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EXHIBITIONFacing the Modern:
The Portrait in Vienna 1900
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| 9 October 2013 – 12 January 2014 | |
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'Dazzles with amazing paintings'The Daily Telegraph
See striking paintings by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka in this major show that examines the importance of portraiture in Viennese painting around 1900.
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Related events – including sculpture workshop
Buy catalogue | Detail from Egon Schiele, ‘Self Portrait with Raised Bare Shoulder’, 1912 © Leopold Museum Private Foundation, Vienna |
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| LAST CHANCE TO SEE |  | EVENTS |
| Michael Landy: Saints Alive | | Friday Lates |
23 May – 24 November 2013
Admission free | | 6-9pm every Friday |
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Michael Landy in the ‘Saints Alive’ exhibition.
© Michael Landy, courtesy of the Thomas Dane Gallery, London / Photo: The National Gallery, London | | © The National Gallery, London |
It’s your last chance to see the saints come to life!
Resident artist Michael Landy has created a series of larger-than-life kinetic sculptures along with collage pieces, all inspired by images of saints in the National Gallery.
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| | Start your weekend at the National Gallery, with talks, tours, pop-up bar and more.
November highlight:
Concert: 'Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900' Music Programme
8 November, 6–7.15pm
Inspired by our current exhibition.
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| EVENTS | | SUPPORT THE NATIONAL GALLERY |
| Dame Myra Hess Day – Listen, Enjoy, Remember | | A gift in your Will |
| Friday 22 November 2013 | | |
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| Dame Myra Hess © The National Gallery, London | | Detail from Claude Monet, 'The Water-Lily Pond', 1899 © The National Gallery, London |
Enjoy two concerts and a talk celebrating Dame Myra Hess, who arranged concerts in the National Gallery every day of the week throughout the Second World War.
Book in advance to avoid disappointment. | | A gift in your Will is one of the most valuable ways you can support the National Gallery.
Your gift, however large or small, could help us to acquire or preserve a painting, or to inspire a new generation of art lovers by supporting our education and outreach projects.
To find out more, please contact the Development office. |
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| FROM THE SHOPS | | YOU MAY ALSO LIKE... |
| Exclusive National Gallery Christmas cards | | Jacques Henri Lartigue: Bibi at The Photographers’ Gallery |
| | 11 October 2013 – 5 January 2014
16-18 Ramillies Street, London, W1F 7LW |
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| | Jacques Henri Lartigue, 'Voyage de noces a l'Hotel des Alpes', 1920 © Ministère de la Culture-France/AAJHL |
Select your Christmas cards this year from the Gallery’s collection – you can even personalise your cards with your own message.
As with charity cards, every purchase supports the National Gallery. | | An exhibition depicting the renowned French photographer's marriage to Madeleine Messager in the 1920s. Admission free.
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Painting of the Month:
Degas: 'Hélène Rouart in her Father’s Study' |
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| Detail from Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, ‘Hélène Rouart in her Father’s Study’, about 1886 |
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| Hélène is surrounded by her father’s possessions: Egyptian statues, a Chinese silk hanging, a painting by Corot and most tellingly by his empty chair. |
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