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What’s On

September – November 2016

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.

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Exhibitions

Picasso Portraits

6 October 2016 – 5 February 2017

Wolfson Gallery

Exhibition co-organised by the National Portrait Gallery, London

and the Museu Picasso, Barcelona.

Sponsored by Goldman Sachs

Tickets

Including donation: £19

(Concessions £17.50)

£14.50 for seniors every Wednesday and for students every

Thursday. Standard, family, schools and group tickets also

available.

Free for members

Book now at npg.org.uk/picasso

Call 020 7321 6600

Or visit the Gallery in person

#PicassoPortraits

Publication

The fully illustrated exhibition book, Picasso Portraits, is co-

published with the Museu Picasso Barcelona and written by

Elizabeth Cowling, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art at

the University Of Edinburgh. £35 hardback, £24.95 paperback

(Gallery exclusive).

Picasso’s portraits epitomise the astonishing variety and

innovation of his art. This major exhibition of over eighty works

focuses on the artist’s portrayal of family, friends and lovers and

reveals his creative processes as he moved freely between

drawing from life, humorous caricature and expressive painting

from memory.

On display will be portraits from all periods of Picasso’s career

and in all media, from the realist paintings of his boyhood to his

later ultraspontaneous canvases. The works on show will range

from celebrated masterpieces loaned by international

institutions to works in private collections being shown in the

United Kingdom for the first time.

The exhibition will be open exclusively to school groups (KS3+)

for Secondary School Sketching Mornings on 18 Oct, 29 Nov, 31

Jan, 10.00 – 12.00. Booking essential, £5 per student. See

website for details.

William Eggleston Portraits

21 July – 23 October 2016

Porter Gallery

Exhibition organised by the National Portrait Gallery, London

with support from the artist and the Eggleston Artistic Trust.

Supported by the William Eggleston Portraits Exhibition

Supporters Group.

Tickets


(Concessions £6.50)

£4.50 for seniors every Wednesday and for students every

Thursday Standard, family, schools and group tickets also

available.

Book now at npg.org.uk/eggleston

Call 020 7321 6600


Free for members

#Eggleston

Publication

The fully illustrated exhibition book includes a new interview

with William Eggleston by curator Phillip Prodger and an

appreciation by Sofia Coppola. £29.95, hardback.

250 limited edition catalogues signed by William Eggleston will

also be available. First 50 copies available from 1st July for £295.

William Eggleston is a pioneering American photographer

renowned for his vivid, poetic and mysterious images. This

exhibition of 100 works surveys Eggleston’s full career from the

1960s to the present day and is the most comprehensive

display of his portrait photography ever.

Eggleston is celebrated for his experimental use of colour and

his solo show at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1976

is considered a pivotal moment in the recognition of colour

photography as a contemporary art form. Highlights of the

exhibition will include monumental prints of two legendary

photographs first seen forty years ago: the artist’s uncle Adyn

Schuyler Senior with his assistant Jasper Staples in Cassidy

Bayou,Mississippi, and Devoe Money in Jackson, Mississippi.

Also on display will be a selection of never-before seen vintage

black and white prints from the 1960s. Featuring people in

diners, filling stations and markets in and around the artist’s

home in Memphis, Tennessee, they help illustrate Eggleston’s

unique view of the world.

BP Portrait Award 2016

23 June –4 September 2016

Wolfson Gallery

Supported by BP

Admission free

npg.org.uk/bp

Publication

Featuring a selection of the works in

the exhibition alongside an essay by

bestselling novelist Ali Smith. £9.99,

paperback.

#BPPortrait

Selected from 2,557 entries by artists from 80 countries, the BP

Portrait Award 2016 is the most prestigious portrait painting

competition in the world. Displaying 53 selected works, the

free exhibition features a variety of styles and approaches to

contemporary portrait painting. From parents to poseurs,

figurative nudes to famous faces, and expressive sketches to

piercing photo-realism, the variety and vitality in the exhibition

continues to make it an unmissable highlight of the annual art

calendar.

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2016

17 November 2016 –26 February 2017

Porter Gallery

Sponsored by Taylor Wessing

Tickets


(Concessions £5)

Free for members

Book now at npg.org.uk/photoprize

Call 020 7321 6600


Publication

Fully illustrated exhibition catalogue with interviews by Richard

McClure. £15, paperback (£10 Gallery exclusive).

