We’re thrilled to share that the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing will reopen to the public this Saturday, May 10. Marking the completion of the first phase of work creating a more welcoming, inclusive and accessible Gallery that engages its prominent Trafalgar Square location. Key architectural interventions include an enlarged enclosed vestibule and an expanded public Foyer with enhanced natural light through a new conservation-grade clear glass façade.

Working alongside Heritage Architects Purcell and Vogt Landscape, the project included the remodeling of parts of the Sainsbury Wing as well as improvements to the surrounding public realm. In its second phase, the scope of work will introduce a new Research Centre and Supporters’ House in the Wilkins Building, along with a new below-grade link beneath Jubilee Walk. This connection, accessible from the Sainsbury Wing’s Theatre Level, will improve public circulation between the two buildings, which is currently only possible at the upper gallery level.

© The National Gallery, London. Photo Edmund Sumner.