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National Gallery

British

noun

a major art gallery in London, in Trafalgar Square. Founded in 1824, it contains the largest collection of paintings in Britain

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Selldorf Architects is known for its work on the historic mansion that houses The Frick Collection in New York as well as the National Gallery in London.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Police officers from Wales in riot uniforms prevented anyone getting from the National Gallery to Pall Mall and Regent Street.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

In the National Gallery of Scotland, where it hangs, it is the picture in front of which most visitors will stop and smile a smile of recognition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Just this year, London's National Gallery secured unprecedented private funding for its expansion following a fundraising campaign, while the Tate launched an endowment fund to secure its "long-term future".

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

Tommy said he’d just gotten a postcard from the National Gallery of Art, “one of those Vermeer pictures, the stolen one,” from Frog.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

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