The Taylor Wessing Portrait Photography Prize 2016 is the

leading international competition which celebrates and

promotes the very best in contemporary portrait photography.

The Prize upholds a reputation for its diversity of photographic

styles, submitted by a range of photographers, from gifted

amateurs to photography professionals, all competing to win

one of the four prestigious prizes; including the £15,000 first

prize.

Gallery Displays

The Gallery’s changing programme of free displays highlight a

range of themes, sitters and artists, as well as significant

anniversaries and acquisitions.

Black Chronicles: Photographic Portraits 1862 – 1948

Floor 1 Rooms 23, 31 and 33, Until 11 December 2016

Black Chronicles brings together over thirty photographs which

present a unique snapshot of black lives and experiences.

Developed in collaboration with Autograph ABP, this

intervention includes some of the earliest photographs from the

Gallery’s Collection alongside rediscovered photographs from

the Hulton Archive. These portraits highlight an important and

complex black presence in Britain before 1948, a watershed

moment when the Empire Windrush brought the first large

group of West Indians to the UK. Part of Autograph ABP’s The

Missing Chapter programme, supported by the Heritage Lottery

Fund.

Painting the Artist: Van Dyck and Early Self-portraiture in

Britain

Floor 2 Room 5

16 September 2016 – 8 January 2017

The National Portrait Gallery has the best collection of early

British self-portraits in the world. This display, the second of

three to be held at the Gallery as part of the tour of the recently

acquired Van Dyck self-portrait, considers the painting in the

context of this fascinating collection. It includes the earliest oil

self-portrait painted in Britain, as well as works by Isaac Oliver,

Sir Peter Lely and Mary Beale. A highlight will be the striking

self-portrait by William Dobson, on loan from a private

collection, which hung as a pair with the Van Dyck portrait for

300 years. Organised with the support of the Art Fund and the

Heritage Lottery Fund

Luc Tuymans: Glasses

Floor 2 Room 16

4 October 2016 – 26 March 2017

A display of portraits of sitters wearing glasses made and

selected by the internationally renowned Belgian painter Luc

Tuymans. Since the 1970s Tuymans has been preoccupied with

how we perceive people and things. His work, with its use of

found images and photographs and its meditations on history

and memory, makes the banal striking, in this case the everyday

phenomenon of spectacles, which are now so ubiquitous as to

go almost unnoticed.

Floor 2

Room 3 Until 31 December 2016

Framing the Face

Room 16 Until 11 September 2016

Exposed: The Naked Portrait

Floor 1

Room 24 22 August 2016 – July 2017

Reproducing Fame: Printmakers and the Victorian Stage

Room 25 From 6 September 2016

At the Despatch Box: Parliamentary Sketches of Gladstone

(RBr)

Room 28: case display Until 4 December 2016

Setting the Scene: Staging and Backdrops in Studio

Photographs

Room 29: 17 October – 10 December 2016

Highlights from the Photographs Collection 1840 to 1930s

Room 31 Until 21 June 2016

Conscientious Objectors

Room 32, 5th September – 21st May 2017

Antony Gormley: OBJECT

Room 32, Until September 25 2016

Leon Golub Powerplay: The Political Portraits

Room 32 Until 20 November 2016

Lewis Morley

Floor 0

Rooms 37 and 37a, Until 6 September 2016

Creative Connections

Room 40 Until September 2016

Lucian Freud Unseen

National Programme

The Gallery works collaboratively with venues around the

country to loan works as part of a varied programme of touring

exhibitions and displays.

28 May – 4 September 2016

Turning to See: From Van Dyck to Lucian Freud. Curated by

John Stezaker Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Van Dyck’s last self-portrait continues its six venue tour at

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. The exhibition is curated by

artist John Stezaker and takes Van Dyck’s dramatic turned pose

as a starting point. Van Dyck’s last self-portrait was acquired for

the nation in 2014.

10 June – 25 September 2016

All The World’s A Stage: Court, Patrons and Writers in

Shakespeare’s Circle Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of

Birmingham

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, this

exhibition features portraits of the courtiers, cultural patrons

and writers – collaborators and rivals – in his circle, and several

iconic images of the playwright himself. It is co-curated with the

Barber Institute and University postgraduate students.

Until 30 October 2016

Copying Holbein Montacute House, Somerset

This display features portraits from the court of Henry VIII, all of

which are copies after portraits by Hans Holbein the Younger.

