NewsMuseums
London's National Gallery appoints architect Annabelle Selldorf for its major renovation
First phase of the work is due to be completed by May 2024, in time for the gallery’s 200th anniversary
PreviewExhibitions
Albrecht Dürer's wonderful Renaissance road trip explored in major travelling exhibition
Five centuries after the German artist took a year-long journey around the Low Countries, his remarkable journal and drawings go on show in Aachen before going to London
NewsMuseums
Visitor figures: how many people are actually returning to London museums post-lockdown?
We asked English institutions to provide figures for the four-week period from 17 May to gauge current demand
PreviewExhibitions
The David and Goliath of art collections team up—London’s National Gallery loans nine works to Southampton
Maverick museum chief Kenneth Clark helped shape the Southampton City Art Gallery's collection
NewsAppointments & departures
Culture professionals react to Tony Hall quitting as National Gallery chair amid BBC Princess Diana scandal
John Kingman, the London museum's deputy chair, will temporarily step into the role
AnalysisVisitor Figures 2020
Visitor Figures 2020: top 100 art museums revealed as attendance drops by 77% worldwide
The Art Newspaper's annual survey shows how the pandemic had a devastating impact on museums around the world—but there were some silver linings
FeatureVisitor Figures 2020
Can museums really make digital visits pay?
As venues experiment with selling virtual exhibition tours, talks and workshops online, the key to success may be an emphasis on the expert, bespoke and exclusive
NewsNational Gallery
National Gallery London: new details of development plans revealed
A 1960s office block behind the Sainsbury Wing will be demolished to make way for a new building to provide more exhibition space
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Boris Johnson says Van Gogh’s Sunflowers 'lifts the soul'—as the London masterpiece is unveiled in Australia
Britons will have to wait a bit longer to enjoy the painting as Covid-19 delays the National Gallery’s international tour, now on its final stop in Canberra
PreviewThe Year Ahead 2021
The biggest art exhibitions opening around the world in 2021
The new year's must-see shows include Vermeer and Botticelli blockbusters; major Jasper Johns and Yayoi Kusama retrospectives; and sweeping surveys on Iran, slavery and queer art
ReviewExhibitions
The Big Review: Artemisia at the National Gallery in London
The artist’s first major UK exhibition uses dramatic spaces and biographical detail to bring her career into closer focus
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the National Gallery's long-awaited Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition to Damien Hirst's career-spanning show at his own Newport Street Gallery
BlogBook Club
An expert’s guide to Artemisia Gentileschi: five must-read books on the Italian artist
All you ever wanted to know about Artemisia, from the best biographies to a book about her place in early modern feminism—selected by Italian painting specialist Letizia Treves
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London, New York and online this weekend
From Nicolaes Maes at London's National Gallery to a meditative installation at Rockaway Beach in New York
Blogcoronavirus
A right royal (socially-distanced) outing to London's National Gallery for the Duchess of Cornwall
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Tate and National Gallery commercial units to cut hundreds of employees
While the museums’ staff have avoided layoffs, their colleagues in retail and catering have not been as lucky
PreviewExhibitions
Spring into summer: see the major shows almost scuppered by lockdown
From Titian's masterpieces and a major Raphael survey, to the final stop of the Soul of a Nation tour
CommentExhibitions
Must London always win? National Gallery of Scotland cancels Titian show for all the wrong reasons
By bowing out of the Renaissance blockbuster tour, the Edinburgh museum has not only let down the Scottish public but shown its priorities are misplaced
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Now stuck in Japanese lockdown, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers will not return to UK until next summer
Londoners will have to wait even longer to see the National Gallery’s 60 touring masterpieces
Newscoronavirus
More than 40 UK museums and conservators donate personal protective equipment to help NHS fight coronavirus
Conservation departments are sending gloves, masks and Tyvek suits to hospitals and ambulance services
NewsTitian
Titian’s poesie reunited at London's National Gallery—but is it with the right Danaë?
