Booking required for school groups only. Please see the School visits page. The Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award makes a welcome return to the National Portrait Gallery for 2024. The prestigious ...

The Belgian royal family has released two new portraits to mark Princess Elisabeth's 23rd birthday today. The heir to the Belgian throne posed for the new photographs in America, where she is ...

The series features striking "half-and-half portraits", fusing his signature aesthetic with that of the legends who have shaped him, from the likes of Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol to Frida Kahlo and ...

Don’t you ever tell me what I can or can’t say to you”. This Lennon emerges as self-indulgent, detached and entitled; an enigmatic manchild, but also a genuine and present father.

And yet, the style is far from one-note. Doctor or grifter, Watteau’s self-portrait remains in character, reinforcing the dissonance between ensemble and protagonist. Directing his devious smile ...

I think most of us know the feeling of either loving an alcoholic or being one. I’ve been in a relationship with someone struggling with alcoholism and will never forget the gut-churning fear of ...

Made over the span of two years and now streaming on Mubi, the nine-episode Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot (2022) combines humour and seriousness through dialogue (and monologue), animation ...

We may even worry that we’re going too easy on ourselves or being selfish if we practice self-kindness. However, new research is finding that these worries seem to be misplaced: It turns out that ...

No monkeying around. / Al Barry/Three Lions/Getty Images (wrench), Jon Mayer/Mental Floss (thought bubble) Plumbers and car mechanics alike are familiar with the monkey wrench, a heavy-duty tool ...

His Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot, a nine-episode work now streaming on MUBI after premiering at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. It’s perhaps the most inspired and thought-provoking ...