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Restoring Botticelli's 'Adoration of the Kings': Part one
What was hiding beneath the frame for nearly two centuries?
Salvatore Settis: Deeper thoughts
Eminent archaeologist and art historian Salvatore Settis delivers this year's annual lecture.
The Gallery during lockdown
Peek behind our closed doors, with Larry Keith
After centuries apart, two Rubens masterpieces will be brought back together. We go behind the scenes to find out more
Rembrandt's 'A Woman bathing in a Stream (Hendrickje Stoffels?)'
Could this be Rembrandt's lover and why did Rembrandt choose this setting? Join Bart as he offers some answers
February 2021: View of Oudewater
A slow look at this scene of everyday life in a small Dutch town
A structural repair of Rubens's 'Het Steen'
How will Britta New meet the challenge of repairing Rubens's fragile panel which has survived centuries' worth of restorations and one very severe frost?
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
Restoring Botticelli's 'Adoration of the Kings': Part two
How did Jill Dunkerton retouch this Renaissance masterpiece?
Online events
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
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
The life and art of Rosa...
Members’ talk and Q&A
Friday, 5 March 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
For Members
Ahead of International Women’s Day, discover a leading female artist who defied convention
Take One Picture CPD
March 2021: Online
Monday, 8 March 2021
1 - 4.30 pm GMT
Online event
CPD sessions for primary school teachers exploring how one painting can inspire learning across the curriculum
Reset and restore
Delivering online workshops
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
After school
Part 1: Hunting and gathering...
Tuesday, 9 March 2021
5 - 6 pm GMT
Online event
A free creative course at the National Gallery for young people aged 15-21
Gardens: A space of my own
Members’ talk and Q&A
Thursday, 11 March 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
For Members
From the Virgin Mary's to Monet's, learn about some of the most beautiful gardens in art
Talk and draw
March
Friday, 12 March 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
Our regular creative sessions consider a National Gallery painting in two ways
City by city
Monday, 15 March 2021 - Monday, 26 April 2021
3 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
Learn about key cities of the Italian Renaissance through paintings from our collection and beyond, with Jo Walton
Subject Specialist...
Establishing online programmes...
Tuesday, 16 March 2021
4 - 5.15 pm GMT
Online event
A seminar exploring how museums and galleries can engage with audiences online
The Microscope Sessions
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
1 - 2 pm GMT
Online event
Tune in to a live performance in painting by artists Rhiannon Armstrong and Tim Spooner
Degas's dream
Members’ talk and Q&A
Friday, 19 March 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
For Members
Learn about Degas's astonishing private collection of art
Sketchbook Saturday
A point of view: Exploring...
Saturday, 20 March 2021
10.30 am - 12 pm GMT
Online event
Develop your creative skills in a thematic session drawn from our collection and beyond
Curator's introduction:...
Members' talk and Q&A
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
1 - 2 pm GMT
Online event
For Members
Curator of 'Dürer's Journeys', Susan Foister, introduces the exhibition
After school
Part 2: Travel writing
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
5 - 6 pm GMT
Online event
A free creative course at the National Gallery for young people aged 15-21
Art through words
Thursday, 25 March 2021
10.30 - 11.30 am GMT
Online event
Description sessions for blind and partially sighted visitors
Three women
Members’ talk and Q&A
Thursday, 25 March 2021
4 - 5 pm GMT
Online event
For Members
Take a closer look at the lives of three women in the collection
After a fashion
Reinterpreting costume today
Friday, 26 March 2021
6 - 7.15 pm GMT
Online event
Author and cultural historian Kassia St Clair is joined by leading contemporary fashion makers and designers to discuss the influence of art history on their work
Art in Flux: Reclaimed
In collaboration with National...
