09-06-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

The many faces of Marilyn Monroe on display in London exhibition

There are nearly 300 Marilyn Monroes in the National Portrait Gallery at the moment as they put on a centenary exhibition about the woman whose image was fixed by an untimely death.The exhibition opens with two images, one instantly recognisable as an Andy Warhol print, but opposite something small and easy to overlook – an early, untouched photo of a young lady. That’s the Norma Jeane who would become Marilyn Monroe.
Then there’s room after room of Marilyn. A smorgasbord of Ma
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