The National Portrait Gallery in London has reopened to the public after an astonishing £41 million renovation. Closed since 2020, the building has been extensively redesigned by Jamie Fobert Architects and heritage specialists Purcell. “It’s the great building Londoners never knew they had,” explained Jamie Fobert. “Our job was to open it up, tie its different eras together, and give it a new public face.”
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The National Portrait Gallery is fighting to keep a powerful masterpiece by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) in this country. In March 2022, the government placed a temporary export bar to stop the privately-owned painting from moving abroad, but it is due to be lifted.
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The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) was transformed into a live performance art space on Sunday (20 October 2019) by activists protesting BP’s sponsorship of the Gallery.
The countdown is on to source the £300,000 necessary to purchase an unfinished portrait of the Duke of Wellington for the United Kingdom.
London’s National Portrait Gallery has until the end of March 2017 to secure the balance of the £1.3 million price tag attached to the portrait painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence. It is being offered for sale by a private collector who purchased it at auction in 2013. Continue reading
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