WHAT’S ON
March - May 2014
Welcome
About the Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery is home to the largest
collection of portraits in the world and celebrates the
lives and achievements of those who have influenced
British history, culture and identity.
With over 2,000 portraits on display, and over 110,000
available to view online, the Gallery’s Collection spans
over 500 years from the Middle Ages to the present
day. Sitters range from William Shakespeare through
to Amy Winehouse and the Collection includes work
across all media by artists from Holbein to Hockney.
Audio Visual Guide £3
Available from the Information Desk in English, French,
German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. Featuring
interactive maps, short films, exclusive interviews and
themed tours. Family Audio Visual Guides are also
available, charges apply.
Gallery App £1.19
Available from iTunes. A perfect addition to your visit with
video introductions, Collection highlights and floorplans.
Portrait Explorer – Digital Space
Explore the Collection using the interactive touchscreens
to create your own tours, watch interviews
with artists and sitters, and discover more about your
favourite portraits.
Map Suggested donation £1
Pick up a map to help plan your visit, including ideas for
30 min highlights up to an in-depth two hour exploration.
Visitor Guide £5
Available from the Gallery Shop. Highlights key portraits
through high-quality colour reproductions and fascinating
stories.
Exhibitions
Bailey’s Stardust
6 February – 1 June 2014
Lerner and Wolfson Galleries
Sponsored by HUGO BOSS
Bailey’s Stardust is a landmark exhibition of portraits
by one of the world’s most distinguished and
distinctive photographers, David Bailey.
Over 250 images, personally selected and printed by
Bailey, will be presented thematically across a series of
contrasting rooms and will illustrate the extraordinary
range of subjects that he has captured throughout his
career: actors, writers, musicians, filmmakers,
designers, models, artists and people encountered on
his travels; many of them famous, some anonymous,
all of them unforgettable.
#davidbailey
Tickets Including Gift Aid: £16
(seniors £14.50/concs £13.50)
Seniors £13.50 every Wednesday.
Standard prices also available.
Free for Members
Book now www.npg.org.uk/bailey, call 020 7766 7331,
or visit the Gallery in person.
Advance booking is highly recommended.
Publications
Bailey’s Stardust
A fully illustrated book with an illuminating
introduction by the art historian Tim Marlow.
£40 hardback.
Bailey Exposed
Images and interviews reveal the man behind
the camera. £9.99 paperback.
Last admission is 90 minutes before the Gallery closes.
The Great War in Portraits
27 February – 15 June 2014
Porter Gallery
In viewing the First World War through images of the
many individuals involved, The Great War in Portraits
looks at the radically different roles, experiences, and,
ultimately, destinies, of those caught up in the conflict.
Setting the scene in 1914, the splendor and formality
of portraits of national leaders are contrasted with a
press photograph of Gavrilo Princip, the 19-year-old
assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The narrative
unfolds with power-portraits of commanders Haig,
Foch and Hindenburg, asserting military authority,
which are displayed together with dignified pictures of
their troops by artists including Orpen, Sickert and
Nevinson. Finally, images of heroes and medal-winners
are shown alongside the wounded and the fallen,
representing the bitter-sweet nature of a war in which
valour and selfless endeavour were qualified by disaster
and suffering.
From paintings and drawings to photography and film,
the exhibition considers a wide range of visual
responses to ‘the war to end all wars’, culminating in
the visual violence of Expressionist masterpieces by
Beckmann and Kirchner.
Part of the First World War Centenary Partnership,
led by IWM.
Visit www.1914.org for more information.
#WW1Centenary
Admission free
www.npg.org.uk/firstworldwarcentenary
Exhibition catalogue £18.95 paperback by Paul Moorhouse
with an essay by Sebastian Faulks.
BP Portrait Award 2014
26 June – 21 September 2014
Wolfson Gallery
Supported by BP
The Portrait Award, which celebrates its twenty-fifth
year of sponsorship by BP in 2014, is the most
prestigious portrait painting competition in the world.
The popular exhibition showcases over fifty innovative
and outstanding new works in a variety of styles, and it
continues to be a highlight of the annual art calendar.
#BPPortrait
Admission free
www.npg.org.uk/bp
Exhibition catalogue £9.99 paperback.
Shop
From our Collection to yours
Discover the beautiful range of products and publications
inspired by Bailey’s Stardust, available exclusively from the
Gallery Shops.
www.npg.org.uk/shop
Displays
The changing programme of displays provides fresh
opportunities to discover the Gallery’s rich and varied
collections. The displays highlight a range of themes,
sitters and artists, as well as significant anniversaries and
acquisitions.
Floor 2
Room 3
Hans Holbein Re-made
Hans Holbein the Younger was the most
important artist to work at the court of Henry VIII.
This display examines his legacy during the
reigns of Elizabeth I and James I, when demand
encouraged artists to produce close copies of his
work, and also explores how these copies were made.
From 4 March
Room 11
Ben Okri on Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: A Dialogue Across
Time
Ben Okri is one of Britain’s finest African writers.
