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What’s On

September – November 2019

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

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An entry fee is charged for some exhibitions.

Nearest Tube: Leicester Square or Charing Cross

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Opening Hours

Daily 10.00 – 18.00

Friday Lates 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.

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Group Visits

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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 guides

available from the Ticket Desk. Free Audio Guides are available

for all disabled visitors. For all access enquiries and for specific

access requirements visit npg.org.uk/access or call 020 7321

6600. Text Direct 18001.

Explore

Free WiFi is available throughout the Gallery.

Search the Collection and create your own tours using the

interactive Portrait Explorer touch-screens.

Explore the Gallery with our interactive Audio Visual Guide (£3),

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Exhibitions

Cindy Sherman

This major retrospective explores the art of Cindy Sherman, one

of the world’s leading contemporary artists who is celebrated

for enigmatic photographs in which her appearance is

transformed as she inhabits a world of invented characters.

#CindySherman

Until 15 September 2019

Free for Members

Catalogue £35, hardback

Sponsored by Wells Fargo

BP Portrait Award 2019

After 30 years of sponsorship the BP Portrait Award remains

the most prestigious portrait painting competition in the

world. The free exhibition represents the very best in

contemporary practice and continues to be an unmissable

highlight of the annual art calendar.

#BPPortrait

Until 20 October 2019

Free admission

Catalogue £9.99, paperback

Supported by BP for 30 years

Elizabeth Peyton

Aire and Angels

Exploring the development of Peyton’s art from the 1990s to

the present day. Alongside the exhibition, the artist’s works will

have a Gallery-wide presence within the Collection, as they are

juxtaposed with historic portraits from the Tudor period

onwards.

#ElizabethPeyton

3 October 2019 – 5 January 2020

Free admission

Pre-Raphaelite Sisters

This major exhibition is the first-ever to focus on the untold

story of the women of Pre-Raphaelite art and explores the often

overlooked contribution of twelve women to the movement.

Book at npg.org.uk on 020 7321 6600 or visit

the Gallery Ticket Desk

#PreRaphSisters

17 October 2019 – 26 January 2020

Wolfson Gallery

Full price tickets from £18

Concessions from £17

Free for Members

Catalogue £35, hardback

£24.95, Gallery exclusive paperback

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait

Prize 2019

The leading international competition, open to all, which

celebrates and promotes the very best in contemporary portrait

photography from around the world.

Book at npg.org.uk on 020 7321 6600

or visit the Gallery Ticket Desk

#PhotoPrize

Sponsored by Taylor Wessing

7 November 2019 – 16 February 2020

Porter Gallery

Full price tickets from £6

Concessions from £5

Free for Members

Catalogue £15, paperback

Free Gallery displays

Shakespeare and the Plantagenets Until 1 December 2019 | Room 3, Floor 2

Peterloo 1819: Democracy, Protest and Justice

Until June 2020 | Room 18, Floor 2

Everyday Icons: Popular Portraits

Until March 2020 | Room 16, Floor 2

Celebrating Queen Victoria: 200 Years

Until 15 September 2019 | Room 21, Floor 1

Portraying George Eliot

Until 8 December 2019 | Room 25, Floor 1

Photography: A Living Art

Until 29 September 2019 | Room 29, Floor 1

Inspiring Photographs: Collecting Towards 2023

Opening 5 October 2019 | Room 29, Floor 1

Indian Nobility in Britain

Until 15 December 2019 | Room 31, Floor 1

Luminary Drawings: Portraits of Film Directors by Nina Mae

Fowler

Until 1 October 2019 | Room 32, Floor 1

New Commission Supported by Outset Contemporary Art Fund

Opening 5 October 2019 | Room 32, Floor 1

BP Portrait 2019 Travel Award

Until 20 October 2019 | Room 33, Floor 1

BP Portrait Award: Next Generation

Until 20 October 2019 | Floor -2

Touring exhibitions and displays

See a selection of portraits on display at venues across the

country in our National Programme: COMING HOME sees fifty

portraits of iconic individuals loaned to places they are closely

associated with, and Faces of Change: Nature’s Champions, a

touring exhibition in partnership with the National Trust,

celebrates those who have shaped the way we think about

nature today. 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.

September

Thu 5

13.15

Lunchtime Lecture: Prince Albert

The Man Who Saved the Monarchy with A.N. Wilson

£4/£3

Biographer A.N. Wilson celebrates the bicentenary of Prince

Albert’s birth, the multi-talented boy who came to marry his

cousin Victoria in 1840 and who, through his encouragement of

industry, commerce, technological advance, army reform, and

more , became one of the key figures in the Victorian success

story.