The display considers Holbein’s important legacy in Elizabethan

and Jacobean England.

Events Calendar

Events are free unless otherwise stated. Places are allocated on

a first come, first served basis and are subject to availability.

Book ticketed events at npg.org.uk/events, call 020 7306 0055

or visit the Gallery in person.

We offer discounted ticket prices for Concessions and Gallery

Supporters. Events are subject to change. Please check the

website before visiting.

Access

All events are wheelchair accessible.

BSL: Events interpreted with British Sign Language or led in BSL.

Please check listings for details.

Visualising Portraits: Picture description for visually impaired

visitors.

September

Thu 1

13.15 Lunchtime Lecture In the steps of exceptional women £3/£2

18.00 Late Shift Live DJ

19.00 In Conversation Creative Connections: Neil Kenlock

Fri 2

18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Grace Adam

18.30 Live Music Mafarowi

Sun 4

11.00 – 16.00

Sunday Session New Perspectives

Thu 8

18.00 Late Shift Live DJ 19.00 Screening Stranded in Canton £7/£6

Fri 9

18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Robin-Lee Hall

18.30 Live Music Albion Quartet

Sat 10

11.00 – 17.00

One-day Workshop Wet-plate Collodion £150/£125

Sun 11

11.00 – 17.00

One-day Workshop Wet-plate Collodion £150/£125

Thu 15 13.15 Lunchtime Lecture This Orient Isle:

Elizabethan England and the Islamic World £3/£2

18.00 Late Shift Live DJ 19.30 Tour Painting the Artist: Van Dyck and Early Self

Portraiture in Britain

Fri 16

18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Susan Wilson

18.30 Live Music Black Chronicles: Heidi Vogel

Sat 17

14.00 – 16.00

Pick up a Pencil Drop in Drawings: Profiles

Sun 18 13.00 – 14.30 (for ages 3+)

Drop-in Family Session Celebrating Roald Dahl 15.00 – 16.30 (for ages 7+)

Drop-in Family Session Celebrating Roald Dahl Thu 22 18.00 Late Shift Live DJ 19.00 In Conversation Portraits of the Past: Researching Black Lives in the Archives Fri 23 18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Andy Pankhurst 18.30 Live Music Alice Phelps Band Mon 26 13.00 – 15.00

The Drawing Room Painting the Artist: Van Dyck and Early Self-Portraiture in Britain

Thu 29 14.00 Visualising Portraits Painting the Artist:

Van Dyck and Early Self-Portraiture in Britain with Audio Description

19.00 In conversation Eggleston: An Insider’s View £8/£7

19.30 BSL Gallery Tour Painting the Artist: Van Dyck and Early Self-Portraiture in Britain

Fri 30

18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Gayna Pelham

18.30 Life Drawing Lucian Freud Unseen £9/£7

18.30 Live Music Cevanne and Crewdson

October

Sun 2

13.00 – 16.00

Sunday Session In Colour

Thu 6

13.15 Lunchtime Lecture Conscientious Objectors £3/£2


19.00 In Conversation Diana Widmaier-Picasso £8/£7

Fri 7


18.30 Live Music Picasso Portraits: Ani Batikian

Sat 8 – Sun 9 11.00 – 17.00

Weekend Workshop From Blue to Rose: exploring the influence of colour in Picasso’s early portraits £150/£125

Thu 13


18.30 Screening Derek / Dungeness £7/£6

Fri 14

18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Andy Pankhurst

18.30 – 20.00

The Portrait Choir Surround sound

19.00 Screening The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger £7/£6

19.30 In conversation A Choral Audio Guide

Sat 15

14.00 – 16.00

Pick up a Pencil Drop-in Drawing The Big Draw

Sat 15 – Sun 16

14.00 The Portrait Choir Everything You Can Imagine is

Real

Sun 16

11.00 – 16.00

The Big Draw Family Festival

Thu 20 13.15 Lunchtime Lecture Over the Hills and Far Away:

