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What’s On

June - August 2018

The National Portrait Gallery is home to the largest collection of

portraits in the world and celebrates the lives and achievements

of those who have influenced British history, culture and identity.

National Portrait Gallery

St Martin’s Place, London WC2H 0HE

020 7306 0055 Recorded information 020 7312 2463

Entry to the Gallery is free

An entry fee is charged for some exhibitions.

Nearest Tube: Leicester Square or Charing Cross

Nearest Mainline Train: Charing Cross

Buses to Trafalgar Square

Opening Hours

Daily 10.00 – 18.00

Fridays until 21.00

Exiting commences 10 minutes before the closing time. Ticket

Desk closes, and last admission to ticketed exhibitions, one hour

before the Gallery closes.

Due to staff training on Monday mornings, galleries on

Floor 1 and all Shops open at 11.00.

Please note a transaction fee applies to tickets purchased online

and over the phone.

Group Visits

For organised group visits, including schools, colleges and adult

groups visit npg.org.uk/learning or call 020 7312 2483.

Access

Step-free access is via the Shop entrance on St Martin’s Place

and the Orange Street ramp entrance. Accompany your visit

with our free access resources including the BSL Gallery App,

BSL audio guide, audio picture description and large print

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available for all disabled visitors. A large print version of the

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For all access enquiries and for specific access requirements

visit npg.org.uk/access or call 020 7321 6600. Text Direct 18001.

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Search the Collection and create your own tours using the

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Exhibitions

Michael Jackson: On the Wall28 JUNE – 21 OCTOBER 2018

Wolfson & Lerner Galleries

Tickets

Including donation: £17.50 – £22

Free for Members

npg.org.uk/michaeljackson

Publication

Fully illustrated exhibition book by curator Nicholas Cullinan

with essays by Margo Jefferson and Zadie Smith. £35, hardback,

£25, paperback.

#MJOntheWall

This landmark exhibition explores the influence of Michael

Jackson on some of the leading names in contemporary art,

spanning several generations of artists across all media. Since

Andy Warhol first used his image in 1982, Jackson has become

the most depicted cultural figure in visual art by an

extraordinary array of artists.

Michael Jackson: On the Wall will bring together the works of

over forty of these artists, drawn from public and private

collections around the world, including new works made

especially for the exhibition.

Michael Jackson: On the Wall is produced with the co-operation

of the Michael Jackson Estate.

Supported by BOSS: Official Fashion Sponsor

BP Portrait Award 201814 JUNE – 23 SEPTEMBER 2018

Porter Gallery

Admission Free

npg.org.uk/bp

Publication

Featuring all works in the exhibition alongside an illustrated

essay and interviews with the Prize-winners. £9.99, paperback.

#BPPortrait

The BP Portrait Award is the most prestigious portrait painting

competition in the world, and this free exhibition continues to

be an unmissable highlight of the annual art calendar. From

informal and personal studies of friends and family to revealing

images of famous faces, the exhibition always features a variety

of styles and approaches to the contemporary painted portrait.

The Award is now in its thirty-ninth year at the Gallery, and

twenty-ninth year of sponsorship by BP. The increased first

prize of £35,000 makes the Award the most important

international portrait painting competition of its kind.

Supported by BP

Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize 2018

18 OCTOBER 2018 – 27 JANUARY 2019

Porter Gallery

Tickets

Including donation: £6

(Concessions £5)

Free for Members

npg.org.uk/photoprize

Publication

Fully illustrated exhibition catalogue with interviews by Richard

McClure. £15, paperback (£10 Gallery exclusive).

#PhotoPrize

The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is the leading

international competition which celebrates and promotes the

very best in contemporary portrait photography.

The Prize upholds a reputation for its diversity of photographic

styles, submitted by a range of photographers, from gifted

amateurs to photography professionals, all competing to win

one of the four prestigious prizes; including the £15,000 first

prize.

Sponsored by Taylor Wessing

Gainsborough’s Family Album22 NOVEMBER 2018 – 3 FEBRUARY 2019

Wolfson Gallery

Tickets Including donation: £16

(Concessions £14.50)

Free for Members

npg.org.uk/gainsborough

Publication

Fully illustrated exhibition catalogue including essay by

exhibition curator David Solkin, £29.95.

