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What’s On
June – August 2017
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
Thursdays and 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.
Due to refurbishment Rooms 30 and 31 will be closed from
18 April until mid October 2017, we apologise for any
inconvenience caused.
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
guides available from the Ticket Desk. Free Audio Guides are
available for all disabled visitors. A large print version of the
What’s On is available to download at npg.org.uk/access
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.
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Family Audio Visual Guide (charges apply) and our new and
exclusive Choral Audio Guide (£3).
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introductions and floorplans.
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This autumn we are launching our exclusive Choral Audio
Guide, recorded exclusively by The Portrait Choir. £3
Heinz Archive and Library
The primary centre for the study of British Portraiture.
Open Tuesday to Friday, 10.00 – 17.00 by appointment only:
The curatorial team provides research support on Wednesday
afternoons 14.00 – 17.00, no appointment necessary.
Valuations are not given.
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that our visitors are courteous towards all Gallery staff.
I Am Me
2017 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the partial
decriminalisation of male homosexual behaviour in
England and Wales and offers the opportunity to reflect
on a key moment when notions of sexuality and identity
were being questioned and attitudes transformed.
In response to this anniversary and as part of an ongoing
strand of programming, the Gallery is running a year-long
season of displays and events examining wider issues of
representation, gender and sexuality and the way in
which art and portraiture explore and question ideas
about identity.
Highlights of the programme include Queer Perspectives,
a screening of Akram Zataari’s 28 Nights and a Poem,
followed by a talk by the artist, a Lunchtime Lecture
exploring the untold story of the gay men who served in
two World Wars, and a walking tour of Soho, beginning in
the Gallery, to mark the beginning of Pride Festival 2017.
Find out more at npg.org.uk
#NPGIAmMe
ExhibitionsBP Portrait Award 2017
22 June – 24 September 2017
Wolfson Gallery
Admission Free
npg.org.uk/bp
#BPPortrait
Publication
Featuring all works in the exhibition alongside an essay by
bestselling novelist Stella Duffy. £9.99, paperback.
Supported by BP
The BP Portrait Award is the most prestigious portrait painting
competition in the world, and the free exhibition continues to
be an unmissable highlight of the annual art calendar. From
informal studies 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.
Now in its thirty-eighth year at the National Portrait Gallery, and
twenty-eighth year of sponsorship by BP, the first prize of
£30,000 makes the Award the most important international
portrait painting competition of its kind and has launched the
careers of many renowned artists.
Young People BP Portrait Award: Next Generation engages 14 –
21-year-olds in events and activities around portraiture, onsite
and online, inspired by the BP Portrait Award. For further
details see npg.org.uk/bpnextgeneration
The Encounter: Drawings from Leonardo to Rembrandt
13 July – 22 October 2017
Porter Gallery
Including donation: £10
Concessions £8.50
Book now at npg.org.uk/encounter
Call 020 7321 6600
Or visit the Gallery in person
Members free
#TheEncounter
Publication
The fully illustrated catalogue by curators Tarnya Cooper and
Charlotte Bolland. £24.95, paperback.
The creative encounter between individual artists and sitters is
explored in this major exhibition featuring portrait drawings by
some of the outstanding masters of the Renaissance and
Baroque periods. Drawn from the holdings of British
collections, exquisite observational drawings by artists such as
Leonardo da Vinci, Holbein, Rubens and Rembrandt will be on
display in a celebration of portrait drawing from life, during a
time of extraordinary artistic ingenuity.
Cézanne Portraits
26 October 2017 – 11 February 2018
Wolfson Gallery
Tickets
Including donation: £20
(Concessions £18.50)
Book now at npg.org.uk/cezanne
Call 020 7321 6600
Or visit the Gallery in person
#CézannePortraits
Publication
Fully illustrated exhibition catalogue with introductory essay by
curator John Elderfield. £35, hardback.
