The UK already has a frankly ridiculous number of big-name tours lined-up for 2024. Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Bruce Springsteen, Green Day and Liam Gallagher are just a few of the megastars scheduled to be travelling up and down the land next year.
And now we have another massive tour to add to that list from none other than the National Gallery. Yep, one of the country’s most beloved institutions is travelling around Britain so that more of the nation can see its gorgeous artworks.
The project is part of the National Gallery’s 200th birthday celebrations and it’ll involve several different initiatives. The most notable for those around the UK are Art Road Trip and National Treasures.
National Treasures will see 12 of the Gallery’s finest paintings loaned out to venues around the country. The likes of Constable’s ‘The Hay Wain’, Turner’s ‘Fighting Temeraire’ and Monet’s ‘The Water-Lily Pond’ are among those heading out on tour. Find out more about that here.
Art Road Trip, meanwhile, will be a programme of activities and events by the NG that celebrate creativity and the arts. From May 2024 to May 2025, it’ll stop by 18 locations, work with 24 local arts organisations and host 200 events. Find out more about it here.
Exciting, eh? And on top of all that, the National Gallery has other 200th birthday celebrations planned like a huge Van Gogh show, a redisplay of the entire collection and a summer programme for Trafalgar Square.
The National Gallery’s bicentenary events kick off on May 10 2024 – you can check out more details on the official website here.
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