The Life of Beatrix Potter £3/£2


19.00 Screening The Stuart Hall Project

Fri 21

10.00 – 17.00

Conference Black Chronicles


18.30 Live Music Please check signage on the day

Sat 22

11.00 – 17.00

One-day Workshop Black Chronicles £75/£60

Sun 23

11.00 – 17.00

One-day Workshop Black Chronicles £75/£60

Mon 24 – Fri 28

11.00 – 16.00

Holiday Activities Angles and Abstraction

Tue 25 – Thu 27

11.00 – 16.00

Three Day Workshop Black Chronicles

Thu 27

14.00 Visualising Portraits Luc Tuymans: Glasses

17.00 – 17.30

Three Day Workshop Showcase Black Chronicles


19.00 In Conversation Antony Gormley £8/£7

19.30 BSL Tour Antony Gormley: OBJECT

Fri 28


18.30 Life Drawing Picasso’s People £9/£7

18.30 Live Music Picasso Portraits: Tessitori

Mon 31

13.00 The Drawing Room Antony Gormley : OBJECT

November

Thu 3 13.15 Lunchtime Lecture Evelyn Dove: Britain’s Black

Cabaret Queen £3/£2 18.00 Late Shift Live DJ 19.00 In Conversation Queer Perspectives: Speak its

Name!

Fri 4

18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Marc Woodhead

Sun 6

10.30 – 15.30

The Portrait Choir Singing Day: Picasso Portraits

11.00 – 16.00

Sunday Session Animating Abstraction

Thu 10


19.00 In Conversation Luc Tuymans £8/£7

Fri 11

18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Robin-Lee Hall

18.30 Live Music EFG London Jazz Festival: Laura Zakian

19.00 Screening The Battle of the Somme

Sat 12

19.00 The Portrait Choir Memorial Ground

Sat 12 – Sun 13 11.00 – 17.00

Weekend Workshop Picasso, the Neoclassical and Photography £150/£125

Thu 17 13.15 Lunchtime Lecture Ivan Meštrovi´c, Croatian

Sculptor and his portraits £3/£2 18.00 Late Shift Live DJ 19.00 Lecture Jane Austen At Home £8/£7

Fri 18


18.30 Live Music Picasso Portraits: Tessitori

Sat 19

11.00 & 11.30

Youth Insights Talks on Van Dyck

14.00 – 16.00

Pick Up A Pencil Antony Gormley: Sculptural

drawing

Sun 20 13.00 – 14.30 (for ages 3+) Drop-in session OBJECT 15.00 – 16.30 (for ages 7+) Drop-in session OBJECT

Thu 24

14.00 Visualising Portraits Antony Gormley: OBJECT


19.00 In conversation Picasso and Sylvette David £8/£7

19.30 BSL Gallery Tour Black Chronicles

Fri 25

18.30 Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Marc Woodhead

18.30 Life Drawing Picasso with the Old Masters £9/£7

18.30 Live Music Concordia Foundation

Sat 26 – Sun 27 11.00 – 17.00

Weekend Workshop Classic Photographic Portraits £150/£125

Mon 28

13.00 The Drawing Room Luc Tuymans: Glasses

Lunchtime Lectures

Thursdays at 13.15, £3/£2

Immerse yourself in British history and culture in our popular

Lunchtime Lecture series. Doors open at 12.45.

1 September

In the steps of exceptional women: Millicent Fawcett, the

Fawcett Society and the struggle for the vote and beyond

Writer and activist Jane Grant follows the history of the Fawcett

Society from its origins in the Women’s Suffrage Petition in

1866 to its 150th anniversary this year.

15 September

This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World

In 1570, Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope. Jerry

Brotton, Queen Mary University of London, discusses how this

was the beginning of an English alignment with Muslim powers,

leading to cultural, economic and political exchanges with the

Islamic world.

6 October

Conscientious Objectors

In 1916 a new word entered the British language – ‘conchy’.

Meant as an insult, it referred to conscientious objectors, those

men who, despite enormous pressure, refused to pick up arms

and fight. Author Ann Kramer introduces some of the

conscientious objectors, examines their reasons for taking this

highly unpopular stand, and explores their legacy.

20 October

Over the Hills and Far Away: The Life of Beatrix Potter

Biographer Matthew Dennison looks at the life of Beatrix

Potter, one of the world’s bestselling, most cherished authors,

whose books have enchanted generations of children for over a

hundred years.

3 November

Evelyn Dove: Britain’s Black Cabaret Queen

Historian Stephen Bourne celebrates the life and career of the

singer Evelyn Dove, the subject of his latest book. He will also

feature images of other entertainment celebrities of the 30s

and 40s who are represented in the Gallery’s Collection, such as

Adelaide Hall, Edric Connor and Josephine Baker.

