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What’s OnSeptember – November 2015
Welcome
Visit
National Portrait GallerySt Martin’s Place, London WC2H 0HE
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Entry to the Gallery is free.An entry fee is charged for some exhibitions.
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Opening Hours Daily 10.00 – 18.00 Thursdays and Fridays until 21.00 Exiting commences 10 minutes before the closing time.
Due to staff training on Monday mornings, galleries on Floors 1 and 2 and the Main Shop open at 11.00. Ticket Desk closes one hour before the Gallery.
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Access
Step-free access is via the Shop entrance on St Martin’s Place and the Orange Street ramp entrance.
Accompany your visit with our free access resources including the BSL Gallery App, BSL audio guide, audio picture description and large print guides available from the Information Desk.
Free Audio Guides are available for all disabled visitors. A large print version of the What’s On is available to download at npg.org.uk/access
For all access enquiries and for specific access requirements, please visit npg.org.uk/access or call 020 7306 0055. Text Direct 18001.
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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Free WiFi is available throughout the Gallery.
Search the Collection and create your own tours using the interactive Portrait Explorer touch-screens.
Make the most of your visit with an Audio Visual Guide (£3) featuring interactive maps, exclusive interviews and themed tours. Family Audio Visual Guides are available, charges apply.
The Visitor Guide (£5) highlights key portraits and fascinating stories.
The Gallery App (£1.19 available from iTunes) includes video introductions and floorplans.
Pick up a Map to help plan your visit and support the Gallery with a donation of £1.
Heinz Archive and Library The primary centre for the study of British Portraiture. Open Tuesday to Friday, 10.00 – 17.00 by appointment only: [email protected] The curatorial team provides research support on Wednesday afternoons 14.00 – 17.00, no appointment necessary. Valuations are not given.
Cover: Bust of Diego by Alberto Giacometti, 1955. Tate, Purchased with assistance from the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1965 © Alberto Giacometti Estate, ACS/DACS, 2015. Photograph ©Tate, London 2015
Printed on 100% recycled paper
All images by National Portrait Gallery, London and © National Portrait Gallery, London unless otherwise stated.
Late Shift, 2014 Photograph by Simon Mooney
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Alberto Giacometti is widely regarded as one of the most important and distinctive artists of the 20th century. A restless innovator, he explored a range of styles and subjects; however portraiture remained a continuous preoccupation.
This major exhibition is the first to focus on Giacometti’s portraits and spans his entire career. The show includes important paintings, sculpture and drawings within sections devoted to each of his principal models, and illuminates Giacometti’s obsessive evocation of a human presence.
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Giacometti:
Pure Presence
Opposite:Small Self Portrait by Alberto Giacometti, 1921. Kunsthaus Zürich, Bequest Bruno Giacometti, 2012 © Alberto Giacometti Estate, ACS/DACS, 2015
Above:Alberto Giacometti by Cecil Beaton, 1956 © The Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s
15 OCTOBER 2015 – 10 JANUARY 2016Wolfson Gallery
Tickets Including donation: £17 (Concessions £15.50) Seniors £14.50 every WednesdayStudents £14.50 every ThursdayStandard, family, schools and group tickets also available.
Book now at npg.org.uk/giacometticall 020 7766 7344 or visit the Gallery in person
Publication Giacometti: Pure Presence fully illustrated exhibition catalogue by curator Paul Moorhouse, £29.95 hardback
Last admission is one hour before the Gallery closes.
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Sponsored byBank of America Merrill Lynch
Supported by Pro Helvetia, The Henry Moore Foundation and the Giacometti Exhibition Supporters Group
Exhibitions 5
Audrey Hepburn was one of the world’s most glamorous, recognisable and photographed stars. From her early career as a chorus girl in London’s West End through to her Hollywood heyday and humanitarian work in her later years, Hepburn’s life as a twentieth-century icon is beautifully illustrated in this must-see exhibition.
Through a stunning selection of more than seventy images from leading photographers, such as Cecil Beaton and Irving Penn, as well as rarely seen photographs from the personal collection of her sons Luca Dotti and Sean Hepburn Ferrer, the exhibition reveals the development of her unique and captivating style.
Audrey Hepburn (detail) photographed by Jack Cardiff during the filming of War and Peace (released 1956) Simon Regan Collection (reganprint.com) © Jack Cardiff
UNTIL 18 OCTOBER 2015Porter Gallery
Tickets Including donation: £10 (Concessions £8.50) Seniors £7 every WednesdayStudents £7 every ThursdayStandard, family, schools and group tickets also available.
