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Trailblazers and rule-breakers; discover some of the female artists in the collection

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Let go of thoughts of the past and worries for the future with a mindful look at one painting
Latest films
46 videos

Cleaning Rubens's 'Het Steen'
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9:46

5-minute meditation: Van Gogh's Wheatfield, with Cypresses
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4:56

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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4:59

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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6:30

Artemisia visits a prison
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3:58

A structural repair of Rubens's Het Steen
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13:11
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