#GainsboroughsFamilyAlbum

Featuring over fifty works from public and private collections

across the world, Gainsborough’s Family Album will provide a

unique insight into the private life and motivations of Thomas

Gainsborough (1727 – 88), one of Britain’s greatest artists. The

exhibition includes a number of works that have never been on

public display in the UK and will bring together for the first time

all twelve surviving portraits of Thomas Gainsborough’s

daughters.

Gallery DisplaysThe Gallery’s changing programme of free displays highlight a

range of themes, sitters and artists, as well as significant

anniversaries and acquisitions.

Floor 2 Room 16

Picturing Friendship

Continuing a series of thematic explorations of the Collection,

this display draws together historic and contemporary portraits

that record and affirm the bonds of friendship. Featuring a

diverse range of works, including photographs of Morecambe

and Wise and Elizabeth Taylor with David Bowie, the portraits

share a sense of the pleasure, comfort or stimulation

experienced in the company of friends. Alongside recently

acquired photographs, including George Harrison with Ravi

Shankar, is the earliest known oil self-portrait produced in

England, Gerlach Flicke’s double portrait with the pirate Henry

Strangwish, which was painted in 1554 when the pair were

imprisoned in the Tower of London.

28 June to May 2019

Floor 1 Room 32

Bobby Moore: First Gentleman of English Football

The England football team won their first and only World Cup

victory in 1966, defeating West Germany 4 -2 in a tense final at

Wembley Stadium. The famous image of England’s captain,

Bobby Moore, lifting the Jules Rimet trophy cemented Moore

as the embodiment of a golden period in English football.

This display celebrates Bobby Moore (1941 – 1993), a sporting

icon who inspired a generation of footballers and fans. Vintage

prints recently acquired by the Gallery provide an insight into

the professional and personal life of one of England’s best-loved

sporting heroes.

Until January 2019

Floor 1 Room 29

Photography: A Public Art 1840-1939

The Gallery celebrates photography with an installation

dedicated to its extraordinary Photographs Collection displaying

classic images and rarely seen gems of artists, writers and actors

by Edward Steichen, James Abbe, Berenice Abbott, Cecil Beaton

and Dorothy Wilding among others. Carefully lit, artfully styled

and skilfully retouched, such portraits have become defining

images of the men and women that have shaped our culture.

The display will celebrate sitters, makers and an array of

different techniques as well as allowing visitors to revel in the

creative language of photography and the constant reinvention

of the genre of portraiture.

Until 7 October 2018

Floor 2

Room 3

The English Reformation

Until 2 December 2018

Floor 1

Room 25

Votes for Women: Pioneers

Until January 2019

Room 31 (case)

For Valour: Recipients of the

Victoria Cross, 1914 – 18

Until June 2018

Room 32

One Unbroken Stream

Until 2 September 2018

National ProgrammeThe Gallery works collaboratively with venues around the

country to loan works as part of a varied programme of touring

exhibitions and displays.

Faces of Change: Votes for Women

This exhibition in partnership with the National Trust, presents

an overview of the campaign for women’s suffrage from the

late 19th century until 1918, highlighting the stories connected

to the campaign at each property.

The Workhouse, Southwell


From formal paintings to militant propaganda, the portraits on

display will complement the unique stories of disenfranchised

women and working women associated with The Workhouse.

Until 22 July 2018

Killerton, Devon


The portraits on display provide a wider context to the story of

two generations of Acland women with deeply divided views on

women’s suffrage.

4 August –31 October 2018

Find out more npg.org.uk/beyondthegallery

Events Calendar

Events are free unless otherwise stated. Places are allocated on

a first come, first served basis and are subject to availability.

Book ticketed events at npg.org.uk/events, call 020 7306 0055

or visit the Gallery in person.

We offer discounted ticket prices for Concessions and Gallery

Supporters. Events are subject to change. Please check the

website before visiting.

Access

All events are wheelchair accessible.

BSL: Events interpreted with British Sign Language or led in BSL.

Please check listings for details.

Visualising Portraits: Picture description for visually impaired

visitors.