Book now at npg.org.uk/hepburn call 020 7766 7344 or visit the Gallery in person
PublicationAudrey Hepburn: Portraits of an Icon exhibition catalogue by co-curators Terence Pepper and Helen Trompeteler, £29.95 hardback and £19.95 Gallery-exclusive paperback
Last admission is one hour before the Gallery closes.
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With support from the Bernard Lee Schwartz Foundation and the Audrey Hepburn Exhibition Supporters Group
Organised with support from the Audrey Hepburn Estate/Luca Dotti & Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Audrey Hepburn:
Portraits of an Icon
Exhibitions
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Selected from a record-breaking 2,748 entries by artists from 92 countries around the world, the BP Portrait Award 2015 represents the very best in 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.
The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2015 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 £12,000 first prize.
How Soon is Now? (Self) by Alan McGowan, 2014 © Alan McGowan
Skate Girl by Jessica Fulford-Dobson, 2014 © Jessica Fulford-Dobson
UNTIL 20 SEPTEMBER 2015 Wolfson Gallery
Admission freenpg.org.uk/bp
PublicationsBP Portrait Award 2015 exhibition catalogue with an essay by Neil Gaiman, £9.99 paperback
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Supported by BP
12 NOVEMBER 2015 – 21 FEBRUARY 2016Porter Gallery
Tickets £4 (Concessions £3)
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Last admission is one hour before the Gallery closes.
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Sponsored by Taylor Wessing
BP Portrait Award 2015
Taylor Wessing Photographic
Portrait Prize 2015
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Gallery Displays
Floor 2 Room 5Van Dyck: Transforming British Art
Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599 – 1641) was the most influential portrait painter ever to work in Britain. This display looks at the artist’s work and how he transformed British portraiture. Comprising portraits from the Gallery’s own Collection, supplemented by two rarely-seen paintings of King Charles I and Henrietta Maria from Chequers, the self-portrait is set alongside other works by the artist, paintings from his studio and portraits by his contemporaries and followers. Organised with support from the Art Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund
From 4 September
Across the Gallery Simon Schama’s Face of Britain
Historian Simon Schama has joined with National Portrait Gallery curators to take a fresh look at the Collection and present a cross-period exploration of the history of Britain through portraiture. Focusing on the themes of Power, Love, Fame, Self and People, he asks what makes a successful portrait and what this tells us about the individual and collective psyche of the time. Simon Schama’s accompanying five-part BBC series, with an associated book published by Viking Penguin, is broadcast this autumn.
From 16 September
Floor 0 Room 38 and 38aCreative Connections: Camden Radical Characters
Creative Connections showcases new work created by photographer Kate Peters and young people from Haverstock School in Camden. The photographic series responds to the lives, achievements and attributes of creative, visionary and pioneering people, past and present in the Gallery’s photography collection with a connection to Camden. Exhibited alongside the Collection, the display offers a playful invitation to explore the relationship between the two. Creative Connections is generously supported by the Palley Family
Until 11 October
Floor 0 Room 41 and 41aFriendship Portraits: Chantal Joffe and Ishbel Myerscough
This display of paintings by Chantal Joffe and Ishbel Myerscough explores the artists’ friendship and shared history, which dates back to their student days at Glasgow School of Art. In their self-portraits and portraits of each other and their children they attempt to search out what it feels like to be each other and, in turn, themselves.Supported by the William Brake Charitable Trust
Until 28 September
The Gallery’s changing programme of free displays highlight a range of themes, sitters and artists, as well as significant anniversaries and acquisitions.
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Inspiring People Nationally 9
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, BirminghamThe Modernist Face: Smith, Dobson and British Portraiture, 1920 – 60
Curated by University of Birmingham postgraduate students with the Barber Institute and the National Portrait Gallery, the exhibition features portraits of author Roald Dahl, actress Jean Simmons and textile designer Marian Dorn.
Until 27 September
Sunderland Museum and Winter GardensPicture the Poet
In collaboration with the National Literacy Trust and Apples and Snakes, this display showcases photographs of poets working today, including Benjamin Zephaniah, Kate Tempest and Carol Ann Duffy.