This major new exhibition brings together, for the first time,
over 50 portraits by Paul Cézanne, one of the most influential
artists of the nineteenth century.
Cézanne painted almost 200 portraits during his career,
including 26 of himself and 29 of his wife, Hortense Fiquet. The
exhibition explores the special pictorial and thematic
characteristics of Cézanne’s portraiture including his creation of
complementary pairs and multiple versions of the same subject.
The chronological development of Cézanne’s portraiture is
considered, with an examination of the changes that occurred
with respect to his style and method, and his understanding of
resemblance and identity.
In collaboration with Musée d’Orsay, Paris and National Gallery
of Art, Washington DC
Gallery DisplaysThe Gallery’s changing programme of free displays highlight a
range of themes, sitters and artists, as well as significant
anniversaries and acquisitions.
1517: Martin Luther and the English Reformation
Floor 2 Room 3
From 21 July
2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the
Protestant Reformation, which is traditionally dated from
Martin Luther’s nailing of the 95 Theses to the door of the
Castle Church in Wittenberg, Saxony. The reforming movement
that subsequently spread across Europe was to have profound
consequences in England, triggering centuries of religious
reform, conflict and suppression that have been described as
England’s ‘Reformations’. This display looks at a selection of the
portraits of some of the most prominent figures of the early
years of reform in England, including the prints that were
created to disseminate their ideas and commemorate their
lives.
Émigrés: Twentieth-century Self-portraits by Artists from
Abroad
Floor 1 Room 32
Until 1 October
With the question of migration one of intense current debate,
Émigrés comprises work by artists from abroad who came to
Great Britain in response to the Second World War. Born either
in Austria or Poland, the artists represented fled from the Nazi
invasion of those countries in 1938 and 1939 respectively. All
were refugees, and each settled in Britain: a place of safety
where they continued to work, and in which their art flourished.
In turn, each brought a distinctive, richly expressive artistic
outlook that reflected the training they had received in their
countries of birth. That modernist ethos nourished the more
conservative visual art community that they joined.
Samuel Fosso: Self-Portraits
Floor 0 Room 41 and 41A
24 June – 24 September
This display showcases self-portraits by the Cameroonian-born
artist Samuel Fosso (b.1962). It includes work made in the
1970s alongside a body of new self-portraits made in 2015 – 16,
which are being exhibited
here for the first time. Fosso began making self-portraits aged
thirteen when he opened his own photographic studio in
Bangui, Central African Republic in 1975. In these private studio
self-portraits, the artist used masquerade and performance,
borrowing iconic images and cultural stereotypes to explore
African identities. His latest body of work consists of 666 large
format Polaroid self-portraits produced in an intensive
process; the display will include a selection of Polaroids from
the series. This display is funded by the William Brake Charitable
Trust.
Floor 2
Room 3 Until 16 July
Framing the Face:
Collars and Ruffs
Room 16 Until 16 March 2018
Life, Death and Memory
Floor 1
Room 21 Until 30 October
Marlene Dumas:
Oscar Wilde and Bosie
Room 22
First World War Poets
Room 24 Until 31 July
Reproducing Fame: Printmakers
and the Victorian Stage
Room 25 Until 6 August
At the Despatch Box: Gladstone
in Action
Room 25 From 7 August
Being Queen Victoria
Room 29 Until 29 October
A Century of Photography 1840 – 1940
Room 32 Until 6 August
Speak its Name!
Room 32 From 9 August
Douglas Brothers
Room 33 Until 3 September
Double Take: Akram Zaatari and
the Arab Image Foundation
Floor 0
Room 39 Until 24 September
David Gwinnutt: Before We Were Men
National ProgrammeThe Gallery works collaboratively with venues around the
country to loan works as part of a varied programme of touring
exhibitions and displays.
More Real Than Life: 19th-century Portrait Photography
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts,
Birmingham 9 June – 24 September
The exhibition considers the creation of Victorian studio portrait
photography and the role sitters played. It discusses the
techniques employed by the studios and explores the ways in
which social status, celebrity and gender were conveyed
through the use of backdrops, props, costumes and poses.
