Contemporary exhibitions

Groundbreaking contemporary exhibitions in dialogue with the historic collection

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2025 National Gallery Artist in Residence: ming wong: Dance of the sun on the water/Saltatio solis in aqua

The National Gallery Artist in Residence 2025, ming wong

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2024 National Gallery Artist in Residence: Katrina Palmer: The Touch Report

The National Gallery Artist in Residence 2024, Katrina Palmer

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Paula Rego: Crivelli's Garden

20 July – 29 October 2023

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2023 National Gallery Artist in Residence: Céline Condorelli: Pentimenti (The Corrections)

The National Gallery Artist in Residence 2023, Céline Condorelli

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Nalini Malani: My Reality is Different

2 March ‒ 11 June 2023

Our first National Gallery Contemporary Fellow, Nalini Malani, presents new ways of seeing well-known works of art in the exhibition 'Nalini Malani: My Reality is Different'.

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The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Lucian Freud: New Perspectives

1 October 2022 – 22 January 2023

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2021 National Gallery Artist in Residence: Ali Cherri: If you prick us, do we not bleed?

The National Gallery Artist in Residence 2021, Ali Cherri: If you prick us, do we not bleed?

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2020 National Gallery Artist in Residence: Rosalind Nashashibi: An Overflow of Passion and Sentiment

Rosalind Nashashibi: An Overflow of Passion and Sentiment

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Young Bomberg and the Old Masters

27 November 2019 – 1 March 2020

A fascination with Old Masters: Bomberg at the National Gallery

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Sea Star: Sean Scully at the National Gallery

13 April – 11 August 2019

New work by Sean Scully inspired by the National Gallery Collection and Turner’s ‘The Evening Star’

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Rachel Maclean: The Lion and The Unicorn

29 November 2018 – 3 February 2019

A contemporary exploration of national identity

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Tacita Dean: STILL LIFE

15 March - 28 May 2018

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Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic

26 April – 28 August 2017

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George Shaw: My Back to Nature

11 May – 30 October 2016

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8 July – 6 September 2015

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Maggi Hambling: Walls of Water

26 November 2014 – 15 February 2015

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Michael Landy: Saints Alive

23 May – 24 November 2013

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Ben Johnson: Modern Perspectives

8 December 2010 – 23 January 2011

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Bridget Riley: Paintings and Related Work

24 November 2010 – 22 May 2011

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Clive Head: Modern Perspectives

13 October – 28 November 2010

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The Sacred Made Real Spanish Painting and Sculpture 1600 - 1700

21 October 2009 – 24 January 2010

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