LONDON ISSUE 190 > National Portrait Gallery showcase Magazine Dec 2009
London
associations & events
National Portrait Gallery
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exhibition: beatles to bowie
Photo: the beatles by robert whitaker
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exhibition: beatles to bowie
Photo: david bowie by david h. bebbington
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exhibition: irving penn portraits
Photo: marlene dietrich by irving penn
Upcoming events at the National Portrait Gallery:
Beatles to Bowie - until 24th January. This major exhibition explores the leading pop music personalities who helped create 'Swinging London' in the 1960s. Over 150 photographs, together with a range of memorabilia, illustrate how the photographic image, music and performance made these pop stars the leading icons of their time.
The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009 presents the very best in contemporary portrait photography until 14th February 2010.
Irving Penn Portraits will include over 120 exquisite prints, many vintage, ranging from his earliest portraits for Vogue magazine in 1944 to the present day, from 18th February onwards.
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