Tuesday, 30 March 2021
6.30 - 8 pm BST
Online event
A panel discussion to explore how new media artists and curators are approaching themes of diversity and representation
Seeing God in art
Thursday, 1 April 2021
4 - 5 pm BST
Online event
Richard Harries and Jennifer Sliwka in conversation
Musical tales
Easter holidays
Tuesday, 6 April 2021
11 - 11.30 am BST
Online event
Online musical storytelling for families with children under 5
Musical tales
Easter holidays
Tuesday, 6 April 2021
3 - 3.30 pm BST
Online event
Online musical storytelling for families with children under 5
Decoding pictures
Easter holidays
Wednesday, 7 April 2021
3 - 3.45 pm BST
Online event
Discover how to piece together clues in paintings in this live online family tour
Conversations with paintings
Thursday, 8 April 2021 - Thursday, 22 April 2021
11 am - 12.30 pm BST
Online event
Look, discuss and share your reflections on paintings with a small, friendly group
A mindful moment
Easter holidays
Thursday, 8 April 2021
3 - 4 pm BST
Online event
Take time out together as a family and be transported into a painting through mindful looking and drawing
Unexpected views
Friday, 9 April 2021
5 - 5.45 pm BST
Online event
Monthly discussions about art with some of the most important cultural practitioners today
Musical tales
Easter holidays
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
11 - 11.30 am BST
Online event
Online musical storytelling for families with children under 5
Musical tales
Easter holidays
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
3 - 3.30 pm BST
Online event
Online musical storytelling for families with children under 5
Story studio
Easter holidays
Wednesday, 14 April 2021
11 am - 12 pm BST
Online event
Wander into a painting with a storyteller, then make-along with an artist in this live family session
Stories of art
Module 5: 1700-1800
Wednesday, 14 April 2021 - Wednesday, 19 May 2021
5.30 - 7.30 pm BST
Online event
Discover the art of Fragonard, Hogarth and David with Richard Stemp
Decoding pictures
Easter holidays
Thursday, 15 April 2021
11 - 11.45 am BST
Online event
Discover how to piece together clues in paintings in this live online family tour
Sketchbook Saturday
Lines of sight
Saturday, 17 April 2021
10.30 am - 12 pm BST
Online event
Develop your creative skills in a thematic session drawn from our collection and beyond
After school
Part 3: Look at your environment
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
5 - 6 pm BST
Online event
A free creative course at the National Gallery for young people aged 15-21
Talk and draw
Friday, 23 April 2021
4 - 5 pm BST
Online event
Our regular creative sessions consider a National Gallery painting in two ways
Take One Picture CPD
April 2021: Online
Monday, 26 April 2021
1 - 4.30 pm BST
Online event
CPD sessions for primary school teachers exploring how one painting can inspire learning across the curriculum
After school
Part 4: Drawing session
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
5 - 6 pm BST
Online event
A free creative course at the National Gallery for young people aged 15-21
Art through words
Thursday, 29 April 2021
10.30 - 11.30 am BST
Online event
Description sessions for blind and partially sighted visitors
Art and technology
The new frontier
Friday, 30 April 2021
1 - 2 pm BST
Online event
Jacky Klein considers how technology might influence artists and the art world in the next decade
After school
Part 5: Printmaking at home
Tuesday, 4 May 2021
5 - 6 pm BST
Online event
A free creative course at the National Gallery for young people aged 15-21
After school
Part 6: Get professional feedback
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
5 - 6 pm BST
Online event
A free creative course at the National Gallery for young people aged 15-21
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Cleaning Rubens's 'Het Steen'
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5-minute meditation: Van Gogh's Wheatfield, with Cypresses
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Gossaert in 10 minutes
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7:29
One painting, many voices
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9:23
Restoring the Gallery's oldest painting
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9:22
A curated look: why artists painted on copper
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10:56
One painting, many voices
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11:38
A curated look at: alcohol in painting
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8:42
Van Kessel's insect paintings in 10 minutes
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10:47
5-minute meditation: Zurbarán's 'A Cup of Water and a Rose'
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5:11
Cochineal beetles in art
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4:11
Make and create: Art ideas for little ones under 5
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6:55
A curated look at: beaches
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10:55
Renovating the largest room in the Gallery
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7:25
Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne: from big cats to love at first sight
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11:03
5-minute meditation: Bonington's 'An Estuary in Northern France'
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5:50
Make and create: pattern making
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6:23
Make and create: Making art together
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5:55
Holbein's Ambassadors: theories, questions and what you need to know
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10:34
Make and create: Self portraits
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5:09
A curated look at: angels
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11:56
5-minute meditation: Redon's 'Ophelia among the Flowers'
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4:56
A curated look at: kindness
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11:00
One painting, many voices
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12:05
Make and create: Construct your own still life
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10:00
Make and create: drawing Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'
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8:43
'Saint Jerome in his Study' in 10 minutes
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8:52
5-minute meditation: Turner's 'Rain, Steam, and Speed'
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4:35
A curated look at: A day in the countryside
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10:44
Make and create: a collage inspired by Rousseau's 'Surprised!'
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9:47
A curated look at: working from home
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17:20
Love and Punishment
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7:56
Cleavers, poison and snakes
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5:56
Birds and death in paintings
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4:55
Art restoration of one of our largest paintings: Cleaning Van Dyck's '...
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11:31
Restoring Leonardo's 'The Virgin of the Rocks'
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41:09
Curator’s Introduction to ‘Leonardo: Experience a Masterpiece’
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43:13
Eight female artists from art history
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10:08
The art restoration plan for Artemisia Gentileschi's 'Self Portrait'
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2:28
Cleaning Artemisia Gentileschi's 'Self Portrait'
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5:45
Why are there so few female artists in the National Gallery?
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The women who shaped our collection
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4:31
Artemisia visits Glasgow Women’s Library
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7:39
Artemisia Visits - the full journey
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Artemisia visits a prison
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A structural repair of Rubens's Het Steen
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