Exposed: The Naked Portrait special preview
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Dates
26 October 2018 (historic event)
About
Please note due to the explicit nature of this exhibition those aged 16 years and below must be accompanied by an adult.
Don’t miss this very special opportunity to see Exposed: The Naked Portrait exhibition before the rest of the public.
Join exhibition curator Amy Barker for an exclusive early view and tour. The tour will be half an hour at 3pm followed by time to view until 4pm.
Exposed: The Naked Portrait
This exhibition of unclothed portraits from the National Portrait Gallery Collection invites questions about identity and gender, the real and ideal. It includes portraits of exposed sitters from Nell Gwyn to Naomi Campbell, Gilbert & George to John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Featured artists include Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell, Sam Taylor-Johnson, David Hockney, Annie Leibovitz, Linda McCartney, Tracy Emin, David Bailey, Mario Testino and Dorothy Wilding. This exhibition is a partnership jointly curated between the National Portrait Gallery and the Laing Art Gallery.
Image: Mick Jagger; Jerry Hall by Norman Parkinson, July 81 © Norman Parkinson / Iconic Images (detail)
Funders
National Portrait Gallery
