The National Gallery is kicking off its 200th anniversary today (10 May) by launching a year-long commemorative programme. Located in London’s Trafalgar Square, the National Gallery, which is free to attend, attracted over 3 million visitors in 2023. The imperious neoclassical building was completed in 1838, having been commissioned to house a burgeoning national collection of artworks set in motion with parliament’s decision to purchase banker John Julius Angerstein’s private collection of pictures in 1824. Rediscovered Caravaggio masterpiece to go on show at Madrid’s Museo del Prado200 years…