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A curatorial perspective of C C Land: The Wonder of Art (Livestream)

Curatorial panel discussion

Stream this exclusive Members' event about our once-in-a-lifetime rehang
Date
Friday, 9 May 2025
Time
11 am - 12.30 pm BST
Available online only
Audience
Members

About

After more than two years of building works, the transformation of the Sainsbury Wing is set to reshape the National Gallery for its third century and the next generation of visitors. To celebrate this historical moment, we're celebrating with a special panel discussion in the revamped Pigott Theatre, hosted by National Gallery curators, exclusive to National Gallery members. 

The reopening of the Sainsbury Wing coincides with a complete redisplay of over 1,000 of the collection's most renowned and beloved works collected for the nation over the last 200 years. Christine Riding (Director of Collections and Research and Curator of British Paintings) leads the panel, inviting the curatorial team to share their fascinating work on C C Land: The Wonder of Art. 

She will be joined by Per Rumberg (Jacob Rothschild Head of the Curatorial Department), Bart Cornelis (Curator of Dutch and Flemish Paintings), Laura Llewellyn (Curator of Italian Paintings before 1500), and Christopher Riopelle (Curator of Post 1800 Paintings), who will discuss some of the highlights of the new display. 

We look forward to welcoming you either in-person or online and discovering a curatorial perspective on The Wonder of Art. 

This is a livestream of the lecture taking place in the Sainsbury Wing Theatre. If you would prefer to attend in-person, please book tickets here.

Image: Room 32 of the National Gallery

Your panelists

Bart Cornelis
Bart Cornelis has been the curator of Dutch and Flemish Paintings at the National Gallery since 2017. Before that, he was Deputy Editor of 'The Burlington Magazine', and before moving to the UK from the Netherlands, he was Assistant Curator at the Rijksmuseum. He is the curator of 'The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Frans Hals' and has previously curated 'Nicolaes Maes: Dutch Master of the Golden Age' (The National Gallery, 2020) and 'Adriaen van de Velde: Dutch Master of Landscape' (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and Dulwich Picture Gallery, London 2016–17).
Laura Llewellyn
Laura Llewellyn is Curator of Italian Paintings before 1500 at the National Gallery, London, where she was previously Associate Curator of Renaissance Paintings (2020‒23). Prior to this she was Assistant Curator in the Department of Paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles (2016‒20). At the Getty, she curated the exhibitions 'Ercole de’ Roberti in Focus' (2019) and 'Paolo Veneziano: Art and Devotion in 14th-century Venice' (2021), organised in partnership with The Frick Collection. She received her PhD from the Courtauld in 2017. At the National Gallery she curated the exhibition 'Pesellino: A Renaissance Master Revealed' (December 2023 ‒ March 2024).
Christine Riding
Christine Riding is the Director of Collections and Research at the National Gallery. Before joining the Gallery, she was Head of Arts and Curator of the Queen's House at Royal Museums Greenwich (2011–18), where she curated the 'Turner and the Sea' exhibition (2013). From 1999 to 2011, she was Curator of 18th- and 19th-Century British Art at Tate.
Christopher Riopelle
Christopher Riopelle is the Neil Westreich Curator of Post 1800 Paintings. He previously held curatorial positions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum, California. He has curated many exhibitions, including 'Gauguin's Portraits' (2019), 'Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light' (2019), 'Thomas Cole: Eden to Empire' and 'Ed Ruscha: Course of Empire' (2018), and 'Australia's Impressionists' (2017).
Per Rumberg
Per Rumberg is the Jacob Rothschild Head of the Curatorial Department at the National Gallery. He previously held curatorial positions at the Royal Academy of Arts and the Morgan Library & Museum in New York. He curated numerous exhibitions, including 'Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c. 1504' (Royal Academy, 2024-25), 'Charles I: King and Collector' (Royal Academy, 2018) and 'Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan' (National Gallery, 2011-12). He studied art history in London, Florence and Berlin and received his Ph.D. from the Courtauld Institute of Art.

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This is a livestream of the lecture taking place in the Sainsbury Wing Theatre. If you would prefer to attend in-person, please book tickets here.

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A curatorial perspective of C C Land: The Wonder of Art (Livestream)

Curatorial panel discussion

Stream this exclusive Members' event about our once-in-a-lifetime rehang
Date
Friday, 9 May 2025
Time
11 am - 12.30 pm BST
Available online only
Audience
Members

Tickets

Members: £15

This is an online event, exclusive to Members, hosted on Zoom. 

Members, please book your ticket to access this event. You will receive an E-ticket with instructions on how to access your online events, films and resources via your National Gallery account. Only one ticket can be booked per account. 

A recording of this event will be made available to all ticket holders in the days following the event.

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