Fri 6

18.30

Friday Lates: Guest DJ

Neil Prince

18.30

Friday Lates: Drop-in Drawing

Led by artist Susan Wilson

Join Susan Wilson for our popular artist-led drawing session in

the Gallery. Free, drop-in all materials provided.

19.00

See website for details

Fri 13

18.30

Friday Lates: Resident DJ

Eddie Otchere

18.30


Led by artist Robin-Lee Hall

Join Robin-Lee Hall for our popular artist-led drawing session in


19.00

Friday Lates: In Conversation

Imitations of Life with Adjoa Andoh, Esther Freud, Sophie

Mackintosh £10/£8

Marking the Gallery’s major retrospective on Cindy Sherman, a

panel of writers and actors discuss performance, in writing,

image and on stage, as well as the manipulation of appearance

and the deployment of cultural material

19.30

BSL Tour: Luminary Drawings

Portraits of Film Directors by Nina Mae Fowler

Alan Murray leads a tour of a major new commission of portrait

drawings of leading film directors by the artist Nina Mae Fowler,

as well as photographs of 60s musicians, models and activists,

recently redisplayed in the contemporary galleries. Led in British

Sign Language (BSL)

Sun 15

15.00

Daytime event: In Conversation

Viewing the Invisible: Live portrait-painting & panel discussion

exploring creativity in art and science £10/£8

A panel of scientists and artists discuss the common ground

between scientific and artistic approaches to exploring the

underpinnings of identity as artist Ann Witheridge gives a live

portrait painting demonstration working from sitter Professor

Dame Janet Thornton. This event is in partnership with King's

College London, London Fine Art Studios and the Biotechnology

and Biological Sciences Research Council.

Thu 19

13.15

Lunchtime Lecture: Milein Cosman

Capturing Time with Ines Schlenker £4/£3

Art historian Ines Schlenker introduces the life and varied

oeuvre of Jewish émigrée artist Milein Cosman (1921–2017),

best known for her drawings of musicians and dancers. In

partnership with Insiders Outsiders Festival.

Fri 20

18.30


Mr Madame

18.30


Led by artist Gayna Pelham

Join Gayna Pelham for our popular artist-led drawing session in


19.00

Friday Lates: Lecture

Jonathan Jones on the Top Ten British Portraits of all Time

£10/£8

Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones unveils the ten greatest

British portraits from Holbein’s Henry VIII in the Gallery to some

unexpected modern masterpieces.

Sat 21 – Sun 22

11.00 – 17.00

Weekend Workshop: BP Portrait Award 2019 £150/£125

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

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

studio working with a practicing artist (to be announced).

Suitable for all abilities, all materials provided.

Thu 26

14.00

Visualising Portraits: Musicians

Explore sitters of note in British Music. Picture description

session. Meet in main hall at 2pm.

Fri 27

18.30


Eddie Otchere

18.30


Led by artist Andy Pankhurst

Join Andy Pankhurst for our popular artist-led drawing session

in the Gallery. Free, drop-in, all materials provided.

18.30

Friday Lates: Life Drawing

Man in Motion led by artist Alison Kusner £10/£8

Artist Alison Kusner leads this session in which you will bring a

portrait to life through creating drawings of the male model

with poses that suggest movement and give your work energy

and fluidity. Starting with some rapid poses to warm up, you

will then move on to longer drawings while experimenting with

a range of life drawing techniques.

19.00

Friday Lates: Live Music

Luca Luciano: Contemporary Clarinet Recital

Enjoy the grand surroundings of Room 20 with a soundtrack of

contemporary clarinet solo music from Luca Luciano's last

releases along with music by Messiaen, Stravinsky and Villa-

Lobos.

October

Thu 3

13.15

Lunchtime Lecture: Elizabeth I's Appearance

with Karen Hearn and Helen Hackett £4/£3

In 1593, Queen Elizabeth I celebrated her 60th birthday. Using

portraits, literature, and eye-witness accounts from the period,

this lecture will investigate how the ageing Queen was viewed

by her contemporaries. This lecture will be given by literary

scholar Professor Helen Hackett and art historian Karen Hearn,

Honorary Professor, both of University College London.

Fri 4

18.30


Daniel Oduntan

18.30

Friday Lates: Drop in Drawing

with artist Gayna Pelham


the Gallery. Free, drop-in, all materials provided.

19.00

Friday Lates: Screening

Cy Dear (2018, Dir.Andrea Bettinetti, 92 mins) £10/£8

Cy Dear pays homage to the prolific career of the Cy Twombly,

an American artist from Lexington, Virginia who emerged as a

prominent figure in the mid-1950s as a contemporary of Robert

Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns.

Sun 6

13.00-16.00

Young People: Portrait Photography Workshop

Inspired by our new photography display featuring Riz Ahmed,

Skepta and Adwoa Aboah, work with professional photographer

Othello De’souza-Hartley to develop your photography skills

and confidence. Take advantage of all our camera and

photography equipment in the photography studio.

