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Gina Siciliano and Letizia Treves in conversation
Artist Gina Siciliano discusses her graphic novel 'I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi' with curator of the Gallery’s 'Artemisia' exhibition, Letizia Treves
January 2021: The Drunkard
Sorolla's penetrating but compassionate observation of drinkers in a Basque tavern
Cleaning Rubens's Het Steen
Find out what Larry Keith discovered when he removed 75 years’ worth of discoloured varnish from Rubens’s 'Het Steen'
Gossaert's 'The Adoration of the Kings'
Susan Foister looks at Gossaert's vibrant masterpiece
Bellows's 'Men of the Docks'
Can you spot the cupcake, jazzy jumper, and orange thingy? See 'Men of the Docks' through the eyes of schoolchildren
December 2020: Snow Scene at Argenteuil
Monet's scene of a Parisian suburb under snow has been voted your picture of the month
Restoring the Gallery's oldest painting
Kristina Mandy shows the steps involved in restoring a painting that is over 750-years-old
Van Gogh's 'Wheatfield, with Cypresses'
Feel the mistral of Southern France in Van Gogh's rhythmic brushstrokes
Velázquez's 'The Rokeby Venus'
Mysterious, forbidden, provocative... why does 'The Rokeby Venus' divide visitors?
November 2020: Insects with Common Hawthorn and Forget-Me-Not
Van Kessel the Elder's cabinet of curiosities has been voted your picture of the month
Drinking
Christopher Riopelle takes a look at paintings of drinking and conviviality in the last of our curators talks from home
Picking up the baton
With the Gallery closed to the public for the first time in its 196-year history, we collaborated with the London Philharmonic Orchestra to showcase art and music with a nod to Dame Myra Hess
October 2020: Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando
A soaring aerialist performs a magnificent feat but does this striking painting celebrate the performer or the painter himself?
Gallen-Kallela's 'Lake Keitele'
Take a moment to soak in the serenity of this tranquil Finnish lake
Online events
Stories of art
Module 3: 1500-1600
Wednesday, 6 January 2021 - Wednesday, 10 February 2021
5.30 - 7.30 pm GMT
Online event
Discover the Renaissance paintings of Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael and others, with Dr Richard Stemp
Look at the Revival
Gossaert's Adoration of the Kings
Thursday, 21 January 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
Poet Theresa Lola discusses how Gossaert's altarpiece inspired her poem, 'Look at the Revival'
Horses, humans and other...
Members' talk and Q&A
Friday, 22 January 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
For Members
How did the Enlightenment influence the art of George Stubbs?
Sketchbook Saturday
An eye for detail
Saturday, 23 January 2021
10.30 am - 12 pm GMT
Online event
Develop your creative skills in a thematic session drawn from our collection and beyond
Meditations on art and...
Monday, 25 January 2021 - Monday, 8 February 2021
7 - 8.15 pm GMT
Online event
How can art and mindfulness deepen your connection to the environment?
Art through words
Thursday, 28 January 2021
10.30 - 11.30 am GMT
Online event
Description sessions for blind and partially sighted visitors
Hidden gems of the...
Members' talk and Q&A
Thursday, 28 January 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
For Members
How well do you know the nation's gallery?
After school
Part 2:...
Thursday, 28 January 2021
5 - 6 pm GMT
Online event
A free creative course at the National Gallery for young people of all levels
Talk and draw
January
Friday, 29 January 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
Our regular creative sessions consider a National Gallery painting in two ways
Art and disability
Are we missing something?
Thursday, 4 February 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
Filmmaker and artist Richard Butchins explores society's blindness to disability in art
After school
Part 3: Sketchbook session
Thursday, 4 February 2021
5 - 6 pm GMT
Online event
A free creative course at the National Gallery for young people of all levels
Rubens and Van Dyck paint...
Members' talk and Q&A
Friday, 5 February 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
For Members
Did the pupil surpass the master?
Reset and restore
Delivering online workshops
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 - Tuesday, 9 March 2021
10.30 am - 12 pm GMT
Online event
An opportunity for visual art practitioners to reflect on the facilitation and delivery of online creative workshops
What can paintings tell...
Members' talk and creative...
Thursday, 11 February 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
For Members
Learn about the significance of drawing as an artistic medium and develop your own practical skills
Take One Picture CPD:...
Onsite
All CPD sessions will be moving online, first upcoming
Friday, 12 February 2021 - cancelled,
other dates available
10 am - 3.30 pm
Explore how Orazio Gentileschi’s ‘The Finding of Moses’ can be used to inspire learning across the curriculum
Take One Picture CPD...
Online only
Friday, 12 February 2021
4 - 6.30 pm GMT
Online event
Explore how Orazio Gentileschi’s ‘The Finding of Moses’ can be used to inspire learning across the curriculum
Where we belong
LGBT+ history in the National...
