What's on

  1. Three-quarter length portrait in oil of a young man wearing an elaborate embroidered cape, ruff and cap, and holding a sword.

    Talk

    Pop-up Talk: Anguissola's Portrait of Alessandro Farnese

    16 April 13.15 - 13.35

    Join us for a free, in-person lunchtime talk

    Free
  2. A photograph of a row of red brick houses with the windows and doors boarded up. Two people walk by in opposite directions, both holding umbrellas.

    Online talk

    Curator's Introductory Talk: Silent City

    17 April 13.00 - 14.00

    A free online introduction to our new exhibition

    Free
  3. A photograph with a golden hue, showing a landscape with fresh earth overturned and some houses in the distance

    Online talk

    Ciorcal Comhrá: An Chathair Chiúin

    18 April 13.00 - 13.45

    Ticéid le fáil: Ar mhaith leat páirt a ghlacadh i gcomhrá trí Ghaeilge faoi thaispeántas sa Ghailearaí?

    Free
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    Tour

    Public Tour: Audio Described Tour

    18 April 18.00 - 19.00

    An audio described exploration of the national collection and Walter Frederick Osborne's The Guinness Portrait

    Free
  5. A quarter length portrait of an older woman. She gazes at the viewer; her cheeks are slightly reddened and she wears a white band in her grey hair.

    Tour

    Public Tour: Turning Heads

    19 April 12.00 - 13.00

    A guided tour for exhibition ticket-holders

    Free*
  6. Oil painting of a stag in a forest

    Tour

    Public Tour: LGBTQIA+ Artworks

    20 April 11.30 - 12.30

    A free tour exploring the collection through an LGBTQIA+ lens

    Free
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    Tour

    Public Tour: Highlights

    20 April 13.00 - 14.00

    Join us for a free guided tour of some of the highlights of the collection.

    Free
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    Tour

    Public Tour: Women in Art

    20 April 14.30 - 15.30

    Join us for this free guided tour exploring how women are represented in the national collection.

    Free
  9. A group of young people walking away through an open doorway in an art gallery with red walls and gilt-framed oil paintings

    Tour

    Public Tour: Highlights

    21 April 11.30 - 12.30

    Join us for a free guided tour of some of the highlights of the collection.

    Free
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    Workshop

    Family Drop in Workshop

    21 April 11.30 - 13.30

    Join us in the Shaw Room, and create your own masterpiece.

    Free