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Audio art: Utterly in the picture

April

Category: Talks & conversations | Free

Tuesday, 22 April 2025

1 - 2 pm (drop-in)

Room 34

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
Take One Picture CPD - 2024/2025

Online sessions

Category: Study day | Online | Free Fully booked

Various dates
Wednesday, 23 April 2025

1 - 4 pm BST

Online CPD sessions for primary school teachers, exploring how one painting can inspire learning across the curriculum
Highlights of the 19th century

Category: Lunchtime talk | Free

First upcoming
Wednesday, 23 April 2025

Session times

Room 38

Join Dr Amy Mechowski, art historian and course leader for 'Stories of Art' as she explores highlights from the 19th century in the collection
Picture of the Month: Mary Magdalene

10-minute talk

Category: Talk | Free

Various dates, first upcoming
Wednesday, 23 April 2025

4 - 4.10 pm (drop-in)

Room 9

A brief introduction to our current picture of the month
Creative workshop

Drawing like sculpture: Mantegna’s monochrome magic

Category: Creative session | Free

Thursday, 24 April 2025

4 - 5 pm (drop-in)

Room 14

Join us to explore Mantegna's remarkable technique of painting sculpture to create your own classical inspired drawing.
Gold! How artists use gilding and gold

Members' talk and demonstration

Category: Talk | Online | Members | Free

Thursday, 24 April 2025

4 - 5 pm BST

How did 14th century Sienese artists work with gold?

Book now Gold! How artists use gilding and gold: Members' talk and demonstration
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 student takeover

Open frames

Category: Music & performance | Free

Friday, 25 April 2025

6.15 - 8.15 pm

Around the galleries

Experience an eclectic mix of live art happenings around the Gallery, devised by Central Saint Martins BA Fine Art students
The artists' city: Siena

Members' talk and Q&A

Category: Talk | Online | Members | Free

Monday, 28 April 2025

1 - 2 pm BST

Siena was an artists’ hub throughout the Middle Ages

Book now The artists' city: Siena: Members' talk and Q&A
Holbein: The Ambassadors

Members' talk and Q&A

Category: Talk | Online | Members | Free

Wednesday, 30 April 2025

6 - 7 pm BST

This is the story of a beloved Tudor painting

Book now Holbein: The Ambassadors: Members' talk and Q&A
Talk and tour

The language of landscape

Category: Talks & conversations | Free

Thursday, 1 May 2025

1 - 2 pm (drop-in)

Central Hall

Join educators Alex Bowie and Bethan Durie for the language of landscape tour
Talk and draw

Cephalus carried off by Aurora in her Chariot

Category: Creative session | Online | Free

Friday, 2 May 2025

4 - 5 pm BST

Accessible:

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Our regular creative sessions consider a Gallery painting in two ways

Book now Talk and draw: Cephalus carried off by Aurora in her Chariot
A National Gallery birthday quiz

Members' event

Category: Talk | Online | Members | Free

Tuesday, 6 May 2025

6 - 7 pm BST

How well do you know the National Gallery?

Book now A National Gallery birthday quiz: Members' event
Home-education art session

A creative connection of art, people and ideas

Category: Creative session | Families | Free Fully booked

Thursday, 8 May 2025

10.30 am - 12.30 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Join Gallery Educator and artist Joanna Conybeare for an explore of the gallery and a creative session in the Art Studio
Members' Preview Day

The Sainsbury Wing

Category: Experience | Members | Free

Friday, 9 May 2025

10 am - 9 pm

Sainsbury Wing Entrance

Be the first to see the Sainsbury Wing before it opens to the public

Book now Members' Preview Day: The Sainsbury Wing
Art Road Trip

Coming home

Category: Creative session | Families | Free

Saturday, 10 May 2025

11 am - 4 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Our mobile art studio returns to the Gallery after a year on the road with a day of creative sessions for all ages
Early years art session

Category: Creative session | Families, under-5s | Free Fully booked

Monday, 12 May 2025

1.30 - 3 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Nurturing creativity with hands-on experiences
Audio art: Utterly in the picture

May

Category: Talks & conversations | Free

Tuesday, 13 May 2025

1 - 2 pm (drop-in)

Room 22

Accessible:

Join us for an audio-described talk and music performance based on different paintings in the collection
C C Land: The Wonder of Art

Spotlight on Room 55

Category: Talk | Free

Tuesday, 13 May 2025

4 - 4.10 pm (drop-in)

Room 55

A bite-sized introduction to one of our redisplayed galleries

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