National Portrait Gallery Archives

Toba Tucker Wins the 2024 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Lee Krasner Award

Toba Tucker, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK California #8366 (2017), Bridalveil Fall, Archival inkjet print. Image courtesy of the artist The Pollock-Krasner Foundation just announced contemporary American photographer Toba Tucker as the …

Portrait of UK’s King Charles elicits interesting reactions: ‘like he’s bathing in blood’

by Walter Watson

“It looks like he’s bathing in blood,” a third concluded. The painting, which stands at an impressive 2.6 by 2 metres (8½ by 6½ feet), was commissioned three years ago …

Inside the National Portrait Gallery’s 2024 Gala

by Haddis Thomas

(L to R) Courtney Love, Andre Balazs and Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece. Dave Benett/Getty Images for Nat Earlier this week, London’s National Portrait Gallery held its first fundraising Gala since …