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21/10/2026

Vincent van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' has returned!🌻

After a short visit to our friends at Philadelphia Museum of Art, you can find the much-loved painting back on display in Room 43 alongside several other works by the artist.

The sunflower pictures were among the first paintings Van Gogh produced in Arles that show his signature expressive style. No other artist has been so closely associated with a specific flower, and these pictures are among Van Gogh’s most iconic and best-loved works: https://bit.ly/2FtK7dN

20/10/2026

Discover a treasure trove of rare and remarkable art ✨

Painting and ceramics by Picasso. A glittering cup with a thousand-year history. An 18th-century goldfish bowl owned by an eccentric collector. Our upcoming exhibition ‘Collected’ is a little bit different.

Featuring unexpected gems alongside iconic paintings, ‘Collected’ showcases some of the very best works acquired for the UK through the Art Council’s Acceptance in Lieu and Cultural Gifts schemes. Brought from private hands into public care, encounter paintings by Rembrandt, Renoir and Lucian Freud alongside rare objects from across the UK.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4yw9Vkg

Opening 22 May 2027.

Pablo Picasso, 'Weeping Woman', 1937 © Succession Picasso / DACS 2026.

19/10/2026

A miraculous moment suspended in time ✨

18/10/2026

Can you guess the 'bigger picture'? 🤔

The artist behind this powerful double portrait died in 1679. Dressed in expensive black silk garments and sporting an abundance of gold jewellery, the sitter is clearly someone of wealth and prosperity.

Find out the answer here: https://bit.ly/2HghdSu

17/10/2026

Art for everyone, everywhere ✨

Our Murals reMastered project is bringing large-scale recreations of your favourite paintings into new and unexpected spaces across the UK, in collaboration with Global Street Art. Which paintings would you love to see recreated and where?

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4lTvsi5

1) Vincent van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' at Westgate, Queen St, Oxford OX1 1PE.
2) Pierre-Auguste Renoir's 'The Umbrellas' at 21 Carnaby St, Carnaby, London W1F 7DA.
3) Henri Rousseau’s ‘Surprised!’ on Jamestown Road, Camden, London, NW1 7BY.

16/10/2026

'[A] Dazzling exhibition' - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Telegraph

Book now for our five-star exhibition, 'Renoir and Love', celebrating the artist at his peak in the 1860s to 1880s, experimenting with style and theme to become an innovator of Impressionism.

Explore the sun-dappled gardens and swirling dance halls of Paris through 40 paintings, brought together from collections across the world.

Book your tickets: https://bit.ly/4nw1JLT

Seen the exhibition already? Let us know what you thought in the comments below!

15/10/2026

Experience a conversation between two artistic trailblazers across centuries…

Our latest free exhibition, ‘Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation’, is now open.

🔗 Click the link in our bio to find out more.

14/10/2026

Painter, mathematical theorist, and geometer ✨

This week marks the death of Piero della Francesca in 1492. An innovative Tuscan painter, Piero was the first artist to write about perspective, creating the illusion of three-dimensional space on a flat surface. Piero was celebrated for using mathematical principles to order his compositions, creating visually harmonious images. His painting, 'The Baptism of Christ', is his earliest surviving work.

Here, he has depicted Christ standing in a shallow, winding stream as John the Baptist pours a small bowl of water over his head. Three angels in colourful robes witness the event. Piero has painted objects in proportion, so that they appear as we see them in real life. This emphasises the depth of the landscape, but also the harmony of the figures and natural features within it.

See the painting on display in Room 66: https://bit.ly/332f3hx

13/10/2026

⭐ For the first time in history, see all of Jan van Eyck’s portraits together ⭐

Tickets are now on sale for our upcoming exhibition, 'Van Eyck: The Portraits'. Portraiture as we know it begins with van Eyck. His vision and skill launched painting into a new era of unrivalled realism. Though these people sat for their portraits 600 years ago, they feel alive today.

Our exhibition brings together all nine of the artist’s known painted portraits from across Europe, the first and only time these works have been brought together.

Book your tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition: https://bit.ly/3MpPXFb

21 November 2026 – 11 April 2027. Members go free.

12/10/2026

What does Judith's expression in this painting say to you? 👀

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