JuneFri 1

18.00 Resident DJ Eddie Otchere

18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by Grace Adam

19.00 In Conversation Bobby Moore, First Gentleman of

English Football £10/£8

Thu 7

13.15 Lunchtime Lecture Modernists & Mavericks:

Bacon, Freud, Hockney & the London Painters £4/£3

Fri 8

18.00 Guest DJ Sadie Lee

18.00 Gallery talk One Dress

18.30 Rebel Women: Banner Making Workshop

18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by Andy Pankhurst

19.00 Lecture Hearts and Minds: the Untold Story of the

Great Pilgrimage and How Women Won the Vote

£10/£8

19.30 BSL Tour Highlights of the Collection

Sat 9

11.00 Weekend Workshop Rebel Women: Banner-Making

11.00 Drop-in workshop Rebel Women: A Portrait of

Women in the 21st Century

Fri 15


18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by Gayna Pelham

19.00 In Conversation BP Portrait Award 2018 £10/£8

Wed 20

13.30 Gallery talk Looking at Mrs Dalloway

Thu 21

13.15 Lunchtime Lecture Free Spirit: George Charles

Beresford, Portrait Photographer, Aesthete and

Feminist £4/£3

Fri 22

18.00 Guest DJ Neil Prince


18.30 In Conversation Laurie Lewis, Dame Darcey Bussell

and Zelda Cheatle £10/£8

Sat 23 – Sun 24

11.00 Weekend Workshop BP Portrait Award 2018

£150/£125

Fri 29

18.00 Resident DJ Marc Mac (4hero)

18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by Robin-Lee Hall

19.00 In Conversation Michael Jackson: On the Wall £10/£8

JulyThu 5

13.15 Lunchtime Lecture War to Windrush: Black Women in

Britain 1939–48 £4/£3

Fri 6


18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by Susan Wilson

19.00 Friday Lates See website for details

Fri 13

18.00 Guest DJ Mr. Thing


19.00 In Conversation Michael Jackson: Black or White

£10/£8

19.30 BSL Tour BP Portrait Award 2018

Sat 14

11.00-17.00

Weekend Workshop Donald Urquhart’s Michael

Jackson Alphabet: the bigger picture £75/£65

Sun 15

11.00-17.00

Weekend Workshop Donald Urquhart’s Michael

Jackson Alphabet: the bigger picture £75/£65

Thu 19

13.15 Lunchtime Lecture The Byron Ladies: Icons and

Outcasts £4/£3

Fri 20


18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by Marc Woodhead

19.00 Screening The Wiz £10/£8

Fri 27

18.00 Guest DJ Sophie Callis


18.30 Life Drawing Capturing the Art of Performance

£10/£8

19.00 Gallery talk Emily Bronte: A Celebration

Sat 28 – Sun29

11.00-17.00

Weekend Workshop The Way You Make Me Feel:

Practical Workshop £150/£125

Mon 30 – Thu 2 August

10.30-16.00

4-day Project Musical Portraits

Tues 31

11.00-16.00 One-day Workshop

BP Portrait Award Next Generation

August Wed 1

11.00-16.00 One-day Workshop

BP Portrait Award Next Generation

Thu 2

13.15 Lunchtime Lecture Radical women in portraits £4/£3

Fri 3

18.00 Guest DJ Timberlina

18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by Gayna Pelham

19.00 In Conversation Queer Perspectives Free ticket

required

Wed 8 – Fri 10

11.00 – 16.00

3-day Summer School BP Portrait Award: Next

Generation

Fri 10

18.00 Guest DJ Grace George

18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by Marc Woodhead

19.00 In Conversation Michael Jackson: In the Closet £10/8

19.30 BSL Tour Art, Invention & Thought: Making the

Modern World

Sat 11

11.00-17.00 Weekend Workshop Man in the Mirror £75/£65

Mon 13 – Mon 27

11.00-16.00 Summer Holiday Activities ABC

Tue 14

18.30-20.30 Young People’s Private View BP Portrait Award:

Next Generation

Thu 16

13.15 Lunchtime Lecture Take Six Girls: The Lives of the

Mitford Sisters £4/£3

Fri 17



19.00 In Conversation Michael Jackson: Rock With You

£10/8

Fri 24


19.00 See website for further details

Fri 31



18.30 Life Drawing Thriller £10/£8

Lunchtime LecturesImmerse yourself in history, art and culture at our popular

Lunchtime Lectures. Doors open at 12.45.

Thursdays 13.15 £4/£3

7 June

Modernists & Mavericks: Bacon, Freud, Hockney & the London

Painters

Writer Martin Gayford explores the development of painting in

post-war London and the interlinking friendships, rivalries and

artistic concerns among a number of acclaimed artists.