17 November

Ivan Meštrović, Croatian Sculptor and his portraits

Flora Turner-Vucetić looks at the art and life of Ivan Meštrović

(1883 –1962), Croatian sculptor, painter, draughtsman,

architect, writer and poet through a discussion of his portraits.

In partnership with the Society of Portrait Sculptors.

Weekend Workshops

Saturdays and Sundays

11.00 – 17.00

£150/£125 unless otherwise stated

These intimate art weekends enable you to explore, develop

and improve your creativity. Working alongside leading artists

and photographers, take inspiration from the Gallery and look

at portraiture in new, exciting ways.

One-day workshops

10 September

11 September

Wet-plate Collodion

A hands-on introduction to the nineteenth century

photographic process of wet plate collodion, led by Almudena

Romero. Taking inspiration from work in Black Chronicles, you

will be involved in all stages of making your own self-portrait

tintype. Suitable for all abilities.

22 October

23 October

Black Chronicles £75/£60

Led by visual artist and photographer Othello De’Souza-Hartley,

explore and respond to Black Chronicles. Beginning with a tour

of the display, you will then work with a model in a recreation

of a Victorian studio setting, inspired by the studio portraiture

on show. Suitable for all abilities

Two-day workshops

8 – 9 October

From Blue to Rose: exploring the influence of colour in

Picasso’s early portraits

Join portrait artist Robin-Lee Hall and examine Picasso’s use of

colour to convey his mood. We will look at his restricted use of

colour during his Blue period and on into the warmer tones of

his Rose period as he came out of his depression. This is a

practical painting workshop, using acrylics with a model and

includes a tour of the exhibition.

12 – 13 November

Picasso, the Neoclassical and Photography

Taking Picasso’s neoclassical phase as a starting point, explore

the work of artists who inspired him and his working methods,

with painter Andy Pankhurst. Through a combination of

drawing, painting and photographic studies from a period-

dressed life model, you will create your very own ‘essence of

likeness’. Suitable for all abilities.

26 – 27 November

Classic Photographic Portraits

Taking inspiration from the Taylor Wessing Photographic

Portrait Prize 2016, hone your studio skills in this practical

workshop working with a model. This workshop is suitable for

those who already have some knowledge of digital photography

and know how to use their cameras in manual mode.

Late Shift

Catch up on culture after hours – enjoy art, music, talks and

films every Thursday and Friday, 18.00 – 21.00. Talks 19.00

Thu 1 September

Creative Connections: Neil Kenlock

Photographer Neil Kenlock talks about significant moments in

his career from his defining images of the Jamaican community

in the UK and his time as official photographer for the UK Black

Panther Movement to key work from Lambeth.

Thu 8 September

Stranded in Canton £7/£6

This pioneering and rarely-screened video work was shot in

1973, when photographer William Eggleston picked up a Song

PortaPak camera and took to documenting the soul of Memphis

and New Orleans. (76 mins, 2008. Dir. William Eggleston)

Thu 15 September 19.30

Painting the Artist: Van Dyck and Early Self-portraiture in

Britain

Assistant Curator Emily Burns leads a tour of the Gallery’s new

display.

Thu 22 September

Portraits of the Past: Researching Black Lives in the Archives

Drs Caroline Bressey and Gemma Romain discuss their

experiences of researching images of black lives in archives and

reflect upon the position of black historical research in Britain

today, with Dr Sarah Turner.

Thu 29 September

Eggleston: An Insider’s View £8/£7

Jo Ann Walters and Peter Fraser, two celebrated photographers

who both spent time working side by side with Eggleston in

Memphis, in conversation with the Gallery’s Head of

Photographs, Phillip Prodger.

Thu 6 October

In Conversation: Diana Widmaier-Picasso £8/£7

Diana Widmaier-Picasso, art historian, gives her unique

perspective on her grandfather’s portraiture. In conversation

with Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait

Gallery.

Thu 13 October 18.30

Derek/Dungeness £7/£6

Over two nights, collaborators Isaac Julien and Colin MacCabe

present their work, posing questions about the nature of

portraiture. Tonight,Isaac Julien introduces two portraits

of filmmaker Derek Jarman, made in collaboration with Tilda

Swinton and Colin MacCabe. Followed by Q&A. Derek (78

minutes, 2008. Dir. Isaac Julien), Dungeness (10 mins, 2008. Dir.

Isaac Julien.)

