Press releases

Read the latest press releases from the National Gallery below. For foreign language press packs, images and information about filming and photography in the National Gallery, visit press and media

Press releases

National Gallery to acquire Sir Thomas Lawrence’s ‘The Red Boy’ for the Nation

Issued July 2021

Poussin and the Dance

Issued July 2021

The National Gallery appoints Selldorf Architects-led design team to work on NG200 project

Issued July 2021

The National Gallery brings art outdoors with a pop-up of over 20 life-sized replicas of the Nation’s Favourite Paintings and free community art sessions in Trafalgar Square

Issued July 2021

Historic courtyard in the National Gallery transformed into seven-floor facility for staff

Issued July 2021

Gainsborough’s masterpiece 'The Blue Boy' returns to the UK

Issued June 2021

National Gallery painting goes on display at Lincoln food bank as part of 'Jan van Huysum Visits' (21-26 june 2021)

Issued June 2021

Masterpiece Tour Degas’s 'Hélène Rouart in her Father's Study'

Issued June 2021

National Gallery painting goes on display in Barnsley Market as part of 'Jan van Huysum Visits' (15–20 June 2021)

Issued June 2021

Dates confirmed for the National Gallery's major Raphael exhibition

Issued June 2021

Jan van Huysum Visits: Great Yarmouth (1–6 June 2021)

Issued June 2021

Statement from the National Gallery - 22 May 2021

Statement from the National Gallery - 22 May 2021

First object allocated to two collections under Acceptance In Lieu – National Gallery and Barber Institute of Fine Arts acquire Lovis Corinth portrait

Issued May 2021

Jan van Huysum Visits: The National Gallery brings Dutch Masterpiece to six unusual locations across the nation

Issued May 2021

The National Gallery to reopen on Monday 17 May

Issued May 2021

Take One Picture 2021

Issued May 2021

The Director's Choice, a new virtual exhibition

Issued May 2021

The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour Chardin's 'The House of Cards'

Issued May 2021

National Gallery’s immersive exhibition of painting in close-up goes online for Easter after lockdown closure

Issued March 2021

Conservation treatment and technical analysis reveal that 'The triumph of Silenus', long considered a copy, is Nicolas Poussin’s lost original

Issued April 2021

The National Gallery acquires significant 17th-century Dutch portrait by Isaack Luttichuys

Issued April 2021

The National Gallery announces six shortlisted design teams for its NG200 plans

Issued April 2021

Bellotto: The Königstein Views Reunited

Issued March 2021

Monet and Gainsborough in one of National Gallery's largest loans to a UK gallery as Southampton exhibition reveals 92-year collecting partnership

Issued March 2021

New partnership agreed between the National Gallery and Hugh Lane Gallery

Issued February 2021

Artworks by schoolchildren from the National Gallery’s 'Take One Picture' exhibition to be shown on outdoor screens - thanks to the generous support of Ocean Outdoor

Issued February 2021

400-year-old Rubens masterpiece unveiled after extensive conservation work

Issued February 2021

The National Gallery announces NG200 plans

Issued February 2021

Kehinde Wiley at the National Gallery*

Issued February 2021

The National Gallery’s top 20 most viewed paintings online

Issued February 2021

Ali Cherri is the National Gallery’s 2021 Artist in Residence

Issued January 2021

The National Gallery remains open online with wide-ranging digital programme

Issued January 2021

Changing Places facility installed at the National Gallery

Issued December 2020

National Gallery to reopen on 2 December

Issued November 2020

Meet Father Christmas and step into a painter’s winter wonderland at the National Gallery

Issued November 2020

Conversations with God: Jan Matejko’s Copernicus

Issued November 2020

New online Curator’s Tour of 'Artemisia' launched

Issued November 2020

The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Dürer’s Journeys: Travels of a Renaissance Artist

Issued November 2020

National Gallery announces Digital Partnership with NIKON UK 2020–2021

Issued November 2020

The National Gallery, London, coronavirus update November 2020

Issued November 2020

Poussin and the Dance

Issued January 2021

Theresa Lola commissioned by National Gallery to write a poem for new digital exhibition of Christmas painting

Issued November 2020

London Philharmonic Orchestra plays in National Gallery in Covid lockdown tribute to Second World War concerts

Issued July 2020

Issued September 2020

Sensing the Unseen: Step into Gossaert's 'Adoration'

Issued September 2020

Castles: Paintings from the National Gallery, London

Issued September 2020

Impressionist Decorations: The Birth of Modern Décor

Issued August 2020

Take One Picture 2020

Issued August 2020

The Duchess of Cornwall visits the National Gallery

Issued July 2020

National Gallery extends opening hours from 22 July

Issued July 2020

New dates announced for postponed Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition

Issued July 2020

The National Gallery acquires painting by Camille Pissarro

Issued July 2020

Room 32 reopens to the public after a 21-month refurbishment

Issued July 2020

The Nation’s Gallery, open and ready when you are

Issued June 2020

Artist Nalini Malani receives the first National Gallery Contemporary Fellowship with Art Fund

Issued June 2020

Sunflowers out of quarantine

Issued June 2020

The National Gallery acquires its first painting by Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla

