Making Faces

Comprising just 22 works, this artfully formed show makes a pleasant change of pace from the summer's blockbuster exhibitions.

The latest in the National Gallery's touring series, it arrives in London from Bristol via Newcastle, and features portraits by artists as diverse as Goya, Renoir and Warhol.

Its theme is, of course, the human face, and viewers are led through the different ways that artists have chosen to represent it, from the profile portraits of 15th-century Italy to Frank Auerbach's abstracted images of 'Julia'.

Highlights include Hogarth's 'The Shrimp Girl' and Rembrandt's 'Belshazzar's Feast'.

Thur 15 Jul-Sun 26 Sep, National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, WC2 (020-7747 2885).