The National Gallery, London
Bringing people and paintings together
Admission free, donations welcome
Open daily: 10am - 6pm
Friday lates until 9pm
Trafalgar Square, London
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Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350
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Step into 14th-century Siena and discover how artists broke from tradition and pioneered new ways of storytelling. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime celebration marking the rise of Western painting.
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Visitor at the National Gallery
Portico entrance shop
From Leonardo da Vinci to Vincent van Gogh
Stop by our cafés or join us for lunch, dinner, afternoon tea or cocktails at our stunning restaurant, Ochre.
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Exhibitions and displays
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Until 19 January 2025£
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Exhibition
NG Stories: Making a National Gallery
Until 12 January 2025Free -
Exhibition
Discover Constable & The Hay Wain
Until 2 February 2025Free -
Exhibition
Parmigianino: The Vision of Saint Jerome
5 December 2024 – 9 March 2025Free -
Exhibition
Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300 ‒1350
8 March – 22 June 2025£ -
Exhibition
José María Velasco
A View of Mexico29 March – 17 August 2025£ -
Exhibition
The Carracci Cartoons: Myths in the Making
10 April – 6 July 2025Free -
Exhibition
Millet: Life on the Land
7 August – 19 October 2025Free -
Exhibition
Radical Harmony
Helene Kröller-Müller's Neo-Impressionists13 September 2025 – 8 February 2026£
Events
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Fully bookedExperience
After hours at the National Gallery
Category: Experience Fully bookedVarious timesFrom £25 -
Talk | Online | Members
Constable's The Hay Wain and Hampstead
Members' talk and Q&A
Category: Talk | Online | MembersMonday, 25 November 2024, 4 pm GMTFree -
Talk | Members
A National Treasure returns
Vermeer, 'A Young Woman standing at a Virginal'
Category: Talk | MembersTuesday, 26 November 2024, 10 amFrom £20 -
Talks & conversations
Pause with a painting: 'The Watering Place'
Mindfulness session
Category: Talks & conversationsTuesday, 26 November 2024, 11 amFree -
Tour
Daily guided tour
Category: TourVarious datesFree -
Course | Online
The secret history of art
Decoding iconography in paintings
Category: Course | OnlineVarious datesFrom £71.25 -
Course | Online
Stories of art 1400-1500
Category: Course | OnlineVarious datesFrom £85.50 -
Tour | Members
A journey into the collection...
The artist out of doors
Category: Tour | MembersThursday, 28 November 2024, 11 amFrom £20 -
Music
Lunchtime listen: Black British Classical Foundation
Lufuno Ndou
Category: MusicThursday, 28 November 2024, 1 pmFree -
Talk | Online | Members
The invention of British Art
Members' talk and Q&A
Category: Talk | Online | MembersFriday, 29 November 2024, 1 pm GMTFree -
Creative session | Online
Talk and draw
The Hay Wain
Category: Creative session | OnlineFriday, 29 November 2024, 4 pm GMTFree -
Talks & conversations
Political art: a conversation
Category: Talks & conversationsFriday, 29 November 2024, 6.30 pmFrom £20
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