Revealing the influence of teachers on the London painters

including David Bomberg, whose work appears in the Gallery’s

current display One Unbroken Stream alongside that of his

student Frank Auerbach.

21 June

Free Spirit: George Charles Beresford, Portrait Photographer,

Aesthete and Feminist

Art historian Dr Vivien Gaston explores the photographer

behind one of the most widely admired British portraits, the

haunting depiction of Virginia Woolf, 1902. George Charles

Beresford, whilst little known, photographed many prominent

and provocative politicians, artists, thinkers and writers of the

early 20th century. From his schooldays with Rudyard Kipling to

the glamour of London society and his support of radical

feminists, Beresford’s life reflects the tensions of wider social

change and reform.

5 July

War to Windrush: Black Women in Britain 1939 – 48

Historian Stephen Bourne presents an illustrated talk about

some of the black women who are featured in his latest book.

These include Elisabeth Welch, Josephine Baker, Eartha Kitt and

Winifred Atwell, all of whom are represented in the Gallery’s

Collection.

19 July

The Byron Ladies: Icons and Outcasts

Biographer Miranda Seymour examines how the poet’s wife

was trashed, then elevated and then smashed by the Victorian

press, whilst her daughter Ada disappeared from public

consciousness for almost a hundred years after her death until

her reputation was saved by Alan Turing.

2 August

Radical women in portraits

Researcher Georgia Haseldine introduces the radical

eighteenthcentury women who first fought for the rights of

woman and paved the way for the women’s suffrage

movement. The radical ideas of Britain’s first feminists are

revealed in the gestures and fashions captured in their

portraits.

16 August

Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters

Writer Laura Thompson looks at the wildly contrasting lives of

the Mitford sisters – stylish, scandalous and tragic by turns –

which hold up a revelatory mirror to upper-class English life

before and after the Second World War.

Weekend workshops These intimate weekends enable you to explore, develop and

improve your creativity. Working alongside leading artists, take

inspiration from the Gallery and look at portraiture in new,

exciting ways.

Sat 9 June 11.00 – 16.00

Rebel Women: Banner-Making Workshop

Free

PROCESSIONS is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take part in

a mass participation artwork to celebrate one hundred years of

votes for women. On Sunday 10 June a large-scale procession

will appear as a flowing river of colour through the city streets.

Join us at a free artist-led workshop to create your banner, sash

or rosette in preparation. Places are designated on a first-come,

first-served basis. All materials are supplied.

Sat 23 – Sun 24 June

BP Portrait Award 2018 £150/£125

Inspired by this year’s selection of the best of contemporary

portrait painting from around the world, spend two days in the

studio working from a model. Workshop leader to be

announced.

Sat 14 July and Sun 15 July

Donald Urquhart’s Michael Jackson Alphabet: the bigger

picture £75/£65

Artist Donald Urquhart leads a one-day masterclass (repeated

on Sunday 15 July). Beginning with a visit to On the Wall,

Donald will explain his approach to making his artwork and

discuss methods of scaling up text pieces and sketches.

Followed by a practical session covering methods of copying

and scaling up artwork. Open to all abilities, materials provided.

Sat 28 – Sun 29 July

The Way You Make Me Feel: Practical Workshop £150/£125

Artist Sadie Lee leads this weekend workshop in response to

the On The Wall exhibition, which features work inspired by the

life, death and phenomenon of Michael Jackson.

After an introduction to the works, make your own drawings

and paintings. Materials provided. Suitable for all levels but an

interest in contemporary practice and (acrylic) painting would

be an advantage.

Sat 11 August

Man in the Mirror £75/£65

Visual artist Othello De’Souza Hartley leads this day-long

photography and mixed-media workshop in which you will

create a response to Michael Jackson and what he represents to

you. Following a visit to the exhibition and discussion with

Othello, work in the studio to create a piece using photography,

costume, props, painting or collage. At the end of the day,

photograph your work in a studio setting. All abilities welcome,

materials supplied.

Friday LatesLaunching on Friday 1 June, the Gallery’s new Friday Lates offer

creativity, inspiration, conversation and a social space where

everyone is welcome. Enjoy a drink at the bar and music

inspired by our exhibitions, join our hugely popular mass art

occupation of the Gallery and explore ideas about art, culture

and society with our talks programme. Start your weekend in

style visiting our world-class exhibitions, discovering the

Collection and taking a free Rebel Women Gallery trail.

