Join your fellow Walpole members for an exclusive curator-led tour of the National Portrait Gallery's highly anticipated new exhibition, Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait before the work day starts.
In celebration of the Hollywood icon's 100th birthday and in association with the Marilyn Monroe estate, Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait will explore the life, career and legacy of Marilyn Monroe through portraits created by some of the greatest photographers and artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Bringing together works by Andy Warhol, Pauline Boty, Marlene Dumas, James Gill, Rosalyn Drexler and Audrey Flack, alongside over 20 era-defining photographers, including Cecil Beaton, Philippe Halsman, Bernard of Hollywood, André de Dienes, Eve Arnold, Inge Morath, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Milton Greene, Sam Shaw, Richard Avedon and George Barris, the exhibition will foreground Monroe’s collaborative approach to image making and her creative agency.
Places are limited, so if you are keen to attend, please let our team know using the link below as soon as you can.
Image credit: Marilyn Monroe Waving to Fans at the Savoy Hotel, London, 1956 by Larry Burrows © Larry Burrows Estate
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