US EditionThe National Gallery rehang review: 'London is blessed to have it'
- The National Gallery in London will reopen the Sainsbury Wing on 10 May 2025 with a newly rehung collection and an enlarged entrance foyer following a two-year closure.
- The refurbishment and rehang respond to increased visitor numbers before Covid-19, evolving museum needs, and critiques of the previous entrance design considered inadequate for mass visitorship.
- The project involved enlarging the entrance, increasing public space by 60%, improving accessibility, and rehanging nearly 40% of the gallery’s 2,626 paintings, including more prominent displays of works by female artists.
- Director Christine Riding described the rehang as a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity that will boost visitor numbers, although pre-Covid attendance levels may not return until 2027.
- The reopening and refreshed presentation, sponsored by C C Land, mark the gallery’s bicentenary and aim to enhance visitor circulation, accessibility, and engagement with the collection.
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National Gallery's rehang can't fix its woman problem - but reveals fresh treasures
The Sainsbury Wing is open once again, after two years – though it feels longer – of steps, queues and poky side doors. Spruced up and remodelled, the National Gallery’s much-maligned 90s car park-style extension is now its main entrance – spacious, airy, and newly sunlit, thanks to the sensible removal not only of dark glazing, but of some of the columns, which have been variously reduced in size, or taken out altogether.Fewer steps, more lifts…
Carlos III and Camila reopen the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery after a renovation of 85 million
This Tuesday, King Charles III and Queen Camila visited the National Gallery of London to preside over the official reopening of the Sainsbury Wing , an event that culminates an ambitious architectural renovation project developed for two years, and that coincided with the second anniversary of the coronation of the monarch, who also exercises as Royal Patron of this historic institution. The reopening falls within the context of the bicentennia…
London’s National Gallery Reopens Its Sainsbury Wing, Now ‘More Approachable’ Than Ever
To celebrate its 200th anniversary, London’s National Gallery has recently revamped its Sainsbury Wing, a transformation that has taken three years and $113 million. It was an arduous process, and one that has not always received positive attention. But when I met Gabriele Finaldi, director of London’s National Gallery, on Wednesday morning in the wing’s massive, airy foyer, he seemed happy with the result. Finaldi described the renovated wing a…
The National Gallery rehang: 'It is a remarkable feat to hang more with the feeling of less', but the male gaze is still dominant
Almost everything on display at the National Gallery has been moved — and paintings never previously seen brought out — in one of the the biggest curatorial changes in the Gallery's history.
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