Fri 11

18.30


Eddie Otchere


Led by artist Marc Woodhead

Join Marc Woodhead for our popular artist-led drawing session


19.00


Famous and anonymous Victorians in the Stereoscope with

Denis Pellerin £10/£8

Photo historian Denis Pellerin explores in 3D the stereoscopic

craze that swept over France and Britian from the mid 1850s to

the 1862 Exhibition, illustrated with chosen examples from

Brian May’s and the Galleries collections.

19.30

Friday Lates: BSL Tour

New Photography Acquisitions

Join Chisato Minamimura for a tour of some of the Gallery's

recent photography acquisitions. Led in British Sign Language

(BSL) with interpretation.

Sat 12 – Sun 13

Weekend workshop

See website for details

Thu 17

13.15

Lunchtime Lecture: Shadow King

The Life and Death of Henry VI with Lauren Johnson £4/£3

Author and historian of the Fifteenth and early Sixteenth

Centuries, Lauren Johnson tells the remarkable story of

Lancastrian King Henry VI's life and death.

Fri 18

18.00

Friday Lates: Exhibition Tour

Curator-led tour of Pre-Raphaelite Sisters

Exhibition ticket required

Curator Jan Marsh leads a tour of the major new exhibition,

Pre-Raphaelite Sisters.

18.30


Richard Osborne

18.30

Friday Lates Drop-in Drawing

Led by Alison Kusner

Join Alison Kusner for our popular artist-led drawing session in


19.00

Friday Lates In Conversation

BP Portrait Award at 30 with James Lloyd, Ishbel Myerscough,

Charlie Schaffer and Alison Smith £10/£8

To mark the 30th anniversary of the BP Portrait Award, Chief

Curator Alison Smith talks to past winners, James Lloyd and

Ishbel Myerscough, and this year's winner, Charlie Schaffer.

Thu 24

11.00 – 16.00

Families

The Big Draw: Drawn To Life

This October half term bring your family and friends to the

Gallery for an art extravaganza! Celebrate the world's biggest

drawing festival from The Campaign for Drawing with our team

of artists and take part in creative activities across the Gallery.

Fri 25

18.00

Friday Lates Exhibition Tour

Elizbeth Peyton with Lucy Dahlsen

Curator Lucy Dahlsen leads a tour of Elizabeth Peyton Aires and

Angels and explores the development of Peyton’s unique

portraiture from the 1990s to the present day, presenting works

in a range of media, including new portraits exhibited for the

first time.

18.30


Eddie Otchere

18.30

Friday Lates

Drop-in Drawing led by artist Andy Pankhurst



18.30


Pre-Raphaelite Sisters led by artist Grace Adam £10/£8

Join Grace Adam for a dynamic evening of life drawing, inspired

by the current Pre-Raphaelite Sisters exhibition.

Sat 26 – Sun 27

11.00 – 17.00

Weekend Workshop

My (De)generation with Sadie Lee £150/£125

Acknowledging the 100 year anniversary of the formation of the

Weimar Republic, artist Sadie Lee leads this weekend painting

workshop looking at some of the fascinating styles and subjects

that influenced artists of the era.

Thu 31

14.00

Visualising Portraits

Self Portraits

What can self-portraits tell us about how an artist sees

themselves? Picture description session.

November

Fri 1

18.00

Friday Lates: Poetry Reading

Pre-Raphaelite Sisters in Poetry

Free with exhibition ticket

Acting students from The Royal Central School of Speech and

Drama read poems featured in the exhibition Pre-Raphaelite

Sisters by poets including Christina Rossetti, Elizabeth Siddal,

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Alfred, Lord Tennyson and William

Morris.

18.30


Timberlina

18.30


Led by artist Robin-Lee Hall

Join Robin-Lee Hall for our popular artist-led drawing session in


19.00


Elizabeth Siddal: Poetry, Art, Life with Gillian Allnutt, Alison

Flood, Jan Marsh and Dr Serena Trowbridge.

£10/£8

Curator Jan Marsh, poet Gillian Allnutt, Dr Serena Trowbridge

and journalist Alison Flood look at the poetry, art and life of

Elizabeth Siddall.

19.00


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.

Thu 7

13.15

Lunchtime Lectures

George Eliot: From "Strong-minded Woman" to Great Novelist

with Rosemary Ashton £4/£3

Biographer Rosemary Ashton asks how Mary Anne Evans, born

in 1819 the daughter of an estate manager in Warwickshire,

become 'George Eliot', the new 'unknown' novelist who

immediately won critical success to rival that of Dickens and

Thackeray?

