feel welcome at the National Portrait Gallery

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Unseen photographs of Marilyn Monroe captured weeks before her death set for display in honor of icon’s 100th birthday

‘Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait’ explores cultural icon’s career from model, Norma Jeane, to movie-star Marilyn Monroe, while exploring how she shaped her enduring image and revealing unseen photographs captured weeks before her untimely death

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Lily Allen’s West End Girl portrait goes on display at National Portrait Gallery

The painting that will be on view for the next year was used as the cover art for the singer’s fifth studio album

Evening Standard

Londoner's Diary: How much will James Corden pay for an ashtray?

What went on in London this week, from secret smoking parlours to unwanted book promo

Evening Standard

Oscar contenders and women of substance – what to watch, read and see this week

I just finished watching The Studio, Seth Rogen’s hilarious Apple TV satire of life inside an old school Hollywood production company. One of the standout episodes was set in the audience at the Golden Globes. It perfectly captures the peculiar theatre of awards shows: stars smiling and clapping furiously while…

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Catherine Opie: To Be Seen at The National Portrait Gallery – a reminder of why we go to exhibitions in the first place

American photographer Catherine Opie’s new show at the National Portrait Gallery begins – or ends, depending on which order you explore it in – with her “interventions”. These photographic portraits are installed between the gallery’s paintings of Victorian leaders, captains, artists and politicians. They sit alongside them as though somewhat…

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Catherine Opie: To Be Seen review – So fresh it’s hard to believe some of this work is 30 years old

4/5 In our increasingly divided world, the American photographers portraits of subcultures, from surfers to LA’s ‘leather dyke’ scene, exude a vital warmth and emotional generosity

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Portrait of Elton John and family goes on display at National Portrait Gallery

Taken by photographer Catherine Opie, the portrait captures Sir Elton, his husband, David Furnish and their children Zachary and Elijah in their home.

Evening Standard

Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting review – no, I don’t want to come up and see these etchings

Freud was a master painter, but his drawings ranged from ordinary to awful. Guess which aspect of his work this show focuses on?

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Smithsonian swaps Trump portrait and removes mention of impeachments

National Portrait Gallery removes text on new portrait of Trump standing in Oval Office with a scowl and fists on desk

The Independent UK

Smithsonian removes reference to Trump’s impeachments after administration complained, report says

The White House shared the new portrait on social media earlier this week

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Kate Middleton's ravishing red dress is the elegant winter outfit I'd love her to re-wear as she turns 44

The Princess of Wales is known for her timeless style and this January look from 2013 wouldn't look out of place in 2026

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Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian: ‘The goal is to reframe the entire culture of the US’

The long read: The president has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in his second term in office, and the venerable cultural institution a few blocks from the White House is in his sights

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Unseen Lucian Freud artworks to feature in new exhibition

‘Drawing into Painting’ will showcase previously unseen work by the celebrated British artist at the National Portrait Gallery next year

Evening Standard

Unseen work by Lucian Freud to feature in National Portrait Gallery exhibition

Drawing into Painting will showcase previously unseen work by the British artist at the National Portrait Gallery next year.

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The joyful world of Kaylene Whiskey: the Indigenous artist pulling Dolly Parton and Wonder Woman into the outback

Forget hushed, white-walled reverence: Whiskey’s new exhibition at Canberra’s National Portrait Gallery erupts in celebration. Expect big colour, big mischief, big joy

Evening Standard

What went on in London this week: Katy Hessel's book launch and Adwoa Aboah's bag launch

Plus Gabbriette brings Mexico City to London

Evening Standard

Nicky Haslam on Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World at the National Portrait Gallery

5/5 Nicky Haslam reviews the spectacular new show at the National Portrait Gallery which showcases Beaton’s astonishing eye

Evening Standard

Victoria Siddall's guide to London: The Old Vic, karaoke and Toklas

The National Portrait Gallery director shares her insider guide to the capital, and stories of living in Camden through the Britpop era

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Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World review – a narrow view of beauty from a borderline stalker

The ‘King of Vogue’ was a desperate social climber and the world on view here seems constricted and parochial. Still, his backdrops are fabulous – usually more interesting than his subjects

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