#nationalportraitgallery

[fyblackwomenart]

Portrait of Neema Tambo by Gaela Erwin

#neema tambo #gaela erwin #black women #woc #portrait #nationalportraitgallery

[theunabashedepicurean]

Penelope Dudley-Ward on the set of ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’, Cecil Beaton, 1946. #penelopedudleyward #ladywindermeresfan #cecilbeaton #oscarwilde #photographer #writer #designer #costume #period #periodfilm #periodfashion #film #movie #actress #cinema #cinematography #cecilbeatonphotography #still #nationalportraitgallery #npr #interior #interiors #interiordecor #interiordecorating #interiordecorator #decor #design #decoration #flowers #chandelier (at National Portrait Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpLAFT-I4WA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#penelopedudleyward #ladywindermeresfan #cecilbeaton #oscarwilde #photographer #writer #designer #costume #period #periodfilm #periodfashion #film #movie #actress #cinema #cinematography #cecilbeatonphotography #still #nationalportraitgallery #npr #interior #interiors #interiordecor #interiordecorating #interiordecorator #decor #design #decoration #flowers #chandelier

[instructionsonback]

"CONFUSION AT ITS FINEST" 15" x 20"

#kehindewiley #trump #art #barackobama #contemporaryart #brooklynmuseum #obamaportraits #presidentialportrait #michelleobama #obama #amysherald #nationalportraitgallery #obamaportrait #kerryjamesmarshall #jeffkoons #artforum #artnews #donaldtrump #maga #foxnews #hyperallergic #artinamerica #joebiden #bidenharris #kamalaharris #makeamericagreatagain #biden #artnet #damienhirst #whitneymuseum

[trascapades]

🎨#ArtIsAWeapon #Artist: Robert Pruitt #Artwork: “Venus Williams, Double Portrait" conté crayon, charcoal, pastel, coffee wash paper, 2022.⁣ “My hope is that the duality of the portrait gives us this sense of a person looking back at themselves, considering where they came from and where they’re going.” - Robert Pruitt, @nytimes "Behind 3 Champions’ Smithsonian Portraits, Nov. 1, 2022 https://nyti.ms/3FunetA • ⁣Reposted from @smithsoniannpg Newly commissioned for the museum’s collection, this life-sized double portrait of Venus Williams by artist Robert Pruitt incorporates symbolism reflective of the tennis champion’s accomplishments and advocacy. ⁣ ⁣ A renown athlete, Venus Williams has been a steadfast advocate for equality and led Wimbledon to award women players the same pay as their male counterparts. ⁣ ⁣ Pruitt’s depiction of Williams premieres as part of “Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees” featuring the museum’s seven recipients of the 2022 #PortraitOfaNation Awards.⁣ Learn more using the link in our bio. #RobertPruitt #VenusWilliams #NationalPortraitGallery #BlackArtists #Portrait #BlackGirlArtGeeks #WillTravelForArt (at National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClBkKaKuL7P/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#artisaweapon #artist #artwork #portraitofanation #robertpruitt #venuswilliams #nationalportraitgallery #blackartists #portrait #blackgirlartgeeks #willtravelforart

[brentfashioningourhistory]

📹Stories from By The Cut of Their Cloth digital exhibition at The Mixed Museum @themixedmuseum ZADIE SMITH PORTRAIT in ICONS OF COLOUR EXHIBITION 📢EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE CURATORIAL TEAM! Zadie Smith is a critically acclaimed writer of mixed Black Jamaican and white British heritage. Born in Willesden, in the London Borough of Brent, her debut novel ‘White Teeth’ explored the lives of interracial families and friendships in a post-war Willesden setting. At the end of 2019, @brentmuseumandarchives hosted the stunning exhibition ‘Icons of Colour: Portraits of Brent’s Change Makers.’ The exhibition celebrated Brent’s rich multicultural heritage by sharing stories of inspirational people of colour associated with the area. Created in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), the exhibition displayed the stories alongside portraits connected to Brent from the NPG’s collection. One of the highlights of the exhibition was a new portrait of Zadie Smith by artist Toyin Ojih Odutola. Commissioned by the NPG, the painting – entitled ‘Sadie’, Smith’s given name - was displayed for the very first time in Zadie’s home borough of Brent. As part of the By The Cut of the Cloth project, project Creative Director @warren_reilly conducted interviews with key members of the curatorial team of the Icons of Colour exhibition: Francesca Laws (Schools Programmes Manager at the @nationalportraitgallery and Aisha Tahir (Heritage Assistant at Brent Museum and Archives). Visit our By The Cut of Their Cloth exhibition (link in bio) to read these EXCLUSIVE interviews. They can be found in our Multiracial Brent section, under ‘Icons of Colour’. #Willesden #Brent #Portrait #NationalPortraitGallery #art #artists #mixedrace #biracial #interracial #fiction #portrait #exclusiveinterview 📸Sadie image by @Toyin Ojih Odutola. Copyright Toyin Ojih Odutola. This image reproduced courtesy Brent Museum and Archives. Posted @withregram • @themixedmuseum (at London Borough of Brent) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfWqAovN_PR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#willesden #brent #portrait #nationalportraitgallery #art #artists #mixedrace #biracial #interracial #fiction #exclusiveinterview