Fri 8

18.00

Friday Lates: Exhibition Tour

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2019

Free with exhibition ticket

Take a tour of the leading international photographic portrait

competition, which celebrates and promotes the very best in

contemporary portrait photography.

18.30


Eddie Otchere

18.30


Led by artist Marc Woodhead

Join Marc Woodhead for our popular artist-led drawing session


19.30

Friday Lates BSL Tour

Portraying George Eliot with John Wilson

John Wilson leads a tour of the display that marks the

bicentenary of the birth of George Eliot, one of Britain's most

renowned novelists.

Sat 9 – Sun 10

11.00 – 17.00

Weekend Workshop

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2019 £150/£125

Taking inspiration from the Taylor Wessing Photographic

Portrait Prize 2019, hone your studio skills in this two-day

workshop. Suitable for those who already have some

knowledge of digital photography and know how to use their

cameras in manual mode. Workshop leader to be announced.

Sun 10

11.05 - 16.00

Families: Workshop

Remembrance

To commemorate Remembrance Sunday, join us for a family

day of reflection through craft and storytelling activities.

Fri 15

18.30


Ben Osborne

18.30

Friday Lates: Drop in Drawing

Led by artist Alison Kusner

Join Alison Kusner for our popular artist-led drawing session in


19.00


Always nearly famous with Pamela Gerrish-Nunn, Alison Smith

and Rachel Cooke £10/£8

What does it take for female artists of the past to become

famous? With reference to Joanna Boyce, Marie Spartali and

Evelyn DeMorgan featured in the major exhibition Pre-

Raphaelite Sisters, art historian Pamela Gerrish-Nunn, Chief

Curator Alison Smith and journalist Rachel Cooke ask why it is

that they became ‘nearly’ famous but never so well-established.

Sat 16

13.00 – 16.00

Young People

Life Drawing Workshop

Take inspiration from the Pre-Raphaelite Sisters exhibition then

learn figure-drawing techniques working from a clothed life

model. Led by artist Caroline Dorset.

Thu 21

13.15

Lunchtime Lecture

From Myth to Molten Bronze: Making public statues with

Martin Jennings £4/£3

For the annual Society of Portrait Sculptors Lecture, Martin

Jennings discusses public statues illustrated not only with

examples of his own work but also with those of his

contemporaries and with examples drawn from sculptural

history.

Fri 22

18.30


Eddie Otchere

18.30


Led by artist Andy Pankhurst



19.00


Ali Smith celebrates Jane Austen £10/£8

Novelist Ali Smith delivers the T. Edward Carpenter Lecture on

Jane Austen. In partnership with Jane Austen's House Museum.

Sat 23 – Sun 24

11.00 – 17.00

Weekend Workshop

'Sister' Portraits with Robin-Lee Hall

£150/£125

Inspired by the major exhibition Pre-Raphaelite Sisters, join

portrait artist Robin-Lee Hall for a practical painting workshop

focusing on the female artists linked to the Pre-Raphaelite

brotherhood. During the weekend participants will tour the

exhibition, learn about Pre-Raphaelite colour palettes,

composition, painting techniques and create an oil study from

life. Suitable for those with some experience of painting. All

materials provided.

Thu 28

14.00

Visualising Portraits: Muses & Lovers

Explore the women behind the portraits. Picture description.

Meet in Main Hall.

Fri 29

18.00

Friday Lates: Gallery Talk

'Carla van de Puttelaar's Women in the Art World

Photographer Carla van de Puttelaar introduces work from her

series Women in the Art World. Followed by book signing.

18.30


Mr Madame

18.30


Led by artist Gayna Pelham



18.30


Pre-Raphaelite Longing led by artist Marc Woodhead £10/£8

Artist Marc Woodhead leads a life drawing session inspired by

the major exhibition Pre-Raphaelite Sisters in which you will

explore 19th century romanticised notions of love, longing,

death and femininity with theatrically staged narrative tableaux.

Shop

From 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

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Portrait Restaurant

The Portrait Restaurant and Bar on Level 3 is one of London's

most desirable dining venues - Breathtaking by day and

dramatic by night, the Portrait Restaurant's celebrated view

stretches from Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square down

Whitehall to the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye.

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

discuss your requirements call 020 7312 2490 or email

[email protected]

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Portrait Café

The Portrait Café, is on Floor -3, is a cosy sky-lit spot for light

meals and scrumptious cakes, fine teas and hand-roasted

coffees. Treat yourself to our famous shortbread or round

brownies, perfect with an espresso or cup of tea before heading

home.

Membership

Get free and unlimited entry to all exhibitions.

Starting from just £55 a year, Membership also offers a fantastic

range of benefits and supports the Gallery’s work.

To find out more visit npg.org.uk/members

or call the team on 020 7321 6283

or ask the Ticketing Desk during your next visit.

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