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The National Portrait Gallery
Last Thursday saw the opening of the Lucian Freud exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery, and one important guest among those celebrating the life and works of this outstanding artist was the leading lady herself, the Duchess of Cambridge, who was out on her first solo royal engagement. It’s a dramatic backdrop; a grand and...
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Ida Kar has featured prominently within the cultural review pages recently owing to the in-depth exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery, paying tribute to her lifetime achievements as a bohemian photographer. Born in Russia to Armenian parents, Kar was subject to a relatively privileged childhood before leaving home for university to study medicine in Paris....
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