Tag: National Gallery

  • Parmigianino: The Vision of Saint Jerome

    The towering canvas is stupefying – not for nothing is it said that soldiers invading his studio during the sack of Rome were so amazed that they let Parmigianino continue painting. Here, too, we see his preparatory drawings, evidence of…

  • Discover Degas and Miss La La

    Take one exceptional work and tease out various strands to create a small but exemplary exhibition – this approach has paid dividends in the case of Degas and Miss La La

  • The Last Caravaggio

    This show brings Caravaggio’s last known painting to London, along with documents telling its story, and revealing a little more about the mysterious last months of its troubled and hugely influential creator

  • Paula Rego: Crivelli’s Garden

    Rego’s giant mural, a bold riposte to patriarchy, with its strong female figures drawn from myths, fables, biblical stories and even gallery staff, is shown here along with the altarpiece that inspired it

  • Nalini Malani: My Reality Is Different

    This spectacular show plays out in a deep black gallery space, where through nine large video installations, Malani explores oppression, reinterpreting and re-presenting details from artworks she has selected from the National Gallery and Holburne Museum collections

  • Fruits of the Spirit: Art from the Heart

    A virtual exhibition that leaves one visitor feeling more like a student on completing an essay than a gallery-goer having had a visceral encounter with 18 fabulous works of art

  • Lucian Freud: New Perspectives

    This thought-provoking exhibition attempts to shift our attention away from the myths that surround Freud and on to his achievements as a painter

  • Winslow Homer: Force of Nature

    Despite obvious sympathy for the emancipated black slaves he painted in America’s deep south, the fact that Homer was a white man has an ambiguity that resonates today

  • Raphael

    This thrilling show lays out the full spectrum of the Renaissance artist’s output, from his architectural prowess to his almost sculptural portraits

  • Ali Cherri – interview: ‘You cannot un-write violence. I am interested in these hidden wounds’

    Cherri has tackled a subject that museums would prefer not to bring to public attention – what happens when an artwork is vandalised. Growing up in Lebanon during the civil war, he says, has given him personal experience of dealing…