Curated in partnership with the Gallery, the Barber Institute and
University of Birmingham students.
Looking Good: The Male Gaze from Van Dyck to Lucian Freud
Scottish National Portrait Gallery,
Edinburgh 24 June – 1 October
Curated by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, as part of a
three-year nationwide tour, this display considers Sir Anthony
van Dyck’s Self-portrait in the context of male portraiture.
Exploring male fashion from the 16th to 18th century and the
role of gender and sexuality in contemporary representations of
men. Edinburgh based, Mercury Prize winning Young Fathers
will create a unique video for the display.
Creative Connections Nottingham
Nottingham Contemporary
19 July – 31 August
Social documentary photographer Katherine Green works with
students from Farnborough Academy, to explore community
identities, inspired by the Collection and sitters with a link to
the city. In partnership with Nottingham Contemporary.
Creative Connections is generously supported by the Palley
family.
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.
June
Thu 113.15 Lunchtime Lecture Coloured with Emotion:
Shocking Pink, Hematite & Chrome Yellow £3/£219.00 Gallery Tour Highlights of the Collection Fri 218.30 Live Music Raymond Burley18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Marc Woodhead
Thu 818.30 Screening 28 Nights and a Poem £8/£7
Fri 918.30 Live Music Consort of 118.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Grace Adam
Sat 10 – Sun1111.00-17.00
Weekend Workshop Taking Control of Your Camera £150/£125
Thu 15
13.15 Lunchtime Lecture Henry Marten and The Levellers £3/£2
19.00 See website for details
Fri 1618.30 Live Music Florentine Arts Ensemble: Musical
Encounters18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Robin-Lee Hall
Sun 1813.00- 14.30 (for ages 3+)
Drop-in Family Session Animating Aviators15.00 – 16.30 (for ages 7+)
Drop-in Family Session Animating Aviators
Thu 2219.00 In Conversation Markéta Luskacová s London Street
Musicians £8/£7
Fri 2318.30 Live Music Dup Van Vliet18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Gayna Pelham19.00 In Conversation: Samuel Fosso and Hans Ulrich
Obrist £8/£7
Sat 24
11.00-13.00 Walking Tour Timberlina’s Bona Troll of Soho £12/£10
Sat 24- Sun 2511.00-17.00
Weekend Workshop BP Portrait Award 2017 £150/£125
Mon 2613.00-15.00 Drawing Room A Century of PhotographyThu 2914.00 Visualising Portraits First World War Poets19.00 In Conversation Faces of the Past, Images in
Question Free ticket required19.30 BSL Gallery Tour Life, Death and Memory
Fri 3018.30 Live Music Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music
and Dance18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Robin-Lee Hall18.30 Life Drawing Movement and the Baroque £9/£7
JulyThu 613.15 Lunchtime Lecture When Vivien Met Angus: A
Photographic Love-Affair £3/£219.00 Lecture Margaret Thatcher: A Life and Legacy £8/£7
Fri 718.30 Live Music The BRIT School18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Gayna Pelham
Sat 8 –Sun 911.00-17.00
Weekend Workshop Street and Studio £150/£125
Thu 1319.00 Exhibition Tour BP Portrait Award 2017
Fri 1418.30 Live Music Investec Opera Holland Park: Regency Rossini18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Robin-Lee Hall
Sat 1511.00-14.30 BP Portrait Award: Next Generation
BP Next Generation Taster Session
Sun1613.00 – 14.30 (for ages 3+)
Drop-in Family Session Comic Characters15.00 – 16.30 (for ages 7+)
Drop-in Family Session Comic CharactersThu 2013.15 Lunchtime Lecture Isambard Kingdom Brunel: the
