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Visiting Information

Opening times on Wednesdays:

10am - 9pm
(last admissions 8.15pm)

Bar with live music:
Sainsbury Wing foyer

Some rooms around the Gallery may be closed on Wednesday evenings. Exhibtions will remain open and visitors will be able to view the Impressionist paintings. Please check with Information Desks after 6pm on the day.

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Wednesday Lates

Stay late at the Gallery every Wednesday - enjoy a bar with live music, hear talks and visit our latest exhibitions.

Late night opening is sponsered by Credit Suisse

This month’s highlights include:

Bar with Live Music

Featuring live music every Wednesday
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After-work Talks

1 October, 6pm
Uccello: 'Saint George and the Dragon'
Karly Allen, Room 55

8 October, 6pm
Matteo di Giovanni: 'The Assumption of the Virgin'
James Heard, Room 60

15 October, 6pm
Signorelli and Pintoricchio: 'Three Frescoes from Palazzo del Magnifico'
Gilly Gretton, Room 60
This talk will be British Sign Language interpreted, and followed by a BSL discussion group

22 October, 6pm
Botticelli: 'Venus and Mars'
Andrew Nelson, Room 58

29 October, 6pm
Degas’s Portraits : Facing the Past and Present
Jo Rhymer, Room 46

Ten Minute Talks

Ten minute talks on paintings from the collection:

1 October, 7pm
Bellini: 'The Agony in the Garden'
Room 62

1 October, 7.20pm
Claude: 'The Enchanted Castle'
Sunley Room

1 October, 7.40pm
Chardin: 'The House of Cards'
Room 33

8 October, 7pm
Pollaiuolo: 'The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian'
Room 57

8 October, 7.20pm
Batoni: 'Time orders Old Age to destroy Beauty'
Room 40

8 October, 7.40pm
Degas: 'Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando'
Room 46

15 October, 7pm
Botticelli: 'Venus and Mars'
Room 58

15 October, 7.20pm
Turner: 'The Fighting Temeraire'
Room 34

15 October, 7.40pm
Delaroche: 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey'
Room 41

22 October, 7pm
Uccello: 'Saint George and the Dragon'
Room 55

22 October, 7.20pm
Rembrandt: 'Self Portrait at the Age of 34'
Room 24

22 October, 7.40pm
Renoir: 'At the Theatre (La Première Sortie)'
Room 43

29 October, 7pm
Matteo di Giovanni: 'The Assumption of the Virgin'
Room 60

29 October, 7.20pm
Velázquez: 'The Toilet of Venus ('The Rokeby Venus')'
Room 30

29 October, 7.40pm
Delacroix: 'Louis-Auguste Schwiter'
Room 41

Exhibitions

Until 5 October
Love
Admission free

From 15 October
Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian
Admission charge

Special Events

There are a series of lectures and other events throughout the month.

View all Special Events in October

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