NG200 Appeal

About NG200

We are bringing the world’s greatest paintings to you. Spectacular exhibitions and creative workshops at Trafalgar Square and across Britain will bring more than half the population within an hour’s journey of one of our masterpieces. New digital experiences will give unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to our collection, work and archives, for all to enjoy, everywhere. We're also updating our building to ensure the best experience possible for our visitors.

NG200: Art Road Trip​ ​

A travelling art studio is touring the UK through the year, bringing 200 National Gallery workshops and learning activities to different communities who otherwise would not have ready access.

Find out more about Art Road Trip

NG200: The Triumph of Art​ ​

A national public art commission, celebrating 200 years of the National Gallery – showing how festivals are a part of art, culture and civic-life, and how art and artists can be catalysts of collaboration and joy.

NG200: 200 Creators​

We are collaborating with 200 social media creators from across the UK, celebrating 200 years of the Gallery being a beacon of creativity.

NG200: Behind the Scenes

A new online film series that takes viewers behind the scenes of the National Gallery creating a continuous micro documentary that engages people with key aspects of the NG200 programme.

NG200: 200 Paintings for 200 Years​

We open the door to the entire history of a painting, in one place, sharing the wealth of the National Gallery’s research, digitally available for everyone, everywhere, anytime.

NG200: The Virtual Gallery​

We will create a new, large-scale digital Gallery experience for the Bicentenary, available via our website.

NG200: Summer on the Square

A festival in Trafalgar Square, programmed with and for children, young people and their families to engage new and diverse audiences. Designed to unlock the nation's creativity and bring the collection to the streets of Westminster.

NG200: Van Gogh

An exhibition featuring a stunning array of the artist’s most important and well-loved works alongside paintings from private collections never seen in public before. The first major Van Gogh show in the UK since 2010, it promises to be the most spectacular, and comes exactly 100 years after the Gallery acquired 'Van Gogh’s Chair' and 'Sunflowers' (both painted in 1888).

NG200: 14th century Siena

The first ever full-scale exhibition of early Sienese art outside Italy. An opportunity to see some of Europe’s earliest and most exquisite paintings ever produced. Be there for the beginning of art history…

NG Stories: Making a Masterpiece

The story of the Gallery and the people who have played a part in its 200-year history, delivered through digital experiences that will create new connections with the collection.

NG200: Building a world-class welcome

A suite of capital projects has been designed by a team led by Selldorf Architects to benefit everyone who visits the Gallery. Sensitive interventions to our building will reshape the National Gallery for its third century. A transformation of the Sainsbury Wing entrance, the public realm and visitor amenities along with a new Supporters' House and a new Research Centre, will provide a more inspiring and sustainable experience for the millions of you who visit us every year. We are transforming our Centre for Creative Learning, allowing us to be far more ambitious with our educational offer and become the nation’s art classroom.

Find out more about our building projects.

Our rehang

We are redisplaying the entire National Gallery Collection, with a new emphasis on thematic displays, pairings and surprising ‘artistic conversations’ within a broadly chronological framework.

NG200: National Treasures

Twelve simultaneous exhibitions opened on the same day – 10 May 2024 – at 12 museums and galleries across the 12 regions of the four nations of the UK, and each centred around a National Treasure. More than half the UK population will be within an hour’s journey of a National Gallery masterpiece.