Sainsbury Wing
National Gallerynews
Controversial remodel of National Gallery London's Sainsbury Wing gets green light from city council
Plans to make the Grade I-listed museum wing more accessible and sustainable, described by some leading architects as "ill-judged" and "insensitive", approved by Westminster planning committee
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Museumscomment
We, the original donors, entirely accept the suggested changes to the National Gallery's Sainsbury Wing
Timothy Sainsbury says he disagrees with the view that all of the functional parts of the building should be "preserved in aspic"
Museums & Heritagecomment
My plea to London’s National Gallery to scrap its £35m Sainsbury Wing new entrance plans
Architecture critic Hugh Pearman argues that the gallery is making irreversible changes to a Grade I listed building—while removing most of its early Renaissance collection from display until 2025