Fri 14 October

The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger £7/£6

Producer Colin MacCabe introduces a special screening of The

Seasons in Quincy, a portrait of the intellectual and storyteller

John Berger. Followed by Q&A. (90 minutes, 2015. Dir. Colin

MacCabe, Christopher Roth, Bartek Dziadosz, Tilda Swinton.)

Thu 20 October

The Stuart Hall Project Free

Explore the story of Stuart Hall, the cultural theorist and

one of the founders of the academic discipline of cultural

studies in Britain, whose words feature in Black Chronicles. (96

minutes, 2013. Dir. John Akomfrah.)

Thu 27 October

In Conversation: Antony Gormley £8/£7

Antony Gormley talks to curator Paul Moorhouse about his

current display, OBJECT, his views on portraiture and how he

perceives his work in the context of the Gallery’s Collection.

Thu 3 November

Queer Perspectives: Speak its Name! Free

Resident artist Sadie Lee celebrates the launch of the Gallery’s

new book, Speak its Name!, a collection of funny, moving and

inspiring quotations by and about famous LGBT people from

the Gallery’s Collection.

Thu 10 November

In Conversation: Luc Tuymans £8/£7

Luc Tuymans, one of the most respected and critically-

acclaimed painters working today, talks about the unique

display of his portraits of sitters wearing glasses with Dr

Nicholas Cullinan, Director, National Portrait Gallery.

Fri 11 November

Screening: The Battle of the Somme Free

A special screening of the first feature-length documentary

record of combat, is shown in commemoration of Armistice

Day. 74 minutes, with a new score by Laura Rossi.

Thu 17 November

Jane Austen at Home £8/£7

Lucy Worsley gives an illustrated tour of the houses where Jane

Austen lived and discusses the business of her daily life and how

she found the time to write her books. In partnership with Jane

Austen’s House Museum.

Thu 24 November

Picasso and Sylvette David £8/£7

Curator Elizabeth Cowling talks to Picasso’s last muse, Lydia

Corbett (née Sylvette David) about her experiences with the

artist in 1954.

Live DJ

Relax with a drink at the Late Shift bar and enjoy a live set by a

guest DJ or our resident DJ Eddie Otchere. Every Thursday,

18.00 – 21.00.

Drop-in Drawing

Join our popular and free artist-led drop-in drawing sessions

and sketch in the Gallery every Friday, 18.30 – 20.30.

Life Drawing

Take part in our group life drawing sessions on the last Friday of

every month, 18.30 – 20.30 in the Ondaatje Wing Theatre.

£9/£7

Fri 30 Sept

Lucian Freud Unseen

Be inspired by Lucian Freud’s approach to drawing and painting

the figure, looking closely at his methods of mark making,

working with and against the contours of the body. Led by artist

Marc Woodhead.

Fri 28 October

Picasso’s People

Explore Picasso’s many different approaches to the figure in this

session led by artist Robin-Lee Hall.

Fri 25 November

Picasso with the Old Masters

Join artist Andy Pankhurst for a dynamic evening of life drawing

from a model, with poses inspired by Picasso and the Old

Masters.

21 October 10.00 – 17.00

The Missing Chapter: Cultural Identities and The Photographic

Archive Free ticket required

A one-day conference to mark the culmination of The Missing

Chapter, Autograph ABP’s three-year archive research

programme, and to highlight Black Chronicles: Photographic

Portraits 1861 – 1948, currently on display. The conference

aims to present new scholarly research and critical

engagements within and beyond the museum/gallery. Keynote

speaker: Caroline Bressey. Organised by Autograph ABP and

presented in association with UCL’s Equiano Centre, Institute of

Advanced Studies and Department of Art History. Supported by

the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Live Music

Enjoy an eclectic range of free live

music performances.

Fridays 18.30

Fri 2 September

Mafarowi

A new project by alto sax player Martin Speake exploring his

interest in rhythmic music from across the globe.

Fri 9 September

Albion Quartet

String quartets by Ravel and Schumann.

Fri 16 September

Black Chronicles: Heidi Vogel

The jazz singer performs music by Cole Porter and others in

response to the chalk drawing of Elisabeth Welch on display for

the first time during Black Chronicles.

Fri 23 September

Alice Phelps Band

Cinematic songs from the band’s recent EP, Shapes in the Sky.

Fri 30 September

Cevanne and Crewdson

New folk made from field recordings with harp, voices and

electronic inventions.

