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Frans Hals review – boring, lifeless portraits with flamboyant facial hair

Comprehensive collection of the 17th-century painter’s work aims to place him alongside Rembrandt and Vermeer, but his technically brilliant paintings are weirdly soulless

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023

The Last Supper at Fort St. George and its artist

The Last Supper at Fort St. George and its artist

The Hindu · Sep 19, 2023

Céline Condorelli: Pentimenti review – have a lie down in front of the cardinal

Works by the gallery’s artist in residence coexist with classic 17th-century paintings, as a soundtrack, an off-kilter rug and ceiling hangings invite us to reassess the space and our relation to it

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2023

National Gallery finally reopens nearly 24 hours after man scales building

A man was reported to be standing on the roof of the gallery in a distressed condition, police say

Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2023

Paula Rego: Crivelli’s Garden a ‘triumphant vision of female experience’

When Paula Rego was asked to paint a mural for the dining room of the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing in 1990, it “seemed a thoughtless insult”, said Laura Cumming in The Observer. The artist, who died last year aged 87, was renowned for focusing on the kinds of people normally…

The Week · Aug 18, 2023

National Gallery in London extends pay what you wish scheme for major shows

Visitors can pay £1 for special exhibitions, including Frans Hals showcase next month, amid cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

Paula Rego: Crivelli’s Garden; Jean Cooke: Ungardening review – women at work

Designed to be seen across dining crowds at the National Gallery, Rego’s 90s mural, inspired by Crivelli’s 15th-century one, comes alive in the details. And Cooke’s candid self-portraits find respite in flowers

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023

Great art surrounds Londoners – if they bother to notice it

From kaleidoscopic mosaics to modernist masterpieces, let’s open our eyes to the art hidden in plain sight

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2023

Paula Rego: Crivelli’s Garden review – the scissors I get, but what’s with the frog?

Rego’s huge mural, painted 30 years ago for the Gallery’s restaurant, sits alongside the altarpiece that inspired it. Hers is less a feminist revolt than a celebration of perspective itself

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2023

Paula Rego: Crivelli’s Garden at the National Gallery review: a superb, irreverent show

The artist creates a world rooted in the here and now but propels viewers into the realms of the imagination

Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2023