Issued June 2020

New art installation reveals the sounds of colour in paintings as National Gallery X commissions virtual responses to coronavirus

Issued June 2020

Titian: Love, Desire, Death extended at the National Gallery

Issued May 2020

The National Gallery acquires three significant 18th-century pictures

Issued May 2020

The Nation’s Gallery is now on the nation’s streets - thanks to the generous support of Ocean Outdoor

Issued May 2020

The National Gallery and Art Fund foster new museum talent

Issued May 2020

Commemorating the 75th anniversary of VE Day – Friday 8 May 2020

Issued May 2020

The National Gallery invites its online visitors to celebrate doctors, healers and carers through its paintings

Issued April 2020

Visitors asked to picture ‘staying in’ as National Gallery’s new digital programme brings art to the home during closure

Issued April 2020

Tell the Easter story through National Gallery paintings

Issued April 2020

National Gallery, London - coronavirus update

Issued March 2020

Artemisia postponed

Issued March 2020

Holbein’s Henry VIII and The Ambassadors go on rare public display together as more National Portrait Gallery loans announced

Issued January 2020

'Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London', postponed

Issued February 2020

The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour 2020

Issued January 2020

Issued January 2020

Lord Hall appointed Chair of the National Gallery’s Board of Trustees

Issued January 2020

Nicolaes Maes: Dutch Master of the Golden Age

Issued December 2019

A Christmas present for the Nation – Orazio saved

Issued December 2019

The National Gallery 2020 spring and summer exhibitions

Issued December 2019

The National Gallery 2019-20 Italian art exhibitions

Issued November 2019

Issued January 2020

Titian: Love, Desire, Death

Issued November 2019

The National Gallery launches public appeal to save Orazio Gentileschi's 'The Finding of Moses' for future generations

Issued November 2019

National Gallery audio tour tackles mental health myths

Issued October 2019

Dürer’s Journeys: Travels of a Renaissance Artist

Issued October 2019

Castles: Paintings from the National Gallery, London

Issued October 2019

The National Gallery 2020 autumn exhibition

Issued September 2019

National Gallery and King’s College London launch new research partnership ‘National Gallery X’ to investigate the ‘gallery of the future’

Issued August 2019

Rosalind Nashashibi announced as 2020 National Gallery Artist in Residence

Issued September 2019

National Gallery reveals images of ‘abandoned’ angel and Christ underneath The Virgin of the Rocks, ahead of ground-breaking new Leonardo experience this autumn

Issued August 2019

Acquired for the nation - the National Gallery allocated Bonington’s 'On the Seine - Morning' under the Acceptance in Lieu scheme

Issued August 2019

Conservation revealed

An Italian altarpiece will go on display today (Friday 2 August) for the first time in more than a hundred years, following a seven-year conservation treatment – one of the longest and most complex in the history of the National Gallery.

Young Bomberg and the Old Masters

Press release for 'Young Bomberg and the Old Masters' (issued July 2019)

The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Gauguin Portraits

Press release for 'The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Gauguin Portraits' (issued July 2019)

Joint statement: National Gallery and the “NG27”

Joint statement: 'National Gallery and the “NG27”' (issued June 2019)

After an outstanding tenure Hannah Rothschild CBE to step down as Chair of Trustees

Press release for 'After an outstanding tenure Hannah Rothschild CBE to step down as Chair of Trustees' (issued June 2019)

Artemisia Visits... HMP Send

Press release for 'Artemisia Visits … HMP Send' (issued May 2019)

Leonardo’s Legacy: Francesco Melzi and the Leonardeschi

Press release for 'Leonardo’s Legacy: Francesco Melzi and the Leonardeschi' (issued May 2019)

Artemisia Visits … Sacred Heart Catholic High School

Press release for 'Artemisia Visits … Sacred Heart Catholic High School ' (issued May 2019)

The National Gallery 2020 spring exhibition

Press release for 'The National Gallery 2020 spring exhibition - Titian: Love, Desire, Death' (issued May 2019)

The National Gallery 2020 spring exhibitions

Press release for 'The National Gallery 2020 spring exhibitions - Nicolaes Maes: Dutch Master of the Golden Age and Artemisia' (issued May 2019)

Artemisia Visits … Pocklington Group Practice

Press release for 'Artemisia Visits … Pocklington Group Practice' (issued April 2019)

Take One Picture

Press release for 'Take One Picture' (issued April 2019)

Bartolomé Bermejo

Press release for 'Bartolomé Bermejo: Master of the Spanish Renaissance ' (issued March 2019)

Sea Star: Sean Scully at the National Gallery

Press release for 'Sea Star: Sean Scully at the National Gallery ' (issued March 2019)

Artemisia Visits... Glasgow Women's Library

Press release for 'Artemisia Visits... Glasgow Women's Library' (issued March 2019)

National Gallery acquires new Renaissance master painting

Press release for 'National Gallery acquires new Renaissance master painting' (issued February 2019)

Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light

Press release for 'Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light' (issued January 2019)

Boilly: Scenes of Parisian Life

Press release for 'Boilly: Scenes of Parisian Life ' (issued February 2019)

National Gallery paintings tour to Japan for the first time

Press release for 'National Gallery paintings tour to Japan for the first time' (issued January 2019)

