Paul Gray

@south_railway ... You are a joke! On Monday, massive train delays. On Tuesday, minor train delays. And this evening, train delays and missing drivers. Looking forward to opening tomorrow's advent calendar of rail journey hell!

'What a 200th birthday treat this is' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐- Evening Standard This month, we marked the end of our Bicentenary year by reopening a world-class welcome in the newly renovated Sainsbury Wing and launched an exciting new rehang of our entire collection. Join us and trace 700 years of art through your old favourites and new paintings you may never have seen before. Book your ticket and rediscover your National Gallery: bit.ly/2rqMKfK

You know that feeling of waking up on your birthday? 🎉 Last year we began our bumper Bicentenary year, celebrating 200 years of bringing people and paintings together! Since then, we’ve been hard at work improving your National Gallery, from rehanging our entire collection for the first time in our history, to creating new and exciting spaces for our visitors. Now, as we celebrate our 201st birthday, we welcome you to experience the wonder of art at your National Gallery. Free for everyone, everywhere: bit.ly/4h2M82q

We are delighted to congratulate our Director, Dr. Gabriele Finaldi on his well-deserved Knighthood in the New Year’s Honours list. This prestigious recognition acknowledges his exceptional leadership during the Gallery’s Bicentenary celebrations and his invaluable contributions to the arts.

What makes Hendrick Avercamp's paintings so popular at Christmas? ❄️ On #ChristmasEve, join Ed as he takes a closer look at one of the festive favourites in our collection.

@RHSWisley Interesting to see that Kew Gardens has closed today (incl. their Xmas light trail this evening) on safety grounds. I can't imagine the weather is less wild in Woking 🤔

Due to high winds, Battleston Hill and the Pinetum will be closed. The rest of the garden is open. 🌟 RHS Glow will go ahead as planned. 🌟 Please check back online and on social media for updates.

Five star reviews all round 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

'This ingenious high-wire act of a show is a thrilling celebration' - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Our latest exhibition, 'Discover Degas & Miss La La', is now open! Discover the untold stories behind Degas's radical Impressionist masterwork. Book your free ticket: bit.ly/3NCCU1w

✨ 12 iconic paintings, 12 amazing venues ✨ To celebrate our Bicentenary, 12 of the nation’s most iconic paintings are being lent to 12 venues across the UK, enabling people from all over the country to see these great works. Find out more: bit.ly/40zyrBh

✨ Bright lights in the big city ✨ Join us in Trafalgar Square from 9pm on Saturday 11 May for a second viewing of our magnificent free light show, featuring the story of our history that illuminates the building’s façade. Find out more: bit.ly/39JAT2p

Two masterpieces and one unforgettable exhibition, Caravaggio in Belfast is now open in the Spotlight Gallery of Ulster Museum. Make this your big art moment of the summer and don't miss this historic art event. Learn more→ bit.ly/3QqzEaA @NationalGallery @EY_Ireland

It's our 200th birthday! 🎉 We’re launching a year-long festival of art, creativity, and imagination, kicking off with our Big Birthday weekend. Join us from 9pm on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 May for a magnificent free light show: bit.ly/3xH9j1t

Happy birthday @NationalGallery! Thank you for giving us the gift of #CaravaggioInBelfast for your birthday, so it means more people from these parts get to celebrate with the chance to see a National Gallery treasure. With our friends in @NGIreland making it extra special #NG200

An experience not to be missed at @UlsterMuseum! We're so pleased to see Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ, normally on display here at the National Gallery of Ireland, looking so resplendent in its new temporary home in Belfast. See it there until 1 September.

Happy Birthday @NationalGallery, 200 years old today! We are so grateful to be hosting not 1 but 2 of your masterpieces, Guercino’s Cumaean and Samian Sibyls, pendants to his King David @WaddesdonManor as part of our Guercino at Waddesdon exhibition for the anniversary #NG200

We want visitors of all ages to enjoy Caravaggio, so we’re very grateful to @NationalGallery for funding the creation of a ‘Discover Caravaggio’ space @UlsterMuseum especially for children, who can try their hand at still life, or indeed drawing a hand 🖐️ 🍇 🍏 #NG200

#CaravaggioInBelfast is finally open ⁦@UlsterMuseum⁩ thanks to ⁦@NationalGallery⁩ and ⁦@NGIreland⁩

Brilliant review of Turner at ⁦@LaingArtGallery⁩ from the ⁦@guardian⁩! Opens to the public tomorrow… theguardian.com/artanddesign/a…