Press Releases
1997
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Date
Archive reference number
Description
Major Work By Picasso: Returns on Loan to the National Gallery
Costume Parade [photocopy] 10 Jan
Ana Maria Pacheco to be National Gallery Associate Artist from February 1997 28 Jan
Discovering the Italian Baroque: The Denis Mahon Collection Jan
Gainsborough Discovery Jan
Statement from Neil Macgregor Director of the National Gallery on Lottery Award to the National Portrait Gallery Feb
Special issue of the National Gallery Technical Bulletin volume 18 Feb
Take One Picture: An exhibition of children's work based on The Castle of Muiden in Winter by Jan Beerstraaten Feb
Looking at pictures: An introduction to Art for Young People through the collection of the National Gallery [photocopy] Feb
London's Monets [photocopy] Feb
Three pictures by Poussin on loan to the National Gallery [photocopy] Feb
Seurat and The Bathers Mar
New Acquisition: Cup of Water and a Rose on a Silver Plate by Francisco de Zurbaran Mar
Back to the Future: Student Interpretations of National Gallery paintings Mar
Easter 1997 at The National Gallery Mar
The Skull in Holbien's Ambassadors May
Statement on Monet's Waterlilies May [?]
Cranach: A Closer Look May
Themes and Variations: Sleep May
Summer holiday fun at The National Gallery May
Tate/National Gallery exchange May
A Nation's Pictures Connections across collections [photocopy] c. May
Seurat and The Bathers May, Jun
The National Gallery's Grant from the Government Jul
Birmingham and London to share masterpiece by Van Dyck Jul
Rembrandt: The Blinding of Samson Aug
Hogarth's Marriage A-la-Mode Aug
Saturday 6th September 1997 The Funeral of Diana Princess of Wales Sept
Making and Meaning: Holbein's Ambassadors [file of several related press releases] Sep
Statement on Basilica of San Francesco: Assisi 26 Sept
Portrait Bust of Mr J Paul Getty Jnr KBE Oct
Caro at the National Gallery: Working after the Masters Oct
Christmas 1997 at The National Gallery Oct
Travelling Companions - Drouais: Madame de Pomadour Lawrence: Queen Charlotte Oct
Samson and Delilah by Rubens Oct
World Squares Publicity - Chairman's Quote Oct
Neil Macgregor Director of The National Gallery, London 23 Oct
Masters of Light: Dutch Painting from Utrecht in the Golden Age Nov
The National Gallery collection of Dutch Paintings Dec
The National Gallery's Government grant application for 1998/9 Dec
DCMS Access Review 9 Dec
Caro at The National Gallery: Sculpture from Painting Dec
Statement of National Gallery Policy
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Paintings referenced in this record
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