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A bond in song
Towards the end of the eighteenth century, ideas about equality and liberty had begun to filter through to fashion.
The ravishing muse
Finalist, DPA 2017
Single channel HD digital video
An interview with the photographer.
Curator, Sarah Engledow, introduces the artists and the animals in The Popular Pet Show.
A major new exhibition celebrating love in all its guises. Opening 20 March 2021.
To celebrate the new exhibition Australian Love Stories, renowned Australian glass artist Harriet Schwarzrock has been commissioned to make a large-scale installation reflecting on the role the heart plays as our emotional centre.
The votes have been counted, and the winners of the National Portrait Gallery’s People’s Choice Awards for the Prize exhibitions are...
Dr Christopher Chapman, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2009 Prize.
We encourage you to look, to feel, to think, to question and most importantly, to identify and connect.
Shea Kirk’s portrait of friend and fellow-artist Emma Armstrong-Porter has won the 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Michael Desmond, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2007 Prize.
Basil grew into a speckled beauty – a long-legged leaper and an exceptionally vocal dog, with a great register of sounds, ascending in shock value from a whimper to a growl to a bark to a yelp that’s a violation of the ears.
Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.