Fascinated with the enigmatic story of Ayuba
Suleiman Diallo, and his relevance today, Okri’s
new poem is a response to the first portrait of a
freed slave in Britain.
Until 16 March
Floor 1
Room 23
‘No end of a lesson’: The Boer War, 1899–1902
The second Boer War in South Africa marked a
turning point in attitudes towards the British Empire
and informed British military strategy in the lead
up to the First World War. This display will explore this
controversial war via the stories of the campaign’s central
protagonists.
From 1 April
Room 24: case display
Facing Blindness: Visual Impairment in the Nineteenth
Century
This display explores portraits of celebrated
nineteenth-century blind and visually-impaired
people, active in the world of art, travel and politics,
including James Holman and Henry Fawcett.
Until 13 July
Room 28: case display
The World of Rupert Potter: Photographs of Beatrix,
Millais and friends
Photographs from the 1870s to 1900s by Beatrix
Potter’s father, Rupert. Featuring two recent acquisitions
depicting them both, alongside portraits of Rupert Potter’s
close friend, the painter Sir John Everett Millais. Also
includes John Bright, William Ewart Gladstone, Effie Millais
and other
sitters photographed for Millais as reference for his
paintings.
From 13 May
Room 28: case display
Janey Morris : Pre-Raphaelite Muse
Marking the centenary of her death, this display
explores the life of the famous Pre-Raphaelite model
and wife of William Morris. Including portraits of
her family, close friends and lovers, the display also
features previously unshown photographs of Jane
in old age, taken at Kelmscott Manor.
Until 11 May
Room 29: case display
Bernard Partridge Character Sketches
A focus on the art of Sir Bernard Partridge
(1861–1945) before he became a cartoonist for
Punch. The display showcases a set of portrait
studies of key figures from the late-Victorian arts
scene: the actress Ellen Terry, the artist James
Abbott McNeill Whistler and novelist Hall Caine.
From 4 March
Room 31: case display
French Master Chefs in the 1930s
This small display of drawings by Florence Enid
Stoddard celebrates three such forgotten masters
of haute cuisine.
Until 30 June
Room 31
Benjamin Britten: A Life in Pictures
One of the great British composers of the twentieth
century, Britten’s life is celebrated in a photographic
display that brings together more than forty images
drawn from family and personal snapshots, and
portraits of many of the friends and musicians who
inspired and worked with him across his prolific career.
Until 30 June
Room 32
Derek Boshier: Imaginary Portraits
This display is the latest in the Interventions
series which focuses on unconventional twentieth
century approaches to portraiture. Exploring
the role of imagination in the art of Derek Boshier
it includes paintings of David Bowie, Malcolm Morley and
self-portraits.
Until 5 May
Room 32
The Naval Officers
Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope’s large-scale group portrait
of the senior British naval officers of the Great War
has not been seen in decades. Following a successful
public appeal for funding, this extraordinary painting
has been restored. To mark the centenary of the First
World War it now returns to public view.
From 10 May
Room 32
Michael Peto Photographs: Mandela to McCartney
Hungarian-born photojournalist Michael Peto is
celebrated in this display organised in collaboration
with the University of Dundee. From March 1949
onwards, Peto’s work was regularly published in the
Observer. His subjects from the 1950s and 1960s
include Samuel Beckett, Nelson Mandela, Iris
Murdoch, and Rudolph Nureyev with Margot Fonteyn.
Until 1 June
Room 33
Starring Vivien Leigh: A Centenary Celebration
This centenary display coincides with the 75th
anniversary of Gone With The Wind, for which
Vivien Leigh was awarded her first Oscar, and a
career which included a second Oscar for her role
as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Until 20 July
Families
Families are welcome at the Gallery all
year round. With regular free weekend
and holiday activities, events and trails
there is plenty on offer.
This spring come along to our week of holiday
activities in the Easter break and the May half
term. Try out a range of different activities from
animation to photography.
Look out for our new Family Art Hub at our
regular weekend and holiday activities – a place
to pick up free resources and find out more about
Family activities at the Gallery.
For a full listing of Family activities please see the
Events Calendar or visit www.npg.org.uk/learning
Young People
Showcase your talent, develop skills, be
creative and meet other young people
interested in art.
Our free events for 14–21-year-olds include
drop-in drawing and Sunday Sessions with
professional artists, dancers, designers,
animators, actors and photographers.
Book now for Animating the Muse, a workshop
inspired by the Pre-Raphaelites, or Crafted
Histories, our three-day workshop led by
Sarah Corbett of Craftivist Collective.
Meet the Gallery’s Youth Forum at Pick Up a
Pencil on the third Saturday of each month. No
need to book, just drop in on the day. Check out
our drawings on Instagram #PickUpAPencil
Want to find out more?
Visit www.npg.org.uk/youngpeople or search ‘National
Portrait Gallery Youth Forum’ on Facebook.
