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Easter holidays

Decoding pictures tour

Category: Tour | Families, ages 5 - 13 | Free

First upcoming
Tuesday, 15 April 2025

Session times

11 - 11.50 am
1 - 1.50 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Ask questions and find the answers as our educators help you explore the Gallery
Easter holidays

Immersive landscape

Category: Creative session | Families, for all ages | Free

Various dates, first upcoming
Tuesday, 15 April 2025

11 am - 4 pm (drop-in)

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Explore the sensations and sounds of nature as if you were there in our immersive Creative Space
Easter holidays

Still life drawing in Velasco's nature

Category: Creative session | Families, for all ages | Free

Various dates, first upcoming
Tuesday, 15 April 2025

11 am - 4 pm (drop-in)

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Recreate the colours and shapes of Mexico's nature inspired by José María Velasco
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
Muse, Madonna or Medusa?

Unravelling female archetypes in paintings

Category: Course | Online | From £57

Tuesday, 25 March - Tuesday, 15 April 2025

3.30 - 5.30 pm BST

Join us for this four-week course deconstructing traditional tropes of women across Western European painting

Enrol Muse, Madonna or Medusa?: Unravelling female archetypes in paintings
Easter holidays

Velasco's natural world

Category: Creative session | Families, ages 5 - 13 | Free

Wednesday, 16 April 2025

Session times

11 am - 1 pm
2 - 4 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Take inspiration from Velasco’s paintings to create rich colours of nature with natural materials and pigments
Picture of the Month: Mary Magdalene

10-minute talk

Category: Talk | Free

Various dates, first upcoming
Wednesday, 16 April 2025

4 - 4.10 pm (drop-in)

Room 9

A brief introduction to our current picture of the month
A feast for your eyes

Members' talk and Q&A

Category: Talk | Online | Members | Free

Thursday, 17 April 2025

1 - 2 pm BST

Turn your gaze to food

Book now A feast for your eyes: Members' talk and Q&A
Life drawing: From line to form

Category: Course | From £288

Thursday, 27 March - Thursday, 17 April 2025

2.30 - 5.30 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Join us for a four-week life drawing and painting course that will expand how you capture and understand the human body

Enrol Life drawing: From line to form
A feast for your eyes

Members' talk and Q&A

Category: Talk | Online | Members | Free Rescheduled

Friday, 18 April 2025

1 - 2 pm BST

This event has been rescheduled. The new event is Thursday 17 April, 1-2pm.
Audio art: Utterly in the picture

April

Category: Talks & conversations | Free

Tuesday, 22 April 2025

1 - 2 pm (drop-in)

Room 34

Accessible:

Join us for an audio-described talk and music performance based on different paintings in the collection
Art and society

Category: Course | Online | From £42.75

Tuesday, 22 April - Tuesday, 6 May 2025

3.30 - 5.30 pm BST

Join us to learn about art’s relationship to politics and society across centuries through artworks in the National Gallery

Enrol Art and society
An introduction to...

Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350

Category: Talks & conversations | Members | From £20 Fully booked

Various dates
Wednesday, 23 April 2025

8.30 - 9.45 am

Annenberg Court

Join expert guide Maurizio Patti for an in-depth look at our latest exhibition
A journey into the collection...

Knights, warriors, dragons and rescues

Category: Tour | From £20

Wednesday, 23 April 2025

11 am - 12 pm
2 - 3 pm
4 - 5 pm

Annenberg Court

A series of themed guided tours throughout the gallery's collection
Fully booked
Siena and the collection

Category: Tour | Members | From £20 Fully booked

Wednesday, 23 April 2025

Session times

11 am - 12 pm
3 - 4 pm

Annenberg Court

A guided walking tour connecting the Siena exhibition to the collection
Take One Picture CPD - 2024/2025

Online sessions

Category: Study day | Online | Free Fully booked

Various dates
Wednesday, 23 April 2025

1 - 4 pm BST

Online CPD sessions for primary school teachers, exploring how one painting can inspire learning across the curriculum
Highlights of the 19th century

Part 1

Category: Lunchtime talk | Free

Wednesday, 23 April 2025

2 - 3 pm (drop-in)

Room 38

Join Dr Amy Mechowski, art historian and course leader for 'Stories of Art' as she explores highlights from the 19th century in the collection
Guided tours of Longford Castle

Category: Tour | From £18 Fully booked

Various dates, first upcoming
Wednesday, 23 April 2025

2 - 4 pm

Longford Castle, near Salisbury, Wiltshire

A rare opportunity to visit this beautiful castle and its world-class art collection on one of the few days it's open to the public
Creative workshop

Drawing like sculpture: Mantegna’s monochrome magic

Category: Creative session | Free

Thursday, 24 April 2025

4 - 5 pm (drop-in)

Room 14

Join us to explore Mantegna's remarkable technique of painting sculpture to create your own classical inspired drawing.
Gold! How artists use gilding and gold

Members' talk and demonstration

Category: Talk | Online | Members | Free

Thursday, 24 April 2025

4 - 5 pm BST

How did 14th century Sienese artists work with gold?

Book now Gold! How artists use gilding and gold: Members' talk and demonstration

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