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Beatles to Bowie: The 60s Exposed
Friday, October 09, 2009 10:17 AM

15 Oct 2009 - 24 Jan 2010 Thu, Fri 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM; Mon - Wed, Sat, Sun 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM National Portrait Gallery , St Martins Place, London, WC2H 0HE - 020 7306 0055. An unmissable exhibition of photos from the 1960s at London's National Portrait Gallery, with rare portraits of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix. The swinging 60s are... Read More...

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Filed under: national portrait gallery, london, fiona adams, sheet music, phlip townsend, norman parkinson, cecil beaton, the who, lulu, billy fury, jimi hendrix, the 60's exposed, the beatles, record sleeves, pop magazines, cliff richard, the rolling stones, beatles to bowie, david bowie, mariann faithfull, the kinks

Constable Portraits: The Painter and His Circle
Monday, March 02, 2009 1:35 PM

05 Mar - 14 Jun 2009 Mon - Wed, Sat, Sun 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM; Thu, Fri 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM National Portrait Gallery St Martin's Place, WC2H 0HE Tel: 020 7306 0055 Seventeenth century artist John Constable is renowned for his landscapes but, as this exhibition shows, he was also a skilled portrait painter. Constable's paintings of himself, his wife and... Read More...

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Filed under: national portrait gallery, london, england, landscapes, watercolours, john constable, sketches, the painter and his circle, wife, family, himself, seventeenth century, oil, constable portraits, portrait painter, upper midle class, jane austen era, 50 works

Constable portrait show to open
Friday, January 16, 2009 9:21 AM

An exhibition exploring some of John Constable's seldom seen works is to open at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Constable Portraits: The Painter and His Circle will open on 5 March. The collection of almost 50 portraits will feature oil paintings, sketches and watercolours. Rediscovered and previously unseen paintings will be among those on show... Read More...

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Filed under: national portrait gallery, london, watercolours, honesty, integrity, family & friends, john constable, not rated by critics, tate curator Anne Lyles, sketches, oil paintings, self portraits, collection, intense characterisations, constable portrai show, 5th march 2009, the painter and his circle

Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990-2005
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:50 AM

16 October 2008 to 1 February 2009 National Portrait Gallery St Martins Place, London London WC2H 0HE Over 150 striking images document Annie Leibovitz's illustrious career as a photographer alongside intimate insights into her private life. The photographs are arranged chronologically, with iconic portraits of famous public figures interspersed with personal... Read More...

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Filed under: national portrait gallery, london, annie leibovitz, iconic portraits, personal family photographs, 1990-2005, brad pitt, jamie foxx, al pacino, a photographers life, celebrity portraits, nicole kidman, daniel day lewis

National Portrait Gallery - Annie Leibovitz
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:37 PM

National Portrait Gallery - Annie Leibovitz 16 October - 1 February 2009 Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990–2005 includes over 150 photographs by the celebrated photographer, encompassing well-known work made on editorial assignment as well as personal photographs of her family and close friends. "I don't have two lives," Leibovitz... Read More...

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Filed under: national portrait gallery, exhibition, october, february, annie leibovitz, photography, leibovitz, annie, npg

Wyndham Lewis Portraits - National Portrait Gallery London
Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:09 PM

Wyndham Lewis Portraits - National Portrait Gallery London 3rd July - 19 October 2008 Admission: £5 Concessions: £4.50/£4 Art Fund Members 50% discount Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957) was one of the most important British artists of his time. A highly skilled painter and draughtsman, Lewis was also a writer, soldier, critic and editor. The exhibition presents... Read More...

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Filed under: 2008, gallery, art, modern art, wyndham lewis, national portrait gallery, wyndham, portrait, london, cubist, vorticist, exhibition, geometric, futurist, national portrait