This May, the National Gallery celebrates its bicentenary as one of London’s best-known art galleries and one of London’s most unique venues for events.
To commemorate the bicentenary, the venue will be hosting a year-long programme of special events and exhibitions celebrating the past and looking to the future. The festival of art, creativity and imagination is set to culminate in the re-opening of the new Sainsbury Wing in May 2025 after a significant capital project. This will offer event planners a whole new realm of central London backdrops for events.
In more recent years, the gallery has hosted a myriad of events set among great paintings that underpin its 200-year history.
Speaking on the significance of the venue’s 200 years, Clare Arouche, head of hospitality and events at the National Gallery said: “We are very excited to soon be able to share further details about the project that will offer new event spaces and the return of our Lecture theatre after a major refurbishment available from May 2025, allowing the venue to continue to evolve and host exciting events for the next 200 years!”
