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The archive offers an invaluable insight into Bowie’s evolution as a musical and cultural icon and features photography, handwritten lyrics, self-portraits and costumes.
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Kylie's birthday celebrations included a lavish-looking dinner as well as a creative self-portrait painting session.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
That celebrated epigram is delivered by the character of Octave, who is the greatest creation of Renoir’s career—not least because he’s played by Renoir in a performance that’s essentially a self-portrait, even an onscreen self-creation.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 July 2025
The work shows a self-portrait of Jones on all fours looking up at the viewer, while in the top right corner is a clipping from a leaflet attributed to The Centre for Spastic Children in Cheyne Walk.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Kylie's birthday celebrations included a lavish-looking dinner as well as a creative self-portrait painting session.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
That celebrated epigram is delivered by the character of Octave, who is the greatest creation of Renoir’s career—not least because he’s played by Renoir in a performance that’s essentially a self-portrait, even an onscreen self-creation.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 July 2025
The work shows a self-portrait of Jones on all fours looking up at the viewer, while in the top right corner is a clipping from a leaflet attributed to The Centre for Spastic Children in Cheyne Walk.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
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“Self-portrait.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-portrait. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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