Rachel Maclean: The Lion and The Unicorn

Press release for 'Rachel Maclean: The Lion and The Unicorn' (issued November 2018)

The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour 2019

Press release for 'The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour 2019' (issued November 2018)

Contemporary artists at the National Gallery: 2018–19

Press release for 'Contemporary artists at the National Gallery: 2018–19' (issued September 2018)

The National Gallery summer and autumn exhibitions 2019

Press release for 'The National Gallery summer and autumn exhibitions 2019' (issued October 2018)

National Gallery receives major donation to transform its setting of Caravaggio and 17th-century Italian paintings

Press release for 'National Gallery receives major donation to transform its setting of Caravaggio and 17th-century Italian paintings' (issued October 2018)

Landseer's Monarch of the Glen

Press release for 'Landseer's Monarch of the Glen' (issued October 2018)

Lorenzo Lotto Portraits

Press release for 'Lorenzo Lotto Portraits' (issued September 2018)

Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne

Press release for 'Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne' (issued July 2018)

The National Gallery acquires Artemisia Gentileschi Self Portrait

Press release for 'The National Gallery acquires Artemisia Gentileschi Self Portrait' (issued July 2018)

Mantegna & Bellini

Press release for 'Mantegna & Bellini' (issued June 2018)

The National Gallery 2018 autumn exhibitions

Press release for 'The National Gallery 2018 autumn exhibitions' (issued May 2018)

The National Gallery 2019 spring exhibitions

Press release for 'The National Gallery spring 2019 exhibitions' (issued May 2018)

Two new paintings now on display at the National Gallery

Press release for 'Two new paintings now on display at the National Gallery' (issued April 2018)

Ed Ruscha: Course of Empire

Press release for 'Ed Ruscha: Course of Empire' (issued March 2018)

Thomas Cole: Eden to Empire

Press release for 'Thomas Cole: Eden to Empire' (issued March 2018)

Letter to The Sunday Times from the Director of the National Gallery, 18 March 2018

Letter to the Sunday Times from the Director of the National Gallery published 18 March 2018

Take One Picture 2018

Press release for 'Take One Picture 2018' (issued March 2018)

Manod: The Nation’s Treasure Caves

Press release for 'Manod: The Nation's Treasure Caves' (issued February 2018)

Murillo: The Self Portraits

Press release for 'Murillo: The Self Portraits' (issued January 2018)

The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Monet & Architecture

Press release for 'The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Monet & Architecture' (issued January 2018)

A Christmas present for the nation

Press release for 'A Christmas present for the nation' (issued December 2017)

The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour 2018

Press release for 'The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour 2018' (issued December 2017)

Celebrate the festive season at the National Gallery and take part in our 'gold' themed activities and events

Press release for 'Celebrate the festive season at the National Gallery and take part in our 'gold' themed activities and events' (issued November 2017)

National Gallery and Art Fund foster new museum talent: Announcing the 2017–19 Curatorial Traineeships

Press release for 'National Gallery and Art Fund foster new museum talent: Announcing the 2017–19 Curatorial Traineeships'

Lake Keitele: A Vision of Finland

Press release for 'Lake Keitele: A Vision of Finland' (issued October 2017)

National Gallery and the British Public are rightful owners of Portrait of Greta Moll

Press statement (issued September 2018)

National Portrait Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts and National Gallery announce unprecedented collaboration to stage exhibitions by artist Tacita Dean

Press release (issued September 2017)

Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael about 1500

Press release for 'Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael about 1500' (issued September 2017)

Saved for the nation

Press release for 'Saved for the nation - Bellotto’s 'The Fortress of Königstein from the North' acquired by the National Gallery' (issued August 2017)

Monochrome: Painting in Black and White

Press release for 'Monochrome: Painting in Black and White' (issued August 2017)

Van Gogh Sunflowers Facebook Live

Press release for 'Van Gogh Sunflowers Facebook Live' (issued August 2017)

Reflections: Van Eyck and the Pre-Raphaelites

Press release for 'Reflections: Van Eyck and the Pre-Raphaelites' (issued July 2017)

Drawn in Colour: Degas from the Burrell

Press release for 'Drawn in Colour: Degas from the Burrell' (issued July 2017)

National Gallery 2018 Exhibitions

Press release for 'National Gallery 2018 Exhibitions' (issued June 2017)

Take One Picture 2017

Press release for 'Take One Picture 2017' (issued May 2017)

Giovanni da Rimini: A 14th-Century Masterpiece Unveiled

Press release for 'Giovanni da Rimini: A 14th-Century Masterpiece Unveiled' (issued April 2017)

Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic

Press release for 'Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic' (issued March 2017)

Statement on Gainsborough incident

Press statement on Gainsborough incident (issued March 2017)

The National Gallery’s Royal Patron HRH The Prince of Wales visits The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Michelangelo & Sebastiano

Press release for the National Gallery’s Royal Patron HRH The Prince of Wales visit to The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Michelangelo & Sebastiano (issued March 2017)

Exceptional loan announced

Press release for 'Exceptional loan announced' (issued March 2017)

First new gallery in 26 years opens

Press release for 'First new gallery in 26 years opens' (issued February 2017)

