All events are free unless otherwise indicated. Tours are given by a panel of freelance art historians.
Tickets for Art Studies, Drawing Studies, Study Day, and Study Mornings are available from the Gallery Shop.
See calendar for details. A screening of the documentary The Private Life of an Easter Masterpiece: The Taking of Christ will be shown each Saturday at 1pm in the Audio Visual Room.

SEPTEMBER
GABRIEL METSU: A REDISCOVERED MASTER

THURSDAY
6.30 Hard of Hearing Tour

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Highlights

3.00 Family Programme Let's help the Gleaners! with Susan Farrelly

SUNDAY
1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 An introduction to the Gabriel Metsu exhibition
Lecturer Dr Adriaan Waiboer, National Gallery of Ireland, curator of the Gabriel Metsu exhibition

TUESDAY
10.30 Varieties of costume in the work of Metsu
Lecturer Bianca M. du Mortier, Rijksmuseum

WEDNESDAY
3.00 Art for All Ages The Creative Trail
With Valerie Moffat, meet in Atrium

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour The Golden Age

3.00 Family Programme Busy Squirrels! with Mary Noonan

SUNDAY
1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 The socio-historical background to the Dutch Golden Age
Lecturer Dr Graeme Murdock, Trinity College Dublin

TUESDAY
10.30 Interiors in Dutch genre painting
Lecturer Louise Kelly, University College Dublin

WEDNESDAY
2.00 New Parents Tour

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Portraits in the collection

3.00 Family Programme Long ago in a
Viking Town with Alex Davis

SUNDAY
1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 The sound of music in Gabriel Metsu's paintings
Lecturer Adrian Le Harivel, National Gallery of Ireland

TUESDAY
10.30 Reproduction prints after Dutch 17th-century paintings
Lecturer Anne Hodge, National Gallery of Ireland

WEDNESDAY
3.00 Art for All Ages Workshop: Deconstructing the Dutch interior
Tutor: Mary Noonan (meet in The Atrium)

THURSDAY
6.30 Teachers Tour: Gabriel Metsu (Pre-booking essential: hmonaghan@ngi.ie/(01) 663 3509)

FRIDAY
Culture Night 2010
(6-9.30pm) www.nationalgallery.ie

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour History

3.00 Family Programme Costumes in the collection with Niamh Denham

SUNDAY
1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 Gerard ter Borch in the context of Dutch
17th-century painting
Lecturer William Gallagher, Freelance art historian

TUESDAY
10.30 Some Masters of the Dutch Golden Age
Lecturer Isabella Evangelisti, Trinity College Dublin

THURSDAY
6.30 Tour for Blind and Visually Impaired
(Pre-booking essential: bcasey@ngi.ie/ (01) 663 3506)

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Highlights

3.00 Family Programme Creatures in the
Deep Blue Sea with Kitty Rogers

Drawing Studies
Sundays, 3 October-5 December. €160

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 Dutch masters of the interior
Lecturer William Gallagher, Freelance art historian

TUESDAY
10.30 The range and variety of work undertaken
by Mucros Conservation Bookbindery
Lecturer Paul Curtis, Muckross House Research Library, Co. Kerry

Open House Dublin 7-10 October
See www.architecturefoundation.ie/openhouse

The Story of the Great Masters
Thursdays in October, €35/€130 season ticket (includes supper)

THURSDAY
6.30 The Story of the Great Masters
The William D Finlay Lecture
François Boucher (1703-1770), A Female Nude Reclining on a Chaise-Longue, c.1752
Guest Speaker Alastair Laing, The National Trust

6.30 Irish Sign Language Tour

SATURDAY
2.00 Open House Tour

3.00 Open House Weekend Family Workshop
Design a Gallery! with Beth O'Halloran

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Open House Gallery Tours

3.00 Exploring the architectural heritage of
Merrion Square
Lecturer Simon Lincoln, Irish Architectural Archive

TUESDAY
10.30 Archives in Ireland
Lecturer Leah Benson, National Gallery of Ireland

WEDNESDAY
3.00 Art for All Ages Shadow and Light: a talk on music and art. Tutor: Ted Courtney (room 25)

THURSDAY
6.30 The Story of the Great Masters Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667)
A Man Writing a Letter and A Woman Reading a Letter, c.1664-1666
Guest Speaker Dr Adriaan Waiboer, National Gallery of Ireland

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour The Art of the Sublime

3.00 Family Programme Daunting Dinosaurs!
with Valerie Moffat

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 A celebration of the career of Thomas Frye (1710-1762), (marking the tercentenary of the birth of Thomas Frye)
Lecturer Dr Nicola Figgis, University College Dublin

TUESDAY
10.30 New Research on Petrie's 'The Last Circuit of Pilgrims at Clonmacnois'
Lecturer Dr Philip MacEvansoneya, Trinity College Dublin

