The climate catastrophe has been brought to the forefront of the public mind without causing serious harm to the targeted works, says John Paul Stonard
Visitors can also go to the spot where he stood his easel, enjoy the riverside view—and see how the artist transformed the scene into one of his best-loved paintings
Why the art world must tackle the questions posed by artificial intelligence head on, plus comics celebrated in two European locations and Degas’ portrait of the circus artist Anna Albertine Olga Brown
Exhibition to explore David Hockney’s lifelong association with the London museum and engagement with Piero della Francesca’s “The Baptism of Christ“
As part of the anniversary in July, the museum has launched 200 Creators
Acquisition a month before museum's 200th anniversary makes Gonzalès just the 20th woman artist to be represented in the collection
Looking back at the history of the pioneering dealership in post-war art, plus a thought-provoking new installation in Madison Square Park and Caravaggio's The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula
The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula painting will take centre stage in a forthcoming show at the National Gallery
In 2023, many of the world’s major museums equaled—or surpassed—their 2019 attendance figures. However, some UK institutions are still lagging behind, finds The Art Newspaper’s annual survey
A scion of the famous banking dynasty, he led the National Gallery, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Waddesdon Manor
Members of Riposte Alimentaire demand the right to "healthy and sustainable food" after splattering pumpkin soup over the protective glazing in front of the world's most-viewed painting
The coming year has buttons for everyone to press including a celebration of the computer artist Harold Cohen and Art Dubai Digital
Velázquez masterpiece required 'conservation treatment to minor damage sustained to the painting surface, and the fitting of new glazing' following hammer attack on 6 November
Works by the Florentine artist, who has been largely overlooked since his death aged 35, will go on show at the National Gallery
This week's attack by climate protesters is the third time that the National Gallery masterpiece has been recruited to articulate contemporary social or cultural concerns
Two Just Stop Oil Activists targeted the work as a protest against new UK gas and oil licences, just over a century after the suffragette Mary Richardson attacked the same painting in 1914
We spotlight eight paintings in the London show that Vincent singled out for special praise
First major survey of Dutch painter in three decades will include reunited panels and monumental paintings
Police are attempting to "make contact" with a man photographed on the edge of the central London gallery's roof
Curator urges Rego fans to put pen to paper and get the vast work put on permanent display
Beating the most popular paid-for exhibition on home turf, it has been a big win for the museum—but ethical questions linger
Lavish event helps museum edge closer to £95m target for ambitious NG200 programme
The gallery—and the other big London museums—should be sending their vast collections around the country instead of hiding them in basements
Exhibits include a cloth said to have been worn by the saint, masterpieces by Botticelli and Zurbarán, and a new Richard Long commission
Ten-metre long painting will be displayed alongside the 15th-century altarpiece that served as its inspiration
The designer consulted restorers at the National Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum and Tate Britain for his latest collection
Plus worryingly low artists’ pay in the UK and an Ugly Duchess
The closure of the Sainsbury Wing ahead of a £35m refurbishment has meant that much of the museum is off limits in 2023. I hope it's worth it
Work by Italian artist Bernardo Cavallino was acquired at Sotheby's New York
Existing plans to redevelop the gallery’s Sainsbury Wing, which will transform its entrance, demonstrate how newer listed buildings are treated with less respect than older heritage sites