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The National Gallery at 200: is this rehang a bold relaunch or rinse and repeat?

The National Gallery has recently rehung its entire collection. Taking hundreds of paintings off the wall and replacing them in a new arrangement requires considerable mental and physical labour on the part of curators, conservators and technicians.

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A sumptuous rehang, jumbo jellyfish and naive manly paintings – the week in art

The revamped National Gallery offers a new take on its glorious wonders, a psychoanalytical painter tackles masculinity, and abstract watercolours rise from the deep

The Guardian - UK

The National Gallery rehang review: 'what a 200th birthday treat this is'

5/5 With a complete architectural overhaul of the Sainsbury and a rehang of its collection., The National is truly making its wonders shine

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National Gallery rehang review – ‘A momentous retelling of the story of art’

t is one of the world’s greatest museums and this revamp starts with a thrilling embrace from Leonardo, unfolding to Titian, Van Eyck, Monet and more – all bolstered by cool new architecture and lighting. What a wonderland!

The Guardian - UK

‘Tranquillising good taste’: can the National Gallery’s airy new entrance exorcise its demons?

When the Sainsbury Wing opened, it was called ‘vulgar pastiche’. Now, after an £85m revamp, it has become the famous gallery’s main entrance. But have its spiky complexities been tamed? And why all the empty space?

The Guardian - UK

National Gallery spends £16m on painting without knowing where it’s from or who the artist is

Painting full of ‘wildly inventive’ details to be publicly exhibited for first time since 1960

The Independent UK

Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots; José María Velasco: A View of Mexico – review

The arte povera veteran’s passionate celebration of trees risks being eclipsed by the real ones that surround it. And a 19th-century Mexican polymath becomes the first Latin American artist to have a solo show at the National Gallery

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Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 at the National Gallery is a remarkable achievement

I had been looking forward to the National Gallery’s exhibition Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 for several reasons.

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London's National Gallery offers first-ever overnight stay to celebrate its 200th anniversary

For the first time ever, the National Gallery is offering one lucky person an overnight stay among some of the most iconic paintings in history.

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National Gallery sleepover prize draw offers chance to dream among paintings

London gallery’s competition marks 200th anniversary and opening of Sainsbury Wing after two-year overhaul

The Guardian - UK

National Gallery to let one person sleep overnight in ‘once in a lifetime’ stay

Win a slumber among some of the world’s most famous works of art

The Independent UK

National Gallery to let one person sleep overnight for first time

To choose the lucky person, the gallery is launching a prize draw.

Evening Standard

Plasticine men and giant goddess women: why Ken Kiff’s brilliant, bizarre art is getting a second look

A new exhibition celebrates the British painter, who was overlooked in the brash 90s, but now whose idiosyncratic work as artist in residence at the National Gallery is being newly celebrated

The Guardian - UK

Towering trunks, disturbing dolls and deep-sea daydreams – the week in art

A veteran environmentalist celebrates trees, the Quay Brothers create an atmosphere and artists take a deep dive below the waves

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Darkness from Serra, delights from Siena, and a polar bear sound asleep – the week in art

Richard Serra’s final works, phenomenal medieval art, Egypt for kids, Polish movie poster magic and nature photography at its finest

Evening Standard

Siena: The Rise of Painting at the National Gallery review: 'a blockbuster of a show'

5/5 This solid gold exhibition celebrates the astonishing period 1300-1350 in the Italian city of Siena, which matched opulence, spirituality and extravagance

Evening Standard

Giorgio Locatelli announces new restaurant at National Gallery, after closure of Locanda Locatelli

Giorgio Locatelli makes his first move since Locanda shut in December

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‘Ambition beyond words’: How Siena’s art revolution brought heaven down to earth

Before the Black Death devastated Siena, the city thrummed with energy, expressed in art and architecture designed to dazzle its audience – and which still astonishes 800 years later

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Fresh doubt cast on authenticity of Rubens painting in National Gallery

Exclusive: Art historian points to ‘bad craftsmanship’ in supposedly 17th-century work entitled Samson and Delilah

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Starry nights and magic mushrooms: pulling an all-nighter at London’s Van Gogh exhibition

As the National Gallery’s sell-out Poets and Lovers draws to a close, the Observer joins the crowd in the early hours of the morning

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‘It is everything art gets a bad name for and everything I love’: Damien Hirst and Cornelia Parker on choosing artworks for schools

Antony Gormley and Bridget Riley also pick works to be shown on high-res displays, thanks to a drive to put art at the core of the secondary school cultural syllabus

Evening Standard

National Gallery to stay open overnight to meet huge demand for Van Gogh exhibition

Tickets for night-time slots on 17 January go on sale today as gallery opens for 24 hours for just second time in its history

The Guardian - UK

National Gallery pulls all-nighter for Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers final weekend

Tickets for night-time slots on 17 January go on sale as gallery opens for 24 hours for second time in its history

Evening Standard

London Vincent Van Gogh exhibition to open through the night due to demand

The display has already become the third most popular paid exhibition in the London attraction’s history.

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The week in art: Jeff Wall: Life in Pictures; Katrina Palmer: The Touch Report – review

The Canadian artist’s carefully staged photographs provoke fascination and unease. And it’s all words, no art, in Room 17a of the National Gallery

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