05/15/2005. LONDON, ENGLAND.- Visitor research carried out at the National Gallery has highlighted the important economic impact of the Gallery's 2004/5 exhibition, 'Raphael: From Urbino to Rome', on London's tourism industry. This exhibition attracted...

10/06/2006. OTTAWA, CANADA.- The National Gallery of Canada presents the largest retrospective ever devoted to the work of Canadian painter Edwin Holgate (1892-1977). Edwin Holgate, being presented from 6 October 2006 to 7 January 2007, will offer visitor...

10/25/2006. LONDON, ENGLAND.- The National Gallery has acquired The Lottery in Piazza di Montecitorio by Giovanni Paolo Panini (1740’s, probably 1747), one of the artist’s most extraordinary depictions of contemporary life. Panini was the most ...

04/13/2007. LONDON, ENGLAND.- Jan Molenaer’s painting Two Boys and a Girl making Music is the inspiration for the 2007 Take One Picture exhibition. Now in its 12th year, Take One Picture is the National Gallery’s countrywide scheme for primary s...

07/02/2009. LONDON.- Eight years after free admission to museums and galleries was introduced, The Art Fund, the UK's leading independent art charity, releases its new research, Free to see - but what's ...

10/13/2009. EDINBURGH.- The National Galleries of Scotland launched a unique fundraising initiative, in support of Portrait of the Nation, the ambitious project to refurbish and redefine the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. "Gallery of Stars" gives th...

04/19/2011. LONDON.- As it did 20 years ago with the introduction of a new balanced warm and cool tungsten illumination, the National Gallery, London, is once again proving itself a leader in...

04/21/2011. EDINBURGH.- The rich and diverse collection of English drawings and watercolours in the National Gallery of Scotland will be the subject of a beautifully designed and generously il...

04/22/2011. EDINBURGH.- The rich and diverse collection of English drawings and watercolours in the National Gallery of Scotland will be the subject of a beautifully designed and generously il...

07/07/2011. LONDON.- Altarpiece: An image-bearing structure placed upon or behind an altar in a Christian church. Usually forms the focus of devotion for worshippers and is normally decorated by painters and/or sculptors. Altarpieces can vary considerably...

12/15/2016. The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled a large portrait of its former Director Sandy Nairne by Chuck Close, it was announced today, Wed 14 Dec 2016. It is the first portrait by Close to be acqui...

10/10/2019. Ikon Gallery in Birmingham is the winner of the inaugural £125,000 Ampersand Foundation Award which will enable the gallery to realise its dream of staging an exhibition of works by the 15th century master, Carlo Crivelli. The Trustees of the <a href...

05/22/2020. The National Gallery today announced the acquisition of three significant works: Jean-Etienne Liotard’s The Lavergne Family Breakfast (1754); Thomas Gainsborough’s Portrait of...

07/11/2020. On the 190th birthday of Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the National Gallery has announced the acquisition of his Late afternoon in our Meadow (1887) which has been on loan to the Gallery...

03/25/2021. The National Gallery of Canada mourns the loss of Donald R. Sobey, one of Canada’s greatest cultural philanthropists who loved championing the country’s best contemporary artists and advan...