Overview
- Curators completed a once-in-a-generation rehang this week that increases the Picture Gallery’s display from 63 to 120 paintings and reinsates historic groupings of Rembrandts, Rubens and Zoffany.
- The 47-metre room has new emerald-green silk damask wall coverings and required 875 hours of installation to fit the denser hang and updated lighting and conservation work.
- The rehang was unveiled ahead of Thursday’s summer opening, with Buckingham Palace open to visitors from July 9 to September 27 and Jonathan Yeo’s 2023 oil study of King Charles shown nearby.
- The public revamp coincides with the Royal Household’s confirmation that King Charles and Queen Camilla will remain at Clarence House and not live permanently at Buckingham Palace.
- Prince Harry did not stay at the palace during his recent UK visit after missing the deadline to secure accommodation, a detail that shaped immediate coverage of the rehang and the palace’s changing role.