hidden story behind the iconic image £3/£219.00 Lecture Jane Austen and her World £8/£7
Fri 2118.30 Live Music Melange18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Grace Adam
Sat 22 – Sun 2311.00 – 17.00
Weekend Workshop From Silver to Ink and Chalk £150/£125
Mon 24 – Fri 2811.00-16.00
Holiday Activities Portraits, People and Places
Thu 2714.00 Visualising Portraits Life, Death and Memory
19.00 In Conversation The Encounter: An Exhibition in the Making £8/£7
19.30 BSL Tour BP Portrait Award
Fri 2818.30 Live Music Fontane Liang18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Andy Pankhurst18.30 Life Drawing Draw like the Masters - tools and
techniques £9/£7
Sat 2911.00-14.30 BP Portrait Award: Next Generation
Sun 3011.00-14.30
BP Next Generation Taster Session – Life Drawing
Mon 3113.00-15.00
BP Portrait Award: Next Generation BP Next Generation Taster Session
Mon 31 – 4 August11.00-16.00
The Drawing Room Caricature Holiday Activities Portraits, People and Places
August
Thu 313.15 Lunchtime Lecture Fighting Proud – The Untold
Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars £3/£2
19.00 In Conversation Queer Perspectives Free ticket required
Fri 418.30 Live Music Octandre Trio18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Gayna Pelham
Sat 514.00-17.30
BP Portrait Award: Next Generation BP Next Generation Taster Session
Tue 818.30-20.30
BP Portrait Award: Next Generation BP Next Generation Young People’s Private View
Thu 10
19.00 Lecture ‘Taking of physionamies’: the techniques and functions of Holbein’s portrait drawings £8/£7
Fri 1118.30 Live Music SEIL LIEN18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Susan Wilson
Sat 12- Sun 1311.00-17.00
Weekend Workshop Street Portraiture £150/£125
Mon 14- Wed 1611.00-16.00
BP Portrait Award: Next Generation BP Next Generation 3-day Summer Schools
Thu 1713.15 Lunchtime Lecture Earth’s only paradise: London
and the Virginia Company £3/£219.00 Exhibition Tour BP Portrait Award 2017
Fri 1818.30 Please check signage on the day18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Marc Woodhead
Sat 1912.00-16.00
BP Portrait Award: Next Generation BP Next Generation: Pick up a Pencil
Sun 2013.00-14.30 (for ages 7+)
Family Session Portraits in Play –Doh15.00-16.30 (for ages 3+)
Family Session Portraits in Play –Doh
Mon 21- Wed 2311.00-16.30
BP Portrait Award: Next Generation BP Next Generation 3-day Summer Schools
Thu 2419.00 Lecture Slavery Remembrance Day Free ticket
required
Fri 2518.30 Live Music Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Andy Pankhurst18.30 Life Drawing Brush Up! £9/£7
Mon 2813.00-15.00
The Drawing Room Renaissance and Baroque
Thu 3114.00 Visualising Portraits BP Portrait Award19.30 BSL Gallery Tour Fashion as statement
Lunchtime LecturesThursdays at 13.15, £3/£2
Immerse yourself in British history and culture in our popular
Lunchtime Lecture series. Doors open at 12.45.
1 JuneColoured with Emotion: Shocking Pink, Hematite & Chrome YellowColours have always been used to express complex ideas and feelings, from the blue-cloaked Virgin in medieval devotional works to the visceral smears used by Howard Hodgkin. Kassia St Clair, design writer and author of The Secret Lives of Colour, tells the emotionally charged stories connected with three striking colours: hematite, shocking pink and chrome yellow.
15 JuneHenry Marten and The LevellersJohn Rees, author of The Leveller Revolution talks about Henry Marten, one of the most remarkable characters of the English Revolution of the 1640s, about the Gallery’s portrait,
and about the mystery of why the word ‘Now’ appears in the painting alongside its subject.
