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National Gallery Masterpiece Tour Mignard: Love, Power, Identity

  • 14/11/2026 - 20/02/2027
  • 09:00:00 - 16:00:00
  • Church Street Barnsley S70 2AH
  • Free

A beautiful masterpiece from the National Gallery collection will go on display in Barnsley this autumn as the Cooper Gallery presents The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour, Mignard: Love, Power, Identity, a major new exhibition exploring themes of status, self-image and representation through art.

Discover Mignard: Love, Power, Identity at the Cooper Gallery from Saturday 14 November 2026.
 

See Pierre Mignard’s spectacular The Marquise de Seignelay (1691), visiting Barnsley as part of the National Gallery Masterpiece Tour, alongside paintings, ceramics and glass from Barnsley’s own collections.
 

Explore how art has represented people, power, status and identity across different periods and styles, with the exhibition shaped with support from Barnsley Museums’ youth group, Next Big Thing.

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