Outstanding fundraising campaign does not secure Pontormo for the nation

Press release for 'Outstanding fundraising campaign does not secure Pontormo for the nation' (issued February 2017)

The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Michelangelo & Sebastiano

Press release for 'The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Michelangelo & Sebastiano' (issued January 2017)

Cagnacci's Repentant Magdalene: An Italian Baroque Masterpiece from the Norton Simon Museum

Press release for 'Cagnacci's Repentant Magdalene: An Italian Baroque Masterpiece from the Norton Simon Museum' (issued November 2016)

Brian Sewell bequeaths painting to the National Gallery

Press release for 'Brian Sewell's bequest of Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, 'Maternal Affection', 1773' (issued November 2016)

Nationwide tour announced for George Shaw: My Back to Nature

Press release for 'Nationwide tour for George Shaw: My Back to Nature' (issued October 2016)

Australia's Impressionists

Press release for 'Australia's Impressionists' (issued October 2016)

Dancing Museums

Five European dance organisations and eight internationally renowned museums explore new ways of interacting with audiences

Maíno's Adorations: Heaven on Earth

Press release for 'Maíno's Adorations: Heaven on Earth' (issued August 2016)

Beyond Caravaggio

Press release for 'Beyond Caravaggio' (issued July 2016)

National Gallery 2017 Exhibitions

Press release for 'National Gallery 2017 Exhibitions' (issued June 2016)

Bosschaert masterpiece brought to life with real flowers

Watch how a team of 30 florists recreated Bosschaert’s ‘Still Life of Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase’ over 48 hours

Two landscapes generously gifted to the National Gallery

Press release for 'Two landscapes generously gifted to the National Gallery' (issued May 2016)

Painters' Paintings

Press release for 'Painters' Paintings' (issued May 2016)

National Gallery's iconic work featured on new Bank of England £20 note

Press release for 'National Gallery's iconic work featured on new Bank of England £20 note' (issued April 2016)

Take One Picture

Press release for 'Take One Picture' (issued April 2016)

Acquired for the nation

Press release for 'Acquired for the nation' (issued April 2016)

George Shaw: My Back to Nature

Press release for 'George Shaw: My Back to Nature' (issued March 2016)

Press release for 'Dutch Flowers' (issued March 2016)

HRH The Prince of Wales becomes National Gallery’s first Royal Patron

Press release for 'HRH The Prince of Wales becomes National Gallery’s first Royal Patron' (Issued February 2016)

HRH The Prince of Wales becomes the National Gallery’s first Royal Patron

We are delighted to announce that HRH The Prince of Wales has become our first Royal Patron

Mark Getty awarded honorary knighthood

Press release for 'Mark Getty Awarded Honorary Knighthood' (Issued January 2016)

First work by pioneering Danish artist enters UK public collection

Press release for 'First work by pioneering Danish artist enters UK public collection' (issued December 2015)

National Gallery and Art Fund Curatorial Trainees Programme continues to foster new talent

Press release for 'National Gallery and Art Fund Curatorial Trainees Programme Continues to Foster New Talent' (Issued December 2015)

Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art

Press release for 'Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art' (issued December 2015)

Venues announced for Masterpiece Tour 2016

Press release for 'Venues announced for Masterpiece Tour 2016' (issued October 2015)

National Gallery 2016 Exhibitions

Press release for 'National Gallery 2016 Exhibitions' (issued September 2015)

The National Gallery announces exceptional loans to Goya exhibition

Press release for 'The National Gallery announces exceptional loans to Goya exhibition' (issued September 2015)

Business Archives Council awards grant to National Gallery Research Centre

Business Archives Council awards grant to National Gallery Research Centre to catalogue the correspondence of the art dealership, Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd

The National Gallery displays Australian art for the first time

Press release for 'National Gallery displays Australian art for the first time' (issued September 2015)

Francisco de Goya's 'Portrait of Dona Isabel de Porcel': A Question of Attribution

Press release for 'Francisco de Goya's 'Portrait of Dona Isabel de Porcel': A Question of Attribution' (issued September 2015)

Goya: The Portraits

Press release for 'Goya: The Portraits' (issued August 2015)

The National Gallery announces partnership with Securitas

Press release for 'National Gallery announces partnership with Securitas' (issued July 2015)

Saved for the nation

Press release for 'Saved for the nation' (issued July 2015)

Visions of Paradise: Botticini's Palmieri Altarpiece

Press release for 'Visions of Paradise: Botticini's Palmieri Altarpiece' (issued July 2015)

Art in Dialogue: Duccio | Caro

Press release for 'Art in Dialogue: Duccio | Caro' (issued June 2015)

Take One Picture

Press release for 'Take One Picture' (issued May 2015)

Press release for 'Soundscapes' (issued April 2015)

Frames in Focus: Sansovino Frames

Press release for 'Frames in Focus: Sansovino Frames' (issued March 2015)

New displays and loans to enjoy for free at the National Gallery this Easter

Press release for 'New displays and loans to enjoy for free at the National Gallery this Easter' (issued March 2015)

National Gallery gifted rare Early Renaissance painting

Press release for 'National Gallery gifted rare early Renaissance painting' (issued March 2015)

Gabriele Finaldi announced as new Director of the National Gallery

We are delighted to announce that Dr Gabriele Finaldi has been appointed Director of the National Gallery.

