National Gallery Gallery for British art in 1897. The Sainsbury Wing, an extension to the west by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, is a notable example of Postmodernist architecture in Britain. The current Director of the National Gallery is Gabriele Finaldi. The late 18th century saw the nationalisation of royal or princely art collections across mainland Europe. The Bavarian royal collection (now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich) opened to the public in 1779, that of the Medici in Florence around 1789 (as the Uffizi Gallery), and the Museum Français at the Louvre was formed out of the former French royal collection
Dresden City Art Gallery Dresden City Museum in 1990, which primarily focuses on the exploration of the city's history. In 2000, the Dresden city council approved the establishment of a municipal art museum, which was built with the financial support of a sponsor, friends of the Dresden City Art Gallery, who celebrated the founding of the Dresden Municipal Gallery and Art Collection on 1 June 2002. The art stock of the Dresden City Museum was later acquired by the Dresden City Art Gallery. Their showrooms on the first floor opened on 2 July 2005. The permanent exhibition is situated in the west wing and