Late Shift
Enjoy a mix of art, music, drinks, talks, drawing, history
Every Thursday and Friday
18.00 – 21.00 Admission Free
npg.org.uk/lateshift
Late Shift in partnership with FTI Consulting
This spring, Late Shift focuses on our two
major exhibitions: Bailey’s Stardust and
The Great War in Portraits. We celebrate all
things Bailey with an exploration of his work.
Don’t miss the opportunity to see the man
himself in conversation with Tim Marlow on
Thursday 10 April. Snap Shot, our Late Shift
Extra on Friday 28 March, looks at photography.
The First World War and its legacy will be
discussed in depth by speakers including Kate
Adie, Sir Max Hastings and Jeremy Paxman.
In Parenthesis, our Late Shift Extra on Friday
16 May, takes inspiration from David Jones’
seminal poem about the war and is a collaboration
with English National Ballet, who will perform a
site-specific new work around the Gallery.
Over three Fridays in March, we will be investigating
the complex nature of portrait in film with a series
curated by Cinematograph Cinema Club. To
commemorate the 450th birthday of William
Shakespeare, Sir Richard Eyre talks about his
experience of staging Shakespeare on stage and
screen.
Don’t forget our regular free Late Shift activities, such
as live music and drawing in the Gallery every Friday
evening and the pop-up bar for an after work drink.
Events Calendar
For further information on all events at the Gallery please
visit npg.org.uk/events
Places on our free events are allocated on a first come, first
served basis and are subject to availability.
Ticket booking
Visit the website, call 020 7306 0055 or visit the Gallery in
person.
Lower ticket price for concessions and Gallery Supporters.
Young People’s Events
(14 – 21-year-olds)
To book places in advance please email
youthbookings@npg.org.uk or call 020 7312 2483.
Family Events
Storytelling No ticket required. Sessions last approximately
45 minutes.
For ages 3+ and their carers.
Family Art Workshops
Free ticket required, available one hour before the event
starts on a first come, first served basis. Sessions last
approximately 90 minutes.
For ages 5+ and their carers.
Portrait of the Day
A talk on a chosen portrait in the Gallery’s Collection,
check signage on the day for details.
Workshops and Drop-in Drawing
Suitable for all levels, materials are provided.
Lectures are held in the Ondaatje Wing Theatre.
Programme is subject to change; please check the website
before visiting.
March
Sunday 2 March
12.00 Portrait of the Day
13.00 – 16.00 Young People’s Sunday Session
Animating the Muse
Make your own looped animation in the form of a
GIF inspired by Janey Morris: Pre-Raphaelite Muse
and her friends. Led by animators Kim Noce and
Shelly Wain.
15.00 Gallery Talk Highlights of the Tudor Dynasty
Historian Clare Gittings explores the lives of
Henry VII and his descendents.
Thursday 6 March
13.15 Lecture Women in the War Zone:
Hospital Service in the First World War
In celebration of International Women’s Day,
historian Anne Powell honours the unsung
contribution made by female doctors and
nurses during the First World War.
18.00 Guest DJ
Listen and unwind at the Late Shift bar with guest
DJ Richard Osborne.
19.30 Gallery Tour The Great War in Portraits
Join art historian Dr James Hicks for a tour of
The Great War in Portraits.
Friday 7 March
18.30 Live Music
Brandenburg Choral Festival: The Tiffinians
A performance by the close harmony group from
Tiffin School.
18.30 – 20.30 Drop-in Drawing
Take inspiration from the portraits and sketch in the
Gallery in this artist-led session.
19.00 – 20.00 Screening
Portrait in Film: Dynamic of Glances
This short season, over the next three Fridays,
examines the complex nature of portrait in film.
Heads by Peter Gidal (1969); Alone by Stephen Dwoskin
(1963); The Watershed by Alia Syed (1994); Jane Brakhage
by Barbara Hammer (1975); This Is My Land by Ben Rivers
(2006). Presented on 16mm film, total running time 84
minutes. In association with Cinematograph Cinema Club.
Saturday 8 March
12.00 Portrait of the Day
Sunday 9 March
12.00 Portrait of the Day
15.00 Gallery Talk Dr Johnson and The Club
In 1764 Dr Samuel Johnson and Joshua Reynolds
formed ‘The Club’. Find out about some of the
early members, and how they met, with Blue Badge
Guide Alan Read.
Thursday 13 March
13.15 Lecture SNAP! Bailey, Hockney, Scarfe
Heralded by Sir Roy Strong as ‘an absolute
riot’, David Bailey first showed his work at the
Gallery, together with works by David Hockney
and Gerald Scarfe, in a controversial touring
exhibition organised by the Welsh Arts Council
and the Arts Council of Great Britain. Photo
historian Anne Braybon tells the story.
18.00 Resident DJ Edward Otchere
Enjoy a vinyl set inspired by the portraits on display.
