Dürer's Travels: First Major UK Exhibition at National Gallery London

The National Gallery in London is hosting 'Dürer's Travels,' the first major UK exhibition dedicated to German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer. The show features paintings, drawings, prints, and letters that trace his journeys across the Alps, Italy, Venice, and the Netherlands. It includes loans from museums and private collections worldwide, notably the 'Madonna and Child' (1496/1499) from the National Gallery of Art in Washington. A video accompanying the exhibition draws from Dürer's diaries, revealing his egocentric, anxious, and curious personality. It highlights his frustration that Italian contemporaries viewed him only as a print craftsman, not a colorist; a dream that inspired one of his sketches; and his pride in being received as a grand gentleman in the Netherlands with his wife. The exhibition aims to bring to life the artist, the people he met, and the places he visited, showing how these exchanges fueled his creativity and fame across Europe.