Step into 14th-century Siena and discover how artists broke from tradition and pioneered new ways of storytelling. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime celebration marking the rise of Western painting.

Saint Anne is the patron saint of women in labour. She is also the patron saint of housewives. Legend has it that Saint Anne and her husband Joachim were the Virgin Mary’s parents. By bringing her ...

Image: Detail from Vincent Van Gogh, 'Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear', 1889 The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust). Photo © The Courtauld / Bridgeman Images ...

Martha Hirst was the National Gallery’s first housemaid. Her job was to keep the Gallery clean and manage the fires that ...

Join Gallery Educator, Fiona Alderton, for a captivating exploration of works created by and representing women throughout the Collection. In this series of lunchtime talks, Fiona will be guiding you ...

The 17th century was the era of the Baroque, a style bringing passion, colour and drama to painting, sculpture, architecture ...

The origins of the Gallery’s Scientific Department began with the appointment of the physicist Ian Rawlins as Scientific ...

In the first week, we will look at Parmigianino, born Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola in 1503 in the northern Italian city ...

Join us for an in-depth exploration of the life and work of Veronese, in a two-hour session complementing our 'Stories of art ...

In this lunchtime lecture, organised with the generous support of the Italian Cultural Institute, curator Dr Maria Alambritis will introduce our current exhibition 'Parmigianino: The Vision of Saint ...

This session will be led by a Deaf lecturer in British Sign Language with interpretation in spoken English. Chisato Minamimura is a Deaf performance artist and BSL art guide working globally, with a ...

8.20 - 9.50 am 8.40 - 10.10 am 9.20 - 10.50 am 9.40 - 11.10 am Get ahead of the crowds and join us for an introductory tour of our once-in-a-century exhibition, 'Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers'. Be blown ...