Gabriele Finaldi appointed Director of the National Gallery

Press release for 'Gabriele Finaldi appointed Director of the National Gallery' (issued March 2015)

After 3 months and 244 donations, Frame Appeal hits its target

Press release for 'After 3 months and 244 donations, Frame Appeal hits its target' (issued February 2015)

More than a quarter of a million people visit 'Rembrandt: The Late Works'

Press release for 'More than a quarter of a million people visit 'Rembrandt: The Late Works'' (issued February 2015)

National Gallery wins Wohl Arts Competition award

Press release for 'National Gallery wins Wohl Arts Competition award' (issued January 2015)

National Gallery and Art Fund curatorial traineeships programme continues to foster new talent

Press release for 'National Gallery and Art Fund curatorial traineeships programme continues to foster new talent' (issued January 2015)

Inventing Impressionism

Press release for 'Inventing Impressionism' (issued December 2014)

A Christmas present for the nation

Press release for 'A Christmas present for the nation' (issued December 2014)

Hannah Rothschild appointed Chair of the National Gallery's Board of Trustees

Press release for 'Hannah Rothschild appointed Chair of the National Gallery's Board of Trustees' (issued December 2014)

6000 new tickets for 'Rembrandt: The Late Works' go on sale today

Press release for '6000 new tickets for 'Rembrandt: The Late Works' go on sale today' (issued December 2014)

Art teacher's gift helps National Gallery acquire rediscovered Wilkie painting

Press release for 'Art teacher's gift helps National Gallery acquire rediscovered Wilkie painting' (issued November 2014)

The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour

Press release for 'The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour' (issued November 2014)

Just 10 days before it opens - exceptional new loan to 'Rembrandt: The Late Works' announced

Press release for 'Just 10 days before it opens - exceptional new loan to 'Rembrandt: The Late Works' announced ' (issued October 2014)

National Gallery 2015 Exhibitions

Press release for 'National Gallery 2015 Exhibitions' (issued September 2014)

Maggi Hambling: Walls of Water

Press release for 'Maggi Hambling: Walls of Water' (issued August 2014)

The National Gallery introduces free Wi-Fi

Press release for 'The National Gallery introduces free Wi-Fi' (issued August 2014)

Rembrandt: The Late Works

Press release for 'Rembrandt: The Late Works' (issued July 2014)

Dr Nicholas Penny to Retire as Director of the National Gallery

Press release for 'Dr Nicholas Penny has today (23 June 2014) announced his intention to retire from his role as Director of the National Gallery in 2015' (issued June 2014)

George Shaw Named New National Gallery Associate Artist

Press release for 'George Shaw Named New National Gallery Associate Artist' (issued June 2014)

Refurbished Gallery Reopens to the Public

Press release for 'Room A Reopens to the Public' (issued June 2014)

Take One Picture: Discover, Imagine, Explore: Children inspired by Georges Seurat

Press release for 'Take One Picture: Discover, Imagine, Explore: Children inspired by Georges Seurat' (issued May 2014)

Press release for 'Making Colour' (issued May 2014)

Building the Picture: Architecture in Italian Renaissance Painting

Press release for 'Building the Picture: Architecture in Renaissance Painting' (issued April 2014)

Press release for 'Peder Balke' (issued March 2014)

Record-breaking visitor figures for the National Gallery

Record-breaking visitor figures for the National Gallery

The National Gallery expands Research Centre through the acquisition of Agnew's archive

Press release for 'The National Gallery expands Research Centre through the acquisition of Agnew's archive' (issued March 2014)

Hollywood stars descend on National Gallery for press conference

Hollywood stars descend upon National Gallery for new film 'The Monuments Men' press conference

The UK acquires its first ever George Bellows painting

Press release for 'The UK acquires its first ever George Bellows painting' (issued February 2014)

A Christmas present for the nation

Press release for 'A Christmas present for the nation' (issued December 2013)

Strange Beauty: Masters of the German Renaissance

Press release for 'Strange Beauty: Masters of the German Renaissance' (issued November 2013)

Veronese: Magnificence in Renaissance Venice

Press release for 'Veronese: Magnificence in Renaissance Venice' (issued November 2013)

Press release for 'The Sunflowers' (issued October 2013)

Venues announced for Masterpiece Tour

Press release announcing venues for the 2014 Masterpiece Tour (issued: September 2013)

National Gallery and Art Fund curatorial traineeships programme continues to foster new curatorial talent

The National Gallery and Art Fund launch two new curatorial traineeships in partnership with Birmingham Museums Trust and York Art Gallery

National Gallery assists in the acquisition of a rare Renaissance work

The National Gallery assists the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull with the acquisition of a rare early Renaissance painting by Pietro Lorenzetti.

The National Gallery acquires Maulbertsch oil sketch

The National Gallery is pleased to announce the acquisition of the oil sketch ‘Allegory of the Continent of Asia’ by Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796), which is the first work from this Austrian artist to enter the Collection.

Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900

Press release for 'Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900' (issued June 2013)

The Titian Experience: A National Gallery Festival Tour

Press release for 'The Titian Experience: A National Gallery Festival Tour' (issued May 2013)

Take One Picture – Discover, Imagine, Explore: Children Inspired by Willem Kalf

Press release for 'Take One Picture – Discover, Imagine, Explore: Children Inspired by Willem Kalf' (issued April 2013)

Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure

Press release for 'Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure' (issued March 2013)

The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour

Press release for 'The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour' (issued March 2013)

Twenty-five Italian Baroque paintings enhance the collection

Twenty-five paintings from the private collection of Sir Denis Mahon have been transferred into the National Gallery’s collection by the Art Fund.

Artworks to be projected onto the National Gallery

As part of celebrations marking the completion of the Your Paintings website. large images of the nation's paintings will be projected onto the National Gallery.

Lucian Freud Says Thank You to the Nation with a Corot Painting

The National Gallery has been allocated a Corot painting, left to the nation by late artist Lucian Freud as a thank you for welcoming his family when they arrived in the country as refugees.

Lucian Freud Leaves Painting to the National Gallery as a Thank-You to the Nation

Press release for 'Lucian Freud Leaves Painting to the National Gallery as a Thank You to the Nation' (issued February 2013)

Michael Landy: Saints Alive

Press release for 'Michael Landy: Saints Alive' (issued: January 2013)

Restoration reveals hidden Titian portrait in the National Gallery Collection

Following restoration the National Gallery has re-attributed the painting 'Portrait of Girolamo, Fracastoro' to Titian.

Barocci: Brilliance and Grace

Press release for 'Barocci: Brilliance and Grace' (issued: December 2012)

Through American Eyes: Frederic Church and the Landscape Oil Sketch

Press release for 'Through American Eyes: Frederic Church and the Landscape Oil Sketch' (issued November 2012)

Photographic interventions in the collection

Contemporary photographs by Richard Billingham, Craigie Horsfield and Richard Learoyd are juxtaposed with paintings in the National Gallery Collection.

National Gallery Schools Education Programme ‘Take One’ Launches Across UK

Press release for the Take One programme (issued October 2012)

Peter Coleman-Wright and Brodsky Quartet in National Gallery Concert Programme to Celebrate Dame Myra Hess

Press release for Dame Myra Hess Day 2012 (issued August 2012)

New National Gallery Allocations

Press release for New National Gallery Allocations, 'Samian Sibyl with a Putto' by Guercino (1591–1666) and 'La Ferté' by Richard Parkes Bonington (1802–1828) (issued August 2012)

Rarely seen Picasso portrait goes on display at the National Gallery

Press release for the new Picasso loan (issued July 2012)

National Gallery 2013 Exhibitions

Press release for the 2013 exhibition programme (issued June 2012)

In Pursuit of Art: Charles Eastlake’s Journey from Plymouth to the National Gallery

Press release for 'In Pursuit of Art: Charles Eastlake’s Journey from Plymouth to the National Gallery' (issued May 2012)

Richard Hamilton: The Late Works

Press release for 'Richard Hamilton: The Late Works' (issued May 2012)

Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present

Press release for 'Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present' (issued May 2012)

New National Gallery Acquisition

Press release for New National Gallery Acquisition: Sir Thomas Lawrence, 'Portrait of the Hon. Emily Mary Lamb (1787–1869)', 1806 (issued May 2012)

Take One Picture: Primary School Children Inspired by Veronese

Press release for 'Take One Picture' (issued April 2012)

Metamorphosis: Titian 2012

Press release for 'Metamorphosis: Titian 2012' (issued April 2012)

Titian's First Masterpiece: The Flight into Egypt

Press release for 'Titian's First Masterpiece: The Flight into Egypt' (issued March 2012)

Inside Art: creative responses to the collection by young offenders

Press release for 'Inside Art' (issued March 2012)

Titian’s 'Diana and Callisto' is secured for the public

Press release: 'Diana and Callisto secured for the public' (issued March 2012)

'Diana and Callisto' secured

The National Gallery and the National Galleries of Scotland are delighted to announce that Titian’s masterpiece, ‘Diana and Callisto’, has been acquired for the public.

Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude

Press release for 'Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude' (issued February 2012)

National Gallery 2012 Exhibitions

Press release for the 2012 exhibition programme (issued September 2011)

Leonardo’s ‘Virgin of the Rocks’ paintings united

Launch of a website dedicated to oil paintings across UK collections, including all of the works from the National Gallery, in a partnership between the BBC and PCF.

National collection goes online

Launch of a website dedicated to oil paintings across UK collections, including all of the works from the National Gallery, in a partnership between the BBC and PCF.

