C C Land: The Wonder of Art
Spotlight talks
- Past - Tuesday, 10 June 2025
- Past - Tuesday, 17 June 2025
- Past - Tuesday, 24 June 2025
- Tuesday, 1 July 2025
- Tuesday, 8 July 2025
- Tuesday, 15 July 2025
- Tuesday, 22 July 2025
- Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Tuesday, 5 August 2025
- Tuesday, 12 August 2025
- Tuesday, 19 August 2025
- Tuesday, 26 August 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.
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About
‘C C Land: The Wonder of Art’ marks the end of our 200th birthday year as we reopen the whole of the National Gallery.
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 Room 66 which showcases the work of the Renaissance painter, mathematician and theorist, Piero della Francesca, with Laura Llewellyn, Curator of Italian Paintings before 1500.
Explore Room 30 and the religious works of Diego Velázquez with Maryanne Saunders, the Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Research Fellow in Art and Religion.
Room 52 examines the work of early Netherlandish painters including Jan van Eyck and Robert Campin. Join Nicholas Flory, the Simon Sainsbury Curatorial Fellow (Paintings before 1600), for a brief introduction to this room.
Explore Room 41, which displays the work of the early Impressionists with Chiara Di Stefano, Associate Curator of Post-1800 Paintings. She will look in particular at the work of Edouard Manet.
Explore Room 45 which displays works created around the turn of the 20th century with Annabel Bai Jackson, the Dorset Curatorial Fellow – Modern and Contemporary Projects.
Room 24 displays paintings of biblical and mythological subjects by 17th-century Dutch and Flemish artists. Join Bart Cornelis, Curator of Dutch and Flemish Paintings, for a brief introduction to this room and the work of Abraham Bloemaert in particular.
Explore Room 33 which showcases views of Venice created in the 18th century by artists such as Canaletto, with Imogen Tedbury, Curator of Later Italian, Spanish and French Paintings.
Room 43 displays the work of Van Gogh, Gauguin and other Post-Impressionists. Sterre Overmars, the Harry M Weinrebe Curatorial Fellow gives a quick introduction to one of our most popular rooms.
Explore Room 40 and the paintings of JMW Turner and John Constable with Mary McMahon, Associate Curator (NG200 Collections).
Room 34 displays British painting from the 18th century. Join Emily Stone, Project Curator – Jermey Deller Commission, for a brief introduction to the works of William Hogarth found in this room.
Explore Room 46, which displays the late work of Claude Monet, with Priyesh Mistry, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Projects.
Explore Room 8, which is dedicated to the work of Titian, with Gallery Educator and Curator for Digital Dossier Programme, Carlo Corsato.
Supported by
Elizabeth and Daniel Peltz OBE