Every Friday night

18.00 – 21.00

Free unless otherwise stated

Music & bar Ondaatje Wing Main Hall 18.00 – 20.30

Drop-in Drawing and Life Drawing 18.30 – 20.30

Talks & film screenings Ondaatje Wing Theatre 19.00 unless

otherwise stated

1 June

Resident DJ Eddie Otchere

Drop-in Drawing Led by Grace Adam

Bobby Moore, First Gentleman of English Football £10/£8

To celebrate the Gallery’s current display of vintage press prints

of the sporting icon, join Bobby Moore’s daughter Roberta, his

biographer Jeff Powell, football manager and pundit Harry

Redknapp and sports presenter Matt Lorenzo for a discussion of

his life and legacy, illustrated by previously unseen

photographs.

8 June

Guest DJ Sadie Lee

Drop-in Drawing Led by Andy Pankhurst

Rebel Women: Banner-making workshop

In preparation for PROCESSIONS join our free craft workshop

and make your banner, rosette or sash. On Sunday 10 June,

thousands of women and girls from across the UK will walk

together forming a living portrait of women in the 21st century

and a visual expression of equality, strength and cultural

representation.

One Dress 18.30

Room 30, Floor 1

Visit artist, fashion designer, sustainability expert and activist

Ms Tammam and hear about her One Dress project, a feminist

activist artwork in front of the 1909 portrait of Christabel

Pankhurst by Ethel Wright which inspired it.

Lecture: Hearts and Minds: the Untold Story of the Great

Pilgrimage and How Women Won the Vote £10/£8

Most people assume the fight for the vote – won in part 100

years ago – was all about the militant Suffragettes. Writer Jane

Robinson tells the story of the ‘Great Pilgrimage’, an astonishing

six-week suffrage march involving thousands of suffragists, or

non-militant campaigners, from all around the UK who came

together and finally won the hearts and minds of Parliament

and the people.

15 June


Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Gayna Pelham

In Conversation: BP Portrait Award 2018 £10/£8

Join judges including journalist and broadcaster Rosie Millard,

founder and Director of The Equiano Centre, UCL, Dr Caroline

Bressey, and Rosie Broadley, 19th-Century Collections Curator,

who assess this year’s competition of the best contemporary

portrait painting from around the world.

22 June

Guest DJ Neil Prince

Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Grace Adam

In Conversation: Laurie Lewis, Dame Darcey Bussell and Zelda

Cheatle 18.30 £10/£8

Photographer Laurie Lewis celebrates the launch of his new

book Portraits, a personal record of his favourite sitters

including Dame Darcey Busell, who shares the stories that

accompany their sittings. Moderated by photography expert

Zelda Cheatle.

29 June

Guest DJ Marc Mac(4hero)

Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Robin-Lee Hall

Michael Jackson: On the Wall £10/£8

Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery

and curator of Michael Jackson: On the Wall, introduces the

exhibition and talks to participating artists including Todd Gray,

Hank Willis Thomas, Lorraine O’Grady and Isaac Julien.

6 July


Drop-in Drawing Led by Susan Wilson

See website for details.

13 July

Guest DJ Mr Thing

Drop-in Drawing Led by Grace Adam

In Conversation: Michael Jackson: Black and White £10/£8

A global icon, Michael Jackson was the first black musician to

achieve world-wide fame. His image and music had, and

continues to have, an extraordinary impact on culture, which is

explored by speakers including writer, journalist and

broadcaster Ekow Eshun.

20 July


Drop-in Drawing Led by Marc Woodhead

Screening: The Wiz 18.30 £10/£8

Fashion scholar Sequoia Barnes introduces this cult classic, a

retelling of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (which

features an entirely African American cast including Michael

Jackson as Scarecrow to Diana Ross’ Dorothy) and explores its

cultural significance.

27 July

Guest DJ Sophie Callis


Emily Bronte: A Celebration Room 24

Celebrate the bicentenary of Emily Bronte’s birth with a reading

of her poetry in front of her portrait. In partnership with the

Live Literature Company.

