Buckingham Palace’s Picture Gallery has undergone its biggest rehang in a generation, nearly doubling the number of paintings on view after major repairs.
I have counted 875 hours of curatorial work and 120 paintings—almost twice as many as they had so far—in the Picture Gallery of Buckingham Palace. King Charles III’s instruction was clear: “Add some more.” And the result is much more than an aesthetic change. The new arrangement, presented on July 9, 2026, has quietly revalued one of the most exclusive cultural assets in the world, with direct implications for the soft power and tourist revenues…