WEDNESDAY
2.00 New Parents Tour

THURSDAY
6.30 The Story of the Great Masters
Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)
Eroticism in the work of Poussin: 'Acis and Galatea' 1627-1628
Guest Speaker Dr Timothy H. Standring, Denver Art Museum

6.30 Teachers Tour: The Renaissance
(Pre-booking essential: hmonaghan@ngi.ie/(01) 663 3509)

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Genre Painting

3.00 Family Programme Storytelling with Gordon Snell

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 Roderic O'Conor (1860-1940): A life in Art
(marking the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Roderic O'Conor)
Lecturer Roy Johnston, writer, curator and art historian

MONDAY
3.00 Children's Hour with Joseph Coveney

TUESDAY
10.30 Native genius is reaffirmed in 19th-century Irish sculpture
Lecturer Dr Paula Murphy, University College Dublin

3.00 Children's Hour with Janine Davidson

WEDNESDAY
3.00 Children's Hour with Valerie Moffat

3.00 Teenagers Workshop: Gabriel Metsu through the lens with Clare Henderson. (Tickets €5)

THURSDAY
3.00 Children's Hour with Catriona Hardie

6.30 The Story of the Great Masters
John Butler Yeats (1839-1922)
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), 1900
Guest Speaker: Professor Roy Foster, Hertford College, Oxford

FRIDAY
3.00 Children's Hour with Frances Coghlan

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Myths and Legends
3.00 Family Programme Legends and tales of long ago with Joseph Coveney

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 The Conservation of furniture and historic interiors
Lecturer Sven Habermann, Conservation Letterfrack

TUESDAY
10.30 The Glenstal Icons
Lecturer Gregory Collins OSB, Glenstal Abbey

THURSDAY
6.30 Hard of Hearing Tour

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Highlights

3.00 Family Programme Songbirds in the garden with Niamh O'Beirne

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 Collecting for a Georgian House Museum
Lecturer Kieran Burns, No. 29 Georgian House Museum

TUESDAY
10.30 The eclectic nature of decorative arts collections
Lecturer Audrey Whitty, National Museum of Ireland

WEDNESDAY
3.00 Art for All Ages Creative Writing Workshop: Dutch interiors. Tutor: Yvonne Cullen (meet in The Atrium)

THURSDAY
6.30 Special Lecture David Chipperfield: Public Works
Lecturer Sir David Chipperfield, David Chipperfield Architects
In association with University College Dublin and the Office of Public Works

FRIDAY
10.30 Innovation Dublin talk
Titian (1485/90-1576), Baldassare Castiglione (room 28)
Lecturer Dr Philip Cottrell, University College Dublin

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Modernism

3.00 Family Programme Great athletes and giant heroes with Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 The State Art Collections
Lecturer Jacquie Moore, Office of Public Works

TUESDAY
10.30 Hugh Lane's vision has shaped the city's art collection
Lecturer Barbara Dawson, Director, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane

WEDNESDAY
2.00 New Parents Tour

THURSDAY
6.30 Special Lecture Metsu's 'The Sick Child' in the context of 17th century Dutch Art
Lecturer Professor Valerie Hedquist, University of Montana, USA
In association with the Centre for the History of Medicine, University College Dublin

6.30 Teachers Tour: Jack B. Yeats in context (Pre-booking essential: hmonaghan@ngi.ie/(01) 663 3509)

FRIDAY
10.30 Innovation Dublin talk
Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614), The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon (room 27)
Lecturer Carla Briggs, University College Dublin

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Seasonal Images

3.00 Family Programme Animal Stencils with Kate Dick

SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 A University Art Gallery and Collection
Lecturer Shan McAnena,The Naughton Gallery, Queen's University, Belfast

TUESDAY
10.30 Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1969): A great collector
Lecturer Dr Charles Horton, The Chester Beatty Library

THURSDAY
6.30 Special Panel Discussion: Writers drawing on Art
Pat Boran, Enda Wyley, Siobhan Parkinson and Donald Teskey, RHA. Chair: Vincent Woods
In association with Poetry Ireland and Children's Books Ireland

6.30 Tour for Blind and Visually Impaired
(Pre-booking essential: bcasey@ngi.ie/(01) 663 3506)

SATURDAY
2.00 Tour Northern European Art

3.00 Family Programme Time Travel with Clare Henderson

.SUNDAY
12.15-2.15 Drawing Studies

1.00, 2.00 Gallery Tours

3.00 The Irish Museum of Modern Art: a contemporary collection
Lecturer Christina Kennedy, Head of Collections, IMMA

TUESDAY
10.30 Discovering some of the National Library's most treasured collections
Lecturer Fiona Ross, Director, National Library
of Ireland

Special Gift Ideas
A Personal Tour of the Gallery
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This special gift gives the recipient the opportunity to view the treasures of the National Gallery of Ireland in the company of our expert guides.

Contact The Gallery Shop, email bookshop@ngi.ie or telephone (01) 663 3518.
Price: €50.00.

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