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The Execution of Lady Jane Grey: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey

Category: Lunchtime talk | Free

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

1 - 2 pm (drop-in)

Room 38

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 66: C C Land: The Wonder of Art Spotlight talks

Category: Talk | Free

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

4 - 4.10 pm (drop-in)

Room 66

A bite-sized introduction to one of our redisplayed galleries
Turner and Constable: Art, life, landscape

Online Members' book club

Category: Talk | Online | Members | Free

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

6 - 7 pm BST

Celebrate 250 years of Turner and Constable at this online Members’ book club

Book now Turner and Constable: Art, life, landscape: Online Members' book club
Picture of the month: Boy bitten by a Lizard

10-minute talk

Category: Talk | Free

Various dates, first upcoming
Wednesday, 11 June 2025

4 - 4.10 pm (drop-in)

Room 32

A brief introduction to June's picture of the month
Cataloguing museum collections: Past, present and future

A roundtable celebrating Susan Foister’s 'The German Paintings Before 1800'

Category: Discussion | Free

Thursday, 12 June 2025

6 - 7.45 pm, doors open at 5.30 pm (drop-in)

Pigott Theatre

Join us for a roundtable discussion on cataloguing museum collections, celebrating the recent publication of Susan Foister’s 'The German Paintings Before 1800'.
Livestream - Cataloguing museum collections: Past, present and future

A roundtable celebrating Susan Foister’s 'The German Paintings Before 1800'

Category: Discussion | Online | Free

Thursday, 12 June 2025

6 - 7.45 pm BST

Join us online for a roundtable discussion on cataloguing museum collections, celebrating the recent publication of Susan Foister’s 'The German Paintings Before 1800'.

Book now Livestream - Cataloguing museum collections: Past, present and future: A roundtable celebrating Susan Foister’s 'The German Paintings Before 1800'
Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between

Book talk

Category: Talks & conversations | Members | From £15

Friday, 13 June 2025

11 am - 12 pm

Supporters' House Salon

Author Gemma Rolls-Bentley in conversation with arts journalist, Amelia Abraham

Book now Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between: Book talk
The National Gallery: A History

Book talk

Category: Talks & conversations | Members | From £15

Friday, 13 June 2025

2 - 3 pm

Supporters' House Salon

Author Jonathan Conlin in conversation with Alan Crookham

Book now The National Gallery: A History: Book talk
Temples of art

The architectural history of the British art gallery

Category: Talk | Free

Friday, 13 June 2025

6.30 - 7.30 pm (drop-in)

Pigott Theatre

As we come to the end of our Bicentenary year, architectural editor John Goodall reflects on 200 years of the National Gallery, and public art galleries more widely
Seeing the Light: the Art of Looking in and around Duccio's 'Maestà

Category: Lunchtime talk | Free

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

1 - 1.45 pm, doors open at 12.30 pm (drop-in)

Pigott Theatre

Join art historian Richard Stemp for an in-depth look at Duccio’s 'Maestà'
C C Land: The Wonder of Art

Spotlight on Room 30: C C Land: The Wonder of Art Spotlight talks

Category: Talk | Free

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

4 - 4.10 pm (drop-in)

Room 30

A bite-sized introduction to one of our redisplayed galleries
The innovators' debating club

Category: Talks & conversations | Members | From £20

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

2 - 3 pm

Supporters' House Salon

Celebrity culture: Gainsborough's 'Mrs Siddons'

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Reflecting on Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350

Online Members' event

Category: Talk | Online | Members | Free

Thursday, 19 June 2025

4 - 5 pm BST

Revisit Siena before the exhibition closes

Book now Reflecting on Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350: Online Members' event
Friday Lates

Category: Experiences

Fridays

Around the galleries

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: Edward Shawcross

The Last Emperor of Mexico

Category: Talks & conversations | Free

Friday, 20 June 2025

6.15 - 7 pm

Room 41

Historian Edward Shawcross tells the barely believable tale of Ferdinand Maximilian who ruled Mexico in the mid-19th century
Masculinity in art

Category: Talks & conversations | Members | From £20

Friday, 20 June 2025

6.30 - 7.30 pm

Supporters' House Salon

Dr Elizabeth Currie and artist Simon Frederick in conversation

Book now Masculinity in art
Friday Lates gallery talk

Queer art histories

Category: Talks & conversations | Free

Friday, 20 June 2025

7.15 - 8.15 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

This Pride Month, Gallery Educator Tilly Scantlebury explores how contemporary artists can ‘queer’ the canon of art history
A morning with Lord Radnor and Susanna Avery-Quash

Category: Talks & conversations | Members | From £20

Monday, 23 June 2025

11 am - 12 pm

Supporters' House Salon

A Salon talk about the long-standing relationship between Longford Castle and the National Gallery

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One Painting, One Story

Monet's 'Water-Lily Pond'

Category: Talks & conversations | Members | From £20

Monday, 23 June 2025

3 - 4 pm

Supporters' House Salon

A new National Gallery book series that looks closely at some of our most loved paintings

Book One Painting, One Story: Monet's 'Water-Lily Pond' now
C C Land: The Wonder of Art

Spotlight on Room 52: C C Land: The Wonder of Art Spotlight talks

Category: Talk | Free

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

4 - 4.10 pm (drop-in)

Room 52

A bite-sized introduction to one of our redisplayed galleries

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