Credit Suisse and the National Gallery in partnership

The National Gallery and Credit Suisse are working together in a unique partnership, the first of its kind for the National Gallery. Over the three years, the partnership will provide a vital funding platform for the Gallery’s exhibitions and educational programmes.

Credit Suisse has a long and distinguished tradition of supporting the arts, working with leading cultural institutions to encourage innovative projects and wider access to theatre, dance, music and the visual arts. Other sponsorship commitments include the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Shanghai Museum, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, the Kunsthaus Zurich, the Salzburg Festival and the Bolshoi Theatre.

Exhibition sponsorship

This year, Credit Suisse sponsored Picasso: Challenging the Past which ran from 25 February - 7 June 2009. This exhibition examined the process by which Picasso established a dialogue with his famous predecessors such as Velázquez, Delacroix and Goya.

The first partnership exhibition was Radical Light: Italy’s Divisionist Painters 1891–1910 in the summer of 2008.

Late Night openings

Credit Suisse is also sponsoring the Gallery’s late-night opening programme, which is attended by over 170,000 visitors every year. The Gallery is open late every Friday from 6–9pm.

See Friday Lates programme 

Education

The National Gallery is also working with Credit Suisse to provide special educational projects for schools and community organisations already supported by the bank. Schools supported by The Place2Be, Credit Suisse UK’s Charity of the Year recently took part in workshops at the gallery. Pupils looked at a range of paintings from across the National Gallery Collection and created their own responses including sculptures using craft materials.

Read more about outreach projects at the Gallery