Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery The world's first public art gallery. Our next exhibition, Yoshida: Three Generations of Printmaking opens 19 June.
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Dulwich Picture Gallery is the world’s first purpose-built public art gallery: it was founded in 1811 when Sir Francis Bourgeois RA bequeathed his collection of old masters “for the inspection of the public”. Today the Gallery is a vibrant cultural hub hosting some of the UK’s leading exhibitions alongside its Permanent Collection of Baroque masterpieces while staging a wide-ranging programme of public events, practical art and community engagement.

Starting off Pride Month with a peek into our Visitor Book from 1 June 1908 🏳️‍🌈 👀 Can you spot the famous artists?On th...
01/06/2026

Starting off Pride Month with a peek into our Visitor Book from 1 June 1908 🏳️‍🌈 👀 Can you spot the famous artists?

On this day in 1908, Vanessa Bell, Clive Bell and Virginia Stephen (later Woolf) visited Dulwich Picture Gallery.

At the time, they were part of the Bloomsbury Group, a circle of artists, writers and thinkers known for challenging social conventions and embracing new ideas about art, relationships and identity.

This Pride Month, discover the stories that sit beyond the frame with Out of Frame, our LGBTQIA+ tour led by Sacha Coward. Expect q***r histories, hidden narratives and fresh perspectives on the Collection.

🗓️ 12 June
⏰ 11am & 1pm

Plus, explore Curtain Up!, our new display celebrating performance, q***rness and gender identity.

Can you spot the famous artist? 🔍On this day in 1900, Japanese master Hiroshi Yoshida and his friend and fellow artist, ...
29/05/2026

Can you spot the famous artist? 🔍

On this day in 1900, Japanese master Hiroshi Yoshida and his friend and fellow artist, Hachiro Nakagawa, walked through our doors and we'd love to think the Gallery left its mark on them.

Yoshida was a trailblazer who fused Western oil painting with the ancient art of Japanese woodblock printing, creating breathtaking prints bursting with colour and light. He began as a painter and travelled the globe, from the United States to Europe and the Middle East, before discovering there was a vast appetite for Japanese prints during a 1923 trip to America. He then opened his own print studio at home and channelled his travels into around 259 extraordinary prints, all this despite only taking up woodblock printing in his forties.

In 2024, we celebrated his extraordinary legacy with an exhibition, Yoshida: Three Generations of Japanese Printmaking, showcasing works by Yoshida Hiroshi, Fujio, Tōshi, Hodaka, Chizuko and Ayomi - a dynasty of art.

Drop a 🌸 below if you're a Yoshida fan!

We've already seen some incredible cities through your lenses and entries are still open!🌍Your City, our photography com...
28/05/2026

We've already seen some incredible cities through your lenses and entries are still open!🌍

Your City, our photography competition, closes at 11:59pm on 8 June 2026. There's still time to share yours.

Any city. Any corner of the world. Two winning photographs will be printed, framed by King and McGaw and exhibited in the Gallery chosen by our expert panel and by public vote.

Ready? Link in bio for full details and T&Cs.

📷 Arthur Leipzig, Divers, East River, 1948 © Estate of Arthur Leipzig, Courtesy of Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.

☀️ The sun is out, the Sculpture Garden is looking beautiful, and Shakespeare is coming to Dulwich on two wheels.Next We...
28/05/2026

☀️ The sun is out, the Sculpture Garden is looking beautiful, and Shakespeare is coming to Dulwich on two wheels.

Next Wednesday 3 June at 7pm, the The HandleBards are bringing their bicycle-powered production of As You Like It to our Sculpture Garden. With the forecast looking gorgeous, we can't think of a better way to spend a summer evening surrounded by art and nature. 🌿

Four actors. Two wheels each. All of their set, props and costumes strapped to the back of their bikes. 🚲

And the play? Rosalind flees to the Forest of Arden in disguise, bumps into her love interest Orlando, and chaos, wonderful, Shakespearean chaos, ensues. Expect mistaken identities, lovesick shepherds, wrestling matches, and more laughs than you'd think possible from a bicycle. 🎭

Pack a picnic, grab a blanket or chair, and settle in for a gloriously sunny evening of outdoor theatre.

🗓️ Wednesday 3 June, 7pm
📍 Sculpture Garden
🔗 Tickets via our website

Kings who were queens. Saints who were just a little bit saucy. Cross-dressing, androgyny, and centuries of q***r storie...
27/05/2026

Kings who were queens. Saints who were just a little bit saucy. Cross-dressing, androgyny, and centuries of q***r stories hiding in plain sight on our gallery walls.