19.00 In Conversation
First World War: The Beginning
Historians Christopher Clark and Allan Mallinson
discuss how Britain became embroiled in
the First World War and examine the initial weeks
of the fighting, in which ‘the war to end all wars’
shifted from rapid and brutal movement to the now
familiar image of devastating trench warfare. Chaired by
Victoria Schofield.
Friday 14 March
18.30 Live Music
The Great War in Portraits: Kreutzer Quartet
Composers view the collapse of the old certainties:
nothing would be as it was before. For Webern and
Stravinsky, the string quartet, symbol of the old
cultural order, was broken.
18.30 – 20.30 Drop-in Drawing
Take inspiration from the portraits and sketch in the
Gallery in this artist-led session.
19.00 Screening Portrait in Film: Almost Out
Part two in a short season examining the
complex nature of portrait in film. Almost Out
by Jayne Parker, 1985, 90 minutes. Introduced
by Jayne Parker. In association with
Cinematograph Cinema Club.
Saturday 15 March
10.30 Storytelling for Families
Followed by a fun art activity.
11.30 Family Art workshop
Explore portraits in the Collection, followed by an
art activity.
12.00 Portrait of the Day
13.30 Storytelling for Families
Followed by a fun art activity.
14.00 – 16.00 Pick up a Pencil
Drop-in drawing session for young people, with the
Gallery’s Youth Forum.
14.30 Family Art workshop
Explore portraits in the Collection, followed by an
art activity.
Sunday 16 March
12.00 Portrait of the Day
15.00 Gallery Talk Bigwigs: Hats and Hairstyles in
the Eighteenth Century
Join dress historian Jacqui Ansell to discover the rise
and fall of some particularly outlandish hairstyles
and depictions of ‘Whigs in wigs’.
Thursday 20 March
13.15 Lecture Your Country Needs You
James Taylor shares new insights into Alfred Leete’s
iconic First World War propaganda design which
features the accusing finger of Lord Kitchener.
18.00 Guest DJ
Listen and unwind at the Late Shift bar with guest
DJ Tim Redfern.
19.00 In Conversation
Fighting on the Home Front: The Legacy of Women in
World War One
£6/£5
Former BBC Chief News Correspondent Kate Adie
charts how women’s contributions to the war
effort began a seismic move towards equal
rights that influenced women’s lives in future
generations. In conversation with Erica Wagner.
Friday 21 March
18.30 Live Music Kaz Simmons
Kaz has recently released her fourth album, Signs,
which fuses jazz, folk and psychedelic rock influences.
18.30 – 20.30 Drop-in Drawing
Take inspiration from the portraits and sketch in the
Gallery in this artist-led session.
19.00 Screening Portrait in Film: Behindert
This short season examines the complex nature of
portrait in film. Behindert by Stephen Dwoskin,
1974, 90 minutes, 16mm. In association with
Cinematograph Cinema Club.
Saturday 22 March
12.00 Portrait of the Day
Sunday 23 March
12.00 Portrait of the Day
15.00 Gallery Talk Make-up and Ideals of Beauty
Art Historian Sarah Ciacci discusses the history of
make-up in portraits in the Collection.
Monday 24 March
13.00 – 15.00 The Drawing Room
Artist-led drop-in drawing session for disabled
people. Open to all abilities, materials provided.
Meet in the Ondaatje Wing Main Hall.
Thursday 27 March
14.00 Visualising Portraits Louise Joplin
Picture description for visually impaired visitors.
18.00 Resident DJ Edward Otchere
Enjoy a vinyl set inspired by the portraits on display.
19.00 Lecture A Portrait of Leonardo
Art historian Ross King examines possible portraits
and self-portraits of Leonardo in order to try to
reconstruct his appearance. In association with
Canada House.
19.00 In Conversation Hello Again Baby & Amen BSL
Scholars of fashion Alistair O’Neill and Felice
McDowell revisit David Bailey’s documentation of
the rise of meritocracy in sixties London, where a
class-based elite was superseded by young creatives
defined by glamour and style.
Friday 28 March
18.00 – 22.00 Late Shift Extra Snap Shot
Join us for an exploration of the motivation for
making or taking a portrait. Take home a
photo-booth selfie, enter into a discussion, draw on
film and enjoy live music and a drink in this special
late night event.
Saturday 29 – Sunday 30 March
11.00 – 17.00 Workshop Memory Space
£100/£80
This weekend workshop led by artist Grace Adam
explores The Great War in Portraits, focussing on
the idea of preserving and storing memories.
Grace will guide you as you draw, paint and work
with found objects and mixed media, creating an
individual response that takes you from visual
research to finished outcome.
Saturday 29 March
11.00 The Portrait Choir Performance
‘Anonymity’ an exploration of the loneliness
and isolation experienced during war times.
This multisensory event will combine evocative
wartime sights and sounds, excerpts from
Handel’s War Oratorios, and readings from
letters and poems written by soldiers from the
First World War. The Portrait Choir will be joined
by a team of actors and period instrument
ensemble, New Century Baroque.
