National Gallery London

In a new series on important acqusitions, curator Emma Capron explains what makes the National Gallery’s spectacular 16th-century altarpiece such a historic addition to its collection 

An unsettling rise in attacks on art in 2024 saw museums tighten policies and authorities adopt harsher, more punitive measures

‘All portrait artists / get away with perfect murders’ writes the US poet of Boy Bitten by a Lizard, on tour at Seoul’s National Museum of Korea

Artist Ali Cherri speaks about his experience as Artist in Residence at the National Gallery, in advance of his Focus presentation at Frieze London

A long-overdue exhibition at London’s National Gallery shines a light on a great baroque artist

An exhibition at London’s National Gallery shows a rebellious painter’s ambivalent relationship with the Western canon

In the first show dedicated to the artist’s portraits, a narcissistic personality emerges

The Saudi soft power push, German pavilion at Venice and Halloween costumes: what to read this weekend

There’s a difference between respecting people’s right to tell their own stories and refusing to look at all

Former V&A director Martin Roth has died; Montreal Biennale struggles with debt; National Academy artists defend Dana Schutz

Frieze collaborates with Tate Britain, National Gallery, RCA, Sketch Gallery, Studio Wayne McGregor and ICA on the 2017 marketing campaign

Trisha Brown has died, aged 80; two new appointments at London’s ICA; controversy at the Whitney

Munich’s Haus der Kunst embroiled in Scientology scandal; Martín Ramírez to inaugurate the new ICA LA

Investigating the many meanings of the subject of this year's Frieze Masters and Frieze London campaigns

The Director of the National Gallery, London, discusses his favourite writers and paintings, and shares his thoughts on contemporary art