A night with Bacchus and Ariadne

ON Friday, May 9, one lucky person will get the chance to sleep among some of the world’s most famous artworks at the National Gallery, London WC2. Awakening the following morning, in a bed on the ‘bridge’ connecting the newly refurbished Sainsbury Wing with the rest of the gallery, this person will become the first to enter the revamped wing, which has been closed for two years, before the public opening at 10am. Founded in 1824, our National Gallery houses treasures such as Titian’s Bacchus an...