# National Portrait Gallery Museum in Westminster, London, one of On View's top museums there. - Address: St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE - Hours: Daily 10:30–6 (Fri, Sat to 9) - Website: https://www.npg.org.uk/ - Directions: - On the map: https://onview.so/london/map/national-portrait-gallery Free entry to the collection; the big exhibitions are ticketed. ## Exhibitions ### Issy Wood: *Artist Focus: Self-Portraits* Oct 9, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027 · on view, just opened The first of three yearly Artist Focus presentations, showing Issy Wood's self-portrait paintings begun in 2020. Full details: [npg.org.uk](https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions) On On View: https://onview.so/london/national-portrait-gallery/artist-focus-self-portraits ### Tim Walker: *Fairyland: Love and Legends* Oct 9, 2026 – Feb 7, 2027 · on view, just opened New portraits of queer activists, performers, artists and writers by the photographer Tim Walker, made over five years, in his fairy-tale style. Full details: [npg.org.uk](https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions) On On View: https://onview.so/london/national-portrait-gallery/fairyland-love-and-legends ### *Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026* Group exhibition · Nov 5, 2026 – Jan 17, 2027 · coming up The annual photographic portrait competition (formerly the Taylor Wessing prize), with the selected prints on show. Full details: [npg.org.uk](https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions) On On View: https://onview.so/london/national-portrait-gallery/winston-taylor-photo-portrait-prize-2026 ## Past exhibitions - [*Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026*](https://onview.so/london/national-portrait-gallery/herbert-smith-freehills-kramer-portrait-award-2026.md): Jun 25 – Oct 7, 2026 --- On View's listing, as of Wednesday, October 14, 2026. Every gallery and museum in London: https://onview.so/london.md. All of On View: https://onview.so/llms.txt