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Van Gogh and the collection

A guided tour

Category: Tour | From £20

First upcoming
Thursday, 21 November 2024

Session times

10.30 - 11.30 am
12.30 - 1.30 pm
2.30 - 3.30 pm

Annenberg Court

A walking tour connecting our latest exhibition to the collection
A lasting legacy

Category: Lunchtime talk | Free

Thursday, 21 November 2024

1 - 2 pm (drop-in)

Central Hall

Dr Carlo Corsato

Join us for a special tour to mark Legacy Awareness Month
Daily guided tour

Category: Tour | Free

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays (excluding public holidays)

3 - 4 pm

Central Hall

Experience a 60-minute taster tour of the collection
The artist out of doors

Category: Course | Online | From £42.75

Thursday, 7 - Thursday, 21 November 2024

3.30 - 5.30 pm GMT

Explore the history of artists painting landscapes outside, from Bellini to Constable to Monet, in this three-week course

Enrol The artist out of doors
Friday Lates

Category: Experiences

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
Friday Lates gallery talk

Constable and the political landscape

Category: Talks & conversations | Free

Friday, 22 November 2024

6.15 - 7 pm

Sunley Room

Christine Riding is joined by Articulation alumni to discuss the social significance of Constable's landscapes
Fully booked
Friday Lates life drawing

Brixton Life Drawing

Category: Creative session | Free Fully booked

Friday, 22 November 2024

Session times

6.15 - 7 pm
7.15 - 8 pm

Room 30

Join Brixton Life Drawing to capture the colour and inspiration found in the 17th-century Spanish paintings of Room 30
British Sign Language tour

Van Gogh and Post-Impressionism

Category: Tour | Free

Friday, 22 November 2024

6.30 - 7.30 pm (drop-in)

Room 43

Accessible:

Join Deaf lecturer Alan Murray for a tour in BSL exploring the work of Vincent Van Gogh and other artists working in France at the end of the 19th century
Friday Lates performance

Ben Okri, Deborah Pritchard and Harriet Mackenzie

Category: Music & performance | From £10

Friday, 22 November 2024

7.15 - 8.15 pm

Room 41

The acclaimed poet and novelist Sir Ben Okri unites his love of art, music and poetry

Book now Friday Lates performance: Ben Okri, Deborah Pritchard and Harriet Mackenzie
Fully booked
After hours at the National Gallery

Category: Experience | From £25 Fully booked

Saturday, 23 November 2024

Session times

6.15 - 9 pm
6.45 - 9 pm
7.15 - 9 pm
7.45 - 9 pm

Getty Entrance

A special evening celebrating 'Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers'
Constable's The Hay Wain and Hampstead

Members' talk and Q&A

Category: Talk | Online | Members | Free

Monday, 25 November 2024

4 - 5 pm GMT

The making of 'The Hay Wain'

Book now Constable's The Hay Wain and Hampstead: Members' talk and Q&A
A National Treasure returns

Vermeer, 'A Young Woman standing at a Virginal'

Category: Talk | Members | From £20

Tuesday, 26 November 2024

10 - 10.45 am

Room 16

A series of 45-minute talks welcoming back some of the Gallery's National Treasures

Book A National Treasure returns: Vermeer, 'A Young Woman standing at a Virginal' now
Pause with a painting: 'The Watering Place'

Mindfulness session

Category: Talks & conversations | Free

Tuesday, 26 November 2024

11 - 11.45 am (drop-in)

Room 34

Karly Allen

Enjoy a moment of mindfulness and take a longer look at Gainsborough’s iconic work
The secret history of art

Decoding iconography in paintings

Category: Course | Online | From £71.25

Tuesday, 12 November - Tuesday, 10 December 2024

3.30 - 5.30 pm GMT

Learn about how to read disguised symbols, puzzle pictures, and decode iconography through an exploration of our paintings

Enrol The secret history of art: Decoding iconography in paintings
Stories of art 1400-1500

Category: Course | Online | From £85.50

Wednesday, 30 October - Wednesday, 4 December 2024

5.30 - 7.30 pm GMT

Learn how European Renaissance artists, such as Bellini, Van Eyck and Piero della Francesca revolutionised painting in the 15th century

Enrol Stories of art 1400-1500
A journey into the collection...

The artist out of doors

Category: Tour | Members | From £20

Thursday, 28 November 2024

11 am - 12 pm

Annenberg Court

A guided tour of the collection

Book now A journey into the collection...: The artist out of doors
Lunchtime listen: Black British Classical Foundation

Lufuno Ndou

Category: Music | Free

Thursday, 28 November 2024

1 - 2 pm (drop-in)

Room 34

Enjoy a free lunchtime concert featuring acclaimed performers from the Black British Classical Foundation
The invention of British Art

Members' talk and Q&A

Category: Talk | Online | Members | Free

Friday, 29 November 2024

1 - 2 pm GMT

This is the story of British art

Book now The invention of British Art: Members' talk and Q&A
Talk and draw

The Hay Wain

Category: Creative session | Online | Free

Friday, 29 November 2024

4 - 5 pm GMT

Accessible:

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Our regular creative sessions consider a Gallery painting in two ways

Book now Talk and draw: The Hay Wain
Political art: a conversation

Category: Talks & conversations | From £20

Friday, 29 November 2024

6.30 - 7.30 pm

Room 45

An evening discussion exploring politics in and around art

Book now Political art: a conversation

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