Renaissance specialists are divided as to which painting is the one commissioned by Philip II of Spain: the one at London's Apsley House or the one at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid
ReviewExhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From David Hockney's portraits to a photography show radically rethinking masculinity
NewsAppointments
BBC head Tony Hall joins London's National Gallery to lead board of trustees
Hall will leave his top media job in the summer to take up the unpaid position at the museum
BlogDiary of an art historian
Disneyfication at the National Gallery? Plus, the problem with deaccessioning in the UK
The stigma around state museums selling works means that other institutions dare not buy them; and a frank review of the National Gallery's Leonardo exhibition
PreviewThe Year Ahead 2020
The biggest exhibitions around the world in 2020
From Artemisia to Abramović, Old Masters to Olmecs, and Richter to Roman antiquities—here are next year's must-see shows
NewsAcquisitions
Christmas comes early: London's National Gallery raises enough money to buy Gentileschi masterpiece
The Finding of Moses is on display, but it will soon be moved to the newly refurbished Baroque room
ReviewExhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Bomberg's love of the Renaissance to Bruce Conner's sexy music video
NewsVincent Van Gogh
Van Gogh's Sunflowers will leave London for over a year as Australian show is added to loan tour
Masterpiece from London's National Gallery is headed for Canberra’s National Gallery of Australia
NewsLoans
Titian’s six epic mythological paintings to be reunited as Wallace Collection announces first ever loans
National Gallery in London will display the series next year and lend a Rubens work in return
NewsOrazio Gentileschi
London's National Gallery launches public campaign to fund last £2m to buy Orazio Gentileschi masterpiece
The 17th-century painting The Finding of Moses was painted in London for Charles I and represented the birth of Charles II
NewsExhibitions
Raphael revelry: National Gallery secures exceptional loans for 500th anniversary of artist's death
London exhibition in 2020 includes around 30 paintings, 20 of which will come from international museums
ReviewBooks
National Gallery definitively catalogues 'small but perfectly formed' collection of French 18th century paintings
Humphrey Wine’s lavishly illustrated book details the London museum's 60 authentic works and 12 replicas, copies or pastiches
NewsNational Gallery
Filmmaker Rosalind Nashashibi is National Gallery's latest artist in residence
Initiative is part of London gallery’s developing Modern and contemporary art programme
BlogDiary of an art historian
National Gallery should be ashamed of how it treated its educators
Court documents reveal that the museum took little action to rectify the education team's employment status
NewsEthics
How ethical can museums afford to be? We ask five major UK art institutions about funding challenges
We find out how mounting public scrutiny of private money could affect the bottom line of London's National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Gallery and the Tate
NewsMuseums & Heritage
UK's most valuable museum acquisition in a decade? National Gallery set to buy Gentileschi masterpiece
The Finding of Moses, currently on loan at the London museum, is owned by sofa-billionaire Graham Kirkham
NewsRestoration
Delicate seven-year restoration of altarpiece finally completed at London's National Gallery
The 16th-century work The Virgin and Child with Saints is now back on show in the museum
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the little-known Renaissance painter Bartolomé Bermejo at the National Gallery to the Hayward Gallery's huge group show exploring gender fluidity
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
PreviewExhibitions
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
NewsThree to see
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
NewsThree to see
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
PreviewExhibitions
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
NewsThree to see
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
PreviewExhibitions
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 & Preservation
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
NewsThree to see
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
NewsThree to see
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
PreviewExhibitions
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
NewsThree to see
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
FeaturePodcast
Introducing: The Art Newspaper's new weekly podcast
Listen to our podcast teaser
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
ArchiveExhibitions
Giovanni da Rimini's images of religious splendour shine in the National Gallery
A Renaissance masterpiece is unveiled, but its mystery remains unsolved
ArchiveExhibitions
Sebastiano and his mentor Michelangelo arrive in London
The National Gallery explores the highs and lows of this prolific partnership
ArchiveJoshua Reynolds
Reynolds' experiments a real headache for conservators
Research project and show explain conservators’ difficulties with his techniques
ArchiveNews
Städel shows off its ‘new’ portrait by Raphael
The painting came up for sale at auction in 2007 in Vienna, where it was catalogued as being by an “imitator” of Raphael
ArchiveNational Gallery
The big hole in Britain’s National Gallery: Bring back the Victorians
The omission of paintings by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood could be rectified by judicious loans
ArchiveNational Gallery
Books: The National Gallery’s latest Technical Bulletin makes some great discoveries
The volume is a compendium of papers presented at the Gallery in September 2009
ArchiveNational Gallery
Looking beyond Leonardo's blockbuster National Gallery exhibition
Where next after Leo-mania?
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
The mysteries of Leonardo: A review of the National Gallery's new exhibition on the master
An exhibition catalogue that is erudite, sound and elegant—but for scholars, not the general reader
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
New insights into Leonardo's only portrait of a male sitter
The music depicted in Portrait of a Musician, 1485-88, currently on loan to the National Gallery, London, may have been composed by the artist
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Is the Salvator Mundi a Leonardo? The National Gallery seems to think so
A new exhibition includes the newly discovered painting, ratifying it as the genuine article
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Salvator Mundi in London: Your first chance to see the “new” Leonardo
How the National Gallery negotiated a record eight loans including a long-lost canvas, Saviour of the World
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Salvator Mundi Leonardo attribution: it’s all in the hand of the master
Proof of changes to the composition increases scholarly support
ArchiveTate
Donations to UK national museums revealed: Tate receives lion's share
Out of a total of £193m, Tate's gifts by the likes of Hockney, Hirst, Bonnard and Bacon total £147m
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Restoration at the National Gallery shows Leonardo in a new light
The Virgin of the Rocks minus fog
ArchiveFakes & copies
National Gallery's "fake Delacroix” could be by Sickert
Portrait of a Man
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Cleaning shows that London’s Virgin of the Rocks is nearly all by the artist’s hand
After five years of research and conservation, Leonardo's masterpiece is once again looking its best
ArchiveInterviews
Interview with Nicholas Penny on his plans for the National Gallery: “It is a real shame that we do not have more American paintings”
In his first interview since taking over, the new director outlines his priorities
ArchiveNational Gallery
Spanish portrait bought by Prince of Liechtenstein detained in UK
The National Gallery is now trying to raise the funds to buy it
ArchivePeter Paul Rubens
Tate to go for Rubens Whitehall sketch
Valued at £11.5m, the preliminary sketch for The Apotheosis of King James I is now up for sale
ArchiveCopyright
National Gallery and British Museum follow V&A’s lead
Leading organisations to abolish reproduction charges for scholarly publications
ArchiveNews
Growing evidence that Göring seized National Gallery’s Cranach from its pre-war owner
We uncover the remarkable story of how a US war reporter governed Hitler’s mountain retreat for a day and took control of Reichsmarschall Göring’s collection of stolen art
ArchiveLooted art
Revealed: National Gallery’s Cranach is war loot
The painting was taken from Germany at the end of World War II
CommentDiary of an art historian
I finally went to see some art—and caught Covid-19
A trip to the National Gallery was eerie and alien—although a newly restored Van Dyck painting briefly shook off my anxiety
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