Portraits

New National Gallery show follows in the footsteps of Danish master Christen Købke

Culture24 heads to Scandinavia ahead of Danish master Christen Købke's show at The National Gallery.

Female force behind Olympic London celebrated at Museum of London Docklands

The women behind the 2012 Olympics star in a new show at the Museum of London Docklands.

Screenprint of a pair of young men in suits and handcuffs shielding their eyes

Richard Hamilton weighs Modern Moral Matters at Serpentine Gallery

Pop art meets politics in a major show by Richard Hamilton at London"s Serpentine Gallery. Mixed media gives rise to a range of messages in Modern Moral Matters, as Mark Sheerin finds out.

Andy Warhol Portraits head to Olyvia Fine Art

Olyvia Fine Art's Andy Warhol Portraits combines a selection of the artist's most celebrated works alongside some previously hidden gems including a series of 'Factory Screen-Tests'.

Anthony Hopkins art exhibition opens at London's Gallery 27

Fifty abstract, surreal portraits and landscapes by iconic actor Sir Anthony Hopkins, who describes himself as "a shy artist", form the first show of his work in the UK at Gallery 27 in London's...

Irving Penn Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery

For the first time in 25 years, London's National Portrait Gallery is hosting an exhibition dedicated to Irving Penn, featuring previously unseen portraits by the legendary American photographer who...

an engraving showing adam and eve with a serpent in a tree

Dürer and Italy at the Hunterian Art Gallery

Glasgow’s Hunterian Museum is mining its superb collection of Renaissance prints for an exploration of the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance, German artist Albrecht Dürer.

Brian Aris shows art of glass with Debbie Harry shots at Proud Camden

Being Blondie, a retrospective of pop icon Debbie Harry by distinguished photographer Brian Aris, has taken a revealing selection of snaps of the leading lady to Proud Camden in London.

York Art Gallery secures £120,000 William Etty painting

York Art Gallery has spent more than £120,000 on Preparing for a Fancy Dress Ball, an 1833 oil painting by William Etty, the city's most famous artist.

A painting of Charles I being insulted by Oliver Cromwell's Soldiers

Blitz damaged Delaroche painting to see light of day at National Gallery

A rediscovered Paul Delaroche painting of Charles I being taunted by Cromwellian soldiers that was damaged nearly 70 years ago during the Blitz will go on display next year at the National Gallery.

a pencil portrait of a man in shirt and tie with an upside down portrait of woman in its left corner

Intriguing portrait of Gustav Holst acquired by Holst Birthplace Museum

The Holst Birthplace Museum in Cheltenham has acquired an intriguing drawing of the Cheltenham-born composer Gustav Holst by the artist Sir William Rothenstein.

An oil painting of a table with bowl of onions, book, candle and letter

The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and his Letters at the Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts celebrates the publication of more than 900 letters by Vincent Van Gogh with a blockbuster exhibition of his paintings, drawings and correspondence.

A detail of a bloody sculpture of Christ

The Sacred Made Real at The National Gallery

Spanish art from the 17th century is given the spotlight at the The National Gallery with works by Velázquez and Zurburán together with rarely seen polychrome wood sculptures. Mark Sheerin gets the ...

£40 million Rembrandt masterpiece is "real coup" for National Museum Cardiff

A 17th century Rembrandt piece which has hung at a Welsh castle for 150 years has become the star piece in an exhibition of the Dutch master"s work at the National Museum Cardiff.

Scenes of Fashionable Life - The Conversation Piece at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace

Pictures taken directly from the Queen's Collection have gone on display at Buckingham Palace, showing noble scenes from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Anne Field enjoys a spot of Royalty.

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