Saint Sebastian (detail), Guido Reni

Past Exhibitions

Dulwich Picture Gallery offers a wide programme of exhibitions, covering many disciplines from classical painting to modern photography; a diverse, ever-changing and constantly-evolving collection of art.

  • The Changing Face of Childhood

    1 August 2007 - 4 November 2007

    British portraits of children by artists from as early as Van Dyck and including Gainsborough, Reynolds and Thomas Lawrence, inspired their great European counterparts.

  • The Age of Enchantment

    28 November 2007 - 17 February 2008

    Following the death of Aubrey Beardsley in 1898 a new generation of illustrators emerged.

  • The Agony & The Ecstasy

    5 February 2008 - 11 May 2008

    The Agony and the Ecstasy was the first exhibition ever to focus on six of the seven St Sebastians painted by Guido Reni in the 17th century.

  • Coming Of Age

    14 March 2008 - 8 June 2008

    Paintings from the Addison Gallery of American Art, Massachusetts.

  • The Lion & The Dragon

    3 June 2008 - 24 August 2008

    The exhibition illustrated a period in Chinese history when the British leased some of the Shandong Province. Confucius, the great thinker, educator and statesman, lived there.

  • Kennington Kids: Raw Urban

    6 June 2008 - 1 September 2008

    In conjunction with Alford House Youth Club, the Time Out Critics Choice exhibition of art, created by teenagers from Lambeth.

  • The Phoenix of all Flower Painters

    26 June 2008 - 30 September 2008

    Active in the 18th-century and arguably one of the most famous Dutch painters in art history, this exhibition brought together a collection of Jan Van Huysum's still-life paintings of flowers.

  • Painting Family

    9 July 2008 - 5 October 2008

    Virtually unknown now, the De Bray family were very important painters in Holland in the 17th Century.

  • What Are You Like?

    9 September 2008 - 18 January 2009

    A collaboration between The House of Illustration and Dulwich Picture Gallery brings together an eclectic group of public figures, each contributing a 'self-portrait' composed of their favourite things.

  • Kennington Kids: Raw Urban

    6 January 2009 - 30 January 2009

    Dulwich Picture Gallery is proud to present Kennington Kids: Raw Urban at City Hall

  • Saul Steinberg: Illuminations

    26 November 2008 - 15 February 2009

    Saul Steinberg's magic lit up the pages and covers of The New Yorker for six decades. Our winter exhibition is a retrospective which features more than a hundred drawings, collages and sculptural assemblages by the artist.

  • Drawn Together

    4 February 2009 - 26 February 2009

    A celebration of drawing in all its forms by the pupils of James Allen’s Girls’ School.

  • Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece

    10 February 2009 - 10 May 2009

    For the first time in over 200 years the surviving fragments of Veronese's Petrobelli Altarpiece will be reunited at Dulwich Picture Gallery.

  • Sickert In Venice

    4 March 2009 - 7 June 2009

    Walter Richard Sickert was one of the most important British artists of the late ninteenth and early twentieth centuries.

  • The Polish Connection

    16 June 2009 - 27 September 2009

    Malinowski's work is a meditation on light, colour, and painting, exploring Dulwich Picture Gallery's historical connection with a Polish King.

  • Best of British

    8 July 2009 - 27 September 2009

    Dulwich Picture Gallery will be exhibiting paintings from its newly catalogued British collection, many of which are not usually on show.

  • Desperately Seeking Conservation

    13 October 2009 - 3 January 2010

    A display of rarely seen Gallery paintings in need of conservation. Adopt an Old Master was started in 1988 to conserve the collection and over 12 0 paintings have been adopted.

  • Drawing Attention

    21 October 2009 - 17 January 2010

    A glorious collection of 100 master drawing from the Art Gallery of Ontario. From Renaissance Italy to 18th century France, English watercolours, masterpieces by Picasso and Matisse and more...

  • Paul Nash: The Elements

    10 February 2010 - 9 May 2010

    Paul Nash (1889 – 1946) painted beautiful landscapes of the Downs, strange flooded rooms, and classic images of two World Wars.

  • Horace Walpole at Dulwich Picture Gallery

    23 March 2010 - 4 July 2010

    To coincide with the Horace Walpole exhibition at the V&A these magnificent portraits have been restored. This display offers the opportunity to see the paintings in their improved condition and discover more about their place in Walpole’s collection.

  • The Wyeth Family: Three Generations of American

    9 June 2010 - 22 August 2010

    The summer exhibition provides a rare opportunity to see works from the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Collection by one of America's most famous and prolific family of artists.