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Category:Tour, Free

Daily guided tour

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays (excluding public holidays)

3 - 4 pm

Central Hall

Experience a 60-minute taster tour of the collection

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Category:Course, From £70.50

Stories of art: 1700-1800

Wednesday, 17 April 2024 - Wednesday, 22 May 2024

5.30 - 7.30 pm BST

Online event

Discover vibrant, dynamic and complex 18th-century art, from the Rococo to the Enlightenment

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Category:Talk, From £215

A morning with Dr Gabriele Finaldi’s masterpieces

Members' breakfast talk

Fully booked.

Thursday, 16 May 2024

8 - 10 am

Annenberg Court

Dr Gabriele Finaldi

Members

Join our Director, Dr Gabriele Finaldi, for an exclusive morning talk before the Gallery opens, bringing to life the limited edition book, 'The National Gallery: Masterpieces of Painting'

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Category:Talks & conversations, Free

Pause with a painting

Giorgione's 'Il Tramonto (The Sunset)''

Thursday, 16 May 2024

11am
11 - 11.45 am (drop-in)

Room 29

Immerse yourself in one painting in these free mid-morning mindfulness sessions

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Category:Course, From £35.25

Caravaggio: Among the light and shadows

Thursday, 9 May 2024 - Thursday, 23 May 2024

3.30 - 5 pm BST

Online event

Join art historian Siân Walters to consider Caravaggio’s final years and legacy as we stage the ‘The Last Caravaggio’ exhibition

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Category:Creative session, Free

Creative workshop

A certain kind of light

Various dates, first upcoming
Thursday, 16 May 2024

4 - 5 pm

Central Hall

Join Gallery Educator and artist Joanna Conybeare for this creative workshop inspired by our new Caravaggio exhibition

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Category:Discussion, Free

The Painter's Daughters

Members' book club

Thursday, 16 May 2024

6 - 7 pm BST

Online event

Members

Explore the lives and stories of Thomas Gainsborough and his daughters at our inaugural Members’ book club

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Category:Talk, Free

Curator's introduction

The Last Caravaggio

Tuesday, 21 May 2024

1 - 2 pm BST

Dr Francesca Whitlum-Cooper

Online event

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Join Francesca Whitlum-Cooper, curator of ‘The Last Caravaggio’ for an introduction to the exhibition

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Category:Talk, Free

Audio Art: Utterly in the picture

Joseph Wright 'of Derby'

Thursday, 23 May 2024

1 - 2 pm (drop-in)

Room 34

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Join Katy Tarbard for an audio-described talk on 'An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump'

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Category:Lunchtime talk, Free

Competition and collaboration in the 'Raising of Lazarus'

Friday, 24 May 2024

1 - 1.30 pm (drop-in)

Room 32

Join Maria Alambritis to explore the dramatic history behind the first painting to enter the National Gallery’s collection

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Category:Experiences

Friday Lates

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

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Category:Talks & conversations, Free

Friday Lates: The Triumph of Art

Ed Hall in conversation

Friday, 24 May 2024

6.15 - 7 pm

Gallery D

Celebrated banner maker Ed Hall joins Imogen Tedbury, our Curator of Italian Paintings before 1500, in conversation

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Category:Creative session, Free

Friday Lates: The Triumph of Art

Life drawing with banners

Friday, 24 May 2024
Session times

6.15 - 7 pm
7.15 - 8 pm
Room 32

Join us for a life drawing session with a difference
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Category:Talks & conversations, Free

Friday Lates: The Triumph of Art

Laura Grace Ford: Remembering the National Gallery

Friday, 24 May 2024

6.30 - 7.15 pm

Meet in Room 16

Artist Laura Grace Ford takes us on an imagined journey through the Gallery

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Category:Talks & conversations, Free

Friday Lates tour and poetry readings

SJ Fowler and guests

Friday, 24 May 2024

7 - 7.45 pm

Room 34

Poet and performer SJ Fowler brings together a range of writers for an evening of readings inspired by artworks

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Category:Talks & conversations, Free

Friday Lates: The Triumph of Art

Jeremy Deller in conversation with Mary Beard

Fully booked.

Friday, 24 May 2024

7.30 - 8.15 pm

Room 45

Hear artist Jeremy Deller and classicist Mary Beard discuss the act of commemoration

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Category:Creative session, Free

May half-term

Sensory connections

Wednesday, 29 May 2024

11 am - 4 pm (drop-in)

Room 6

Families, for all ages

Come and interact with a material-rich environment to create your own games and stories, inspired by spaces and paintings

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Category:Course, From £11.75

In focus: Turner

Wednesday, 29 May 2024

5.30 - 7.30 pm BST

Online event

Matthew Morgan explores the illustrious career and artwork of Turner, the artist who connected the 18th and the 19th centuries

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Category:Creative session, Free

May half-term

Gold reflections

Thursday, 30 May 2024

11 am - 4 pm (drop-in)

Room 6

Families, for all ages

We invite you to wonder at the gold around you in our paintings and rooms, and play with your creative ideas

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Category:Creative session, Free

Talk and draw

Self Portrait at the Age of 34

Friday, 31 May 2024

4 - 5 pm BST

Online event

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Our regular creative sessions consider a National Gallery painting in two ways

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Daily guided tour

Stories of art: 1700-1800

A morning with Dr Gabriele Finaldi’s masterpieces

Members' breakfast talk

Pause with a painting

Giorgione's 'Il Tramonto (The Sunset)''

Caravaggio: Among the light and shadows

Creative workshop

A certain kind of light

The Painter's Daughters

Members' book club

Curator's introduction

The Last Caravaggio

Audio Art: Utterly in the picture

Joseph Wright 'of Derby'

Competition and collaboration in the 'Raising of Lazarus'

Friday Lates

Friday Lates: The Triumph of Art

Ed Hall in conversation

Friday Lates: The Triumph of Art

Life drawing with banners

Friday Lates: The Triumph of Art

Laura Grace Ford: Remembering the National Gallery

Friday Lates tour and poetry readings

SJ Fowler and guests

Friday Lates: The Triumph of Art

Jeremy Deller in conversation with Mary Beard

May half-term

Sensory connections

In focus: Turner

May half-term

Gold reflections

Talk and draw

Self Portrait at the Age of 34

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Daily guided tour

Stories of art: 1700-1800

A morning with Dr Gabriele Finaldi’s masterpieces

Members' breakfast talk

Pause with a painting

Giorgione's 'Il Tramonto (The Sunset)''

Caravaggio: Among the light and shadows

Creative workshop

A certain kind of light

The Painter's Daughters

Members' book club

Curator's introduction

The Last Caravaggio

Audio Art: Utterly in the picture

Joseph Wright 'of Derby'

Competition and collaboration in the 'Raising of Lazarus'

Friday Lates

Friday Lates: The Triumph of Art

Ed Hall in conversation

Friday Lates: The Triumph of Art

Life drawing with banners

Friday Lates: The Triumph of Art

Laura Grace Ford: Remembering the National Gallery

Friday Lates tour and poetry readings

SJ Fowler and guests

Friday Lates: The Triumph of Art

Jeremy Deller in conversation with Mary Beard

May half-term

Sensory connections

In focus: Turner

May half-term

Gold reflections

Talk and draw

Self Portrait at the Age of 34