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London, a new wing will be built at the National Gallery to expand the collection. Already donated 375 million

The National Gallery in London announces its biggest transformation since its founding two centuries ago. The initiative has already raised donations of 375 million pounds, including the two largest cash donations ever made public to a museum or gall...
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The National Gallery in London dedicates an exhibition to Joseph Wright of Derby and his candlelight paintings

From November 7, 2025 to May 10, 2026, the National Gallery in London will present Wright of Derby: From the Shadows, its first major exhibition devoted entirely to Joseph Wright of Derby. The exhibition, focusing on the famous series of "candlelight...
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London's National Gallery will involve the public in decision-making processes

The National Gallery in London is establishing a panel of ordinary people who will be invited to contribute to the museum's future. People from all four nations of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) will be invited to hel...
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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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