[lobstertribe]

“DANCERS 2” Another quickety-quick pencil sketch study of dancers rehearsing the “El Muro/The Wall” ballet at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. Done from a photo in the NY Times Sunday Entertainment Section. Sketched in in a 7” x 10” sketchbook. #lobstArtstudios #dessinateur #artist #dessin #sketch #drawing #quicksketch #RanDOODLINGdom #croquisrapide #croquis #szkic #virtualsketchwalk #pencilsketch #nationalportraitgallery #elmuro #ballet (at National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg302BHOcQ_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#lobstartstudios #dessinateur #artist #dessin #sketch #drawing #quicksketch #randoodlingdom #croquisrapide #croquis #szkic #virtualsketchwalk #pencilsketch #nationalportraitgallery #elmuro #ballet

[tedrandler]

You all know I have this preoccupation with museum cafes… #nationalportraitgallery #museumcafe #washingtondc #fineartsnacks https://www.instagram.com/p/Cghb7WRuvJj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#nationalportraitgallery #museumcafe #washingtondc #fineartsnacks

[fromme20]

- Hot wave sucks, but London is fantabulous in all seasons 😍 #ThisIsLondon #NationalPortraitGallery #TheNationalGallery #HotWave #Summer (at National Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgNRTrajBX5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#thisislondon #nationalportraitgallery #thenationalgallery #hotwave #summer

[waynelvslcy]

'Their plan was to go on a twelve week vaudeville tour together during 1950. They reasoned: "If no one will give us a job acting together, we'll give ourselves one."'—Eleanor Harris, The Real Story of Lucille Ball. Just a few weeks into the tour, Lucy learned that she was pregnant. It was decided to curtail her onstage antics (flopping around on her stomach) and to cancel the last six weeks of the tour. Despite every precaution, Lucy lost this pregnancy, but would become pregnant again 3 months later with daughter, Lucie. This image of Lucy, created by Philippe Halsman in 1950, is in the archives of The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. #lucilleball #ilovelucy #vaudville #ontour #miscarriage #nationalportraitgallery #pregnancy #theaudition https://www.instagram.com/p/CetqjieOrgB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#lucilleball #ilovelucy #vaudville #ontour #miscarriage #nationalportraitgallery #pregnancy #theaudition

[artistopencalls]

❤️ @nationalportraitgallery There's only a few weeks to go until submissions close for this year's Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize!⁠ ❤️ https://linkin.bio/nationalportraitgallery 👀 ⁠ Open to all, this international competition celebrates the best in contemporary photography. Submit your portrait for the chance to see your work exhibited at @cromwellplace, with first prize winning £15,000. ⁠ ⁠ Tag someone below who you think should enter their work 👇⁠ ⁠ Deadline for entry is 17.00 on Tuesday 31 May 2022 - find out how to submit via the link in our bio 🔗⁠ ⁠ 📸 Dapo, Chicks by Camille Mack, 2017 © Camille Mack⁠ ⁠ #NationalPortraitGallery #Portraiture #PhotoPrize @taylorwessingllp (at National Portrait Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdoDWj_ol8G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#nationalportraitgallery #portraiture #photoprize

[artcuratortunbridgewells]

‘Antheia’ Oil on Aluminium, 21 inch diameter by @MaryJaneAnsell one of 6 new paintings and drawing to be exhibited @FairfaxArtGallery @ThePantiles #TunbridgeWells from tomorrow. Mary Jane is a previous finalist of several BP Portrait Awards, with her work in private and public collections worldwide including the permanent collection of @NationalPortraitGallery London. Mary Jane Ansell was named as one of the "Top 100 Figurative Painters Working Right Now" by Buzz Feed in 2017 and her work has featured on the covers of numerous magazines including American Art Collector and several recent novels, including New York Times bestsellers and @adamantofficial album cover for The BlueBlack Hussar In Marrying The Gunners Daughter. #MaryJaneAnsell #Figurativepainting #artgallery #nationalportraitgallery #artgallery #ThePantiles #TunbridgeWells #Established (at Fairfax Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc7bpBoOFUu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#tunbridgewells #maryjaneansell #figurativepainting #artgallery #nationalportraitgallery #thepantiles #established

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

A modern-day hero who fights for girl’s education

Born in Mingora, Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai came to prominence in 2009 after writing about her life during the Taliban occupation of her town Swat Valley and the ban on girls' education. In October 2012, she was shot on the left side of her head in an attack by a Taliban gunman on her school bus. She recovered in Birmingham, UK, where she remained with her family. In 2013, Malala was awarded the International Children's Peace Prize, and in 2014, she became the youngest recipient (17) of the Nobel Peace Prize with Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi. She founded the Malala Fund in 2013, which is dedicated to giving all girls access to twelve years of free, safe, quality education. She recently graduated from Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford, and her portrait hangs proudly in our Gallery.