Fri 7 October

Picasso Portraits: Ani Batikian

Works for solo violin by JS Bach, Ysaÿe and Paganini plus three

new musical sketches of Picasso by Roland Roberts.

Fri 14 October

Surround Sound

Further information in Portrait Choir listing

Fri 21 October

Please check signage on the day

Fri 28 October

Picasso Portraits: Tessitori

The viola and guitar duo present an Iberian programme of

Albéniz and Loureiro in response to Picasso Portraits.

Fri 11 November

EFG London Jazz Festival: Laura Zakian

The acclaimed jazz singer presents her new project ‘Finding

Frank’ that includes popular and lesser-known songs by Frank

Sinatra.

Fri 18 November

Picasso Portraits: Tessitori

A concert dedicated to works by de Falla and Granados,

contemporaries of Picasso.

Fri 25 November

Concordia Foundation: Good Enough for Nelson

A celebration of Trafalgar Square in words and music. Take a

musical tour around London’s most famous square with

readings from Dickens, Pepys, and Somerset Maugham, and

music from Mussorgsky to Music Hall.

The Portrait Choir

To celebrate the launch of our Choral Audio Guide.

Fri 14 October 18.30 – 20.00

Surround Sound

Various Spaces Free

A specially created sound instillation of choral music inspired by

the Gallery’s Collection as well as pop up performances by

members of the Portrait Choir.

Fri 14 October 19.30

In Conversation: A Choral Audio Guide

Room 20 Free

BBC Radio 3 presenter Clemency Burton-Hill is joined by Portrait

Choir Artistic Director Gregory Batsleer and a Gallery curator, to

discuss the ‘Choral Audio Guide’ and how Portraiture and Music

can go hand in hand.

For more information on the Choral Audio Guide visit

npg.org.uk/whatson/theportraitchoir

Sat 15 and Sun 16 October

Everything You Can Imagine is Real

Performances at 14.00 both days

Free ticket required

The Portrait Choir collaborate with musician and director

Andrew Staples to create ‘Everything you can imagine is real’. A

multi-disciplinary event combining the music of Stravinsky with

spoken word, lighting and sound displays to explore the themes

associated with Picasso Portraits.

Sun 6 November 10.30 – 15.30

Singing Day Picasso Portraits

£25/22

A day exploring choral music in connection with the Gallery’s

current Picasso Portraits exhibition, including music by Fauré,

Durufle and Weil. Day includes a ticket to the exhibition plus a

talk from a Gallery Curator.

Sat 12 November 19.00

Memorial Ground

Free ticket required

The Portrait Choir commemorates the centenary of The Battle

of the Somme in special out of hours performances of David

Lang’s new choral work Memorial Ground (commissioned by

14 – 18 NOW and East Neuk Festival) interspersed with readings

of new works by Simon Armitage from his own Somme

reflection, Still, and extracts from Parry’s Songs of Farewell.

Access

The Gallery is fully accessible and welcomes everyone to take

part in the rich programme of free events for all ages.

Visualising Portraits

Free picture description talks for blind and visually impaired

visitors. The last Thursday of every month at 14.00

Thu 29 September

Painting the Artist: Van Dyck and Early Self-Portraiture in

Britain

Get closer to Van Dyck and his contemporaries.

Thu 27 October


Discover this Belgian artist’s portraits of people wearing glasses.

Thu 24 November


Explore OBJECT a new installation by Antony Gormley.

BSL Gallery Tours

Free events interpreted with British Sign Language (BSL) or led

in BSL. The last Thursday of every month. 19.30.

Thu 29 September


Britain

Join John Wilson for a tour of the Van Dyck display. Led in BSL.

Thu 27 October


Chisato Minamimura looks at the display of work by one of the

UK’s most prominent artists. Led in BSL with interpretation into

English.

Thu 24 November

Black Chronicles: Photographic Portraits 1862 – 1948

Dafydd Jones leads a tour of the display that gives a unique

snapshot of black lives and experiences. Led in BSL with

interpretation into English.

The Drawing Room

Free artist-led drawing classes for disabled visitors. The last

Monday of every month 13.00 – 15.00.

Mon 26 September


Britain

Explore historic and contemporary self-portraiture.

Mon 31 October


Be inspired by OBJECT a new installation by Antony Gormley.

Mon 28 November


Explore portraits by this Belgian artist. Supported by the Lord

Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation.

