8.6K views · 550 reactions | From early medieval panels, relics, and manuscripts to modern-day films and a Marvel comic, our latest exhibition 'Saint Francis of Assisi' explores the life and legacy of one of history’s most inspirational and revered figures. Tour some of these highlights with exhibition curators, Director Gabriele Finaldi and Dr Joost Joustra: https://bit.ly/3r2ZOX3 | National Gallery | Facebook

Spiritual, physical, emotional ✨✨✨ Introducing the first performance artwork commissioned by the National Gallery and the first-ever live performance of María Magdalena Campos-Pons’s “When We Gather.” María Magdalena Campos-Pons is known around the world as an exponent of the new Cuban art movement that arose in opposition to communist repression on the island. Her work, “When We Gather,” is an assembly of women artists celebrating the roles women have played in the progress of the United States

11K views · 836 reactions | Cleavers, poison and snakes, oh my! But what do they have to do with saints? Ed Dickenson explains how to identify saints by their attributes, which range from wonderful to gruesome: https://bit.ly/2D4BYOh | National Gallery | Facebook

15K views · 745 reactions | Frederic Leighton, the eminent Victorian...

Watch the first episode of our Gold film series, 'Gold in Paintings', in full here: http://bit.ly/2zXt4SO Learn how artists such as Andrea Mantegna and Duccio applied gold to their paintings and explore the different gilding techniques used in works such as 'The Wilton Diptych', with our Curatorial, Scientific and Conservation departments. Learn more about #ArtGold here: http://bit.ly/2A4Np8Q | National Gallery