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Archive show-and-tell

Stories of British art

Category: Talk | Members | From £25

Monday, 20 January 2025

11 am - 12 pm

Annenberg Court

Alan Crookham

Discover the interesting photographs and letters that reveal the history of the Gallery

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Live from the framing studio

Members' livestream tour and Q&A

Category: Talk | Online | Members | From £10

Monday, 20 January 2025

4 - 5 pm GMT

Peak into our framing studio with this livestream tour

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Audio Art: Utterly in the picture

January

Category: Talks & conversations | Free

Tuesday, 21 January 2025

1 - 2 pm (drop-in)

Room 9

Accessible:

Join us for an audio-described talk and music performance based on different paintings in the Collection
Daily guided tour

Category: Tour | Free

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays (excluding public holidays)

3 - 4 pm

Central Hall

Experience a 60-minute taster tour of the collection
Parmigianino: Visions of a visionary

Category: Course | Online | From £42.75

Tuesday, 21 January - Tuesday, 4 February 2025

3.30 - 5.30 pm GMT

Join Richard Stemp to learn about the life and work of Parmigianino, from the Sack of Rome to the female patron who made the work possible

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The German Paintings before 1800

Curator talk & breakfast

Category: Talk | Members | From £170

Wednesday, 22 January 2025

8.30 - 10 am

Annenberg Court

Emma Capron and Susan Foister

A breakfast and talk with curators Susan Foister and Emma Capron, celebrating 'The German Paintings before 1800'

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A journey into the collection...

The German paintings

Category: Tour | Members | From £20

Wednesday, 22 January 2025

Session times

10.30 - 11.30 am
12.30 - 1.30 pm
2.30 - 3.30 pm

Annenberg Court

A guided tour to celebrate the launch of 'The German Paintings before 1800', by Susan Foister
Stories of art: 1500-1600

Category: Course | Online | From £85.50

Wednesday, 8 January - Wednesday, 12 February 2025

5.30 - 7.30 pm GMT

Explore the work of key Renaissance artists such as Leonardo, Raphael, Holbein and Dürer with art historian Siân Walters

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Stories from the National Gallery

A morning with Kate Bryan & Christine Riding

Category: Talk | Members | From £30

Thursday, 23 January 2025

8.30 - 10 am

Annenberg Court

Christine Riding

Go behind the scenes at the National Gallery

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Lunchtime listen

London Obbligato Collective: 'From Gainsborough's Salon'

Category: Music | Free

Thursday, 23 January 2025

1 - 2 pm (drop-in)

Room 34

Join us for a free lunchtime concert performed by the London Obbligato Collective, inspired by Thomas Gainsborough’s penchant for music
Drop-in & draw

The study of clouds

Category: Creative session | Free

Various dates, first upcoming
Thursday, 23 January 2025

2.45 - 3.45 pm (drop-in)

Room 18

Bethan Durie

Join artists Emily Motto and Bethan Durie for a drop-in workshop looking at landscape and the representation of clouds
Van Gogh in Britain

Category: Course | Online | From £42.75

Thursday, 16 - Thursday, 30 January 2025

3.30 - 5.30 pm GMT

Join us to learn about Van Gogh’s formative time in Britain and how it impacted his art, in this three-week course

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Women in focus: A journey through the collection

Category: Lunchtime talk | Free

Various dates, first upcoming
Friday, 24 January 2025

1 - 2 pm (drop-in)

Central Hall

Join Gallery Educator Fiona Alderton for an exploration of the women – both as subjects and as artists - within the Collection
Friday Lates

Category: Experiences

Fridays

We're open until 9pm every Friday, so you can take in our collection and exhibitions after hours, and enjoy special events throughout the month
Friday Lates life drawing

London Drawing

Category: Creative session | Free

Friday, 24 January 2025

Session times

6.15 - 7 pm
7.15 - 8 pm

Room 32

Take inspiration from the dramatic light found in the painting of Caravaggio in this lively life drawing session
Friday Lates performance

SOLO presents Ella Beard

Category: Music & performance | Free

Friday, 24 January 2025

Session times

6.30 - 7 pm
7.30 - 8 pm

Room 9

SOLO returns to the National Gallery with pop-up performances from violist Ella Beard in response to Parmigianino
Friday Lates tour and poetry readings

SJ Fowler and guests

Category: Talks & conversations | Free

Friday, 24 January 2025

7 - 7.45 pm

Room 22

Poet and performer SJ Fowler brings together a range of writers for an evening of readings inspired by artworks
The Touch Report: 2024 Artist in Residence Katrina Palmer

Talk and Q&A

Category: Talk | Online | Free

Monday, 27 January 2025

6 - 7 pm GMT

Priyesh Mistry

Gain new perspectives on our collection through the work of 2024 Artist in Residence, Katrina Palmer

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A journey into the collection...

Mythology and art

Category: Tour | Members | From £20

Tuesday, 28 January 2025

11 am - 12 pm

Annenberg Court

A guided tour of the collection

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Parmigianino and the collection

Category: Tour | Members | From £20

Wednesday, 29 January 2025

Session times

10.30 - 11.30 am
12.30 - 1.30 pm
2.30 - 3.30 pm

Annenberg Court

A guided walking tour connecting Parmigianino to the collection

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