From 19 September
Floor 2Room 3 Until 17 January 2016The Tudor’s Reimagined: George Perfect Harding
Room 6 Until 13 September Cornelius Johnson: Charles I’s Forgotten Painter
Floor 1Room 23 Until 24 April 2016 William Gifford Palgrave: Master of Disguise
Room 24 and 31: case displays Until 24 January 2016 Curators’ Choice: Photographs from the Terence Pepper Gift
Room 25: case displayUntil 13 DecemberKeir Hardie: Radical, Socialist, Feminist
Room 28: case display Until 19 September ‘The artist’s cause at heart’: M.H. Spielmann, Collector and Donor
Room 28: case display From 21 September George Scharf and his Circles: the National Portrait Gallery and the Victorian art world
Room 29: case display Until 28 March 2016Aubrey Beardsley: Artist and Aesthete
Room 31 Until 25 October Women and the First World War
Room 31 From 27 October Public and Private: Winston Churchill in Photographs
The Gallery works collaboratively with venues around the country to loan works as part of a varied programme of touring exhibitions and displays.
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Opposite:Sir Anthony van Dyck by Sir Anthony van Dyck, c.1640
Simon Schama at the National Portrait Gallery, London © Oxford Film and Television Ltd
Radical Character #2 (Songs to Surrealism) (detail) by Kate Peters
Bella in Pyjamas (detail) by Chantal Joffe, 2010 © Chantal Joffe
This page:Jean Simmons (detail) by Sir Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith, c.1948-1949 © the Estate of Sir Matthew Bracy Smith
Kate Tempest by Dav Stewart, 2013 © Dav Stewart
Find out more npg.org.uk/beyondthegallery
Events are free unless otherwisestated. 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 npg.org.uk
AccessAll events are wheelchair accessible.
Events interpreted with British Sign Language or led in BSL. Please check listings for details.
Picture description for visually impaired visitors.
Audrey Hepburn: Portraits of an IconHardback £29.95Gallery-exclusive paperback £19.95
Giacometti: Pure PresenceHardback £29.95
A Portrait of FashionPaperback £24.95
Young People PAGE 20
Film Season PAGE 21
Families PAGE 19
Lunchtime Lectures PAGE 14
Weekend Workshops PAGE 15
Late Shift PAGE 16
Music PAGE 17
Access PAGE 18
Events Calendar
Discover these new titles published by the National Portrait Gallery. Available online and in our brand new Bookshop in the Ondaatje Wing Main Hall.
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In Conversation What Would Keir Hardie say? £8/£7
Live Music Jeremy Reed & The Ginger Light
Screening The Unforgiven £7/£6
Drop-in Drawing Let by artist Robin-Lee Hall
Sunday Session Hybrid Portraits
In Conversation Painting in Britain 1500 – 1630: Production, Influences and Patronage Free ticket required
Live Music Alba Duo
Screening Breakfast at Tiffany’s £7/£6
Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Susan Wilson
Weekend Workshop Painting Yourself into the Past £150/£125
Lunchtime Lecture Liberté! The Life of Second World War Heroine Noor Inayat Khan £3/£2
Lecture Simon Schama’s Face of Britain £8/£7
Live Music Late Shift Sessions: Audrey Hepburn
Screening Charade £7/£6
Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Grace Adam
The Portrait Choir Audrey Hepburn
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Visualising Portraits Friendship Portraits
In Conversation Friendship Portraits: Joffe and Myerscough
BSL Gallery Tour Picture in Focus: Sir Henry Unton
Live Music Yair Avidor and Eva Caballero
Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Gayna Pelham
Life Drawing Simon Schama’s Face of Britain £9/£7
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Sunday Session Celebrity Artist
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Screening Wait Until Dark £7/£6
Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Marc Woodhead
Weekend Workshop Beardsley’s Line £150/£125
Lunchtime Lecture Remembering Edith Cavell £3/£2
Lecture Writing in the Rain: Weather and the Arts in England £7/£5
Live Music Flotilla
Screening Robin and Marian £7/£6
Drop-in Drawing The Big Draw: Led by artist Andy Pankhurst
Pick up a Pencil The Big Draw: Every Drawing Tells a Story
(for ages 3+) Drop-in Family Session(for ages 7+) The Big Draw: Every Drawing Tells a Story
Lecture Inside Giacometti’s Studio £8/£7
Live Music Les Bougies Baroques
Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Grace Adam
Weekend Workshop Practical Portrait Photography £150/£125
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Three-Day Workshop Self, Power & Fame
