National Gallery

Making mischief with art 👀 'Trompe l'oeil' is a French phrase which means to trick the eye. This is when an…

Why did these figures choose to be painted wearing black? 🤔 Join us as we take a closer look at some of the…

This is the famous Greek warrior Achilles, but it's probably not how you expect to see him... 🤔 Join our…

Visiting the Gallery for the first time? 🤩 Swipe to read our top tips for making the most of your visit ➡️…

How do our frames get their beautiful golden sheen? ✨ Join Framing Conservator Isabella Kocum as she takes…

Walk into Room 41 of the Gallery and you'll find two of Impressionism's most celebrated paintings ✨ Don't…

Can you guess the #BiggerPicture? 🤔 The artist behind this portrait created a sense of spontaneity by…

Who is this noble woman being depicted as? 🐚 Pierre Mignard's charming family portrait of the Marquise de…

Pause, reflect and wonder at the work of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller 🍃 This weekend is your last chance to…

What makes this diptych so unusual? 🤔 There's something about this 16th-century diptych by Lucas Cranach…

You’ll find many examples of the colour red featured in our portraits. But why? ❤️ 🔗Click the link in our…

What surprising discovery did we make while conserving Cezanne's 'Bathers'? 👀 Join curator Christopher…

Why does this portrait look nothing like the ones before it? 🤔 Join artist @taishanschierenberg as he takes…

If you could talk to the painting, what would you ask? 🤔 On #InternationalLegacyGivingDay, we’re…

Can you guess the #BiggerPicture? 🤔 This is an unusually large 'modello', or detailed oil study, for a…

Renoir takes to the streets of London... ☂️🎨 Take a closer look at Renoir’s The Umbrellas, the latest…

There’s a new face to find in our Central Hall ❤️ This full-length portrait of The Honourable Victoria…

What links these two portraits? 🤔 Painted by two different artists, around eight years apart, Holbein’s…

Experience Renoir at the peak of his creative brilliance ✨ Tickets are on sale for our upcoming exhibition…

Two great artists reunited once more, but which is which? 🤔 Walk into Room 41 of the Gallery and you'll…

When you're not ready to say goodbye to summer just yet... 🦋 At the time this picture was made, there was a…

Set against a blazing sunset, the last voyage of the Temeraire takes on a greater symbolic meaning…🌅 The…

Have you ever gone for a walk in a painting? 🍃 Join Ed for a walk among some of our great landscape…

What is inside this jar? 😮 British painter Joseph Wright ‘of Derby’ was born #OnThisDay in 1734. Swipe…