The actor’s life in pictures, from mousey-haired teen to American icon to her shocking death at 36, beams with the charm that defined a century. But why aren’t we shown more of what lay behind the smile?

The National Portrait Gallery’s highly anticipated Marilyn exhibition – in celebration of what would have been her 100th birthday – is full of striking, evocative magic. But when…

A photo of the Hollywood icon reading James Joyce upends the dumb blonde stereotype; part of a new exhibition exploring Monroe’s agency in her own image-making.