Visualising Portraits Van Dyck: Transforming British Art
In Conversation On Liberty £8/£7
BSL Gallery Tour Face of Britain
Showcase Self, Power & Fame
Live Music Luca Luciano
Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Gayna Pelham
Life Drawing Concepts of Pure Presence £9/£7
Sunday Session Abandoning the Real
Lunchtime Lecture Fashioning the Face of Britain: Clothing and Power at the Stuart Court £3/£2
In Conversation Queer Perspectives
Live Music Syrinx
Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Robin-Lee Hall
Lecture Giacometti: Pure Presence £8/£7
Live Music Nadine Khouri
Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Marc Woodhead
Weekend Workshop The Quest for Reality: Giacometti & Uglow £150/£125
Special Sunday Session An Afternoon with Dame Jacqueline Wilson (for ages 8+)
Lunchtime Lecture A Curious Colony: Leicester Square and the Swiss £3/£2
In Conversation New Commissions
Live Music Musical Portraits
Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Grace Adam
In Conversation Oliver Jeffers £8/£7
Youth Insights Van Dyck & Portraiture
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Pick up a Pencil Simon Schama’s Face of Britain
Visualising Portraits Simon Schama’s Face of Britain
In Conversation Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2015
BSL GalleryTour Van Dyck: Transforming British Art
Live Music Concordia Foundation
Drop-in Drawing Led by artist Andy Pankhurst
Life Drawing The Hero and the Anti-hero £9/£7
Weekend Workshop Classic Photographic Portraits £150/£125
The Portrait Choir The Visitors’ Choir Rehearsal £35/£30
The Drawing Room
Events Calendar
Thursdays13.15 £3/£2
Immerse yourself in history, art and culture at our popular Lunchtime Lectures. Doors open at 12.45.
3 September‘Long to reign over us’: Britain’s Longest-reigning Monarchs, Elizabeth II and Queen VictoriaBiographer Matthew Dennison examines parallels in the lives and reigns of two long-lived queens and asks what is the significance of their longevity and extended period of pre-eminence to their country.
17 SeptemberLiberté! The Life of Second World War Heroine Noor Inayat KhanShrabani Basu, author of Spy Princess, traces the story of Noor Inayat Khan from her birth in Moscow to her death in a concentration camp in Germany and looks at the spirit that moved her.
1 OctoberVan Dyck: Transforming British ArtEmily Burns, Assistant Curator, explores how the 17th-century Flemish painter, Sir Anthony van Dyck, transformed the face of British portraiture.
15 OctoberRemembering Edith CavellEdith Cavell is remembered as a heroine of the First World War, executed in Brussels by the occupying German army for her role as a resistance worker. Cavell’s biographer Diana Souhami reassesses her true legacy.
Lunchtime Lectures
5 NovemberFashioning the Face of Britain: Clothing and Power at the Stuart CourtAt Stuart court it was important to dress to impress if you wanted power and prestige. Historian Jacqui Ansell decodes the sartorial signals of the sumptuous Stuart courts in the era of Peake, Mytens and Van Dyck.
19 NovemberA Curious Colony: Leicester Square and the SwissAs part of the Giacometti programme, Peter Barber, former Head of Cartographic and Topographic Material at the British Library, looks at the history of the Swiss association with Leicester Square and its neighbourhoods.
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12 – 13 SeptemberPainting Yourself into the PastPaint yourself into the 17th century using Sir Anthony van Dyck’s self portrait as inspiration. Join artist Robin-Lee Hall for a two-day workshop creating self-portraits and exploring Van Dyck’s methods. Suitable for all abilities.
26 – 27 SeptemberPhotography: Portraits of PowerPhotographer Giles Price leads a two-day practical photographic workshop investigating depictions of strength and power. Inspired by military portraits in the Collection and Giles’ own work with servicemen and women, you will work with a model in uniform to capture these innate qualities. This workshop is suitable for those who already have some knowledge of digital photography and know how to use their cameras in manual mode.
10 – 11 October Beardsley’s LineAubrey Beardsley’s distinctive line drawings and illustrations brought him notoriety and continue to be influential despite his short life. Taking inspiration from Beardsley’s work, artist Sara Lee will guide you through the process of preparing, cutting and printing a relief block print. Suitable for all abilities.