National Gallery painting comes to life

Press release for 'National Gallery painting comes to life' (issued May 2011)

Historic collaboration between the National Gallery, London, and the Louvre

Press release: both versions of 'Virgin of the Rocks' at the National Gallery (issued July 2011)

Leonardo Da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan

Press release for 'Leonardo Da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan' (issued May 2011)

Press release for Leonardo Live: the opening of Leonardo da Vinci exhibition to be broadcast live to cinemas and Sky Arts viewers (issued May 2011)

Paintings newly illuminated at the National Gallery

Press release for a new LED lighting system which is to be installed at the Gallery (issued April 2011)

Art for the Nation: Sir Charles Eastlake at the National Gallery

Press release for 'Art for the Nation' (issued April 2011)

Devotion by Design: Italian Altarpieces before 1500

Press release for 'Devotion by Design' (issued March 2011)

Take One Picture

Press release for 'Take One Picture' (issued April 2011)

Forests, Rocks, Torrents: Norwegian and Swiss Landscapes from the Lunde Collection

Press release for 'Forests, Rocks, Torrents: Norwegian and Swiss Landscapes from the Lunde Collection' (issued March 2011)

National Gallery Collaborates with Google on New Online Art Project

Press release for the Google Art Project (issued February 2011)

Inside Art – Creative Responses to the Collection by Young Offenders

Press release for Inside Art (issued January 2011)

£2 million gift from the Hintze Family Charitable Foundation

Press release announcing the gift from the Hintze Family Charitable Foundation (issued January 2011)

An American Experiment: George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters

Press release for An American Experiment: George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters (issued January 2011)

National Gallery acquires first work by Norwegian artist

Press release for new acquisition at the Gallery (issued November 2010)

National Gallery receives major donation for new Education Centre

Press release for gift from philanthropist Mark Pigott OBE for the Education Centre (issued November 2010)

Ageing Creatively

Press release for Ageing Creatively: Alzheimer’s Society Groups take inspiration from the National Gallery’s Old Master paintings (issued November 2010)

Jan Gossaert's Renaissance

Press release for 'Jan Gossaert’s Renaissance' (issued November 2010)

Guercino’s 'King David' and 'The Cumaean Sibyl with Putto' to be displayed together at the National Gallery

Press release for a new loan, Guercino's 'King David' (issued November 2010)

National Gallery Grant-in-Aid Allocation 2011/12 – 2014/15

Press release for the grant-in-aid to the National Gallery for the next four years starting April 2011 (issued October 2010)

Out of Art into Literacy

Press release for 'Out of Art into Literacy', an exhibition showcasing primary pupils’ storytelling inspired by the National Gallery collection (issued August 2010)

National Gallery commemorates Second World War with special day of events and new online resource

Press release for the 2010 Dame Myra Hess Day and the new online archive (issued July 2010)

Exhibitions at the National Gallery 2011

Press release for the 2011 exhibition programme (issued July 2010)

Restored Leonardo masterpiece goes back on display at the National Gallery

Press release for the restoration of Leonardo's 'The Virgin of the Rocks' (issued July 2010)

Modern Perspectives

Press release for 'Modern Perspectives' (issued July 2010)

Bridget Riley: Paintings and Related Work

Press release for 'Bridget Riley: New Paintings and Related Work' (issued June 2010)

Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals

Press release for 'Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals' (issued June 2010)

Saved for the nation: Baroque masterpiece goes on display at the National Gallery

Press release for new loan at the Gallery, Domenichino's 'Saint John the Evangelist (issued May 2010)

'Museums at Night' at the National Gallery

Press release for 'Museums at Night' at the National Gallery: Friday 14 May, 6–9pm (issued May 2010)

Frederick Cayley Robinson: Acts of Mercy

Press release for 'Frederick Cayley Robinson: Acts of Mercy' (issued April 2010)

Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries

Press release for 'Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries' (issued April 2010)

Take One Picture

Press release for the 2010 exhibition Take One Picture (issued March 2010)

New National Gallery allocation

Press release for the new National Gallery allocation – Bosschaert: 'A Still Life of Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase' (issued February 2010)

Christen Købke: Danish Master of Light

Press release for 'Christen Købke: Danish Master of Light' (issued January 2010)

Inside Art: creative responses to the collection by young offenders

Press release for the Inside Art exhibition, featuring work by young offenders (issued January 2010)

Ageing Creatively with the National Gallery

Press release for Ageing Creatively with the National Gallery (issued November 2009)

Michael Landy: The new National Gallery Associate Artist

Press release for announcement of Michael Landy as latest Gallery Associate Artist (issued November 2009)

Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey

Press release for 'Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey'. (issued November 2009)

A Masterpiece Recovered: Delaroche’s Charles I Insulted

Press release for 'A Masterpiece Recovered: Delaroche’s Charles I Insulted'. (issued November 2009)

Sounds of the Gallery

Press release for the 'Sounds of the Gallery' audio tour (Issued October 2009)

Press release for a special Director's event for those with specific access needs (issued June 2009)

Diana and Actaeon on display at the National Gallery

Press release for the display of 'Diana and Actaeon' (issued September 2009)

Dame Myra Hess Day at the National Gallery

Press release for Dame Myra Hess Day (issued August 2009)

National Gallery celebrates 10 Years of 'Taking Art' to young hospital patients

Press release for children's and teenagers' hospital outreach project (issued August 2009)

Exhibitions at the National Gallery 2010

Press release for the 2010 exhibition programme at the National Gallery

New National Gallery website

Press release for the redesigned and enhanced Gallery website (issued July 2009)

Kienholz: 'The Hoerengracht'

Press release for Kienholz: 'The Hoerengracht' (issued July 2009)

Titian's Triumph of Love

Press release for Titian's 'Triumph of Love' exhibition (issued July 2009)

The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture 1600 - 1700

Press release for Sacred Made Real exhibition (issued June 2009)