Join the brilliant Sacha Coward, historian, mythology buff, and all-round fabulous tour guide, for Out of Frame, our LGBTQIA+ tour of the Gallery. Bold, joyful and packed with the stories you never knew you needed, these tours are open to everyone: LGBTQIA+ community members, allies, and anyone who turns up with curiosity and an open mind. 🏳️‍🌈

And while you're here, step into Curtain Up!, our new display exploring costume, performance, q***rness and gender identity through the art of the stage. Curated by Dr. Lucy West with Gemma Rolls-Bentley as Curatorial Advisor, it's a fascinating conversation between the Gallery's historic Collection and the work of contemporary artists today.

🗓️ Friday 29 May — 11am & 1pm
🗓️ Friday 12 June — 11am & 1pm

Book your spot via the link below, we'd love to see you there. 🎟️

🖼️ Studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse, 1789, Oil on canvas, Bourgeois Bequest, 1811, Dulwich Picture Gallery.

27/05/2026

Carved from wood, inspired by clouds. 🌿

Watch artist Rosie Brewer bring her beautiful trinket bowls to life, created exclusively for our Konrad Mägi exhibition.

Working from her studio in Devon, Rosie carves each piece by hand from sustainably sourced British and hardwood timbers. The organic forms and swirling grain of every bowl echo the billowing, luminous clouds that define Mägi's Estonian landscapes. No two pieces are alike.

And here's a lovely connection: half of Estonia's land mass is covered in forest, making wood carving one of the country's most deeply rooted traditional crafts.

🛍️ Available now in the Gallery shop and online, link in below.

📖 Read our full blog interview with Rosie on our website, she shares the stories behind her materials, her process, and what drew her to Mägi's skies. Link below.

Reunited after centuries apart. ✨In 1632, Rembrandt van Rijn painted two close friends side by side, Jacob de Gheyn III ...
26/05/2026

Reunited after centuries apart. ✨

In 1632, Rembrandt van Rijn painted two close friends side by side, Jacob de Gheyn III and Maurits Huygens. De Gheyn even bequeathed his portrait to Huygens upon his death and they remained together until the 18th century.

Jacob de Gheyn III has now been reunited with the portrait of Maurits Huygens, as part of 'Rembrandt 1632: Creation of a Brand' at Schloss Wilhelmshöhe.

The exhibition explores a pivotal year, when a young Rembrandt moved from Leiden to Amsterdam, joined the workshop of Hendrick Uylenburgh, and transformed himself from a painter into a phenomenon. These two intimate portraits sit right at the heart of that story.

And the drama? Even at the time, the de Gheyn portrait divided opinion. His brother Constantijn admired it, but couldn't resist noting that 'if De Gheyn’s face had happened to look like this, this would have been an exact portrait of De Gheyn'.'👀

On now until 16 August 2026. Don't miss it.

📍 Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel

Time for an afternoon nap? 😴 Perhaps Sir Peter Lely's 'Nymphs by a Fountain' are also recovering from the hot weather!Wh...
26/05/2026

Time for an afternoon nap? 😴 Perhaps Sir Peter Lely's 'Nymphs by a Fountain' are also recovering from the hot weather!

When you are all rested, why not plan a trip to come and see us? Our Sculpture Garden is a beautiful place to explore in this glorious sunshine with plenty of shady spots and some new sculptures to discover, including Laura Ellen Bacon's 'The Assembled' inspired by this very painting!

The Sculpture Garden is free to enter and is the perfect retreat from the heat of the city. While you're here, why not pop into the Gallery, see Lely's 'Nymphs' up close and enjoy the building's cool climate controlled environment, beneficial both for paintings and of course visitors on a hot day.

She's back from her holidays and she hasn't aged a day. 🏖️After spending time on loan at the Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hambu...
24/05/2026

She's back from her holidays and she hasn't aged a day. 🏖️

After spending time on loan at the Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, this pint-sized royal has made her grand return to Dulwich. And what better timing as today is her birthday!

Born on this day in 1819, we're celebrating none other than Queen Victoria, here aged just four years old, painted on a tiny scale by Stephen Poyntz Denning.

Wrapped in black finery, clutching one glove, and standing firm under a flamboyant feathered hat, young Princess Victoria is dressed in mourning for her father, the Duke of Kent.

Come welcome her back on your next visit 👑

23/05/2026

Did you know Estonia has over 3,000 islands? 🏝️

In the summers of 1913 and 1914, artist Konrad Mägi headed to one of the sunniest and painted the coast with an almost scientific obsession: the shingle, the sea kale, the light. Curator Kathleen Soriano shares what makes these works so special.

Come see the paintings up close, they’ll surprise you. ✨

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