24 – 25 October Practical Portrait Photography Photographer Othello De’Souza-Hartley leads a two-day workshoplooking at light and composition.Inspired by the Collection and underexpert guidance you will develop your technique, experiment with studio and natural lighting, learn how to master fill-in flash and use props. This workshop is suitable for those who already have some knowledge ofdigital photography and know how touse their cameras in manual mode.
14 – 15 NovemberThe Quest for Reality: Giacometti & UglowArtist Andy Pankhurst examines the shared attempts of Alberto Giacometti and figurative artist Euan Uglow to realise a pictorial equivalent of reality. Explore these abstract and analytical concepts whilst working from a two-day sustained life model pose, combined with exhibition entry and gallery talks. Suitable for all abilities.
28 – 29 NovemberClassic Photographic PortraitsTaking inspiration from the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2015, hone your skills in this two-day practical workshop. This workshop is suitable for those who already have some knowledge of digital photography and know how to use their cameras in manual mode.
Saturdays and Sundays11.00 – 17.00 £150/£125
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.
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Weekend Workshop, 2015. Photograph by Karolina Malski-Darley
Enjoy a mix of art, music, drinks, talks and drawing. Every Thursday and Friday, 18.00 – 21.00
Drop-in Drawing
Join our popular and free 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.
Fri 25 SeptemberSimon Schama’s Face of Britain £9/£7Led by Grace Adam, draw five poses reflecting Power, Love, Fame, Self and People.
Fri 30 OctoberConcepts of Pure Presence £9/£7“To be able to make a head, one head, just once”. Inspired by Giacometti’s obsession with presence, Andy Pankhurst will help you explore new ways of portraying a model.
Fri 27 NovemberThe Hero and the Anti-hero £9/£7Join artist Gayna Pelham to compare dramatic poses with ordinary everyday actions and discover heroism in the mundane.
Talks 19.00
Thu 3 September What Would Keir Hardie say? £8/£7Writer Melissa Benn and MP Keir Starmer discuss Hardie’s political life and legacy, particularly for the Labour Party now.
Thu 10 SeptemberPainting in Britain 1500 – 1630: Production, Influences and Patronage Free ticket requiredChief Curator Tarnya Cooper and guests discuss research from the Making Art in Tudor Britain project.
Thu 17 September Simon Schama’s Face of Britain £8/£7Professor Simon Schama introduces the Gallery’s new themed display.
Thu 24 SeptemberFriendship Portraits: Joffe and Myerscough The artists discuss their very particular collaboration with Contemporary Curator Sarah Howgate.
Thu 1 OctoberAudrey Hepburn: International Cover Star £8/£7Exhibition co-curator Terence Pepper and film scholar Lucy Bolton analyse Hepburn’s status as an international cover girl.
Thu 8 OctoberA Portrait of Fashion £8/£7Dress historians Aileen Ribeiro and Cally Blackman launch their new book looking at the history of costume through the Collection.
Thu 15 OctoberWriting in the Rain: Weather and the Arts in England £7/£5 Alexandra Harris explores the effect of weather on artists and their work. Inpartnership with the Royal Society of Literature.
Thu 22 October Inside Giacometti’s Studio £8/£7Writer Michael Peppiatt looks inside Giacometti’s mysterious atelier.
Thu 29 October On Liberty £8/£7Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty, discusses the struggle for people’s freedoms with writer Rachel Holmes.
Thu 5 NovemberQueer PerspectivesResident artist Sadie Lee and guest discuss key works in the Collection.
Thu 12 NovemberGiacometti: Pure Presence £8/£7Exhibition curator Paul Moorhouse explores the importance of portraiture within Giacometti’s life and work.
Thu 19 November New Commissions Sarah Howgate talks to artists SeanHenry and Rupert Alexander about their commissions supported by J.P. Morgan.
Fri 20 NovemberOliver Jeffers £8/£7Artist and illustrator Oliver Jeffers discusses his Dipped Paintings project.
Thu 26 November Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2015Phillip Prodger discusses the 2015Prize with fellow judge Hannah Starkey and photographer David Titlow.
Late Shift
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Late Shift, 2015. Photograph by Simon Mooney
Fri 4 SeptemberJeremy Reed & The Ginger LightThe poet presents a response to the theme of People in Simon Schama’s Face of Britain.
Fri 11 SeptemberAlba DuoBaroque and Latin music from this dynamic flute and guitar duo.
Fri 18 SeptemberLate Shift Sessions: Audrey HepburnExploring the Audrey Hepburn exhibition with The Portrait Choir and leading musical theatre performers, including scenes from My Fair Lady.