#NationalPortraitGallery #Portraiture #Malala

📸 Malala Yousafzai by Shirin Neshat, 2018 © National Portrait Gallery, London

#Malala Yousafzai #Shirin Neshat

[jordi-gali]

David Hockney's portrait of @harrystyles, one of 30 new portraits that will be on display at the @nationalportraitgallery from 2nd November 2023.

#david hockney #Instagram

[trascapades]

🎨#ArtIsAWeapon

CONGRATULATIONS BISA!

Reposted from @bisabutler No entertainment on earth can match a good story compellingly told

- #OctaviaButler (1947-2006)

This is history being made! This is the first time a portrait of an African American woman, created by an African American woman, curated by an African American woman and purchased by an African American collectors collective has been entered into the permanent collection of the #NationalPortraitGallery.

This story begins with me in 1993 reading Imago by Octavia Butler in the library at the National Portrait Gallery while I was a student at #HowardUniversity .

The library was a refuge of calm and a place where I could dream and aspire. The words of Octavia Butler allowed me to imagine a world beyond my reality- through the eyes of a Black woman.

It was serendipity to be asked by The New York Times to create a portrait for the cover of the Arts and Leisure section and the gorgeous photo by @alice_a2studio captivated me.

Then fate shined on me again when my Howard sister #RheaCombs, the chief curator at The National Portrait Gallery asked if the portrait was available.

I said yes immediately and she reached out to the Black Commissioners and Collectors group for financial support and as it goes the money was raised in 17 minutes!

I want to send a huge thank you to Curator Rhea Combs, and Director Kim Sajet. Thank you to the collective ; Taylor and Wemimo Abbey wemsabbey ; Sol Aponte @solaponte and Jennia Fredrique Aponte @jenniafredrique ; Mahari Y. Bailey @mahariyared, Esq.; Lyndon J. and Janine Sherman Barrois @srbarroislyndon ; Ingrid Best @ms_ibest ; Devin W. Blackburn, Esq.; George Fatheree @fathereeleeo and Azita Fatheree; Kenneth T. Little; Nike Opadiran; Ayesha D. Selden @ayeshaselden .

Thank you Sheryll Cashin and Marque Chambliss for hosting!

Thank you to my home team @johnnyjbutler_ and @ehubbs37 for always being there and giving 1000%. You are so appreciated.

**there is zero paint on this artwork

Patternmaster, 2022

Cotton, dutch wax,silk, wool, lace, beads and glitter vinyl

Quilted and appliquéd

24” x 30”

#bisabutler #quilting #artwork #octaviabutler #fiberart #BlackArtists

#BisaButler #OctaviaButler #National Portrait Gallery #Black Artists #BlackArt #BlackCreatives #Quilting #TextileArt #FabricArt #Afrofuturism #BlackGirlArtGeeks

[ludmilachaibemachado]

Celia Hammond dancing the Madison in a special feature in #Queenmagazine in October 1962 with several of her contemporaries and pop star Adam Faith💐

First image is one of three prints of Celia in the @nationalportraitgallery with a second variant pose @iconicimagesnet who manage the Norman Parkinson Archive. This image was included in Parkinson's first major retrospective show in 1981💐

Celia became an internationally famous 60s model after the launch of her career in Queen magazine followed in the next years💐

Via @fashionmodelshistory on Instagram💐

#60s icons #girlsofthesixties #60s couples #60s stars #celia hammond #jill kennington #adam faith #norman parkinson photographer #1962 #shrimptons boyds faithfull asher and more

[lobstertribe]

“DANCERS” A hyper-quick pencil study of dancers rehearsing the “El Muro/The Wall” ballet at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. Done from a photo in the NY Times Sunday Entertainment Section. Sketched in in a 7” x 10” sketchbook. #lobstArtstudios #dessinateur #artist #dessin #sketch #drawing #quicksketch #RanDOODLINGdom #croquisrapide #croquis #szkic #virtualsketchwalk #pencilsketch #nationalportraitgallery #elmuro #ballet (at National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg1aCrJuTzg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#lobstartstudios #dessinateur #artist #dessin #sketch #drawing #quicksketch #randoodlingdom #croquisrapide #croquis #szkic #virtualsketchwalk #pencilsketch #nationalportraitgallery #elmuro #ballet