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Life drawing: From line to form

Category: Course | From £288

Thursday, 27 March - Thursday, 17 April 2025

2.30 - 5.30 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Join us for a four-week life drawing and painting course that will expand how you capture and understand the human body

Enrol Life drawing: From line to form
A feast for your eyes

Members' talk and Q&A

Category: Talk | Online | Members | Free Rescheduled

Friday, 18 April 2025

1 - 2 pm BST

This event has been rescheduled. The new event is Thursday 17 April, 1-2pm.
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
Art and society

Category: Course | Online | From £42.75

Tuesday, 22 April - Tuesday, 6 May 2025

3.30 - 5.30 pm BST

Join us to learn about art’s relationship to politics and society across centuries through artworks in the National Gallery

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An introduction to...

Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350

Category: Talks & conversations | Members | From £20 Fully booked

Various dates
Wednesday, 23 April 2025

8.30 - 9.45 am

Annenberg Court

Join expert guide Maurizio Patti for an in-depth look at our latest exhibition
A journey into the collection...

Knights, warriors, dragons and rescues

Category: Tour | From £20

Wednesday, 23 April 2025

11 am - 12 pm
2 - 3 pm
4 - 5 pm

Annenberg Court

A series of themed guided tours throughout the gallery's collection
Fully booked
Siena and the collection

Category: Tour | Members | From £20 Fully booked

Wednesday, 23 April 2025

Session times

11 am - 12 pm
3 - 4 pm

Annenberg Court

A guided walking tour connecting the Siena exhibition to 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
Guided tours of Longford Castle

Category: Tour | From £18 Fully booked

Various dates, first upcoming
Wednesday, 23 April 2025

2 - 4 pm

Longford Castle, near Salisbury, Wiltshire

A rare opportunity to visit this beautiful castle and its world-class art collection on one of the few days it's open to the public
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 collage workshop

Fran Copeman

Category: Creative session | From £22.50 Fully booked

Friday, 25 April 2025

6.15 - 8.15 pm

The Welcome Space

Join us in the new Roden Centre for Creative Learning for a dynamic drawing and collage workshop led by artist Fran Copeman
Friday Lates Risograph printing

Etta Voorsanger-Brill

Category: Creative session | From £36

Friday, 25 April 2025

6.15 - 8.15 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Discover the transformative possibilities of Risograph printing with artist and designer Etta Voorsanger-Brill

Book now Friday Lates Risograph printing: Etta Voorsanger-Brill
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
An introduction to...

José María Velasco: A View of Mexico

Category: Talks & conversations | Members | From £20

Various dates
Monday, 28 April 2025

8.30 - 10 am

Annenberg Court

Join expert guide Maurizio Patti for an in-depth look at our latest exhibition
Velasco and the collection

Category: Tour | Members | From £20

Monday, 28 April 2025

Session times

11 am - 12 pm
3 - 4 pm

Annenberg Court

A guided walking tour connecting the Velasco exhibition to the collection

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