C C Land: The Wonder of Art
Spotlight Talks
- Tuesday, 2 September 2025
- Tuesday, 9 September 2025
- Tuesday, 16 September 2025
- Tuesday, 23 September 2025
- Tuesday, 30 September 2025
- Tuesday, 7 October 2025
- Tuesday, 14 October 2025
- Tuesday, 21 October 2025
- Tuesday, 28 October 2025
- Tuesday, 4 November 2025
- Tuesday, 11 November 2025
- Tuesday, 18 November 2025
- Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Free
Places are available on a first come, first served basis. Please arrive in good time to access the building and find the meeting place in the advertised room.
About
‘C C Land: The Wonder of Art’ marked the end of our 200th birthday year as we reopened the whole of the National Gallery in May 2025.
We’ve always told the story of painting in the Western European tradition, from the middle of the 13th century to the early 20th century. Alongside the reopening of the Sainsbury Wing, for the first time ever, the collection has been completely redisplayed.
The way we have displayed the collection from our oldest to most recent paintings may be familiar. However, rather than telling a single story of the history of art, we have introduced new narratives. So, you’ll find rooms with unexpected themes that tell us about the making of art, particular types of painting like portraits or flower paintings, or an individual artist. Paintings made in different centuries have also been paired.
Every week we'll shine a spotlight on one room in the Gallery. Join curators and educators as they explore paintings displayed in new and unexpected ways.
Explore Edouard Manet's 'The Execution of Maximilian' in Room 41 with Chris Riopelle, The Neil Westreich Curator of Post-1800 paintings.
Room 32 showcases Italian paintings made between 1600-1700, including a remarkable self-portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi. Join Gallery Educator and Curator for Digital Dossier Programme, Carlo Corsato, for an introduction to this painting.
Explore Room 4 and the work of Lorenzo Lotto with Francesca Alberti, the James and Victoria Corcoran Curator of Italian 16th-Century Paintings.
Explore the works of Jusepe de Ribera and Bernardo Cavallino in Room 30 with Daniel Ralston, the CEEH Associate Curator of Spanish Paintings.
Explore works by the Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece in Room 54 with Christine Seidel, Associate Curator of Renaissance Painting.
Sterre Overmars, the Harry M Weinrebe Curatorial Fellow gives a quick introduction to Henri Rousseau's 'Portrait of Joseph Brummer' in Room 45.
Daniel Ralston, the CEEH Associate Curator of Spanish Paintings, introduces the work of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in Room 30.
Explore the works of Masaccio and Masolino in Room 57 with Christine Seidel, Associate Curator of Renaissance Painting.
Emma Capron, Curator of Early Netherlandish and German Paintings, introduces the work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder in Room 54.
Explore 'The Donne Triptych' in Room 53 with Nicholas Flory, The Simon Sainsbury Curatorial Fellow (Paintings before 1600).
Bart Cornelis, Curator of Dutch and Flemish Paintings, introduces the work of Floris van Dijck in Room 23.
Sarah Herring, Associate Curator of Post-1800 Paintings, introduces work created by French artists living in London in the early 1870s, in Room 41.
Georges Seurat, 'Bathers at Asnières' dominates Room 44. Join Annabel Bai Jackson, Dorset Curatorial Fellow (Modern and Contemporary Projects), for a quick introduction to this painting.
Supported by
Elizabeth and Daniel Peltz OBE