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...

07/14/2006. LONDON, ENGLAND.- The National Gallery has always enjoyed generous private patronage. This exhibition will celebrate Ludwig Mond (1840-1909), one of its most important benefactors, and highlight the contribution of private bequests to public a...

08/14/2006. WASHINGTON, DC.- A medalist, sculptor, and designer, Alexandre Charpentier was a pivotal figure in the movement to unite the fine and decorative arts in France at the end of the 19th century. Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier (1856–1909)...

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...

09/12/2010. LONDON.- A new display at the National Portrait Gallery to mark the 350th anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Society celebrates a critical moment in the development of modern science. T...

05/16/2011. LONDON.- A new painted portrait of the journalist, author and broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson has been commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, London, where it will go on display for...

07/12/2011. WALES.- Wales has many fascinating stories to tell through the work of the artists and collectors from, or inspired by, Wales. A number of these stories are told in the new £6.5m ...

12/07/2013. The National Gallery of Art has launched the Your Art app for iPhone, iPod Touch, and now Android smartphones. Your Art is a free interactive mobile application featuring 130 of the treasures on view in the Gallery’s collection, including works ...

03/21/2014. Sharon Percy Rockefeller became chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art in September 2013, upon the retirement of John C. Wilmerding, who was appointed to the board in 2005 and...

07/15/2014. A new season of Exhibition on Screen by award-winning arts documentary maker Phil Grabsky & Seventh Art Productions will delight art lovers in more than 40 countries across the world. ...

12/27/2015. School of Disobedience in Kiasma is not only a real school, but a metaphor for the entire exhibition, which is also a retrospective of Jani Leinonen’s (b. 1978) work to date. Leinonen has in...

04/01/2021. An immersive experience at the National Gallery where visitors could journey through an interactive high-resolution image of a picture with sound, poetry and light in socially distanced...

08/20/2021. Photographs of documents relating to the dramatic theft on 21 August 1961 of Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery have been released to mark the six...

03/19/2024. Around the year 1515, at the height of the German Renaissance (circa 1470-1600), a mysterious altarpiece was created in the region of Franconia, now part of modern Bavaria. Somehow it made its way to a church in the UK where it remained whole unt...

04/01/2024. The National Galleries of Scotland announced the acquisition of Encounter (1959), by world-renowned Surrealist artist Remedios Varo (1908-1963). Extremely rare and sought-after, this is t...