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Tacita Dean: Still LifeTacita Dean: Still LifeAn exploration of still life by leading contemporary artist Tacita Dean featuring a new film diptych made especially for the exhibition, Ideas for Sculpture in a Setting and Prisoner Pair. Part of an unprecedented collaboration between three major London galleries, this free National Gallery exhibition focuses on still life while the neighbouring N2018-04-25T10:00:00+01002018-05-28T00:00:00+0100
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event > Exhibitions > Art exhibitions - Modern and Contemporary Art | PRICING Free
DATES 15th March to 28th May 2018
An exploration of still life by leading contemporary artist Tacita Dean featuring a new film diptych made especially for the exhibition, Ideas for Sculpture in... More about this event
Murillo: The Self PortraitsMurillo: The Self PortraitsReuniting the only two known self-portraits by Murillo for the first time in over three hundred years, this free National Gallery exhibition marks the 400th anniversary of the artist's birth. One of the most celebrated painters of the Spanish Golden Age, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo is well known for his religious paintings and depictions of street c2018-04-25T10:00:00+01002018-05-21T00:00:00+0100
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event > Exhibitions > Art exhibitions - Painting | PRICING Free
DATES 24th February to 21st May 2018
Reuniting the only two known self-portraits by Murillo for the first time in over three hundred years, this free National Gallery exhibition marks the 400th an... More about this event
The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Monet & ArchitectureThe Credit Suisse Exhibition: Monet & ArchitectureMonet maybe best known for his paintings of lilies - impressionistic images of the floating flowers immediately spring to mind - but buildings played important and unexpected roles in his pictures. With Monet & Architecture the National Gallery presents the great French master in a new light. The first exhibition devoted to Monet's relationship wit2018-04-25T00:00:00+01002018-07-29T00:00:00+0100
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event > Exhibitions > Special exhibits - Galleries
PRICING Admission charge
DATES 9th April to 29th July 2018
Monet maybe best known for his paintings of lilies - impressionistic images of the floating flowers immediately spring to mind - but buildings played important... More about this event
Drawn In Colour: Degas From The BurrellDrawn In Colour: Degas From The BurrellMarking the centenary of the death of Degas, who died on 27th September 1917, Drawn in Colour: Degas from the Burrell is a fitting tribute to one of the greatest creative figures of French art. Pulling together 13 pastels, three drawings, and four oil paintings from the collection of shipping magnate Sir William Burrell, these stunning works will b2018-04-25T00:00:00+01002018-05-07T00:00:00+0100
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event > Exhibitions > Art exhibitions - Craft | PRICING Free
DATES 20th September 2017 to 7th May 2018
Marking the centenary of the death of Degas, who died on 27th September 1917, Drawn in Colour: Degas from the Burrell is a fitting tribute to one of the greate... More about this event
Ed Ruscha: Course of EmpireEd Ruscha: Course of EmpireEd Ruscha, whose 2005 Venice Biennale Biennale installation evoked Thomas Cole's famous 'The Course of Empire'painting cycle of 183336, has his work displayed in Room 1 of the National Gallery at the same time as Cole's influential work can be seen in the Ground Floor Galleries. Compare and contrast Ruscha's 'Course of Empire' showing the industria2018-06-11T00:00:00+01002018-10-07T00:00:00+0100
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event > Exhibitions > Art exhibitions - Painting
DATES 11th June to 7th October 2018
Ed Ruscha, whose 2005 Venice Biennale Biennale installation evoked Thomas Cole's famous 'The Course of Empire'painting cycle of 183336, has his work displayed ... More about this event
Thomas Cole's JourneyThomas Cole's JourneyThe National Gallery stages the first exhibition to establish British-born Thomas Cole, one of America's leading painters of the mid-19th century, as a major global figure in 19th-century landscape art. Displaying Cole's paintings alongside those of his contemporaries, including Turner and Constable, among others, we get a better understanding of h2018-06-11T00:00:00+01002018-10-07T00:00:00+0100
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event > Exhibitions > Art exhibitions - Painting
DATES 11th June to 7th October 2018
The National Gallery stages the first exhibition to establish British-born Thomas Cole, one of America's leading painters of the mid-19th century, as a major g... More about this event
Mantegna and BelliniMantegna and BelliniGiovanni Bellini and Andrea Mantegna, two of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance, who were also related by marriage, are presented side by side at the National Gallery. Through major works of art - paintings, drawings and particularly sculpture, which greatly influenced both - the exhibition compares the work of the two artists. The dis2018-10-01T00:00:00+01002019-01-27T00:00:00+0000
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event > Exhibitions > Art exhibitions - Painting
PRICING Admission charge tbc
DATES 1st October 2018 to 27th January 2019
Giovanni Bellini and Andrea Mantegna, two of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance, who were also related by marriage, are presented side by side at ... More about this event
Lorenzo Lotto PortraitsLorenzo Lotto PortraitsRegarded as one of the greatest portraitists of the Italian Renaissance, Lorenzo Lotto portrayed a cross section of middle-class sitters and played with symbolism to add meaning to his portraits. Alongside his paintings of clerics, merchants and humanists on display at the National Gallery are some of the objects they were painted with - carpets, s2018-11-05T00:00:00+00002019-02-10T00:00:00+0000
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event > Exhibitions > Art exhibitions - Painting
PRICING Admission charge tbc
DATES 5th November 2018 to 10th February 2019
Regarded as one of the greatest portraitists of the Italian Renaissance, Lorenzo Lotto portrayed a cross section of middle-class sitters and played with symbol... More about this event
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