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You might be wondering how we protect works while they are on loan, well here’s the story... One of our most popular portraits, depicting the novelist Emily Brontë, has headed to West Yorkshire for display at the Brontë Parsonage Museum. Hear from our conservator, Eleonora, as she tells the story of Brontë’s pre-holiday preparations in our latest blog, Wuthering fluctuations: a tragic love of temperature and humidity. Link below. https://lnkd.in/e6MfGR-E Visit the @bronteparsonagemuseum to see this work on display until 31 October 2025. 🎨 Emily Brontë by Patrick Branwell Brontë, circa 1833 © National Portrait Gallery, London

The National Portrait Gallery and Spirit Now London are delighted to announce three new acquisitions made through the ‘Spirit Now London Acquisition Prize – Donation to a Museum’ in partnership with Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2025. We are delighted to be the chosen museum for the fourth edition by the ‘Spirit of Giving Committee’, chaired by Marie-Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre in partnership with Frieze. The works entering the Gallery’s Collection are two 1978 photographs of Leonora Carrington, the Surrealist painter and novelist, by Stella Snead, a British artist renowned for her Surrealist work, and a 1954 self-portrait by Madge Gill, who created an extraordinary body of drawings, paintings and embroideries from the 1920s to her death in 1961.   1 & 2 Leonora Carrington by Stella Snead, 1978  2. Untitled (self-portrait) by Madge Gill, 1954 Richard Saltoun Gallery, The Gallery of Everything

You picked Memories by Martyn Harris as the winner of this year's visitor pick! It's your last chance to see this portrait and more in the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2025. Exhibition ends this Sunday 12 October. 🤝 Supported by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. 🎨 Memories, 2024 by Martyn Harris © Martyn Harris

“Be daring, be different, be impractical”, and visit Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World 📸 Open today until 11 January 2026. Plan your visit now: https://lnkd.in/eAut7DBQ 🎥 Lane + Co

On #WorldTeachersDay, we celebrate the educators who open doors to creativity, imagination, and discovery. Through arts, culture, and history, teachers help children and young people see the world - and themselves - in new ways. ➡️ Tell us about your favourite teacher... ⭐We’re proud to support this work through our Schools hub. Explore our school resources, videos, and sessions - all inspired by inspirational figures and works, including social justice and anti-racism campaigner Doreen Lawrence. Find out more via the following link: www.npg.org.uk/schoolshub 🎨Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon by Thomas Ganter, 2020 © National Portrait Gallery, London

It’s Legacy Week (1–7 October) 🎉 We’re celebrating the extraordinary difference you can make by leaving a gift in your Will to the National Portrait Gallery. As a charity, we rely on the generosity of supporters like you. Gifts in Wills help us inspire future generations to discover, learn, and create. Last year alone, 56,000 school visitors came through our doors, with over 10,000 students taking part in hands-on learning sessions. With your support, our programmes can continue to create meaningful opportunities for everyone to connect, learn, and engage with the nation’s stories. Leaving a gift in your Will isn’t just a gesture—it’s an enduring legacy that nurtures the next generation of art lovers and creatives. To find out how you can make a lasting impact, visit our website ➡️https://lnkd.in/e4JsGfPM or email [email protected].

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