Families

This autumn – we have a packed season of events, activities and

workshops, including an afternoon celebrating Roald Dahl’s

anniversary, a Big Draw family festival as well as our autumn

half term events.

Drop-in Sessions

13.00 – 14.30 for ages 3+

15.00 – 16.30 for ages 7+

No ticket required. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Sun 18 September

Celebrating Roald Dahl

To mark the centenary of one of Britain’s best loved children’s

writers join us for an afternoon of activities from storytelling to

sweet-making!

Sun 20 November

OBJECT

Inspired by the installation OBJECT by artist Antony Gormley,

make large-scale models of family and friends using a range of

materials.

Special Event

Sun 16 October 11.00 – 16.00

The Big Draw Family Festival

Join us as we take over the Gallery for our Family Drawing Day

exploring different styles of drawing from figurative to

abstraction and cubism, inspired by Picasso Portraits.

Experiment with different mediums and materials in our artist-

led sessions. Part of the National Campaign for Drawing.

Holiday Activities

11.00 – 16.00

Free ticket required for some

workshops, available one hour before.

Mon 24 – Fri 28 October

A week of ticketed and drop-in sessions inspired by Picasso

Portraits

Join in with a range of workshops from animation to set design

with our artist-led sessions. The 14.30 session on Monday 24

October will be BSL interpreted.

Family Activity Base

Every weekend and weekdays during the school holidays. From

October we will be extending our hours from 10.00 – 17.00

Families can pick up free resources and drawing materials to

explore the Collection.

Young People (ages 14 – 21)

Showcase your talent, work with artists, develop skills, be

creative and meet other young people interested in art at our

FREE events for 14 – 21 year-olds.

Sunday Sessions

Sun 4 September 11.00 – 16.00

New Perspectives

Be inspired by Luc Tuyman’s display and explore how

accessories can provide more information about the sitters

through painting portraits. Led by artists Isobel Peachey and

Robin Lee-Hall.

Sun 2 October 13.00 – 16.00

In Colour

Experiment in colour photography techniques using polaroids,

inspired by the work of William Eggleston with photographers

Marysa Dowling and Emily Stein.

Sun 6 November 11.00 – 16.00

Animating Abstraction

Use animation techniques to transform your drawings into

abstraction informed by Picasso Portraits. Led by artists Lizzy

Hobbs and Shelley Wain.

Three Day Workshop

11.00 – 16.00 Daily

Tue 25 – Thu 27 October

Black Chronicles

Create portraits using photography techniques and bring your

work alive with spoken word inspired by the Black Chronicles

display with guest poet Anthony Anaxagorou and photographer

Othello De’Souza- Hartley.

Thur 27 October 17.00

Three Day Workshop Showcase

Sat 19 Nov

Youth Insights 11.00 and 11.30

Members of the Gallery’s Youth Forum lead a short talk on the

Van Dyck Exhibition.

To book a Sunday Session or a Three Day Workshop, please

email [email protected] or call 020 7312 2483.

mailto:[email protected]

Pick up a Pencil

Free social drop-in drawing hosted by the Gallery’s Youth

Forum. Led by artists Sadie Lee, Jake Spicer and Meera Chauda.

All you have to do is pick up a pencil and draw. No need to

book. Third Saturday of every month, between 14.00 –16.00

Sat 17 September

Profiles

Learn how to draw a profile.

Sat 15 October

The Big Draw

Scientific drawing. Part of the National Campaign for Drawing.

Sat 19 November

Antony Gormley

Sculptural drawing.

#PickUpAPencil

Shop

From our Collection to yours

Discover the full range of gifts, books and products inspired by

our exhibition and the Collection, available exclusively from

Gallery Shops and online.

Every purchase supports the National Portrait Gallery

npg.org.uk/shop

Portrait Restaurant

Start your day in an unforgettable way with a combination of

stunning rooftop views and delicious breakfasts made using the

finest British ingredients. Served daily.

See npg.org.uk for opening times and booking details or call 020

7312 2490 for restaurant reservations.

http://www.npg.org.uk/shop

Become a Member Today

Be one of our most familiar faces and enjoy a year of

free and unlimited entry to all ticketed exhibitions.

– Members’ Only Private Views and Afternoon Previews of

exhibitions

– Discounts in our Gallery Shops, Portrait Restaurant and

Portrait Café

– Priority booking and concessionary rates for all ticketed

events

Join today at npg.org.uk/members call the team on 020 7321

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