Daniel Sobrino Ralston explores the portraiture of Diego Velázquez
Category:Tour, Free
Daily guided tour
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays (excluding public holidays)
3 - 4 pm
Central Hall
Experience a 60-minute taster tour of the collection
Category:Course, From £70.50
Thinking about art: Philosophical approaches to art history
Tuesday, 2 April 2024 - Tuesday, 7 May 2024
3.30 - 5.30 pm BST
Online event
From the beautiful and the sublime, through the emotions, to politics, join us to learn how to connect philosophical concepts to art
Category:Course, From £70.50
Stories of art: 1700-1800
Wednesday, 17 April 2024 - Wednesday, 22 May 2024
5.30 - 7.30 pm BST
Online event
Discover vibrant, dynamic and complex 18th-century art, from the Rococo to the Enlightenment
Category:Course, From £35.25
Caravaggio: Among the light and shadows
Thursday, 9 May 2024 - Thursday, 23 May 2024
3.30 - 5 pm BST
Online event
Join art historian Siân Walters to consider Caravaggio’s final years and legacy as we stage the ‘The Last Caravaggio’ exhibition
Category:Talk, Free
Collecting histories: Tales from the National Gallery
NG200 Members' talk and Q&A
Thursday, 9 May 2024
6 - 7 pm BST
Susanna Avery-Quash
Online event
Members
Dive into fascinating tales about the history of your National Gallery with curator Dr Susanna Avery-Quash
Category:Experience, Free
Big Birthday Weekend Late and Light Show
Friday, 10 May 2024
Join us to celebrate 200 years of your National Gallery with a special night of free live music, DJs, talks and creative workshops
Category:Talk, From £18
A tour of celebration
NG200 Members' tour
Friday, 10 May 2024 - FULLY BOOKED
Tour times
10.30 am - 12 pm
1 - 2.30 pm
3.30 - 5 pm
Getty Entrance
Members
Discover celebratory motifs and moments of joy within some of our paintings to celebrate our 200th birthday
Category:Tour, From £20
Archive show-and-tell
NG200 Members' tour
Friday, 10 May 2024 - FULLY BOOKED
Tour times
11 am - 12 pm
2.30 - 3.30 pm
4 - 5 pm
Annenberg Court
Alan Crookham
Members
Delve into our archives from the past 200 years with our Research and Archive team to discover some of the Gallery's most interesting photographs, letters, secrets and stories
Category:Talk, From £18
The Venetian Room: Gallery 29, history and art
NG200 Members' tour
Fully booked.
Friday, 10 May 2024
11 am - 12 pm
Room 29
Dr Carlo Corsato
Members
Join Dr Carlo Corsato, resident expert on Venetian art, as he explores the paintings, histories, and hidden gems of Gallery 29
Category:Talk, From £20
A contemporary art tour
NG200 Members' tour
Fully booked.
Friday, 10 May 2024
2 - 3 pm
Annenberg Court
Emily Stone
Members
An exclusive guided tour looking at the relationship the National Gallery has had with contemporary artists over the past 200 years
Category:Creative session, Free
Big Birthday family weekend
Various dates, first upcoming
Saturday, 11 May 2024
11 am - 4 pm
Room 36
Families, for all ages
Celebrate the National Gallery's 200th birthday by helping us to decorate our giant birthday cake!
Category:Talk, From £18
Members' talk: The Last Caravaggio
Members' talk and private view
Wednesday, 15 May 2024 - FULLY BOOKED
Talk times
8 - 8.40 am
9 - 9.40 am
Room 45
Members
An in-person talk bringing our latest exhibition to life
Category:Talk, From £215
A morning with Dr Gabriele Finaldi’s masterpieces
Members' breakfast talk
Fully booked.
Thursday, 16 May 2024
8 - 10 am
Annenberg Court
Dr Gabriele Finaldi
Members
Join our Director, Dr Gabriele Finaldi, for an exclusive morning talk before the Gallery opens, bringing to life the limited edition book, 'The National Gallery: Masterpieces of Painting'
Category:Talks & conversations, Free
Pause with a painting
Giorgione's 'Il Tramonto (The Sunset)''
Thursday, 16 May 2024
11am
11 - 11.45 am (drop-in)
Room 29
Immerse yourself in one painting in these free mid-morning mindfulness sessions
Category:Creative session, Free
Creative workshop
A certain kind of light
Various dates, first upcoming
Thursday, 16 May 2024
4 - 5 pm
Central Hall
Join Gallery Educator and artist Joanna Conybeare for this creative workshop inspired by our new Caravaggio exhibition
Category:Discussion, Free
The Painter's Daughters
Members' book club
Thursday, 16 May 2024
6 - 7 pm BST
Online event
Members
Explore the lives and stories of Thomas Gainsborough and his daughters at our inaugural Members’ book club
Category:Talk, Free
Curator's introduction
The Last Caravaggio
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
1 - 2 pm BST
Dr Francesca Whitlum-Cooper
Online event
Accessible:
Stagetext
Join Francesca Whitlum-Cooper, curator of ‘The Last Caravaggio’ for an introduction to the exhibition
Category:Talk, Free
Audio Art: Utterly in the picture
Joseph Wright 'of Derby'
Thursday, 23 May 2024
1 - 2 pm (drop-in)
Room 34
Accessible:
Join Katy Tarbard for an audio-described talk on 'An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump'
Category:Lunchtime talk, Free
Competition and collaboration in the 'Raising of Lazarus'
Friday, 24 May 2024
1 - 1.30 pm (drop-in)
Room 32
Join Maria Alambritis to explore the dramatic history behind the first painting to enter the National Gallery’s collection