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A tour of celebration

NG200 Members' tour

Discover celebratory motifs and moments of joy within some of our paintings to celebrate our 200th birthday
Date
Friday, 10 May 2024 - FULLY BOOKED
Time
Tour times
  • 10.30 am - 12 pm
  • 1 - 2.30 pm
  • 3.30 - 5 pm
Audience
Members

About

To mark our Bicentenary, art historian Sarah Ciacci hosts a walking tour focusing on celebratory motifs found within some of our paintings. 

The tour will embrace the 'art of celebration', while also discovering significant paintings that have been brought into the collection over our last 200 years. 

Expect paintings of concerts and music making, celebratory feasts, and feasts with disastrous consequences, processions, merrymaking and veneration.

Image: Detail from Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 'A Young Man Drinking', 1655-60

Your host

Sarah Ciacci has an MA in late 19th-century French painting and 20th-century abstract art from University College, London. Qualifying as a Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London in 2008, Sarah has been a National Gallery regular guide ever since.

Sarah runs tours for My Kids, taught Art History for a decade at Richmond University as adjunct faculty, and is a Gallery Educator and an Accredited Lecturer for the Arts Society. 

Make a day of it

Why not make a day of it and book a table for lunch or dinner at our restaurant, Ochre, where you will receive 10% off as a Member. 

The Ochre menu showcases the wide range of food and ingredients grown, farmed and fished all over the UK. To reserve a table, please visit Ochre's website

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Fully booked

A tour of celebration

NG200 Members' tour

Discover celebratory motifs and moments of joy within some of our paintings to celebrate our 200th birthday
Date
Friday, 10 May 2024 - FULLY BOOKED
Time
Tour times
  • 10.30 am - 12 pm
  • 1 - 2.30 pm
  • 3.30 - 5 pm
Audience
Members

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