• 10.00am - 5.30pm
  • FREE
  • Chelsea, London
  • 10.00am - 5.30pm
  • FREE
  • Chelsea, London

War Paint guest tour: Matthew Cook

Coloured acrylic ink with pen and ink, signed middle right 'M. Cook', by Matthew Cook, 'The Times' War Artist, 2003

Renowned illustrator Matthew Cook will give a guided tour of our War Paint exhibition, in which his work is featured.

During this special one-hour tour, Matthew will take you around the exhibition and discuss what it’s like to be a war artist and soldier.

Matthew Cook was the Times Official War Artist during the Gulf War and has been to the front line as a War Artist a number of times since then. He completed two tours of Afghanistan with the Territorial Army in 2006 and 2009.

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"First time @NAM_London today. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thought the presentation & interpretation made the subject accessible..."