SEN Journal: Online Exclusives is excited to bring you the latest feature for our current theme on nationalism, ethnicity and art. We are pleased to present this exclusive interview with Inga Fraser, Assistant Curator of the Contemporary and Later 20th Century Collections at the National Portrait Gallery, in London, UK.
Founded in 1856, the National Portrait Gallery seeks ‘to promote through the medium of portraits the appreciation and understanding of the men and women who have made and are making British history and culture, and to promote the appreciation and understanding of portraiture in all media’ [1]. Over the last thirty years the Gallery has commissioned some 160 portrait paintings, sculptures, drawings and mixed media works, as well as many photographs, which form the backbone of the Contemporary Collection.
Karen Seegobin interviewed Inga Fraser on the role of nationalism in the process of commissioning portraits for the National Portrait Gallery.