The Portrait Choir is supported by Hani Farsi and
The Mohamed S. Farsi Foundation
Free ticket required, available to book in advance online or
in the Gallery one hour before the event starts.
12.00 Portrait of the Day
14.00 The Portrait Choir Performance
See 11.00 Performance for details.
Sunday 30 March
12.00 Portrait of the Day
13.00 The Portrait Choir Performance
See Saturday 29 March Performance for details.
15.00 Gallery Talk Mothers in the Collection
Join Blue Badge Guide Paul Metcalfe for a tour of
some of the well known mothers in the Collection.
April
Thursday 3 April
13.15 Lecture Georgian London: Into the Streets
Travel back to London’s most formative age – the
Georgian years – with writer Lucy Ingliss and meet
a cast of characters from dukes and artists to rent
boys and hot air balloonists.
18.00 Guest DJ
Listen and unwind at the Late Shift bar with guest
DJ Ben Osborne.
19.00 Lecture Catastrophe
£6/£5
Sir Max Hastings explores the calamity that befell
Europe 100 years ago as the continent shifted
from the glamour of the Edwardian era to the
tragedy of total war.
Friday 4 April
18.30 Live Music The Great War in Portraits: Noise of Art
A celebration of the first century of live electronic
music, marking Luigi Russolo’s debut concert in
April 1914.
18.30 – 20.30 Drop-in Drawing
Take inspiration from the portraits and sketch in the
Gallery in this artist-led session.
Saturday 5 April
12.00 Portrait of the Day
Sunday 6 April
12.00 Portrait of the Day
13.00 – 16.00 Young People’s Sunday Session
Fashion Illustration: Hollywood Glamour
Inspired by the movie star glamour of Starring
Vivien Leigh: A Centenary Celebration, develop
your own portfolio of fashion illustrations with
illustrator Alexa Galea and artist Sadie Lee.
15.00 Gallery Talk War and Peace:
Highlights of the Seventeenth Century
Historian Clare Gittings guides you through our
Stuart Galleries.
15.00 Screening Four Beats to the Bar and No Cheating
This documentary by Jérôme de Missolz (2010)
looks at the life and work of David Bailey.
90 minutes. Certificate 15.
Thursday 10 April
13.15 Lecture ‘A Richer Dust’: The Great War in Portraits
Paul Moorhouse, exhibition curator,
examines the rich range of portraiture that the
conflict provoked, and probes the way that
portraiture depicted diverse experiences, from
despair to extraordinary courage.
18.00 Resident DJ Edward Otchere
Enjoy a vinyl set inspired by the portraits on display.
19.00 In Conversation
David Bailey and Tim Marlow
£10/£8
David Bailey looks back at his life and work in
conversation with curator and broadcaster
Tim Marlow.
Friday 11 April
18.30 Live Music Brandenburg Choral Festival: Khoros
The vocal ensemble performs beautiful a cappella
music set against the backdrop of The Great War in
Portraits exhibition.
18.30 – 20.30 Drop-in Drawing
Take inspiration from the portraits and sketch in the
Gallery in this artist-led session.
Saturday 12 April
12.00 Portrait of the Day
Sunday 13 April
12.00 Portrait of the Day
15.00 Gallery Talk Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten is considered to be one of
the greatest British composers of the 20th
century. Learn more about his life and work
with Amanda Gubbins.
15.00 – 16.30 Performance Letter to Larry
£10/£8
Susie Lindeman gives a remarkable performance
as Vivien Leigh in a one woman show to celebrate
the centenary of this legendary actress’s birth.
Followed by Q&A hosted by Greta Scacchi.
Monday 14 – Friday 18 April
11.30 – 16.00 Easter Activities Family Album
A week of activities exploring family portraits
including photo shoots, animation workshops and
much more.
Thursday 17 April
13.15 Lecture Meeting the Enemy:
The Human Face of the Great War
Historian Richard van Emden uncovers amazing
stories of contact between the opposing sides
during the First World War.
18.00 Guest DJ
Listen and unwind at the Late Shift bar with guest
DJ John Sizzle.
19.00 Lecture
Great Britain’s Great War
£6/£5
Using first-hand source material, Jeremy Paxman
brings to life British people’s day-to-day
experience of the First World War with
his characteristic flair for storytelling and observation.
Friday 18 April
18.30 Live Music Tamsin Waley-Cohen
In her second of three performances of the complete
works for violin by J.S. Bach come the Sonata No. 1
and Partita No. 2 featuring the majestic Chaconne.
18.30 – 20.30 Drop-in Drawing
Take inspiration from the portraits and sketch in the
Gallery in this artist-led session.
Saturday 19 April
10.30 Storytelling for Families
Followed by a fun art activity.
11.30 Family Art workshop
Explore portraits in the Collection, followed by an art
activity.
12.00 Portrait of the Day
13.30 Storytelling for Families
Followed by a fun art activity.
14.00 – 16.00 Pick up a Pencil
Drop-in drawing session for young people, with the
Gallery’s Youth Forum.
