National Gallery of London - Finestre sull'Arte

The National Gallery is enriched with three new works: Degas, a German Romantic and a Dutch

Three new acquisitions for the National Gallery in London on the occasion of the museum's bicentennial are a pastel by Edgar Degas depicting Ballerinas, Carl Gustav Carus ' View of the Sky from a Prison Window, and Floris van Dijck's Still Life with ...
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London, Sainsbury Wing reopens at National Gallery after two years, with new entrance

At the National Gallery in London , after a two-year closure, the SainsburyWing (Sainsbury Wing), which will also be the museum's new main entrance, reopens. The opening is set for today, Saturday, May 10, 2025, as part of the Gallery's 200th anniver...
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London, National Gallery acquires mysterious Northern Renaissance altarpiece

As part of its bicentennial celebrations, the National Gallery in London announced the acquisition of an extraordinary and mysterious Northern Renaissance altarpiece, dated around 1510, that had not been on public display for more than 60 years. The ...
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London, National Gallery offers a visitor a chance to sleep in the museum

For the first time in its more than two centuries of history, the National Gallery in London will offer a visitor the opportunity to spend a night inside the museum, surrounded by some of the greatest masterpieces of Western art. The event, scheduled...
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London, National Gallery opens all night for Van Gogh exhibition. When in Italy?

A museum open all night, until the next morning. In England, the National Gallery in London is experimenting with what is practically a dream in Italy, namely giving the public the opportunity to visit an exhibition all night, until the next morning,...
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London, Parmigianino's Vision of St. Jerome returns to view after a decade

For the first time in a decade, a masterpiece by Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola; Parma, 1503 - Casalmaggiore, 1540) is returning to public view at the National Gallery in London after careful conservation work: this is the Vision of S...
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Van Gogh's Sunflowers vandalized: environmental activists throw soup on painting

Vandalized Vincent Van Gogh 's The Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London: two environmental activists from the anti-oil protest campaign Just Stop Oil, which has been running in Britain for days, threw liquid on the famous work. The activists...
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