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Project Domani

Project Domani: The National Gallery London's Century-Defining Expansion

A £750 million campaign — the largest transformation of the National Gallery London since its founding in 1824 — sets out to reshape both the institution's physical footprint and the reach of its collection. For those working in galleries and art institutions, the implications…
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Dulwich Picture Gallery

Origin, Collection and Architectural Legacy Dulwich Picture Gallery holds a singular position in the history of public art institutions. Opened in 1817 in the south London suburb of Dulwich, it is the oldest purpose-built public art gallery in England, and arguably the first of…
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Wallace Colection

For professionals working across art institutions and commercial galleries, the Wallace Collection occupies a singular position within the London cultural landscape — and, increasingly, within the international museum community. Housed at Hertford House in Manchester Square, the…
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The Last Supper - Royal Academy of Arts: A Record of What Was Lost

There is a particular kind of value that attaches to a copy made before the original was ruined. In the case of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, painted between approximately 1495 and 1498 on the refectory wall of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, that ruination began…
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Courtauld Gallery

The Courtauld Gallery: Collection, Scholarship and the Ongoing Life of a London Institution Few galleries in London occupy so distinctive a position in the professional landscape of the art world as the Courtauld Gallery at Somerset House. It is, at once, a public museum, a…
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Tate Britain

The National Gallery of British Art and Its Evolving Mission Situated on Millbank in the London Borough of Westminster, on the site of the former Millbank Prison, Tate Britain stands as the national gallery of British art, housing the most comprehensive collection of its kind in…
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Tate Modern

Architecture, Collection and the Programme Ahead When Tate Modern opened its doors on 11 May 2000, it did so inside a building that had been derelict for nearly two decades. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s Bankside Power Station — constructed in two phases between 1947 and 1963,…
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Victoria and Albert Museum

Expansion, Exhibition and a New Chapter in East London The Victoria and Albert Museum enters 2026 in a state of considered momentum. Under the leadership of Sir Tristram Hunt — knighted in the 2026 New Year Honours for services to museums — the institution has broadened its…
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National Gallery London August 2022

Two Centuries of Looking: The National Gallery and the Collection It Holds in Trust An assessment of the collection, its development, and the institution’s plans for its third century Origins and Founding Principles The National Gallery came into existence not through the…

THE NEW TATE MODERN

The new Tate Modern will open to the public on Friday 17 June. The new Switch House building is designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron, who also designed the original conversion of the Bankside Power Station in 2000. It is the most important new cultural building to open in…