14.30 Family Art workshop
Explore portraits in the Collection, followed by an
art activity.
Sunday 20 April
12.00 Portrait of the Day
15.00 Gallery Talk
Henry VII and Henry VIII: Their Portraits in Context
Discover two of the most significant portraits in the
Gallery with historian Alex Rodriguez.
Wednesday 23 – Friday 25 April
11.00 – 16.00 Three Day Workshop Crafted Histories
Visit The Great War in Portraits and ‘No End of a
Lesson’: The Boer War, 1899–1902 to create
a reflective response using craftivism
(activism through craft) techniques. Working with
Sarah Corbett from Craftivist Collective and
artist Grace Adam.
Thursday 24 April
14.00 Visualising Portraits William Wilberforce
Picture description for visually impaired visitors.
18.00 Resident DJ Edward Otchere
Enjoy a vinyl set inspired by the portraits on display.
19.00 Lecture Living with Shakespeare BSL
£6/£5
In celebration of the anniversary of
Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, Sir Richard
Eyre reflects on the challenges and rewards
of bringing Shakespeare to stage and screen.
In partnership with the Royal Society of Literature.
Friday 25 April
17.00 Showcase Crafted Histories
Young people from the three-day project share what
they have produced. All ages welcome.
18.30 Live Music
John Martin Quartet: The Hidden Notes
A celebration of the saxophone and the beautiful
sounds hidden just beneath the surface.
18.30 – 20.30 Drop-in Drawing
Take inspiration from the portraits and sketch in the
Gallery in this artist-led session.
18.30 – 20.30 Life Drawing
Get inspired and practice your drawing skills in
this artist-led life drawing class.
Free ticket required, available to book in advance online or
in the Gallery from 18.00 on the day.
Saturday 26 – Sunday 27 April
11.00 – 17.00 Workshop Swag Portraits
£100/£80
A two day course led by photographer Eddie Otchere
where participants explore the studio practice of
David Bailey, using analogue photography and East
End models. Faithfully reproducing the aesthetic
components of Bailey’s style, the course is a rare
opportunity to shoot on vintage film cameras.
In association with Film’s Not Dead.
Saturday 26 April
12.00 Portrait of the Day
Sunday 27 April
10.00 – 15.45 The Portrait Choir Singing Day
£22/£18
Visitors are invited to come and discover some
of the choral music that was being sung and
heard during the First World War. Participants
will sing music ranging from Elgar to Irvin Berlin.
The day includes a talk from a curator as well as
performance in the Gallery.
12.00 Portrait of the Day
15.00 Gallery Talk Shakespeare’s Birthday
Celebrate the anniversary of Shakespeare’s 450th
birthday with Blue Badge Guide Paul Metcalfe.
Monday 28 April
13.00 – 15.00 The Drawing Room
Artist-led drop-in drawing session for disabled
people. Open to all abilities, materials provided.
Meet in the Ondaatje Wing Main Hall.
May
Thursday 1 May
13.15 Lecture
Picturing the Boer War, 1899–1902
Historian and writer Professor Denis Judd,
co-author of The Boer War, examines some
of the outsized personalities who
entered the fray of the bitter South African War.
18.00 Guest DJ
Listen and unwind at the Late Shift bar with guest
DJ Neil Prince.
19.00 Lecture In Vogue
£6/£5
Polly Devlin, author of The Vogue Book of Fashion
Photography, and Jaime Perlman, Creative
Director of British Vogue, assess Bailey’s work in
the context of Vogue’s use of photography in the
1960s and now.
Friday 2 May
18.30 Live Music The Great War in Portraits:
Peter Sheppard Skævard & Roderick Chadwick
The year 1914 inspired lyricism from some
composers, mock-heroic posturing and irony from
others. In three years, Lilli Boulanger would be dead,
and America drawn into the War.
18.30 – 20.30 Drop-in Drawing
Take inspiration from the portraits and sketch in the
Gallery in this artist-led session.
19.00 – 20.00 Lecture Masters of Photography
Photographer Nadav Kander discusses his work.
Masters of Photography is supported by the
Bernard Lee Schwartz Foundation in memory of
photographer Bern Schwartz.
Free ticket required, available to book in advance online or
in the Gallery from 18.00 on the day.
Saturday 3 May
12.00 Portrait of the Day
Sunday 4 May
12.00 Portrait of the Day
13.00 – 16.00 Young People’s Sunday Session
The Original Selfies
Responding to photographs in Bailey’s Stardust
and The Great War in Portraits, create analogue
self-portraits and your own filters with
photographers Marysa Dowling and Gisela Torres.
15.00 Gallery Talk The Regency: Arts and Society
Historian Clare Gittings introduces you to some of
the key players of the Regency.
Thursday 8 May
13.15 Lecture The Indian Contribution to the First World
War
Some 1.5 million Indians served in the First World
War, 72,000 of whom lost their lives. Lord
Bhikhu Parekh pays tribute to India’s unsung
contribution.
