We're open until 9pm every Friday, so you can take in our collection and exhibitions after hours, and enjoy special events throughout the month Join us on 22 November for an evening of drawing with ...

Brixton Life Drawing is the brainchild of homeware textile designers Bex and Anya. They met through work and in December 2019 made their life drawing dreams a reality. They offer both in person and ...

'The Triumph of Art' by artist Jeremy Deller is a nationwide performance that marks how festivals are part and parcel of art, culture and civic life, and that art and artists can be catalysts of ...

Martha Hirst was the National Gallery’s first housemaid. Her job was to keep the Gallery clean and manage the fires that ...

Join Gallery Educator, Fiona Alderton, for a captivating exploration of works created by and representing women throughout the Collection. In this series of lunchtime talks, Fiona will be guiding you ...

Composers for the lute, Joan Ambrosio Dalza (fl 1508) Francesco Spinacino (fl 1507) and Vincenzo Capirola (1475-1548) were at the beginning of this ‘golden age’ of solo lute music, and were also ...

Giorgio Vasari’s praise for the series of paintings made by Andrea Mantegna between around 1485 and 1506 is a fitting tribute to a remarkable ensemble of pictures. Showing the triumphal procession of ...

Come and take some time out of your day for a slow look at 'The Stonemason's Yard' by Canaletto. We will guide you through a ...

The 17th century was the era of the Baroque, a style bringing passion, colour and drama to painting, sculpture, architecture ...

The origins of the Gallery’s Scientific Department began with the appointment of the physicist Ian Rawlins as Scientific ...

First, listen to a brief talk, then respond by making your own work in this short, artist-led drawing session. Please have to ...

Please note, only one ticket can be booked per account.