The art historian Matthew Holman makes a personal selection from the finest collection of its type—celebrated for the breadth and depth of the story it tells of Western painting up to 1900

The British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and The National Gallery have signed a public letter authored by the co-chief executives of Sadler’s Wells

The Bristol-born artist has been back in the UK to co-curate a show at the National Gallery dedicated to José María Velasco, a painter well known in Dalwood’s adopted home, Mexico, but virtually unheard of here

Works by Edgar Degas, Carl Gustav Carus and Floris van Dijck have entered the gallery's collection

Exploring an exhibition in an island castle, plus a tour of the newly remodelled National Gallery with director Gabriele Finaldi, and expert reflections on Tate Modern's first, seismic quarter of a century

The two-year remodelling of the Sainsbury Wing as the National Gallery's main entrance has allowed for new restorations and fresh curation of the museum's unrivalled collection of early Renaissance pictures. The effect is revelatory

As London’s National Gallery launches its “once-in-a-lifetime” rehang, Ben Luke asks: what is the right shade behind the art?

The reopening of the Sainsbury Wing on 10 May will allow the gallery to show nearly 40% of its collection. The Art Newspaper took an early tour

Guercino’s “King David” and a rare relief by John Deare have been allocated to the London institutions in lieu of inheritance tax on the estate of the celebrated financier, philanthropist and heritage leader

The museum has acquired a 16th-century work by an unknown artist from a family collection

The museum's former smoking room recently became part of the Roden Centre for Creative Learning

The architect Hannah Lawson and the London museum’s education chief Karen Eslea consulted school children, teachers and parents to give the Roden Centre for Creative Learning a welcoming character

The museum’s dendrochronological research had confirmed scholarly consensus on dating one of the UK’s great masterpieces to the later 1390s

The exhibition, which will host a 24-hour opening during its closing weekend, has been one of the most visited in the museum’s history

Curators, institutions and critics remember a “humble giant of figurative painting” who worked from the same London studio for 70 years and made his home city, its art collections and inhabitants the subject of his unique output

The gallery will introduce new security measures, stating it has been "forced to act to protect our visitors, staff and collection"

Responding to a recent letter from the National Museum Directors' Council, the campaign groups have proposed a meeting in London's National Gallery—promising to “leave the soup at home”

The culture minister is calling for a new, world-class space for the national collection, currently housed in three locations in Reykjavik

An open letter from the National Museum Directors' Council says "demonstrations now need to be taken away from our museums and galleries"

Activists who took part in a similar stunt at London's National Gallery in 2022 were jailed earlier today

A magnificent show with important and rarely seen loans that highlight the Dutch artist’s astonishing achievements in Provence

A tour of the National Gallery’s landmark exhibition with our Van Gogh expert Martin Bailey, plus a new book zoning in on the Impressionists’ “Terrible Year” and a highlight from Museum Folkwang’s hair-themed show

The London museum has a remarkable archive and library, available to all, and a research strategy that includes the opening of a new research centre in 2028

With workshops, crafting sessions and special events, Art Road Trip is collaborating with communities across the UK to produce inspired results

Chosen from an open call, 20 influencers are creating content inspired by the gallery’s treasures, from pot-throwing to painting and a comedy Regency romp

Experimentation, freedom and in-house content are key to how the gallery engages with its five million followers on social media

An exhibition at the London museum, organised with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, brings together masterpieces by the likes of Duccio and Simone

The gallery’s bicentenary celebrations will be completed in Trafalgar Square next summer with a “bacchanal” event masterminded by the artist with the help of institutions from around the UK

In May 2025, after a nine-month programme of refurbishing, redesigning and relighting rooms, a new interpretation of the museum will be unveiled

For more than 30 years, the National Gallery has invited artists to respond to the art inside. Here are three highlights