18.00 Resident DJ Edward Otchere
Enjoy a vinyl set inspired by the portraits on display.
18.30 The Portrait Choir Performance
Members of The Portrait Choir are joined by live
musicians to explore an eclectic mix of songs from
the early 20th century through to the current day.
19.30 Gallery Talk Queer Perspectives
Stroll through the Gallery with Queer Perspectives
resident artist Sadie Lee and special guest.
Friday 9 May
18.30 Live Music The Francis Bacon Opera
A short comic opera by Stephen Crowe based on the
gloriously inebriated episode of The South Bank
Show from 1985.
18.30 – 20.30 Drop-in Drawing
Take inspiration from the portraits and sketch in the
Gallery in this artist-led session.
20.00 The Portrait Choir Performance
Members of The Portrait Choir are joined by live
musicians to explore an eclectic mix of songs from
the early 20th century through to the current day.
Saturday 10 May
12.00 Portrait of the Day
Sunday 11 May
12.00 Portrait of the Day
15.00 Gallery Talk Janey Morris: Pre-Raphaelite Muse
Wife, mother, friend and lover, Pre-Raphaelite muse,
business woman and talented embroiderer. Julie
Barlow explores the world of Jane Morris,
commemorating the centenary of her death.
15.00 Screening Bailey on Andy Warhol,
Cecil Beaton and Luchino Visconti
These three landmark documentary interviews,
conducted by David Bailey, were commissioned for
ITV by Lew Grade in the late 1960s. 130 minutes.
Certificate U.
Thursday 15 May
13.15 Lecture London Recorded by Camera: Street
Photography in the East End
Stefan Dickers, Library and Archives
Manager at the Bishopsgate Institute,
presents a history of street photography in the East
End of London, from the 1850s to the present day.
18.00 Guest DJ
Listen and unwind at the Late Shift bar with guest
DJ Richard Osborne.
19.00 Lecture Flesh
£6/£5
Writer and art historian Simon Watney and
guests discuss David Bailey’s portraits of
women, wives and lovers in the context
of photography and painting.
Thursday 15 May
19.00 In Conversation Repairing the Wounds: Art and
Surgery, Then and Now
A panel discussion examining how the work
of surgeon Sir Harold Gillies and artist Henry
Tonks in restoring faces during the First World
War has led to the maxillofacial surgery
techniques used today.
Friday 16 May
18.00 – 22.00 Late Shift Extra In Parenthesis
The Gallery, in partnership with English National
Ballet, presents a dance response to David Jones’
seminal poem of the First World War, In Parenthesis,
described by T.S. Eliot as a ‘work of genius’. The
performance explores themes within the poem
and will take place across the Gallery.
Part of Museums at Night.
Saturday 17 May
10.30 Storytelling for Families
Followed by a fun art activity.
11.30 Family Art workshop
Explore portraits in the Collection, followed by an
art activity.
12.00 Portrait of the Day
13.30 Storytelling for Families
Followed by a fun art activity.
14.00 – 16.00 Pick up a Pencil BSL
Drop-in drawing session for young people, with the
Gallery’s Youth Forum.
14.30 Family Art workshop BSL
Explore portraits in the Collection, followed by an
art activity.
Sunday 18 May
12.00 Portrait of the Day
15.00 Gallery Talk Bold, Dashing and Handsome:
Admiral Sir David Beatty
Find out more about David Beatty, naval hero of the
First World War, with historian Lesley Rivett.
Thursday 22 May
13.15 Lecture Court Portraiture in the Reign of Henry VIII:
Holbein’s English Legacy
Dr Charlotte Bolland discusses Holbein’s
employment in England and the continuing
popularity of his portraits in the late 16th and early
17th century, which resulted in the production of
numerous copies of his works.
18.00 Resident DJ Edward Otchere
Enjoy a vinyl set inspired by the portraits on display.
19.00 In Conversation The Final Months and Beyond
The Armistice marked a seminal moment in
modern European and World history. Historians
Nick Lloyd and David Reynolds examine the
bloody last months of the First World War and its
true impact on the 20th century.
19.00 Lecture ‘Burning the Box of Beautiful Things’: The
English
Cultural Revolution of the Early ‘60s
Between the mid-1950s and mid-1960s, English
culture changed rapidly and fundamentally.
Professor Alex Seago examines the edgy and
exciting cultural milieu within which David Bailey’s
early career developed.
Friday 23 May
18.30 Live Music Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Concluding her exploration of the complete works
for solo violin by J.S. Bach comes the stunning
Sonata No. 2 and the celebratory Partita No. 3.
18.30 – 20.30 Drop-in Drawing
Take inspiration from the portraits and sketch in the
Gallery in this artist-led session.
Saturday 24 – Sunday 25 May
11.00 – 17.00 Workshop
Street as your Studio
£100/£80
The street has always been a fertile creative
space for photographers. Through a mix of
demonstration, discussion and practice,
photographer Gavin Parry will introduce some
key approaches and strategies useful when
engaging with street photography, and help to
open up some of its rich photographic potential
to participants.