Fri 25 SeptemberYair Avidor and Eva CaballeroBaroque flute and theorbo music from the Court of Versailles.
Fri 2 OctoberInti RowlandPoetic, intimate yet full-bodied music from this singer-songwriter.
Fri 9 OctoberThe Coach House CompanyFolk music from this five-piece band.
Music
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Live Music
Fridays 18.30 An eclectic range of free live music.
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The Portrait Choir
Performances and events by the Gallery’s choir in residence.
Fri 18 SeptemberLate Shift Sessions: Audrey HepburnSee Live Music listing. The Portrait Choir performance will be repeated on Saturday 19 September at 13.30.
Sun 29 NovemberThe Visitors’ Choir £35/£30For the first time, Gallery visitors areinvited to form a choir, rehearse together and perform alongside members of The Portrait Choir at Late Shift. The Visitors’ Choir will rehearse at the Gallery from 10.30 – 17.00 on Sunday 29 November and the performance will take place on Friday 4 December at 19.30 with a short rehearsal beforehand. Further details available atnpg.org.uk/theportraitchoir #PortraitChoir
The Portrait Choir is supported by Hani Farsi and the Mohamed S. Farsi Foundation
Fri 16 OctoberFlotillaA recital referencing early and folkmusic from this unique ensemble.
Fri 23 OctoberLes Bougies BaroquesThe battle for musical supremacy between four great composers.
Fri 30 OctoberLuca LucianoContemporary clarinet featuring Messiaen, Gershwin and original compositions by Luciano.
Fri 6 NovemberSyrinxWind band present music by Handel and Telemann.
Fri 13 NovemberNadine KhouriEffortlessly powerful vocals and loop-based experimentation.
Fri 20 NovemberMusical PortraitsWigmore Hall’s Ignite performpieces created by young people.
Fri 27 NovemberConcordia FoundationAn evening of music and theatre inthe spirit of a soiree musicale.
The Portrait Choir, 2015. Photograph by andystaplesphotography.com
Thu 24 SeptemberFriendship PortraitsThis talk will focus on the paintings and drawings of Joffe and Myerscough which capture their very particular artistic collaboration.
Thu 29 OctoberVan Dyck: Transforming British ArtExplore this fascinating display which includes Van Dyck’s last self-portrait.
Thu 26 NovemberSimon Schama’s Face of BritainFind out more about Schama’s cross-period selection of portraits through one of his chosen themes: Power, Love, Fame, Self and People.
The Gallery is fully accessible and welcomes everyone to take part in the rich programme of free events for all ages.
Access
Visualising Portraits
Free picture description talks for visually impaired visitors 14.00
The Drawing Room
Artist-led drop-in drawing sessions for disabled visitors 13.00 – 15.00
Take inspiration from the Collection to create your own work in these free creative workshops led by a practising artist. All materials provided. Visitors should meet in the Ondaatje Wing Main Hall.
Mon 28 SeptemberMon 26 OctoberMon 30 November
Supported by the Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation
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BSL Gallery Tour, 2015. Photograph by Simon Mooney
BSL Gallery Tours
Events interpreted with British Sign Language (BSL) or led in BSL19.30
Thu 24 SeptemberPicture in Focus: Sir Henry Unton Curator Charlotte Bolland discusses the findings of new research into this fascinating portrait. Interpreted into BSL.
Thu 29 OctoberFace of Britain Chisato Minamimura leads a tour of Simon Schama’s Face of Britain. In BSL with interpretation into English.
Thu 26 NovemberVan Dyck: Transforming British ArtJoin John Wilson for a tour of the display, led in BSL.
Sun 20 SeptemberTalking PortraitsDo you ever wonder what conversations the people in the portraits have when there is no one in the Gallery? Using a mixture of secret stories, sound, drawing, poetry and costume, come and bring the portraits to life with your very own imagined voices.
Sun 18 October The Big Draw: Every Drawing Tells a StoryJoin picture book illustrator Marta Altés for an afternoon exploring drawing in the Gallery.
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.
Holiday Activities
11.00 – 16.00Free ticket required for some workshops, available one hour before.
Special Sunday Session
14.00 – 15.30Free ticket required. Suitable for children aged 8+ accompanied by an adult.