Questions and answers on the aquisition of Titian's Diana and Actaeon

The Making of a Spanish Polychrome Sculpture

Press release for a special display examining the making a polychrome (painted) sculpture. (issued June 2009)

National Gallery paintings in superb detail on your iPhone

Press release for the National Gallery's downloadable iPhone application (issued June 2009)

National Gallery to launch creative arts academy for young offenders

Press release for launch of creative arts academy at the Feltham Young Offenders Insitution. (issued June 2009)

London teens perform dance inspired by National Gallery collection

Press release for collaborative dance and art projects with the Royal Ballet School (issued May 2009)

Press release for Corot to Monet: A Fresh Look at Landscape from the Collection (issued May 2009)

John Cale comes to the National Gallery

Velvet Underground co-founder John Cale is to take part in a one-off discussion about the connections between music and art. (issued May 2009)

Old Masters inspire new music from young composers

Young UK musicians have their work performed in front of the National Gallery masterpiece that inspired them to write their own compositions. (issued May 2009)

Painted ladies and gents

Press release for Wimbledon College of Art's student costume parade at the National Gallery (issued April 2009)

Take One Picture

Press release for the 2009 exhibition Take One Picture (issued April 2009)

Diana and Actaeon Secured

Titian masterpiece acquired for the nation

Last chance to see once-in-a-lifetime exhibition

Press release for Last Chance to see Once-in-a-Lifetime Exhibition (issued January 2007)

Record-breaking attendance for re-display

Press release for record-breaking attendance for re-display (issued February 2007)

Charles Saumarez Smith joins the Royal Academy of Arts

Press release for National Gallery statement following the announcement of Charles Saumarez Smith as the new Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Arts (issued March 2007)

A million visitors for 'Manet to Picasso'

Press release to announce a million visitors for 'Manet to Picasso' (issued May 2007)

Dutch Portraits: The Age Of Rembrandt And Frans Hals

Press release to announce the exhibition Dutch Portraits: The Age Of Rembrandt And Frans Hals (issued May 2007)

Scratch the Surface

Press release to announce the exhibition Scratch the Surface (issued May 2007)

Press release on The National Gallery and HP bring works of art to the streets of London (issued June 2007)

Renaissance Siena: Art for a City

Press release to announce the exhibition Renaissance Siena: Art for a City (issued June 2007)

Increased access to images and research

Press release announcing academics to benefit from increased access to National Gallery Collection images and research(issued August 2007)

Art of Light: German Renaissance Stained Glass

Press release announcing Art of Light: German Renaissance Stained Glass (issued September 2007)

Youth Music Week 2007

Press release anouncing Youth music week 2007 (issued October 2007)

Discoveries: New Research into British Collections

Press release for the exhibition Discoveries: New Research into British Collections (issued November 2007)

The Landscape Oil Sketch

Press release for the exhibition The Landscape Oil Sketch (issued December 2007)

New Director at the National Gallery

Press release to announce the new Director at the National Gallery (December 2007)

Dance inspired by the Collection

Press release for the launch of a dance project with the Royal Ballet School (issued December 2008)

'Diana and Actaeon' is secured for the nation

Press release for the acquisition of 'Diana and Actaeon' (issued February 2009)

Picasso: Challenging the Past

Press release for the exhibition Picasso's Prints: Challenging the Past (issued December 2008)

The National Gallery's old masters inspire new music from young composers

Press release for composition workshop and project at the Gallery (issued November 2008)

Promoting children's emotional wellbeing

Press release for project on emotional wellbeing, working with London children (issued November 2008)

Titian's 'Diana and Actaeon' comes to London

Press release for Titian's 'Diana and Actaeon' comes to London (issued October 2008)

Exhibitions at the National Gallery 2009

Press release for the 2009 exhibition programme (issued September 2008)

Securing the Bridgewater Titians

Press release for the Bridgewater Loan Titians (issued August 2008)

Sisley in England and Wales

Press release for the exhibition Sisley in England and Wales (issued August 2008)

The Simon Sainsbury Bequest

Press release for the Simon Sainsbury Bequest (issued July 2008)

Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian

Press release for the exhibition Renaissance Faces (issued June 2008)

Mark Getty appointed Chairman

Press release for the appointment of Mark Getty as Chairman of the Board of Trustees (issue June 2008)

Press release for the exhibition Love (issued May 2008)

Credit Suisse partnership

Press release about the partnership between the National Gallery and Credit Suisse. (Issued May 2008)

Take One Picture

Press release for the 2008 exhibition Take One Picture (issued April 2008)

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 'Cupid complaining to Venus'

Press release for Lucas Cranach the Elder, 'Cupid complaining to Venus' (issued March 2008)

Launch of new Renaissance catalogue by Nicholas Penny, Director

Press Release for the Launch of 'The National Gallery Catalogue of Sixteenth-Century Italian Paintings, Volume 2: Venice 1540–1600', by the new Director, Dr Nicholas Penny (issued March 2008)

Radical Light: Italy's Divisionist Painters 1891-1910

Press Release for the exhibition Radical Light: Italy's Divisionist Painters 1891-1910 (issued February 2008)

Alison Watt: Phantom

Press release for the exhibition Alison Watt: Phantom (issued January 2008)