6 JulyWhen Vivien Met Angus: A Photographic Love-AffairTo mark the 50th anniversary of her death, biographer Adrian Woodhouse illumines the extraordinary 31 year relationship between Vivien Leigh and her favourite photographer, Angus McBean, using celebrated as well as little known photographs from the Gallery’s Collection and the speaker’s own collections.
20 JulyIsambard Kingdom Brunel: The hidden story behind the iconic imagePhotographer and Associate of the Royal Photographic Society, Rose Teanby discusses the origins, background and impact of Robert Howlett’s iconic portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel by the launching chains of the SS Great Eastern.
3 AugustFighting Proud: The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World WarsStephen Bourne presents an illustrated talk about some of the gay men who are featured in his latest book. These
include Hector Bolitho, Noel Coward and Ken ‘Snakehips’ Johnson, all of whom are represented in the Gallery’s Collection.
17 AugustEarth’s only paradise: London and the Virginia CompanyHazel Forsyth, Senior Curator, Medieval and Post-Medieval at the Museum of London, explores the role of the London Virginia Company in the formation of Jamestown - the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
Weekend WorkshopsThese 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.
10 – 11 JuneTaking Control of Your CameraGet back to basics with photographer Justin Sutcliffe. Aimed at anyone who wants a no-jargon, straightforward learning experience to demystify their camera and start getting more consistent, repeatable results in photography. With simple exercises to understand exposure, aperture, shutter speeds, ISO and lenses, you will gain a more grounded understanding
of how to express yourself creatively. On the second day you will work with a model, putting in to practice the techniques you have learnt. Suitable for beginners.
24 – 25 JuneBP Portrait Award 2017Explore and take inspiration from this year’s BP Portrait Award, to create your own portrait working from a model under expert tuition. Suitable for all abilities.
8 – 9 JulyStreet and StudioLed by photographer Marysa Dowling, explore a variety of ways to make portraits both in the studio and in the street. Taking advantage of the Pride Parade on 8 July, create your own ‘studio like’ space in the street and invite people to be photographed. On the second day, you will work in the studio with a model.
22 – 23 JulyFrom Silver to Ink and Chalk – drawing tools and techniquesfrom Leonardo to RembrandtJoin artist Robin-Lee Hall for a weekend workshop exploring the tools and techniques of masters of observational drawing during the Renaissance and Baroque period. Includes a visit to The Encounter: Drawings from Leonardo to Rembrandt exhibition.
12 – 13 August Street PortraitureAward winning portrait and documentary photographer Peter Zelewski leads this two-day practical street portraiture workshop designed to equip participants with the necessary skills in taking expert portraits on the street. Inspired byPeter’s Portrait Prize winning street portrait of Nyaueth, and his recent book People of London, you can learn from Peter’s extensive knowledge of documentary street portraiture as he provides hands-on training guiding participants through the London streets taking portraits. Suitable for all abilities. No workshop on Bank Holiday weekend 26 – 27 Aug.
Late ShiftCatch up on culture after hours – enjoy art, music, talks and
films every Thursday and Friday, 18.00 – 21.00. Talks 19.00
1 JuneGallery Tour: Highlights of the Collection £8/£7Join artist Peta Taylor for a whistlestop tour of the Collection, picking out favourites along the way. Meet in the Main Hall.
8 June 18.30Screening: 28 Nights and a Poem £8/£7Akram Zaatari’s film explores the work of photographer Hashem el Madani, who has run a commercial photography
studio in southern Lebanon for the last five decades, and examines the changing photographic practice and preservation though various analogue and digitalmedia. Followed by a short talk by the director and Q&A. (Dir. Arkram Zaatari 2015, 105 min, Arabic with English subtitles)
15 JuneSee website for details.
22 JuneMarkéta Luskacová’s London Street Musicians £8/£7Distinguished photographer Markéta Luskacová talks to curator Andrew Demsey about her portraits of London street musicians taken over the past forty years.
