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Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery review

Lending weight to the idea that the best things come in small packages, this bijou gallery - the first to be purpose-built in the UK - was designed by Sir John Soane in 1811. It's a beautiful space that shows off Soane's ingenuity with and interest in lighting effects. Dulwich displays a small but outstanding collection of work by Old Masters, offering a fine introduction to the baroque era through works by Rembrandt, Rubens, Poussin and Gainsborough. It also has a fine programme of temporary exhibitions and live events and an appealing café.

Events at Dulwich Picture Gallery

- Antoni Malinowski
- Art : Art Museums & Institutions
- Until Sun Sep 27
- 'The Polish Connection', new installation painted outside and inside the gallery, inspired by the gallery's holdings ...
- FREE
- Best of British
- Art : Art Museums & Institutions
- Until Sun Sep 27
- Works from Dulwich's newly catalogued British collection, many of which are not usually on show.
- Art in the Garden
- Kids : Family days
- Jul 29-Aug 26
- Weekly family art activities which take place every Wednesday (weather permitting) in the gallery's garden. If the...