1 Opening up the North 

2 At home in the Church

3  Across Italy, across styles, across settings

As part of the National Gallery's bicentenary celebrations, the Sainsbury Wing, originally opened in 1991, has been substantially restructured, making it more open, more welcoming, and, let's hope, more accessible. It has also been radically rehung, as the History of Art has changed substantially over the past 34 years. Ernst Gombrich published The Story of Art in 1950 - and one of the things that has become clear is that there are far more stories to tell. The structure of the Sainsbury Wing allows you to move through it freely - and you can create your own 'Stories of Art' as you go. Over this series of three talks I am going to pick three routes through the space to tell three different 'stories'