23 JuneIn Conversation: Samuel Fosso and Hans Ulrich Obrist £8/£7Cameroonian-born photographer Samuel Fosso talks to Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries, about his new display of self-portraiture which includes work made in the 1970s alongside a body of new selfportraits made in 2015 – 16.
29 JuneFaces of the Past, Imagesin Question Free ticket required
Catherine Hall discusses with Hilary Fraser how historians’ discoveries and analysis change the way we remember the fundamental causes of the country’s history. In connectionwith the international conference: Feminist Emergency, organised by the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, they will explore some of the women and men who took part in the campaigns for racial equality and women’s rights.
6 JulyMargaret Thatcher:A Life and Legacy £8/£7Few modern women have made as great a political impact as Margaret Hilda Roberts, the grocer’s daughter who, as Margaret Thatcher, became Britain’s first female prime minister. Professor Sir David Cannadine looks at her life and political legacy.
20 JulyJane Austen and her World £8/£7Writer Josephine Ross looks at the life of Jane Austen through the prism of the great men and women who inspired and influenced her and whose portraits, along with her own, are now in the Collection of the National Portrait Gallery.
27 JulyThe Encounter: An Exhibition in the Making £8/£7
Co-curators Tarnya Cooper and Charlotte Bolland talk about the process of researching and selecting the Gallery’s summer exhibition of Renaissance and Baroque portraitdrawings.3 AugustQueer Perspectives Free ticket requiredGain 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‘ Taking of physionamies’: the techniques and functions of Holbein’s portrait drawings £8/£7Dr Susan Foister, Director, Public Engagement and Deputy Director at the National Gallery, explores the role that Holbein’s drawings play in the process of creating his portraits of the Tudor court, and discusses the complex network of possibilities which lie between the sitter’s commission to Holbein and the finished portrait.
17 AugustTour: BP Portrait Award 2017See this year’s selection of the very best of contemporary portrait painting from around the world led by an exhibiting artist.
24 August
Slavery Remembrance Day Free ticket requiredJoin us for a special event as we mark Slavery Remembrance Day. See website for details.
Live DJRelax with a drink at the Late Shift bar and enjoy a live set by a
guest DJ or our resident DJ Eddie Otchere. Every Thursday,
18.00 – 21.00.
Drop-in DrawingJoin our popular and free artist-led drop-in drawing sessions
and sketch in the Gallery every Friday, 18.30 – 20.30.
Life DrawingTake part in our group life drawing sessions on the last Friday of
every month, 18.30 – 20.30 in the Ondaatje Wing Theatre.
£9/£7
Friday 30 JuneMovement and the Baroque
This dynamic evening of life drawing with artist Andy Pankhurst is inspired by poses in selected works from the 17th Century within the Collection.
Friday 28 JulyDraw like the Masters – tools and techniquesJoin artist Robin-Lee Hall for this session that takes inspiration from masters of observational drawing during the Renaissance and Baroque period.
Friday 25 AugustBrush Up! Artist Grace Adam leads you on a refresher session focussing on looking, measuring, materials and techniques to revitalise your drawing and tackle a few of those demons.
Daytime eventsSat 24 June 11.00 – 13.00Walking Tour: Timberlina’s Bona Troll of Soho £12/£10To mark the beginning of Pride Festival 2017, join glamorousbearded drag lady Timberlina for a troll around some of Soho’s notorious queer haunts and back passages past and present. Beginning at the Gallery, you will pay homage to famous LGBTQI figures in the Collection before hitting the streets to visit such sites as The Hotel Café Royal – where
Oscar Wilde fell in love with Lord Alfred Douglas - and Derek Jarman’s flat on Charing Cross Road. Timberlina will also divulge and reminisce about the locations of some of her youthful indiscretions. Refreshments may be taken en route. Sensible footware is advised but not mandatory.
Live MusicEnjoy an eclectic range of free live music performances.
