Inside the £40m National Portrait Gallery renovation

After three years shuttered to the public, the National Portrait Gallery is about to fling open its monumental bronze doors to reveal the results of a £40 million facelift. So has the makeover from 'glum' Victoriana to 21st-century space been worth the time and money? The Telegraph's chief art critic Alastair Sooke has had exclusive access over the entire time and spoken to its key personnel to find out...
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[@stuartwilsdon9683]

Can’t wait to see it in person! One of my favourite London galleries and one of the best architecturally. Looks as though it’s been reborn! 😊

[@christianfrommuslim]

Bravo!

[@jamesdunlop8704]

Not much change apart from adding another entrance and moving the shop and some of the pictures have been moved around. The sight of and from the long main escalator has been ruined. A waste of money that could have been much better spent.

[@yoya4766]

Architects talk up their work, but the reality is often very disappointing. Even in this brief glimpse the garish blue walls distract the eye from the paintings.
No modern architect has built anything as good as architects of the very distant past.