Art museums typically try to keep their doors open, even during major renovations. But London’s National Portrait Gallery has announced that it will close for nearly three years as it undergoes a ...

Our art critic picks the hottest tickets of the year – including the Bayeux Tapestry’s return to the UK and a line-up of ...

LONDON — The National Gallery has pulled out all the stops for its tent-pole exhibition Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers. The show, part of the exhibitions and events comprising the museum’s 200th anniversary ...

Actress Elizabeth Taylor at the Dorchester Hotel in London. Elizabeth Taylor, 1955, Gelatin silver print, The Cecil Beaton Studio Archive, London. London’s National Portrait Gallery is staging its ...

It took nearly 25 years, but London’s National Gallery has finally acquired Orazio Gentileschi’s masterpiece The Finding of Moses (early 1630s), which has been on display in its galleries for so long ...

LONDON — The Royal Academy and National Portrait Gallery in London, founded in 1768 and 1856 respectively, have long been symbols of the British art establishment — namely the White, male-dominated ...

Artist in Residence Céline Condorelli’s Bulk: Everlasting Colour in Room 31 of the National Gallery. Courtesy the National Gallery, London / © Céline Condorelli ...

Gabriele Finaldi, the director of the National Gallery, likes to think big. Just months after unveiling the gallery’s new entrance he announced plans for a new wing. Normally these announcements ...

The museum, renowned for its collection of paintings from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, has announced a plan to collect more recent paintings. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London For most of ...

The Princess of Wales introduced a new phase in her early years campaign at the National Portrait Gallery in London Kate Middleton made a grand entrance to her latest engagement, joining a group of ...