Life Drawing: Capturing the Art of Performance £10/£8

Join artist Robin-Lee Hall for a session focusing on the signature

moves of performers including Michael Jackson. Capture the

dynamism of performance with a mixture of long and short

poses and different drawing styles.

3 August

Guest DJ Timberlina

Drop-in Drawing Led by Gayna Pelham

Queer Perspectives Free ticket required

Gain a Queer Perspective on our Collection with resident artist

Sadie Lee and her special guest as they discuss portraits which

have a personal resonance.

10 August

Guest DJ Grace George

Drop-in Drawing Led by Marc Woodhead

17 August


Drop-in Drawing Led by Robin-Lee Hall

Michael Jackson: Rock With You £10/£8

Luminaries of the UK black music scene Lindsay Wesker, Dave

VJ and Gordon Mac (Kiss FM and Mi-Soul) talk to DJ, writer and

broadcaster Ed Adoo about Michael Jackson’s impact on

bringing black British artists to the mainstream and his influence

on today’s acts.

24 August

Live DJ Edward Adoo

Drop-in Drawing Led by Robin-Lee Hall

See website for details.

31 August



Life Drawing: Thriller £10/£8

Using Michael Jackson’s incredible music and dance as

inspiration, this session led by artist Gayna Pelham explores

how movement and music can change the way we draw.

Day time events Wed 20 June 13.30 – 14.30

Gallery Talk: Looking at Mrs Dalloway Free ticket required

Join cultural historian and literary critic Alexandra Harris for a

tour of selected paintings and photographs of and by Virginia

Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and others associated with

the Bloomsbury Group and the modernist movement.

Following this short tour, Alexandra scrutinises Mrs Dalloway in

more depth. This event is part of wider Dalloway Day

celebrations. Alexandra Harris is Professor of English at the

University of Birmingham. She has written books about Virginia

Woolf, Modernism and the weather. In 2015 she presented A

Walk of One’s Own: Virginia Woolf on Foot on BBC Radio 4.

In partnership with the Royal Society of Literature.

Meet in the Main Hall.

Please see rsliterature.org for other Dalloway Day events

#DallowayDay

AccessThe Gallery is fully accessible and welcomes everyone to take

part in the rich programme of free events. All Access events are

drop-in. Please meet in the Ondaatje Wing Main Hall.

Visualising PortraitsFree audio description talks for blind and visually impaired

visitors. The last Thursday of every month at 14.00.

Thu 28 June

BP Portrait Award 2018

Explore how contemporary artists’ are currently responding to

portraiture.

Thu 26 July

Bobby Moore: First Gentleman of English Football

Enjoy candid shots of this icon of English football.

Thu 30 Aug

The Countryside

Take a holiday and discover landscapes in portraits.

BSL Gallery ToursFree tours led in BSL, some include interpretation into English.

The last Thursday of every month at 19.30.

Fri 8 June

Highlights of the Collection

Chisato Minamimura leads a tour of the Collection, picking out

highlights along the way. Led in BSL

Fri 13 July

BP Portrait Award

Join John Wilson for a tour of the most prestigious portrait

painting competition in the world. Led in BSL

Fri 8 June

Highlights of the Collection

Chisato Minamimura leads a tour of the Collection, picking out

highlights along the way. Led in BSL

Fri 13 July

BP Portrait Award

Join John Wilson for a tour of the most prestigious portrait

painting competition in the world. Led in BSL

The Access programme is supported by the Lord Leonard and

Lady Estelle.

FamiliesThis summer, explore the Galleries together with free materials

and resources just for families.

Family trails

Pick up a beautiful, free Summer Sketching book illustrated by

Marta Altés and get creative inspiration from portraits around

the Gallery to draw accessories, expressions and people.

Suitable for all ages. Pick up from the Main Desk and FAB.

Other free family trails and resources to animate your visit

include:

Sketch

Doodle your way around the Gallery with this free sketchbook.

Pop up Gallery

Which portraits will you put in your own gallery? Create a 3D

model and fill in our printed frames with your drawings.

Family Activity BaseSat 21 July – Sun 2 September

11.00 – 16.00

FAB

Look out for FAB – our Family Activity Base – in the galleries and

collect free art materials to take into the galleries and make

portraits together.

