The National Gallery by Gabriele Finaldi

The National Portrait Gallery will present an open-air exhibition of pioneering women on Villiers Street, while Soho’s The Photographers’ Gallery will be coming outside with a free vintage photo booth, with all portraits forming a forthcoming outdoor gallery in Ramillies Street.Taking over the historic Market Building in August, Burman will bring her vast neon sculptures into the South Hall of the Market Building, transforming the space into a giant neon wonderland Covent Garden will present an outstanding immersive installation by artist Chila Burman.Pop-up Painting in the West End, from by the team behind Mayfair Art Weekend, presenting an opportunity to join professional artists in pop up locations across the West End for a day of al fresco painting.‘The Piccadilly Art Takeover’ a unique cultural partnership between the Royal Academy of Arts and Art of London, one of the largest public art takeovers the capital has ever seen, an explosion of colours and creative expression transforming the streets of the West End with 30 hanging flags and 13 pedestrian crossings taken over by five Royal Academy artists in the area around Piccadilly.Other highlights from Inside Out festival include: In the coming months, Londoners and visitors can discover events, workshops and installations as part of the Inside Out festival including a an expansive 1400 sqm floor painting bold mural by artist Lakwena on the roof terrace above Temple Underground Station, a pride of life-sized lions for the Tusk Lion Trail, an illuminated art trail in collaboration MTArt Agency which will debut in Autumn, including works by Robert Montgomery and Lauren Baker, and the return of the hugely successful West End LIVE on 18 and 19 September in Trafalgar Square. The pop-up exhibition will be accompanied by Sketch in the Square, a programme of free, daily alfresco art activities with a strong emphasis on mindfulness and wellbeing, which has been created especially for the occasion The reproductions of popular masterpieces, around 1 to 2 metres wide, will be instantly visible to members of the public entering the iconic square. On display for all to experience will be some of the Nation’s Favourite paintings including Van Gogh’s Sunflowers (1888), Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire (1839), Botticelli’s Venus and Mars (1485), Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne (1520-3) and John Constable’s The Hay Wain (1821).

The launch on Tuesday 10 August sees The National Gallery bringing art outdoors to Trafalgar Square’s North Terrace with an open-air exhibition of 20 outstanding life-sized replicas of some of its most famous and treasured paintings. Inside Out is a brand-new free festival, produced by Westminster City Council and partners, that brings art, entertainment, and culture outdoors to the streets of Westminster.

The National Gallery by Gabriele Finaldi