The Picture Gallery is currently closed for a period of renovation and extension of the Grade II listed building.
These essential works will create a world-class facility designed to preserve and enhance public and scholarly access to one of the world’s finest ‘small’ Old Master collections.
View this page for the latest news and updates from the Gallery as our refurbishment project progresses.
The Picture Gallery redevelopment will retain the vision of the original architects, Powell and Moya, while bringing the building up to modern standards and ensuring this exceptional collection can be enjoyed by future generations. The new facility will offer better provision for researchers, students and the public, including improved disabled access and enhanced research facilities.
One of the Gallery’s masterpieces, Head of a Bearded Man (Head of Joseph of Arimathea) by the Renaissance artist Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, generally known as ‘Perugino’, is now on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as part of Raphael: Sublime Poetry, a major exhibition exploring the life, work and influence of Raphael.
The majority of our paintings can be found on the BBC Your Paintings website in partnership with the Public Catalogue Foundation.