Daniel Baker
- Artist: Malgorzata Mirga-Tas
- Date: 2025
- Medium: acrylic and fabrics on canvas
- Dimensions: 66 7/8 in. x 47 1/4 in. (1700 mm x 1200 mm) overall
- Museum: The National Portrait Gallery
- Collection record: The National Portrait Gallery website
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About this artwork
Before you is a large acrylic and fabric portrait by Malgorzata Mirga‑Tas, created in 2025. The canvas measures about 1700 mm wide and 1200 mm high, giving the work its dramatic scale. You see Daniel Baker standing confident, holding one of his own signs that he uses to discuss how casual racism punctuates everyday life. He wears a distinctive headpiece—a hat or other head attire—hinting at Romani visual culture.
The artist blends acrylic paint with fabrics for texture and depth, making the surface feel almost tactile. Baker is a Kent‑born London‑based curator and theorist who has written about Romani art; he met Mirga‑Tas in 2017 at an exhibition organized by the European Roma Institute. This portrait captures that encounter.
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Daniel Baker is in the collection of The National Portrait Gallery at St Martin's Place, London — free to enter. Point your phone at any artwork there and audioguide.london plays a free audio guide in six languages — no app download needed.
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