3 h. ago The National Gallery rehang review: 'what a 200th birthday treat this is'

With a complete architectural overhaul of the Sainsbury and a rehang of its collection., The National is truly making its wonders shine

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5 h. ago The National Gallery rehang review: 'London is blessed to have it'

With a complete architectural overhaul of the Sainsbury and a rehang of its collection., The National is truly making its wonders shine

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9 h. ago Royal fans are all saying the same thing about King Charles and Queen Camilla's Coronation portraits as they spot unusual detail

The King and Queen unveiled their official Coronation state portraits at the National Gallery in London, on Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of the historic event.

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45 h. ago Annabelle Selldorf’s National Gallery Renovation Brings Space, Light, and Style to a Much

Annabelle Selldorf’s National Gallery Renovation Brings Space, Light, and Style to a Much-Loved London Institution  Galerie Magazine

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49 h. ago At London's National Gallery, a new, improved Sainsbury Wing makes its presence known on Leicester Square

At London's National Gallery, a new, improved Sainsbury Wing makes its presence known on Leicester Square  The Spaces

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53 h. ago King and Queen unveil portraits marking coronation that will first hang at National Gallery

Charles and Camilla gave the world the first glimpse of the separate full-length state portraits on Tuesday

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54 h. ago King Charles and Queen Camilla pose with their official Coronation state portraits as artwork is unveiled at the National Gallery

The artwork, by Peter Kuhfeld and Paul S. Benney, was unveiled this morning to mark the second anniversary of the crowning of His Majesty at Westminster Abbey on May 6 2023.

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55 h. ago national gallery's sainsbury wing reopens with transparent entrance by selldorf in london

national gallery's sainsbury wing reopens with transparent entrance by selldorf in london  Designboom

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55 h. ago ‘Tranquillising good taste’: can the National Gallery’s airy new entrance exorcise its demons?

When the Sainsbury Wing opened, it was called ‘vulgar pastiche’. Now, after an £85m revamp, it has become the famous gallery’s main entrance. But have its spiky complexities been tamed? And why all the empty space?Few parts of any city have seen so many style wars waged over their future as the north-west corner of Trafalgar Square. Nelson may be safely ensconced on his column, but another Battle of Trafalgar has been rumbling for decades beneath his feet, seeing architectural grenades hurled to and fro at the western end of the National Gallery.A 1950s competition first produced a bold brutalist plan to extend the gallery, formed of crisscrossing cantilevered planes jutting out into the square, but it was deemed too daring. The 1980s saw a glassy, hi-tech proposal, crowned with futuristic pylons, but it was famously dismissed by the then Prince Charles as a “monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend”. Finally, emerging victorious in the 1990s were the US pi...

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5 d. ago London’s National Gallery Just Spent $20 Million on a Strange Altarpiece With a Dragon

London’s National Gallery Just Spent $20 Million on a Strange Altarpiece With a Dragon  Artnet News

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6 d. ago Masterworks from Jacob Rothschild collection go to London's National Gallery and V&A under acceptance in lieu scheme

Masterworks from Jacob Rothschild collection go to London's National Gallery and V&A under acceptance in lieu scheme  The Art Newspaper

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6 d. ago National Gallery spends £16m on painting without knowing where it’s from or who the artist is

Painting full of ‘wildly inventive’ details to be publicly exhibited for first time since 1960

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6 d. ago London’s National Gallery Acquires Curious Altarpiece by Unknown Artist for $20 M.

London’s National Gallery Acquires Curious Altarpiece by Unknown Artist for $20 M.  ARTnews.com

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7 d. ago London's National Gallery buys mysterious altarpiece for $20m

London's National Gallery buys mysterious altarpiece for $20m  The Art Newspaper

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1 week ago How humans could travel millions of light years to distant planets in SECONDS

Scientists say that there is a way humanity could travel to millions of light years in seconds thanks to holes in the fabric of space and time.

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1 week ago UK's seaside town branded 'hellhole' set for £23m overhaul to bring tourists back

A Lincolnshire town is confirmed for a multi-million pound renovation, predicted to bring in a flurry of tourists after locals declare the coastal town a ‘hellhole’

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2 w. ago Scientists are BAFFLED after spotting a lone black hole drifting through space

For the first time, scientists have managed to spot a lonely black hole drifting through space thanks to its gravity distorting the light from a patch of stars.

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3 w. ago Holy smoke! London’s National Gallery used to allow visitors to spark up just metres from the art

Holy smoke! London’s National Gallery used to allow visitors to spark up just metres from the art  The Art Newspaper

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3 w. ago Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots; José María Velasco: A View of Mexico – review

Serpentine South Gallery; National Gallery, London The arte povera veteran’s passionate celebration of trees risks being eclipsed by the real ones that surround it. And a 19th-century Mexican polymath becomes the first Latin American artist to have a solo show at the National GalleryA tree towers upwards in Kensington Gardens, slender but unimaginably strong, grey boulders perched like vultures among its branches. Another gestures directly to the sky, twigs spreading in eloquent appeal. A third can be seen at great distance, shattered as if by lightning, its broken glory shining bright cold in the sunshine.For one exhilarating moment it seemed as if the acclaimed Italian artist Giuseppe Penone had come upon these trees and simply adjusted them, with poetic ingenuity, to emphasise their exceptional strength and beauty. Then, just as viewers were discussing how miraculous trees are – everyone stunned, everyone photographing this radiant glade – someone knocked on a trunk. And we heard...

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3 w. ago Dobell prize 2025: Australia’s leading prize for drawing – in pictures

The $30,000 biennial Dobell drawing prize is known for pushing the boundaries among Australian artists. Rosemary Lee’s 24-1 – an ‘exploration of the urban landscape and gentrification of the Sydney suburbs of Ashfield and Summer Hill’ – was selected winner from 56 finalists and 965 entries• The finalists of the 2025 Dobell drawing prize will be showing at the National Art School Gallery, Sydney, until 21 May Continue reading...

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