Mon 26 – Fri 30 OctoberWalk the LineA week of ticketed and drop-in sessions inspired by Giacometti: Pure Presence. During the week families will have the opportunity to work with clay, plaster and wire to construct 3D models. The 14.30 Workshop on Mon 26 October will be BSL interpreted.
Family Activity BaseEvery weekend and weekdays during school holidays, families can collect information, resources and materials to inspire them about the Collection.
Sun 15 November An Afternoon with Dame Jacqueline WilsonJoin us to hear how Jacqueline Wilson started her writing career and created some of her best-loved characters as well as finding out which portraits from the Collection inspire her.
This autumn families can try out a range of activities in our drop-in and holiday sessions and visit our Family Activity Base.
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Above:Family Activity, 2014
Below: Dame Jacqueline Wilson. Photograph © James Jordan
Three-day Workshop
11.00 – 16.00 daily
Wed 28 – Fri 30 October Self, Power & FameInspired by key themes in SimonSchama’s Face of Britain,poet Anthony Anaxagorou andartist Peta Taylor lead a spoken wordworkshop, with a public showcase at 17.00 on Fri 30 October.
To book a Sunday Session or aThree-day Workshop, pleaseemail [email protected] call 020 7312 2483
Youth Insights
11.00 & 11.30
Sat 21 November Van Dyck & PortraitureMembers of the Gallery’s Youth Forum lead a short talk on Van Dyck.
Sun 6 SeptemberHybrid PortraitsVisit Creative Connections andwork with photographers Kate Peters and Marysa Dowling to create an object based photographic self-portrait. Communication support is available on request.
Sun 4 OctoberCelebrity ArtistBe inspired by Sir Anthony van Dyck’s17th-century social status and tryout his painting techniques. Led byartists Marc Woodhead and IsobelPeachey.
Sun 1 NovemberAbandoning the RealExplore 2D and 3D representationin response to Giacometti: Pure Presence. Led by artists Jasleen Kaur and Robin-Lee Hall.
Young People (ages 14 – 21)
Sunday Sessions
13.00 – 16.00
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.
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Pick up a Pencil, March 2015. Photograph by Elizabeth Doak
Pick up a Pencil
14.00 – 16.00
Friendly drop-in drawing sessions hosted by the Gallery’s Youth Forum on the third Saturday of every month. To get started, all you have to do is pick up a pencil, no need to book.
Sat 19 SeptemberFriendship Portraits with Chantal Joffe & Ishbel Myerscough
Sat 17 OctoberThe Big Draw: Every Drawing Tells a Story
Sat 21 NovemberSimon Schama’s Face of Britain
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Fri 4 September 18.30The Unforgiven (1960, PG)Distinctly cast against type, Hepburn plays the adopted daughter of a frontier family in this western based on a novel by Alan LeMay. Directed by John Huston, 116 min. Starring Burt Lancaster, Lillian Gish.
Fri 11 September 18.30 Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961, PG)In perhaps her most iconic role, which writer Truman Capote famously wrote for Marilyn Monroe, Hepburn shines as the effortlessly stylish Holly Golightly. Directed by Blake Edwards, 115 min. Starring George Peppard.
Fri 18 September 18.30Charade (1963, PG)In this Hitchcockian thriller, Hepburn plays a woman whose husband is murdered and finds herself pursued by shady characters after his hidden fortune. Directed by Stanley Donen, 109 min. Starring Cary Grant, Walter Matthau.
Fri 9 October 18.30Wait Until Dark (1967, 12)In this tense thriller for which Hepburn received her final Oscar nomination, she plays a young blind woman who is terrorised by a trio of thugs looking for a cache of heroin smuggled by her husband without her knowledge. A battle of wills ensues when she smashes every light bulb in her apartment. Directed by Terence Young, 108 min. Starring Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna.
Fri 16 October 18.30Robin and Marian (1976, PG)An aging and weary Robin Hood returns from the Crusades and seeks out Marian, now an Abbess at a priory, more than twenty years after their first meeting. The Sherriff of Nottingham is still up to his old tricks. Directed by Richard Lester, 103 min. Starring Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Nicol Williamson, Robert Shaw.
In celebration of the Audrey Hepburn: Portraits of an Icon exhibitionenjoy a film season including some of the star’s standout performances. All film screenings take place in the Ondaatje Wing Theatre, Floor -2.
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Audrey Hepburn and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in Wait Until Dark (released 1967). Courtesy of Terence Pepper
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron replica by Thomas Phillips, c.1835
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