NG 200

As part of the programme of events to celebrate the United Kingdom’s National Gallery’s Bicentenary, twelve of the nation’s most iconic and well-loved paintings from the collection are being lent to 12 venues across the UK.Paintings including, Constable’s The Hay Wain, Turner’s Fighting Temeraire and Monet’s The Water-Lily Pond have travelled to regional centres such as Bristol, Newcastle and York. For some of the works, not least the The Wilton Diptych and Botticelli’s Venus and Mars, it is the first time that they have left the Gallery since they were acquired.

Each of the partner venues is marking the national treasure's stay with events, exhibitions and digital interventions to showcase their works.

The displays opened simultaneously on 10 May 2024, the 200th anniversary of the Gallery’s opening in London, enabling people from all over the country to see, up close, some of the greatest works in the history of Western art.

Partners and paintings

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford The Wilton Diptych Until 1 Sept

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham Artemisia, Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria Until 8 Sept

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Rembrandt, Self Portrait at the Age of 34 Until 4 Aug

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Constable, The Hay Wain Until 1 Sept

National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth Canaletto, The Stonemason’s Yard Until 7 Sept

The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Botticelli, Venus and Mars Until 10 Sept

National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh Vermeer, A Young Woman standing at a Virginal Until 8 Sept

Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne Turner, The Fighting Temeraire Until 7 Sept

Leicester Museum & Art Gallery Renoir, The Umbrellas Until 1 Sept

Ulster Museum, Belfast Caravaggio, The Supper at Emmaus Until 1 Sept

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Velázquez, The Rokeby Venus Until 26 Aug

York Art Gallery, York Monet, 'The Water-Lily Pond' Until 8 Sept