What does rotting shellfish have to do with the colour purple? 😮| #SHORTS | National Gallery

How did this painting save this artist's life? 😮|#SHORTS | National Gallery

Imagine a world without colour 😮 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

Which famous artist was Morisot related to? 👀|#SHORTS | National Gallery

What is the little girl holding?🤔| #SHORTS | National Gallery

Napoleon’s cause of death was… wallpaper? 😮| #SHORTS | National Gallery

What is gold and what makes it so appealing to artists? ⭐​​|#SHORTS | National Gallery

Highly original - but who painted it? 🤔|#SHORTS | National Gallery

Why do we find the colour green so calming? 💚| #SHORTS | National Gallery

Art that shaped the future ✨|#SHORTS | National Gallery

Recreating Caravaggio's 'Boy bitten by a Lizard' |#SHORTS | National Gallery

How bugs turned the world red 🐛 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

What can fashion tell us about paintings? 🎩 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

THAT viral dress moment in 2015 👀👗| #SHORTS | National Gallery

Our brand-new podcast, Stories in Colour, is now live! 🎨 | #SHORTS | National Gallery

Famous artworks made out of eggs?! 🍳 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

How do you actually look at paintings? 👀 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

Which pigments were used in this 18th-century painting 🤔|#SHORTS | National Gallery

What is a 'Diptych' painting? 🤔| #SHORTS | National Gallery

How did this young painter get to meet Caravaggio and Galileo? 🤯 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

What is 'chiaroscuro'? 🤔|#SHORTS | National Gallery

Why did Gainsborough paint his family so often? 💙| #SHORTS | National Gallery

Where did the nickname 'The Ugly Duchess' come from? 👀 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

Meet the revolutionary artists of 14th-century Siena ✨ | #SHORTS | National Gallery

What is a 'fresco'? 🤔 | #SHORTS | National Gallery

Did this artist change the public perception of Marie Antoinette? 🤔 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

Art History cheat sheet 👀 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

Restoring a 600 year-old painting 😮 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

She fled France on the eve of the French Revolution 😮 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

Can you recognize Mars in paintings? 🤔 | #SHORTS | National Gallery

Mary Beard discusses Lady Jane Grey ✨ |#SHORTS | National Gallery

What's so cool about acrylic paint? 🤷 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

What does the colour yellow signify in 'Sunflowers'? 🌻 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

Our paintings popping up everywhere 😮 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

The sculptress who framed Lady Jane Grey 👀 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

What is in that jar?! 😯 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

The repair of a 16th-century French panel 😮|#SHORTS | National Gallery

Part of the Gallery you've never seen before 👀|#SHORTS | National Gallery

Is this the most fascinating face in our collection? 👀 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

What surprising discovery did we make while conserving Cezanne's 'Bathers'? | National Gallery

Up close with a 600 year old painting 🔍 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

Why do we have two paintings that look exactly the same? 🤔 | #SHORTS | National Gallery

The most talented artist in her family? 👀 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

An intimate portrayal of everyday life ❤️ | #SHORTS | National Gallery

Why are these people so blurry? | Kids' Art Questions | #Shorts | National Gallery

The National Gallery on screen 📸 | #SHORTS | National Gallery

Is yellow a happy or sad colour? 💛 |#SHORTS | National Gallery

How was Poussin inspired by other artists? 🎨| #SHORTS | National Gallery