What's new for January

Kick off 2023 by learning something new at our online courses starting this month - or just kick back with the latest videos to explore, including a close-up look at your picture for January. Here's all the art you need to get you into the year.

Inside 'The Credit Suisse Exhibition - Lucian Freud: New Perspectives' © The National Gallery, London

Final days to see Freud

Don't miss your chance to explore a lifetime of work from one of the 20th century’s finest figurative artists.

★★★★★
The Guardian

Until 22 January

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Learn something new

Leonardo da Vinci, 'The Virgin of the Rocks', about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8 © The National Gallery, London

Stories of art

Starting tomorrow, explore the work of major Renaissance artists such as Leonardo, Raphael, Holbein and Dürer.

Every Wednesday, 11 January – 15 February
5.30 pm
Tickets £75
Online

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Portraits, sitters and viewers

How are portraits created? Who are they for? In this three-week course, inspired by our current Lucian Freud exhibition, you’ll question the very nature of portraiture.

Every Monday, 16 – 30 January
3.30 pm
Tickets £60
Online

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Paul Sérusier, The Talisman © Musée d'Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / photo Patrice Schmidt

Be the first to book

Get first access to tickets for the highly anticipated exhibition After Impressionism opening this spring.

Become a Member and enjoy priority booking from Tuesday 24 January.

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Latest videos

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Italian Woman, or Woman with Yellow Sleeve (L'Italienne), about 1870 © The National Gallery, London

Picture of the month

Art historian Isaac Nugent explores Lucian Freud’s connection to Corot’s ‘Italian Woman’, January's picture of the month.

Duration: 1 minute

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Tobias and the Angel

Delve into the story behind this painting by Verrochio's Workshop, currently on display at the Oriel Davies Gallery as part of our UK Masterpiece Tour.

Duration: 6 minutes

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