Van Gogh: Poets Lovers And Emotional Directness – Sue Hubbard
If there is one exhibition you should see in London this autumn, it has to be Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at the National Gallery…
15 September 2024
National Gallery London
Titian: A Pity To Miss – National Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Titian show at the National Gallery in London has arrived at a particularly inauspicious moment. Major public galleries in Europe are shutting their doors because of the coronavirus. The National Gallery has now temporarily closed.
19 March 2020
Lorenzo Lotto Metaphors Through Gestures And Symbols – Edward Lucie-Smith
Tucked away in a group of spaces on the gloomy ground floor of the National Gallery is a superb exhibition that seems likely to attract less attention than it should in fact get.
6 November 2018
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne
This exhibition of over forty works is centred around the loan of 26 masterpieces from the Courtauld Gallery featuring work by Daumier, Manet, Renoir, Cezanne, Seurat and Bonnard.
Daily 10am–6pm (last admission 5pm) Fridays 10am–9pm (last admission 8.15pm)
Ed Ruscha: Course of Empire
See Ed Ruscha’s modern take on the cyclical nature of civilisation, evocative of Thomas Cole’s series of the same name.
Daily 10am-6pm Friday 10am-9pm
Michelangelo Plaster Casts More Convincing Than Sebastiano – National Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
The current Michelangelo & Sebastiano show at the National Gallery here in London is very much the kind of exhibition that one feels a great institution ought to be doing: spaciously presented, tirelessly scholarly, you couldn’t wish for a better introduction to these major names in Italian Renaissance art.
16 April 2017
National Gallery Mounts Solo Exhibition Devoted To Picture Frames
The National Gallery is challenging the way we see paintings by focusing on the picture frames that the works of… Read More
16 March 2015
Impressionist Impresario: The Man Who Marketed The Movement – National Gallery London
Paul Durand Ruel (1831-1922) believed that, “a true picture dealer should be an enlightened patron; that he should, if necessary,… Read More
4 March 2015
Hannah Rothschild Appointed New Chair of the National Gallery London
It has been announced that Hannah Rothschild, a writer, a filmmaker has been appointed by them as Chair of the… Read More
8 December 2014
National Gallery London Acquires Art Dealer Agnew & Sons Archive
London’s National Gallery has purchased the important archive belonging to the art dealers Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, following the… Read More
5 March 2014
Van Gogh Sunflowers Reunited For New National Gallery Display
London’s National Gallery are to exhibit two versions of Vincent van Gogh’s iconic Sunflowers side by side for the first… Read More
28 October 2013
London’s National Gallery And Birmingham’s Barber Institute Swap Masterpieces To Celebrate Anniversary
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the foundation of Birmingham’s Barber Institute of Fine Arts, the National Gallery, London is… Read More
22 May 2013
Van Gogh Sunflowers Projected Onto National Gallery To Celebrate Your Paintings Project
Oversized images of publicly owned masterpieces were projected on to the National Gallery building in Trafalgar Square last night, as… Read More
9 February 2013
Richard Hamilton Shock and Awe The Late Works – Review
There is a famous story about Giotto, Cimabue, and a fly. Cimabue, the master, left Giotto alone in the studio… Read More
28 November 2012
Photography Given Kudos In First National Gallery Exhibition – Review
The exploration of the relationship between painting and photography is so large a topic that this complex, sober exhibition cannot… Read More
31 October 2012
Michael Landy Artist In Residence At National Gallery
SAINTS ALIVE, is a new sculptural installation by Michael Landy who will also be the 2013 Rootstein Hopkins Associate Artist… Read More
18 June 2012
Protesters Call To Disarm the National Gallery London
Anti-arms trade campaigners to call action in Trafalgar Square tomorrow Anti Arms campaigners have called a protest for Saturday 31… Read More
30 March 2012
Is Titian’s ALLEGORY OF PRUDENCE A Misattribution?
The Allegory of Prudence is an iconic masterpiece attributed to the Venetian Renaissance artist, Titian. It is a popular painting… Read More
21 August 2011
Poussin Masterpieces Vandalised At London’s National Gallery
Man arrested after spraying works with red paint Two paintings by the French old master, Nicholas Poussin have been vandalised… Read More
18 July 2011
London da Vinci Exhibition Set To Break Records
This autumn The National Gallery in London is set to break all records with a new exhibition of masterpieces by… Read More
10 May 2011
British Museums Most Popular in World
Figures released today place British Museums at the top, taking three out of the first five positions globally. Only the… Read More
31 March 2011