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: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
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Join Francesca Whitlum-Cooper, curator of ‘The Last Caravaggio’ for an introduction to the exhibition
Category:Course, From £11.75
In focus: Turner
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
5.30 - 7.30 pm BST
Online event
Matthew Morgan explores the illustrious career and artwork of Turner, the artist who connected the 18th and the 19th centuries
Category:Creative session, Free
Talk and draw
Self Portrait at the Age of 34
Friday, 31 May 2024
4 - 5 pm BST
Online event
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Our regular creative sessions consider a National Gallery painting in two ways
Category:Talk, From £10
Curator's introduction: Discover Degas and Miss La La
Members' talk and Q&A
Tuesday, 4 June 2024
4 - 5 pm BST
Online event
Members
Curator Anne Robbins brings Degas’ 'Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando' to centre stage
Category:Course, From £70.50
Stories of art 1800-1900
Wednesday, 5 June 2024 - Wednesday, 10 July 2024
5.30 - 7.30 pm BST
Online event
Dive into the revolutionary 19th century to learn about the art of the Pre-Raphaelites, Impressionists and Post-Impressionists
Category:Talk, Free
The Sacrifice – Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael in art
Members' talk and Q&A
Thursday, 13 June 2024
4 - 5 pm BST
Siobhán Jolley
Online event
Members
Join Art and Religion Fellow Dr Siobhán Jolley in this contemplation of Abraham’s response to the call to sacrifice his son
Category:Talk, Free
A mindful look at Botticelli's 'Venus and Mars'
Members' talk and Q&A
Thursday, 20 June 2024
5.30 - 6.30 pm BST
Karly Allen
Online event
Members
Take a moment with Karly Allen at this online mindfulness session, featuring ‘Venus and Mars’
Category:Discussion, Free
Querying the lives of saints
Members' talk and Q&A
Thursday, 27 June 2024
4 - 5 pm BST
Online event
Members
Celebrate saints through a queer lens this Pride Month
Category:Talk, Free
Poussin, the storyteller
Members' talk and Q&A
Thursday, 4 July 2024
4 - 5 pm BST
Online event
Members
Explore the life and works of Nicolas Poussin, celebrating our recent acquisition of the painting 'Eucharist'
Category:Talk, From £10
Sacred Art, Revisited
Members' livestream tour and Q&A
Monday, 8 July 2024
6.30 - 7.30 pm BST
Online event
Members
A journey through sacred art from the Middle Ages to the Early Renaissance
Category:Creative session, From £10
Give it a go: Drawing landscapes
Members' workshop
Thursday, 11 July 2024
5.30 - 7 pm BST
Gayna Pelham
Online event
Members
Anyone can draw. Would you like to give it a go?
Category:Course, From £11.75
In focus: John Singer Sargent
Wednesday, 17 July 2024
5.30 - 7.30 pm BST
Online event
Join us to explore the work of the most successful portrait painter of Edwardian-era high society – the American expatriate artist, John Singer Sargent
Category:Talk, Free
Reflecting on The Last Caravaggio
Members' talk and Q&A
Thursday, 18 July 2024
4 - 5 pm BST
Online event
Members
Reflect on ‘The Last Caravaggio’ with Aliki Braine