Art What’s On
Exposed: The Naked Portrait
Venue: Laing Art Gallery
Date: Oct 27th 2018 - Mar 3rd 2019
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Price: £10 with donation/£8 without donation/£7.20 concession
Detail
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.