Fridays 18.30
Fri 2 June
Raymond Burley
A programme of solo guitar works by Torroba, Tansman,
Roussel, Segovia and Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
Fri 9 June
Consort of 1
Live-looped melodies from the 12th – 17th centuries performed
by Lizzie Gutteridge on historical instruments with 21st century
technology.
Fri 16 June
Florentine Arts Ensemble: Musical Encounters
A programme of Renaissance and Baroque music performed on
period instruments.
Fri 23 June Duo Van Vliet
The viola and accordion duo return to present their debut
album Lachrymae ReVisited.
Fri 30 June
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Exploring synaesthesia, focusing on the music of Olivier
Messiaen with Peter Tuite and Rolf Hind.
Fri 7 July
The BRIT School
Creative responses to the BP Portrait Award 2017 exhibition.
Fri 14 July
Investec Opera Holland Park: Regency Rossini
Singers from the company perform a collection of lesser and
well known Rossini arias.
Fri 21 July
Melange
A melting pot of sounds around the Mediterranean, Melange
presents a vibrant programme of traditional and original music.
Fri 28 July
Fontane Liang
The Singaporean harpist performs original arrangements of
folksongs from Southeast Asia.
Fri 4 AugustOctandre TrioResponding to the theme of War the trio give the London-premiere of Pickard’s The Gardener of Aleppo (Syria) and perform Bax’s Elegiac Trio and Debussy’s Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp.
Fri 11 AugustSEIL LIEN
Haunting vocals, atmospheric guitars and rich sounding percussion.
Fri 18 AugustPlease check signage on the dayFri 25 AugustCevanne Horrocks-HopayianThe composer-performer returns with her voice, harp and reel-to-reel with a programme responding to issues of slavery.
AccessThe Gallery is fully accessible and welcomes everyone to take
part in the rich programme of free events for all ages.
The Access programme is supported by the Lord Leonard and
Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation
Visualising PortraitsFree audio description talks for blind and visually impaired visitors. The last Thursday of every month at 14.00.
Thu 29 June
First World War PoetsFind out more about this display which marks the centenary of the First World War, through the work of poets who wrote both from the trenches and on the home front during the conflict.
Thu 27 JulyLife, Death and MemoryDiscover historic and contemporary portraits from the Collection that engage with the passing of time and mortality.
Thu 31 AugustBP Portrait AwardExplore a variety of styles and approaches to the contemporary painted portrait in this annual painting competition.
BSL Gallery ToursFree tours led in BSL, some events include interpretation into English. The last Thursday of every month at 19.30.
Thu 29 JuneLife, Death and MemoryChisato Minamimura leads a tour of this display which looks at how artists have used self-portraiture as a way of examining their own mortality. Led in BSL.
Thu 27 JulyBP Portrait Award 2017Join John Wilson for a tour of the most prestigious portrait painting competition in the world. Led in BSL.Thu 31 AugustFashion as statementSerena Cant explores the significance of clothing in portraits with examples from different periods. Led in BSL with interpretation into English.
The Drawing RoomFree artist-led drawing classes for disabled visitors. The last Monday of every month 13.00 – 15.00.
Mon 26 JuneA Century of PhotographyExplore light, dark and shadow using only monochrome drawing materials.
Mon 31 JulyCaricatureCapture expression and personality inspired by the sketches of politician William Gladstone.
Mon 28 AugustRenaissance and Baroque technique
Take inspiration from masters of observational drawing during the Renaissance and Baroque period.
Families There’s plenty on offer for families over the summer! From Sunday sessions to Family workshops over the school holidays – there is something to suit everyone.
Sunday Sessions13.00 – 14.30 for ages 3+15.00 – 16.30 for ages 7+No ticket required.Children must be accompanied.
Sun 18 JuneAnimating AviatorsJoin award-winning animator Lizzy Hobbs to create a stop-frame animation inspired by Women Aviators. During the session families will try out different techniques and processes. This event is part of Children’s Art Week.