Friday, 12 February 2021
6 - 7 pm GMT
Online event
Curators, artists and museum professionals lead a highlights tour of our collection for LGBT+ History Month
Decoding pictures
February half-term
Monday, 15 February 2021
11 - 11.45 am GMT
Online event
Discover how to piece together clues in paintings in this live online family tour
Musical tales
February half-term
Tuesday, 16 February 2021
11 - 11.30 am GMT
Online event
Online musical storytelling for babies and toddlers
Story studio
February half-term
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
11 am - 12 pm GMT
Online event
Wander into a painting with a storyteller, then make along with an artist in this live family session
Unexpected views
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
5 - 5.45 pm GMT
Online event
Monthly discussions about art with some of the most important cultural practitioners today
Crossing borders
Albrecht Dürer’s Renaissance
Thursday, 18 February 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
Curatorial Fellow Imogen Tedbury discusses the art, life and times of Albrecht Dürer
A scientific approach
Members' talk and Q&A
Friday, 19 February 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
For Members
How can science inform art?
Stories of art
Module 4: 1600-1700
Wednesday, 24 February 2021 - Wednesday, 31 March 2021
5.30 - 7.30 pm GMT
Online event
Discover the art of Caravaggio, Velázquez and Vermeer with Lucrezia Walker
Art through words
Thursday, 25 February 2021
10.30 - 11.30 am GMT
Online event
Description sessions for blind and partially sighted visitors
Birth, love and marriage...
Members' talk and Q&A
Thursday, 25 February 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
For Members
Step away from the distant grandeur of religion and royalty and into the domestic lives of Renaissance Italy
After school
Part 4: Get professional feedback
Thursday, 25 February 2021
5 - 6 pm GMT
Online event
A free creative course at the National Gallery for young people of all levels
Talk and draw
February
Friday, 26 February 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
Our regular creative sessions consider a National Gallery painting in two ways
Sketchbook Saturday
A contemporary take
Saturday, 27 February 2021
10.30 am - 12 pm GMT
Online event
Develop your creative skills in a thematic session drawn from our collection and beyond
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A curated look
Short talks from our curators, filmed from their homes for you to enjoy in yours
5-minute meditations
Let go of thoughts of the past and worries for the future with a mindful look at one painting
One painting, many voices
Behind the scenes
Find out what goes on in our Conservation, Scientific, Curatorial and Framing departments
Women artists in the collection
Trailblazers and rule-breakers; discover some of the female artists in the collection
Latest films
45 videos
Cleaning Rubens's 'Het Steen'
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9:46
5-minute meditation: Van Gogh's Wheatfield, with Cypresses
2
4:56
Gossaert in 10 minutes
3
7:29
One painting, many voices
4
9:23
Restoring the Gallery's oldest painting
5
9:22
A curated look: why artists painted on copper
6
10:56
One painting, many voices
7
11:38
A curated look at: alcohol in painting
8
8:42
Van Kessel's insect paintings in 10 minutes
9
10:47
5-minute meditation: Zurbarán's 'A Cup of Water and a Rose'
10
5:11
Cochineal beetles in art
11
4:11
Make and create: Art ideas for little ones under 5
12
6:55
A curated look at: beaches
13
10:55
Renovating the largest room in the Gallery
14
7:25
Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne: from big cats to love at first sight
15
11:03
5-minute meditation: Bonington's 'An Estuary in Northern France'
16
5:50
Make and create: pattern making
17
6:23
Make and create: Making art together
18
5:55
Holbein's Ambassadors: theories, questions and what you need to know
19
10:34
Make and create: Self portraits
20
5:09
A curated look at: angels
21
11:56
5-minute meditation: Redon's 'Ophelia among the Flowers'
22
4:56
A curated look at: kindness
23
11:00
One painting, many voices
24
12:05
Make and create: Construct your own still life
25
10:00
Make and create: drawing Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'
26
8:43
'Saint Jerome in his Study' in 10 minutes
27
8:52
5-minute meditation: Turner's 'Rain, Steam, and Speed'
28
4:35
A curated look at: A day in the countryside
29
10:44
Make and create: a collage inspired by Rousseau's 'Surprised!'
30
9:47
A curated look at: working from home
31
17:20
Love and Punishment
32
7:56
Cleavers, poison and snakes
33
5:56
Birds and death in paintings
34
4:55
Art restoration of one of our largest paintings: Cleaning Van Dyck's '...
35
11:31
Restoring Leonardo's 'The Virgin of the Rocks'
36
41:09
Curator’s Introduction to ‘Leonardo: Experience a Masterpiece’
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43:13
Eight female artists from art history
38
10:08
The art restoration plan for Artemisia Gentileschi's 'Self Portrait'
39
2:28
Cleaning Artemisia Gentileschi's 'Self Portrait'
40
5:45
Why are there so few female artists in the National Gallery?
41
4:59
The women who shaped our collection
42
4:31
Artemisia visits Glasgow Women’s Library
43
7:39
Artemisia Visits - the full journey
44
6:30
Artemisia visits a prison
45
3:58
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