All About London: May 2014

JUNE

LAST CHANCE

Veronese: Magnificence in Renaissance Venice

Until 15 June 2014

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It's your last chance to see our acclaimed Veronese exhibition

★★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★★ Metro ★★★★★ The Times

Don’t miss your chance to experience the colourful, dramatic and spectacular art of Paolo Veronese – one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance – in this acclaimed exhibition.

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JUNE HIGHLIGHTS

OPENING THIS MONTH

Making Colour

18 June – 17 September 2014

From lapis lazuli to cobalt blue, to dazzling gold and silver – travel through the story of colour with the National Gallery.

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Take an artistic and scientific voyage of discovery in our new show

EXHIBITION

Building the Picture: Architecture in Italian Renaissance Painting

Until 21 September 2014 | Admission free

Works by artists including Duccio, Botticelli and Crivelli offer fascinating insights into the real and fantastical architecture of the Renaissance.

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Our new free exhibition about art and architecture has just opened

NOW OPEN

Take One Picture – Discover, Imagine, Explore:
Children inspired by Georges Seurat

Until 21 September 2014 | Admission free

Each year, the National Gallery invites primary schools to take inspiration from one picture in the collection and use it as a stimulus for learning across the curriculum. Works on show include animation, prints, poetry and textiles.

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See imaginative works by primary schools

DISPLAY

Artistic Exchanges: Corot, Costa, Leighton

Until 3 September 2014 | Admission free

Discover how encounters in cosmopolitan Rome shaped European artists' approaches to nature.

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PAINTING OF THE MONTH

Giovanni di Paolo: ‘The Birth of Saint John the Baptist: Predella Panel’

John the Baptist's birth, on 24 June, was a miraculous event given that his mother, Saint Elizabeth, was well past childbearing age.

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Saint John the Baptist’s birth is celebrated on 24 June.

ALSO HAPPENING

•	Family activities
•	Lunchtime talks
•	National Gallery Channel
•	Virtual tour of the Gallery

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Tickets are now available for Longford tours in July and September

Guided tours of Longford Castle

Selected dates in 2014
Longford Castle, near Salisbury, Wiltshire

The Longford Castle collection includes paintings by van Dyck, Claude, Teniers, Hals, Reynolds and Gainsborough, as well as oriental porcelain, Brussels tapestries and exceptional 18th-century English and continental furniture. 

Tickets are now available for tours in July and September 2014. 

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Discover the Viking world in this major exhibition at the British Museum

The BP exhibition Vikings: life and legend at the British Museum

FINAL WEEKS – Until 22 June 2014

Discover the Viking world in this major exhibition – the first at the British Museum for over 30 years.

Swords and axes, coins and jewellery, hoards, amulets and religious images show how Vikings created an international network connecting cultures over four continents. Supported by BP.

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