Saturday 24 May
12.00 Portrait of the Day
Sunday 25 May
12.00 Portrait of the Day
15.00 Gallery Talk A Portrait of the Artist Through Time
Artist Alison Kusner discusses the portrait of the
artist through time. What is the artist telling us?
How do symbols change through setting, costume,
gesture and technique?
Monday 26 – Friday 30 May
11.30 – 16.00 Half Term Activities Visions
Join our team of artists for a week exploring film,
photography, animation and sound, inspired by
the forthcoming Creative Connections display.
Monday 26 May
13.00 – 15.00 The Drawing Room
Artist-led drop-in drawing session for disabled
people. Open to all abilities, materials provided.
Meet in the Ondaatje Wing Main Hall.
Thursday 29 May
15.00 Visualising Portraits
‘No end of a lesson’: The Boer War, 1899–1902
Picture description for visually impaired visitors.
18.00 Guest DJ
Listen and unwind at the Late Shift bar with guest
DJ John Sizzle.
19.00 Lecture Heroes
£6/£5
David Bailey is an avid collector of 19th century
photography and has a keen interest in darkroom
techniques. Phillipe Garner, International Head of
20th Century Decorative Art & Design at Christie’s,
discusses who inspired him and the influence he has
had on the photographers who emerged in the
following decades.
19.30 Gallery Tour The Great War in Portraits BSL
Join John Wilson for a tour of The Great War in
Portraits. Led in BSL with interpretation into English.
Friday 30 May
18.30 Live Music
The Great War in Portraits: Will Dutta
Ravel wrote Le Tombeau De Couperin (1914–17) as
a memorial to comrades felled in the War. Here, the
Gallery’s Music Coordinator presents the work
alongside music by Couperin and Chopin.
18.30 – 20.30 Drop-in Drawing
Take inspiration from the portraits and sketch in the
Gallery in this artist-led session.
18.30 – 20.30 Life Drawing
Get inspired and practice your drawing skills in
this artist-led life drawing class.
Free ticket required, available to book in advance online or
in the Gallery from 18.00 on the day.
All events are free unless otherwise stated
Portrait Restaurant
Spring is here
Come taste our new seasonal menus
Breakfast: Daily 10.00 – 11.00
Lunch: Daily 12.00 – 14.45
Afternoon Tea: Daily 15.30 – 17.00
Dinner: Thursday, Friday & Saturday 17.30 – 22.00
Pre Theatre: Thursday, Friday & Saturday evenings 17.30 –
18.30
Booking advisable. To reserve a table book online at
www.npg.org.uk/visit or call 020 7312 2490.
Save Van Dyck
Visit savevandyck.org for the latest campaign news and to
make a donation.
Text VAN DYCK to 70800 to give £5
Thank you very much for your support.
The portrait is on display in Room 15, Floor 2 throughout
the fundraising campaign.
Access
The Gallery offers a rich programme of
free accessible events for all ages.
Supported by the Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle
Wolfson Foundation
The Drawing Room
Drop-in drawing workshop for disabled visitors on
the last Monday of each month at 13.00. Meet in
the Main Hall.
Visualising Portraits
Picture descriptions for visually impaired visitors on
the last Thursday of each month at 14.00. Meet in
the Main Hall.
British Sign Language
Activities for young people and families take place
on Saturday 17 May.
Talks and events for adults take place on the last
Thursday evening of every month.
Accessible online films highlighting Gallery
information, facilities and resources are available.
For more information please visit npg.org.uk/visit
Beyond the Gallery
The Gallery works collaboratively with
venues around the country to loan
works as part of a varied programme.
Royals: Then and Now
Beningbrough Hall, Yorkshire
From 1 March 2014
Introducing contemporary royal portraits to
Beningbrough for the first time, this display
sets today’s royal family into dialogue with
their Hanoverian ancestors.
Jonathan Yeo Portraits
The Lowry, Manchester
From 15 March 2014
This exhibition includes Yeo’s most iconic
portraits from the display at the Gallery, as well
as additional unseen works.
To find out more please visit npg.org.uk/beyondthegallery
Membership
Join as a Member and enjoy FREE priority and unlimited
entry to Bailey’s Stardust and all our other exhibition –
with no need to book.
Members benefit from a range of fantastic perks, including
Members-only private views, discounts in the Portrait
Restaurant, Portrait Cafe and Gallery shops, and
concessionary rates on the ticketed events featured in this
booklet.
Join online at npg.org.uk/members call 020 7321 6283 or
visit the Membership Desk during your next visit.
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Closure commences at 17.50
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Closure commences at 20.50
Due to staff training on Monday mornings, galleries on
Floors 1 and 2 and the Shop open at 11.00.
Access
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Place and the Orange Street ramp entrance. Access, Braille
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Desk. For all access enquiries and for specific access
requirements in advance of your visit, please visit
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A resource for those wishing to conduct research in the
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