Chris Ofili’s big tapestry, commissioned by the Clothworkers’ Company and now on view at the Sunley Room at the National Gallery, doesn’t seem to have attracted nearly as much attention as it should have done. It’s a pretty spectacular object, and in addition to that, it ticks all sorts of boxes.
12 July 2017
Marking the centenary of Edgar Degas’ (1834–1917) death on 27 September 1917, Drawn in Colour: Degas from the Burrell has been announced as a major new show at the National Gallery this Autumn.
11 July 2017
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
The National Gallery will unveil a new tapestry by the Turner Prize-winning artist Chris Ofili. Titled the Caged Bird’s Song, the exhibition marks the first time the artist has worked in the medium of tapestry and will include a series of preparatory works on paper in an installation conceived by the artist for the Gallery’s Sunley Room.
24 March 2017
An iconic English painting, The Morning Walk, by Sir Thomas Gainsborough has been vandalised by a visitor to the gallery. Members of the public and staff restrained a man who scratched the work, with a sharp object causing surface damage to the masterpiece.
19 March 2017
The first ever exhibition devoted to the creative partnership between Michelangelo (1475-1564) and Sebastiano del Piombo (1455-1547), featuring exceptional loans, some of which have not left their collections for centuries is to open at London’s National Gallery in the Spring.
23 January 2017
The new proposals for the fourth plinth commission in Trafalgar Square have been unveiled at the National Gallery this morning, Thursday 19 January.
19 January 2017
The highly regarded international art gallery Hauser & Wirth has announced it is to take on exclusive worldwide representation of the Arshile Gorky Estate.
4 October 2016
The National Gallery houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 20th century which you… Read More
3 October 2016
London’s National Gallery says it will not be giving the descendants of Henri Matisse’s model Greta Moll a work in their collection claimed… Read More
10 September 2016
A series of 13 monumental prints by the YBA artist Damien Hirst, entitled The Last Supper (1990) has been put on exhibit,… Read More
17 August 2016
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610) will be exhibited in the first major show in the UK to explore the work of… Read More
1 August 2016
For the past two-and-a-half years, George Shaw has been the National Gallery’s Rootstein Hopkins Associate Artist. Armed with a sketchbook, the teenage Shaw made… Read More
29 March 2016
It has only been a matter of months since the appalling bombings last November in Paris and just fifteen months since the… Read More
24 March 2016
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s Australian visa has been approved and the artist is expected to arrive in time for… Read More
30 November 2015
A painting by the French Fauvist artist Henri Matisse of the Artist Greta Moll is at the centre of a dispute,… Read More
23 November 2015
The Louvre, Pompidou and the Musee D’Orsay were closed today as a result of the attacks in Paris which killed nearly 130… Read More
15 November 2015
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art announced the acquisition of a ground-breaking and exceptionally rare Cubist collage by Pablo… Read More
21 October 2015
The Public and Commercial Services union has announced that it has reached an agreement with the National Gallery after 100 days… Read More
3 October 2015
One of the UK’s most visited tourist destinations, the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, will decide whether or not they will… Read More
3 September 2015
The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, one of the UK’s most visited tourist destination will decide today whether or not… Read More
17 August 2015
Members of the PCS Union, working at the National Gallery have called an indefinite strike, in a dispute over privatisation…. Read More
12 August 2015
London’s National Gallery has called strike action after a private security firm was hired to manage visitor services, in its… Read More
6 August 2015
This summer, the National Gallery offers visitors a unique opportunity to experience some of the highlights of the collection in… Read More
10 July 2015
National Gallery staff begin a 10 day walkout today which will occur during the half-term holidays. Around 200 members of the… Read More
26 May 2015
Due to strike action, in a long-running dispute over privatisation, affecting the National Gallery, the museum is expecting some room closures on… Read More
15 May 2015
A rare early Italian Renaissance painting that has never been exhibited in public before has been gifted to the National… Read More
24 March 2015
Peter Paul Rubens’s portraits of the three Magi have finally been reunited – after being separated for over 130 years… Read More
22 March 2015
The appointment of the new Director of London’s National Gallery was confirmed by Prime Minister David Cameron this morning. Dr… Read More
18 March 2015
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
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
A second five-day strike over the privatisation of services at London’s National Gallery has been announced by members of the… Read More
20 February 2015
