Culture
UK National Portrait Gallery's £44 Million Investment Pays Off
After three years of renovation, the country’s preeminent portrait gallery has new stories to tell.
The Blavatnik Wing at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Photographer: Carlotta Cardana/BloombergLondon’s National Portrait Gallery was desperately in need of refurbishment for years.
“It was overcrowded, the galleries looked stuffy and unwelcoming, we didn’t have enough space to show our contemporary collection let alone our photographs collection, and the whole place looked rather shabby,” says Alison Smith, the NPG’s chief curator.