The Latest Breaking News from National Gallery

Two protesters arrested after throwing soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

The protesters, wearing Just Stop Oil T-shirts, threw two tins of Heinz Tomato soup over the 1888 work.

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022

National Gallery announces ‘pay what you wish’ scheme amid cost-of-living crisis

Visitors can pay as much or as little as they like with a £1 minimum fee for a new Lucian Freud exhibition.

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022

Hay Wain protesters deny criminal damage over National Gallery glue stunt

Two climate change activists who glued themselves to the frame of John Constable’s masterpiece The Hay Wain have denied criminal damage.

Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2022

Child’s play: Secrets of National Gallery unlocked with app

Young visitors will be encouraged to explore the National Gallery using an immersive app designed to bring the historic collection to life.

Evening Standard · Mar 31, 2022

Gainsborough’s Blue Boy: a cocksure kid who looks right through you – review

Sold in 1921 for a record price, this youth in blue and silver is back after 100 years away. Yet it’s as hokey a vision of English art as a Disney cartoon of a fox hunt

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2022