This exhibition, one of the first-ever to explore Raphael’s complete career, looks at his celebrated paintings and drawings as well as his work in architecture, poetry, and design for sculpture, tapestry and prints.
Open daily 10am–6pm and Friday until 9pm
One of the centrepieces of the National Galleries’ long-awaited Raphael exhibition has been withdrawn due to the escalating war in… Read More
11 March 2022
Damien Hirst Earns $25m With His NFT Edition – Art Basel Gazumps FIAC Taking Grand Palais Slot – Gainsborough’s Blue Boy Returns To London
26 January 2022
On the centenary of its last public appearance in the UK, The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough returns to the National Gallery.
daily 10am–6pm and Friday until 9pm
The New England artist Winslow Homer (1836–1910), will have his first major UK show at London’s National Gallery. Homer is… Read More
12 January 2022
Albrecht Dürer, himself, lived in Nuremberg throughout his life but made several significant European journeys.
11 December 2021
Kehinde Wiley is an American artist best known for his portraits that render people of colour in the traditional settings of Old Master paintings.
Open daily 10am–6pm and Friday until 9pm
The National Gallery London will feature an exhibition of the American Artist Kehinde Wiley (b. 1977, Los Angeles).
10 November 2021
The first major UK exhibition of the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer for nearly twenty years is set to open at London’s National Gallery.
4 November 2021
The first exhibition dedicated to Poussin and dance.
daily 10am–6pm and Friday until 9pm
Liverpool Loses UNESCO World Heritage Status – National Gallery To Buy Sir Thomas Lawrence The Red Boy – Art Fund Museum of the Year 2021 Shortlist
22 July 2021
Dr Gabriele Finaldi, Director of the National Gallery, has chosen 20 works for a virtual exhibition.
online
Yinka Shonibare 2021 RA Coordinator – Tony Cragg At Houghton Hall – National Gallery Announces Shortlist For Bicentenary Revamp
8 April 2021
Last Sunday, the Times carried not one but two pieces by Waldemar Januszczak, its resident art critic, who is certainly one of the best in that slightly esoteric line of business. The first Kehinde Wiley the second on Antony Gormley.
23 February 2021
National Gallery 200th Birthday Revamp – Derelict IKEA To Become Coventry Arts Centre – New Laws To Protect Historic UK Statues
16 February 2021
DESERT X 2021 Postponed – National Gallery’s Top 20 Online Paintings – Studio Voltaire Set Autumn Reopen Date
6 February 2021
Two virtual tours of a selection of the National Gallery’s collection.
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Lockdown II – When the first lockdown started in March last year, Tate, like all Art Galleries, suffered financially.
11 January 2021
The National Gallery was hoping to open a re-arranged immersive digital experience inspired by Jan Gossaert’s 16th-century masterpiece ‘The Adoration of the Kings’, on 6 January but due to the COVID Pandemic, this is looking increasingly unlikely.
4 January 2021
Dürer’s Journeys – Travels of a Renaissance Artist is a major new show announced for the National Gallery this Autumn. This will be the first significant UK exhibition of the artist’s works in such a wide range of media for nearly twenty years
17 November 2020
The next 12 months,’ so the press release tells one, ‘will see the National Gallery work with Nikon on a broad schedule of online content all aimed at letting people take inspiration from one of the greatest art collections in the world
12 November 2020
The Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition has opened at the National Gallery at long last. It is accompanied by a handsome, fully illustrated hardcover catalogue. The hassle is that you have to book your slot to see it.
1 October 2020
The National Gallery is re-opening its doors, somewhat in advance of the Tates. The Titian show of mythological paintings made for Philp II of Spain is once again available, though it isn’t continuing on to Scotland.
8 July 2020
Following the Prime Minister’s announcement that museums and galleries may reopen from Saturday 4 July providing they adhere to COVID Secure guidelines, the following museums and galleries have released details. Here is a useful guide to the planned reopenings. Artlyst will update the list as new information becomes available.
30 June 2020
The National Gallery has announced that the universally acclaimed exhibition Titian: Love, Desire, Death will be extended due to the generosity of its partners and lenders. The show will reopen when the National Gallery does. The gallery was forced to shut on 18 March 2020 due to COVID-19.
4 June 2020
The National Gallery played an inspiring role during wartime including VE Day. It was one of the few places in London where you could find a programme of cultural activity – concerts.
4 May 2020
The much-anticipated Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition at the National Gallery in London has now been indefinitely postponed, to the disappointment of many.
16 April 2020
London’s National Gallery is cleverly telling the Easter story through paintings in their collection. The story of the events leading up to and following the Crucifixion, known as the Passion of Christ is explored.
8 April 2020
Daughter, wife, mother, lover, painter: Artemisia challenged conventions to become a famous artist and one of the greatest storytellers of her time.
on demand
Titian’s sensuous interpretation of Classical myths of love, temptation, and punishment
Daily 10-6 Friday until 9pm
Sin brings together paintings from the National Gallery’s collection dating from the 16th to the 18th century with loans from important private and public collections including modern and contemporary works by Andy Warhol, Tracey Emin, and Ron Mueck.
Open daily 10am–6pm Friday until 9pm
The first exhibition in the UK exploring sin in art will be staged at the National Gallery this spring. ‘Sin’ will bring together paintings from the National Gallery’s collection dating from the 16th to the 18th century with loans from important private and public collections including modern and contemporary works by Andy Warhol, Tracey Emin, and Ron Mueck.
9 February 2020
