The National Portrait Gallery in London’s latest acquisition is a toilet. No, really. The museum just spent £3 million ($3.6 million) on a Victorian-era lavatory, with plans to convert the vacant loo ...

The Contemporary Collection in the Mary Weston Gallery in the Weston Wing at the National Portrait Gallery, London (photo © David Parry; all images courtesy NPG ...

London’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is a unique cultural venue, founded in 1856 to tell the story of Britain through portraiture, and where a work’s subject is often more important than the ...

For the first time in history, all of Van Eyck’s surviving portraits—nearly half of his entire known output—will be displayed together at London’s National Gallery. Jan van Eyck, Margaret, the ...

Sir Paul’s newly discovered early-'60s photo archive charms, alongside royals old and new. There are many wonderful features of the newly renovated and expanded National Portrait Gallery in London.

On the National Gallery’s website, the most-visited painting page is devoted to the Arnolfini Portrait. According to the London museum, this painting of a married couple, created by Jan van Eyck in ...

For America’s Service Members, Memorial Day Is a Lifetime Bob Woodson Was a Hero It’s splendid, with new galleries, a new entrance, and modern twists. The National Portrait Gallery is much loved in ...

The daughter of a Kentucky horse trainer, who grew up to become an international socialite, fashion trendsetter and the first American to be named "Best Dressed Woman in the World," is now part of an ...

Joshua Reynolds’s “Portrait of Mai (Omai)” is considered one of Britain’s most important early portraits of a person of color. In an innovative arrangement, it will travel between London and Los ...

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