LONDON – Hidden in a pillar he funded yet despised, Lord Sainsbury finally got the last word. "TO THOSE WHO FIND THIS NOTE," wrote John Sainsbury, a member of the House of Lords who is also known as ...

This week sees the long anticipated public debut of the spruced-up Sainsbury Wing at London’s National Gallery. The occasion brings a splashy close to a year of bicentenary celebrations, marked also ...

In the late 1980s, the Sainsbury brothers, operators of the U.K.’s second largest supermarket chain, bankrolled a project to build a new wing at London’s National Gallery. The museum needed space to ...

Art needs architecture, and masterpieces need museums. Since the National Gallery’s Wilkins Building, named after its architect, William Wilkins, opened in 1838, its Georgian frontage has dominated ...

Despite its decidedly traditional art collection, the British cultural institution is adopting a contemporary approach to public outreach and accessibility Anne Wallentine - History Correspondent ...

London’s National Gallery has raised more than $500 million for an ambitious revamp that includes a new wing and an expansion into 20th-century art. The changes mark the museum’s “largest ...