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National Portrait Gallery, London

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The National Portrait Gallery was established with the criteria that the Gallery was to be about history, not about art, and about the status of the sitter, rather than the quality or character of a particular image considered as a work of art. This criterion is still used by the Gallery today when deciding which works enter the National Portrait Gallery's collection. 

The Primary Collection contains more than 11,000 portraits. Of these about 4,000 are paintings, sculptures and miniatures, approaching 60% of which are regularly displayed, with the intention to show a further selection. In addition, there are almost 7,000 light-sensitive works on paper, shown on a rotating basis of about 300 items a year to avoid excessive light exposure and thus to minimise deterioration and fading.


Current exhibitions

Cecil Beaton鈥檚 Fashionable World - National Portrait Gallery, London
Cecil Beaton鈥�s Fashionable World
09 Oct, 2025 - 11 Jan, 2026
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2025 - National Portrait Gallery, London
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2025
13 Nov, 2025 - 08 Feb, 2026
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23 Oct, 2025
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Contact details

Sunday - Wednesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday - Friday
10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saint Martin's Place London, UK WC2H 0HE
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