CHANGE – AND INDEED, EVOLUTION – has always been at the heart of London’s National Portrait Gallery. Its latest redevelopment, its biggest to date, entitled Inspiring People, certainly embodies this ethos. Supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, after a three-year closure, the Gallery finally reopens its doors in style this June. With much needed revitalisation overdue, general refurbishment felt timely, providing, as the Gallery says, “the opportunity to connect with new and existing visitors and ensure the space remains relevant to all audiences in the 21st century.”
The largest collection of portraits in the world with over 220,000 works, the National Portrait Gallery was first launched in December 1856 with the simple aim of collecting likenesses of