Sun 16 JulyComic Characters
Drop into our pop-up comic drawing studio to meet picture-book illustrator Marta Altés, whose drawings feature in our Summer Sketching trail. Families can pick up tips on drawing characters and using humour to make your stories come alive.
Special Sunday Session13.00 – 14.30 for ages 3+15.00 – 16.30 for ages 7+Free ticket required and available one hour before event.
Sun 20 AugustPlay-Doh PortraitsJoin Play-Doh artist Eleanor Macnair to recreate a photographic portrait from the gallery’s collection. During the workshop families will mould a background, figure and clothing to bring a black and white photograph to life in vivid colour.
Holiday Activities11.00 – 16.00Free ticket required for someworkshops, available on hour before.
Mon 24 July – Fri 4 AugustPortraits, People and Places
Two weeks of ticketed and drop-in sessions exploring BP Portrait Award 2017 and the contemporary collections. Workshops include painting, drawing masterclasses and a chance to learn about judging a portrait competition.
Every weekend and weekdays during school holidays 11.00 – 16.00Family Activity Base Find out more about what’s on at the Gallery and pick up resources and drawing materials to explore the Collection, displays and exhibitions, including our two new trails Adventurers and Explorers and Summer Sketching.
Young People (ages 14 – 21)Work with artists, develop creative skills and confidence, and meet other young people at our FREE events for 14 – 21 year olds. The seventh year of BP Next Generation celebrates portraiture through the BP Portrait Award 2017.
Taster SessionsExperimental portraiture drawing in the Gallery with BP Portrait Award winning artists.
Sat 15 July 11.00 – 14.30
Sat 29 July 11.00 – 14.30 Life drawing. (This drawing sessionwill be from a nude life model. Parent/ guardian permission required. See npg.org.uk/bpnextgeneration for further details.)
Sun 30 July 11.00 – 14.30Communication support available upon requestSat 5 August 14.00 – 17.30
Young People’s Private ViewTue 8 August 18.30 – 20.30After-hours viewing of BP Portrait Award 2017, just for young people, with artists, drawing, competitions, music, food and much more. RSVPs essential.
Pick up a PencilSat 19 August12.00 – 16.00Join the Gallery’s Youth Forum and work with a BP Portrait Award-winning artist for an afternoon of free, fun portrait drawing in the Gallery. Bring your peers, add to your portfolio or just draw for fun. For all abilities, all materials provided. No need to book, just drop in. #PickUpAPencil
Summer SchoolsBP Portrait Award: Next GenerationMon 14 – Wed 16 Augustor Mon 21 – Wed 23 August11.00 – 16.30Explore portrait painting and life drawing over three days, withBP Portrait Award artists. To apply, download the application form at npg.org.uk/bpnextgeneration Applications open 09.00, Thu 22 June and close 17.00, Wed 9 August 2016.For information seenpg.org.uk/[email protected]@NPG Youth#bpnextgen
ShopFrom our Collection to yours
Discover the full range of gifts, books and products inspired by
our exhibitions and the Collection, available exclusively from
Gallery Shops and online. Including a new range of textiles,
homeware and cosmetics inspired by the Queens of England.
Every purchase supports the National Portrait Gallery
npg.org.uk/shop
Portrait Restaurant Join us at the bar for a cockrail this summer or enjoy an aperitif
before your dinner booking.
See npg.org.uk for opening times and booking details or call 020
7312 2490 for restaurant reservations.
Become a Member Today
Be one of our most familiar faces and enjoy a year of free and
unlimited entry to all ticketed exhibitions including:
– The Encounter: Drawings from Leonardo to Rembrandt
– Cézanne Portraits
As well as:
– Members’ Only Private Views and Afternoon Previews of
exhibitions
– Discounts in our Gallery Shops, Portrait Restaurant and
Portrait Café
– Priority booking and concessionary rates for all ticketed
events
Join today at npg.org.uk/members call the team on 020 7321
6283, or visit the Information Desk
