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Ł20 million of art received in death deals

05.11.09

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The agony and ecstasy of The Sacred Made Real

22.10.09

The suffering expressed in the extraordinary sculptures and paintings of martyred saints from 17th-century Spain is so real, the effect is almost unbearable... more

National Gallery announces exhibition of forged paintings

21.07.09

Exhibition of forged and wrongly-attributed paintings is to be at the heart of the National Gallery's next summer season... more

National launches eGallery for Old Masters

21.07.09

National Gallery becomes first major art collection to allow internet users to zoom electronically into any picture in its archive... more

Pointless pleasures from Corot to Monet

16.07.09

Never mind the gaps in the National Gallery’s survey of landscape, the joy is in the wonderfully impetuous sketches.... more

Triumph of love and tax: Titian left to the nation goes on show

23.06.09

A Ł1million painting by Titian given to the nation in lieu of death taxes will go on show at the National Gallery next month... more

Michelangelo’s earliest painting should have been saved

04.06.09

Michelangelo’s earliest painting may not be a great painting in any conventional sense but it is both a rare and extraordinary document. ... more

Unleash the dinosaur

26.05.09

Free entry for museums is a relic of the past that is robbing London's cultural institutions of revenue we cannot afford to lose in a recession... more

A night at a London museum ... part V

13.05.09

For one weekend only, Londoners are being invited to spend a night at the museum... more

Tom Hunter is the past master

12.05.09

The capital is a muddle of history, says artist Tom Hunter, who has raided the Museum of London's warehouse to create photographs.... more

Five to try: Art & Food

04.03.09

Chefs and artists dance to a similar tune at Hix Oyster and Chop House and this year will mark a quarter-century of Sally Clarke.... more

Heritage fund gives its entire grant to protect masterpiece

19.11.08

The campaign to save a Titian masterpiece has received a Ł10 million boost... more

Fruit and veg portrait leads show of Renaissance faces

07.10.08

This unusual 16th century portrait of a king is one of more than 70 masterpieces in a new exhibition at the National Gallery... more

Lesser known artists fail to draw crowds

01.09.08

Visitor numbers at the National Gallery have fallen since it started showing lesser-known artists, latest figures show... more

Where's the romance in Love?

13.08.08

Brian Sewell doubts if the sophisticated citizens of London will be flocking to the National Gallery's door for its Love exhibition.... more

All tied up in knots

09.05.08

Alison Watt's huge canvases of white drapery for the National Gallery are overblown and overpraised, says Brian Sewell.... more

Painting was once part of royal collection

26.03.08

Infrared technology has revealed that a painting used to be part of a royal collection ... more

It's a joy to eat with your art

09.01.08

Having something to eat with your art is a significant source of revenue for London's galleries and museums, says critic Fay Maschler.... more

Porn from the provinces

07.12.07

Discoveries at the National Gallery is a worthy project that aims to catalogue every publicly owned painting in Britain but it is populated by some surprisingly low-rent works.... more

The National Gallery finds the right man

27.11.07

New National Gallery director Nicholas Penny has all the attributes to restore one of our most important institutions to world-class status.... more

Second time lucky for Gallery's new director

26.11.07

The British art scholar Nicholas Penny is set to be ratified as the new director of the National Gallery.... more

The art of giving

29.10.07

The National Gallery and the Tate have announced one of the most significant bequests of paintings ever made to the nation.... more

Siena the sideshow

26.10.07

There is a story to be told about the most picturesque Renaissance city in Italy but it is hardly touched upon in the National Gallery's new exhibition.... more

Masters of renaissance

22.10.07

The National Gallery are to hold an exhibition of more than 100 pieces by Renaissance masters from 24 October.... more

Lunchtime talks at the National Gallery

03.09.07

Each month the National Gallery holds a series of lunchtime talks with a different theme for each day.... more

Double Dutch

02.07.07

The National Gallery's claims for its new exhibition of portraits from Holland's Golden Age are ludicrously inflated - yet still, there are sublime works to be seen... more

Now that's street art, Banksy

12.06.07

The National Gallery today challenged cult graffiti artist Banksy by taking its works on to the streets.... more

Enjoying the art of food

11.04.07

There was a time when eating in the restaurants and cafès of London's museums and galleries was the penance for seeing great collections. But there's been a dramatic change.... more

A very sketchy show

26.03.07

The sane man who has seen drawings by Leonardo or Guercino can only wonder at the National Gallery's decision to promote the efforts of Leon Kossoff, says Brian Sewell.... more

Learning from the old masters

16.03.07

Eighty-year-old Leon Kossoff has been a student of the National Gallery for his entire artistic life, drawing and etching directly from the paintings he admires in its collection.... more