ZURBARÁN, NATIONAL GALLERY

The Zurbarán exhibition at the National Gallery is the first major monographic exhibition in the UK devoted to Francisco de Zurbarán. For visitors who know Velázquez but have only a passing sense of Zurbarán, this is a rare opportunity to stand in front of a painter whose world is quieter, stranger and more concentrated: saints emerge from darkness, fruit seems held in suspension, and fabric carries almost as much emotional weight as the human figure.

Opening year: May - August 2026

Curators: Daniel Sobrino Ralston, Francesca Whitlum-Cooper, and Imogen Tedbury
Lighting: Studio ZNA