Holiday Activities

Mon 13 – Mon 27 August

11.00 – 16.00

ABC

Our summer exhibitions Michael Jackson: On the Wall and the

BP Portrait Award, and Rebel Women – celebrating a centenary

of women getting the vote, provide inspiration for two weeks of

fun, free, daily art and craft workshops. Decorate a white glove,

learn to moonwalk, pick-up photography skills, paint a portrait,

design a t-shirt, print an image or play with clay. Bring the

whole family and let artists inspire your creativity. All materials

provided.

Full details and how to book ABC at npg.org.uk/families

Your Visit

Facilities

Baby changing facilities and our lockable buggy park are located

on Floor -1.

Bookshop

Discover a wide range of books for children in the Gallery’s

bookshop, accessed via the Main Hall.

Portrait Café

Special family offers over holiday periods

Open daily 10.00 – 17.00

Thursday – Friday 10.00 – 20.00

Access

Step-free access is via the Shop entrance on St Martin’s Place

and the Orange Street ramp entrance.

npg.org.uk/families

#NPGFamilies

Family Programmes supported by McCain

Young people Work with artists, develop creative skills and confidence, and

meet other young people at our FREE events for and with 14 –

21 year-olds. All materials provided and suitable for all abilities.

npg.org.uk/youngpeople

/npgyouthforum

Saturdays and Sundays

Free but booking required

Sat 9 June 11.00 – 16.00

Rebel Women: A Portrait of Women in the 21st Century

Drop-in workshop

PROCESSIONS is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take part in

a mass participation artwork to celebrate one hundred years of

votes for women. On Sun 10 June a large-scale procession will

take-place in London honouring 100 years of some women

getting the right to vote and marching for equality. Get crafty

and join artists at the Gallery to create your own banner,

sash or rosette. All ages welcome.

Sat 7 July 11.00 – 16.00

Michael Jackson

One-day Photography Workshop

Join photographer Othello De’souza- Hartley to explore the

Michael Jackson exhibition together then create your own work

about identity in the photography studio. SLR digital cameras

provided.

Mon 30 July – Thu 2 August

10.30 – 16.00

Musical Portraits 4-day project

A project specifically designed for young people aged 10-14

years with Autism Spectrum Conditions. Over 4 days create art

and music with professionals. In partnership with Turtle Key

Arts and Wigmore Hall.

Tue 31 July 11.00 – 16.00 or Weds 1 August 11.00 – 16.00

BP Portrait Award: Next Generation

One-day Art Workshops

Learning from professional artists, discover new skills in life-

drawing, create your own painting, meet artists and take a tour

of the BP Portrait Award exhibition. All art materials

and lunch included.

Wed 8 – Fri 10 August

11.00 – 16.00


3-day Summer School

Spend 3-days in the art studio at the Gallery, learning from BP

Awardwinning artists and working from a model to create a

portrait and learn new skills in composition, lighting and pose.

All art materials and lunches included.

Tue 14 August 18.30 – 20.30


Young People’s Private View

An invitation to a private view of the BP Portrait Award 2018

exhibition exclusively for 14 –21 year olds. This after-hours art

event includes DJs, art workshops, competitions, refreshments

and a chance to meet artists and other young creatives.

Youth Forum

Join our young creatives group and get involved with the

Gallery. Youth Forum meets the first Friday of each month

17.30 – 19.30.

Join the conversation

@NPGYouth

/npgyouthforum

ShopFrom our Collection to yours

Discover the full range of gifts, books and products inspired by

our exhibition and the Collection, available exclusively from

Gallery Shops and online.

Every purchase supports the National Portrait Gallery

npgshop.org.uk

Portrait Restaurant New season, new menus

Join us for lunch daily, or pre-theatre and dinner sittings on

Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.

See npg.org.uk/portraitrestaurant for menus and packages. To

discuss your requirements call 020 7312 2490 or email

[email protected]

Become a Member Today

Membership is turning 20 this year, so now is the perfect time

to join and become one of our most familiar faces.

Starting from only £55 by Direct Debit, Members enjoy a

fantastic range of benefits all year-round and experience the

very best of the Gallery programme of exhibitions, talks and

events.

Join now and you will get free, immediate and unlimited entry

to all ticketed exhibitions, including the much-anticipated

Michael Jackson: On the Wall as well as exclusive Membership

benefits and discounts.

Join today at npg.org.uk/members

or call the team on 020 7321 6283

or visit the Membership Desk during your next visit.

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