NewsNational Gallery
'Exceptional loan' of Francesco Melzi painting from Russia comes to London's National Gallery
Unusual month-long display of recently restored work by Leonardo’s favourite and heir will be lent by the State Hermitage Museum
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Emma Kunz's powerful abstract drawings at the Serpentine Gallery to Mike Nelson's industrial sculptures at Tate Britain
NewsLaw
US Supreme Court declines to review a challenge to the National Gallery's ownership of a Matisse
Grandchildren of muse depicted in 1908 painting exhaust their US appeals
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Grandmaster flash of the Mediterranean—Joaquín Sorolla comes to London's National Gallery
The enormously productive painter wielded the fastest of brushes on often huge canvases, suffusing them with Spanish sun and colour
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the surreal sights of Dorothea Tanning at Tate Modern to the trompe l’oeils and Parisian scenes of Louis-Léopold Boilly at the National Gallery
NewsAcquisitions
Spot the difference: newly acquired Cranach painting joins earlier work at London’s National Gallery
Moral painting of Venus and Cupid by the German Renaissance master shows the young god of desire being attacked by bees
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Don McCullin's powerful war photography at Tate Britain to a last chance to see Lorenzo Lotto's insightful portraits at the National Portrait Gallery
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New London shows lift the lid on Boilly, the prolific painter of Parisian life
Exhibition at the National Gallery and a display at the Wallace Collection focus on artist virtually unknown in the UK
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Van Gogh’s most important painting leaves Europe for the first time
National Gallery’s Sunflowers heads to Japan where it is likely to be seen by around a million people
NewsVincent Van Gogh
National Gallery in London to send Van Gogh's Sunflowers to Japan
Exhibition with 60 other loans from the museum will help celebrate the Tokyo Olympics in 2020
NewsLaw
'Fired' employees take London's National Gallery to court
Dispute with 'NG27' group—who argue they were unfairly dismissed—could set a precedent for protecting rights of casual workers
BlogDiary of an art historian
The public deserves to see restorations laid bare
London's National Gallery and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam are both documenting repairs of major works—plus a personal conservation confession
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the treasures of an Assyrian king at the British Museum to Lorenzo Lotto’s insightful portraits at the National Gallery
NewsExhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Anni Albers' textile masterclass at Tate Modern, to an exploration of artist couples at the Barbican
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Mantegna and Bellini go head-to-head in show exploring how they influenced each other’s work
Exhibition at London's National Gallery will compare the early Renaissance artists who were brothers-in-law
NewsConservation
Is Bergamo’s rediscovered Mantegna linked to a triptych in the Uffizi?
Accademia Carrara’s curator Giovanni Valagussa explains how he put “two and two” together
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From a show on humour at the South London Gallery's new Fire Station space, to Samuel Courtauld’s Impressionists at the National Gallery
NewsObituaries
Christopher Gibbs: the man who brokered £50m Getty grant to the National Gallery—and fed Princess Margaret hash brownies
The antiques dealer was more than an “acid-tripping ex-roué once known as the king of Chelsea”
NewsLaw
Court rejects claim to Matisse owned by National Gallery
Rebuffing heirs, an appeals panel in New York says the court lacks jurisdiction
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Three to see: London
Monet takes on the city at the National Gallery and it is the final week of the once-in-a-lifetime Charles I show at the Royal Academy
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Monet's urban obsession explored in major new London show
National Gallery exhibition, which includes Rouen cathedral paintings, reveals another side of French Impressionist
NewsAttribution
National Gallery in London accused of altering attribution of Hermitage's 'Leonardo' for 2011 blockbuster show
Leading scholar says gallery's own curators believed Madonna Litta to be by Boltraffio, a pupil of the master
NewsThree to see
Three to see: London
From Tacita Dean's double-header, including films of David Hockney and fermenting pears, to a Tate Modern takeover by Joan Jonas
InterviewFeatures
Tacita Dean on her three major London shows
From genre fluidity to the British artist's love of analogue film
BlogDiary of an art historian
The National Gallery’s issue of trust
I only found out by accident how well off the museum really is
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Three to see: London
From Picasso's year of masterpieces at Tate Modern to his fellow Spaniard Murillo's portraits at the National Gallery
NewsAttendance
Why visitor numbers at two of London’s major museums have plunged
Fewer blockbusters the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery meant UK audiences stayed away
NewsAcquisitions
Tacita Dean’s film of Hockney smoking bought by Royal Academy and National Portrait Gallery
Acquisition heralds triptych of London shows dedicated to Dean
NewsThree to see
Three to See in London in 2018
From King Charles I to the King of Pop
FeatureOlafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson on how his light installation at the National Gallery changes perceptions—in more ways than one
This exclusive extract by the Danish-Icelandic artist accompanies the London museum’s Monochrome show
NewsExhibitions
Exhibition shines light on painter who gave up art to run London’s National Gallery
Frederic Burton spent late career acquiring some of museum’s best-known masterpieces
FeaturePodcast
Podcast episode one: Nazi loot and Rachel Whiteread
Nazi-loot conference at London’s National Gallery. Plus: Rachel Whiteread on “mummifying the air” at Tate Britain
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Introducing: The Art Newspaper's new weekly podcast
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NewsNational Gallery
UK’s restitution powers to be extended indefinitely for Nazi-era loot
New legislation will remove legal restrictions that prevent many museums from deaccessioning works