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Rauschenberg’s Experiments in Printmaking
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Telling the Edward Hopper Story
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Pay strike planned at National Gallery in London
ShareStaff at the National Gallery in central London have announced plans to strike next week in a row over pay. Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union intend to walk out for two hours on 16 February to protest at their pay rates. Union members said some of the workers’ pay fell 60p short... »
New National Gallery allocation
Share The National Gallery, London, has been allocated A Still Life of Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase on a Ledge with further Flowers, Shells and a Butterfly, 1609–10, by Ambrosius Bosschaert The Elder (1573–1621), under the Acquisition in Lieu scheme. Bosschaert is one of the first and finest Dutch flower painters. Specialising in appointing precise flower... »
Inside Art: creative responses to the collection by young offfenders
Share Learning Gallery 8 February – 25 April 2010 Admission free The National Gallery is to show an exhibition of artwork made by young men detained in Feltham Young Offenders Institution. The 55 works in this show – which include paintings, prints, sculptures, drawings and collages – were produced during the first year of a National Gallery outreach programme... »
Stolen Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece back on display
Share A painting by Leonardo da Vinci has gone back on display in Scotland six years after it was stolen. The Madonna with the Yardwinder was taken from the Duke of Buccleuch’s home at Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfriesshire in August 2003. It was recovered in Glasgow in 2007 and has now been loaned to the National Gallery... »
Blitzed Paul Delaroche artwork returning after 70 years
Share A painting by Delaroche is going back on display after being damaged in a World war II air raid and hidden away for decades. Charles I Insulted was evacuated to Scotland in 1941 after its London home was bombed. The 1836 artwork was unrolled for the first time in the summer, revealing many tears and traces... »
Dylan to show artwork in Denmark
ShareMusic legend Bob Dylan will have his artwork displayed at the National Gallery of Denmark next year. The exhibition, of nearly 100 pieces, will include some works that have never been seen before, including 30 large-format acrylic paintings. Dylan recently told British music magazine Mojo that he has always drawn and painted “but... »
Dame Myra Hess Day at the National Gallery
Share A special day of events honouring Dame Myra Hess – who initiated, directed and performed in a series of legendary concerts at the National Gallery during the Second World War – will take place on 6 October. . The concerts provided a cultural oasis for the thousands who remained in London during the war years. This... »
National Gallery celebrates 10 Years of ‘Taking Art’ to young hospital patients
Share This summer, the National Gallery celebrates a decade of Take Art – an outreach programme that provides opportunities for children and teens who, due to chronic or short term illness or injury, are being educated in hospital. . This programme provides children who cannot leave the hospital with access to The National Gallery’s collection from their... »





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