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In celebration of the Hollywood star’s 100th birthday and in association with the Marilyn Monroe estate, Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait at the National Portrait Gallery will explore the life, career and legacy of Marilyn Monroe through portraits created by some of the greatest photographers and artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Marlene Dumas.
This major exhibition explores how our two most powerful heavenly bodies have inspired creativity, curiosity and belief throughout human history and across different cultures. Spanning nine major exhibition spaces, the show presents artworks, installations and objects that reveal how artists have responded to the Sun and the Moon. The exhibition features work by Raqs Media Collective.
Drawing Biennial 2026 returns with more than 300 new and original drawings by leading international artists, including Anna Barriball, Dorothy Cross, Callum Innes, and Daniel Silver. The free exhibition at Drawing Room culminates in an online auction fundraiser, 9–23 June.
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas is amongst the eight artists selected as part of the National Portrait Gallery's Artists First: Contemporary Perspectives on Portraiture, a new programme of contemporary commissioning made possible through a partnership with the CHANEL Culture Fund.
Listen to Mirga-Tas talk about the motivations behind her work
The Coming of Age explores experiences and perceptions of ageing, from adolescence to later life, and asks how societies can adapt for us all to age better. The exhibition features 150 artworks and objects, from historical artefacts to works by contemporary artists, including Daphne Wright.
Bringing together different perspectives from art, science and popular culture, this exhibition challenges assumptions about life stages and asks what greater longevity means for all of us.
This display shows the different ways artists, including Shilpa Gupta, have responded to the experience of the war and its consequences. The body, in all its vulnerability, is a major subject. Some artists produce intensely observed and expressive representations of the human figure. Others create landscapes and cityscapes marked by combat, displacement or alienation, conveying a sense of turbulence.
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17–18 Golden Square
London
W1F 9JJ
60 Frith Street
London
W1D 3JJ
Tuesday–Friday: 11–6
Saturday: 11–5 (during exhibitions)
Sunday–Monday: Closed
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