The National Gallery Archives

The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in December

6 December 2024 • Tabish Khan

Van Gogh, India, photography, money and a giant body.

The National Gallery’s Christine Riding to give 2024 Ruskin Lecture.

21 October 2024 • Mark Westall

The 10th Annual Ruskin To-Day Brantwood London Lecture will be given by Christine Riding, Director of Collections and Research of the National Gallery,

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The National Gallery acquires major painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

16 August 2024 • Mark Westall

The National Gallery has acquired After the Audience by the British Dutch-born painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836 –1912) for £2… Read More

The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in July

5 July 2024 • Tabish Khan

Michelangelo, barbed wire, Caravaggio, heat vision and sculpture.

Clore Duffield Foundation celebrates 60th Anniversary with £30 million gift.

3 June 2024 • Mark Westall

Dame Vivien Duffield has made a major gift of £30m to the Clore Duffield Foundation to celebrate its 60th Anniversary.

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National Gallery to display Caravaggio’s last painting in new exhibition.

14 April 2024 • Mark Westall

Opening this week the National Gallery will display Caravaggio’s last painting, not seen in the UK for nearly 20 years

The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in January

13 January 2024 • Tabish Khan

Miniatures, moustaches, fashion filters, drawings and masterpieces.

National Gallery searches for 200 digital creators to celebrate Bicentenary NG200.

4 September 2023 • Mark Westall

The National Gallery today begins the search for a network of 200 UK-based digital creators to join in with the upcoming Bicentenary celebration NG200 along with social media communities around the world.

The National Gallery continues its ‘Pay What You Wish’ scheme for its major autumn exhibition Frans Hals.

15 August 2023 • Mark Westall

The National Gallery has announced that its first-ever Pay What You Wish scheme, launched as a response to the cost-of-living crisis, will continue as part of its major autumn exhibition The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Frans Hals

The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in London in August

6 August 2023 • Tabish Khan

Impressionism, gold, family, space and museums galore.

The Top 6 Art Exhibitions to see in London in late July

22 July 2023 • Tabish Khan

LEGO, sins, saints, London and a giant rock.

The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in London in June

3 June 2023 • Tabish Khan

Sculpture, photography, beauty and bling.

After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art – REVIEW

6 April 2023 • Bryson Edward Howe

After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art at the National Gallery (25th March – 13th August 2023) includes some of the most important works of art created between 1886 and 1914.

The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance Now Open

26 March 2023 • Mark Westall

The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance is now open in the National Gallery.

After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art

23 March 2023 • Mark Westall

After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art opens at the National Gallery this week featuring 97 works – 32% of which are from private collections so are rarely seen, this and the fact that the exhibition features some of the most important works of art created between 1886 and around 1914 make this a must-see exhibition.