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National Portrait Gallery

The National Gallery Becomes the Latest Art Institution to Cut Ties With BP

The Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Galleries of Scotland have done the same.
By Helen Holmes

Kate Middleton Started a Book Treasure Hunt in Honor of the ‘Hold Still’ Launch

The Duchess of Cambridge hid special copies of the book around the U.K.
By Morgan Halberg

How Kate Middleton Helped Turn Her Pandemic Photo Project Into a Charitable Book

The Duchess of Cambridge first launched 'Hold Still' in May last year.
By Morgan Halberg

Kate and Prince William Went Right Back to Work in London

By Morgan Halberg

After the National Galleries of Scotland, What Other Arts Orgs Will Cut Ties With BP?

By Helen Holmes

The 51 Artists, Curators, Directors and Dealers Changing the Art World in 2018

By Margaret Carrigan, Juliet Helmke and Guelda Voien
Portrait of Michelle Obama by Amy Sherald and portrait of Barack Obama by Kehinde Wiley.

What Critics Are Saying About the Obamas’ Official Portraits

By Margaret Carrigan
A classic response to some...er...strange art.

Kate Middleton Put Her Art History Degree to Good Use

By Dena Silver
The sign for the Comet Ping Pong restaurant is seen in Washingon, DC, on December 5, 2016. An assault rifle-wielding gunman's appearance at a Washington pizzeria that was falsely reported to house a pedophile ring has elevated worries over the unrelenting rise of fake news and malicious gossip on the internet. No one was injured when 28-year-old Edgar Maddison Welch strode into the Comet Ping Pong restaurant, packed with families on a Sunday afternoon, and fired off a round from his AR-15.

Pizzagate-Inspired Digital Art, Stefan Simchowitz Talks the Future of the Art Market

By Alanna Martinez
A photograph showing former White House intern Monica Lewinsky meeting President Bill Clinton at a White House function submitted as evidence in documents by the Starr investigation and released by the House Judicary committee September 21, 1998.

From Zimmerman to Lewinsky, a Look at Where Our Criminal Artifacts Are Now

By Michael Malice
Screenshot of Trollstation's video of the art heist hoax last July at London's National Portrait Gallery.

Fame Whores Behind Fake Art Heist Get Jail Time

By Guelda Voien
New Marin County Park Features Statue Of "Star Wars" Character Yoda

George Lucas Eyes San Francisco for Museum, ABC No Rio Faces Wrecking Ball

By Alanna Martinez
George Washington, (ca. 1795) by Gilbert Stuart.

When Painting George Washington Was a Cottage Industry

By Daniel Grant
Chevalier d'Eon, Thomas Stewart. (Courtesy National Portrait Gallery, London)

London’s National Portrait Gallery Acquires First Portrait of Transvestite

By Rozalia Jovanovic
Get a load of that 'stache.

Mustache Is Art at National Portrait Gallery in Australia

By Michael H. Miller
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