What do you expect to see when visiting the National Gallery in London? A neatly curated collection of landscape painting? Or a selection of the gallery’s must-see highlights – a veritable who’s-who of art history?
Both are reasonable expectations – but why? What does this tell us about the purpose and priorities of the National Gallery? This is a question underpinning NG Citizens, a recently announced initiative which sees the National Gallery promising to put people from across the UK “at the heart of its decision-making”.
