Apollo Project: Masterclass with Nick Roche

Learn about storyboarding from comic-book artist Nick Roche.

Sketchbooks at the National Gallery of Ireland: Part Two

A look at the sketches of Walter Osborne and FW Burton

Virtual Tour: Irish Horse

Explore this landmark exhibition online for free

Recording a Refurbishment

Archivist Leah Benson on her work documenting the Gallery's refur

Bloomsday

To celebrate Bloomsday, we look at a few Joycean highlights from

Literary and mythological characters

Some works from our collection featuring characters from poetry,

National Gallery of Ireland at Home: Sensory Spots

Inspired by Paul Signac’s The Terrace, Saint Tropez, create you

Sketchbooks at the National Gallery of Ireland: Part One

The first in a new series

Drawing Inspiration

Exploring some drawings in the collection.

Colouring in the Collection

Download and colour in some works from the national collection

Nature from the Archives

Uncover items from our archives by Irish artists who illustrate t

National Gallery of Ireland at Home: Shades on!

Follow these simple steps to make your own collage at home inspi

National Gallery at Home: Profile Portraits

Create your own profile portrait at home, inspired by Antonio

Mindfulness and Art

Some tips for slowing down and reflecting on art

Interior Lives

Exploring domestic scenes in the collection.

Courage

Other Voices presents Courage from the Shaw Room of the Gallery

Drawing Activity: Shapes and Spatial Relations

Develop your observational skills and explore spatial relations,

In Focus: The Emancipated Spectator

Connecting the collection to art historical, theoretical or philo

Explore the Renaissance with Cozimo

Discover more about this fascinating period in art history

Apollo Project: Artistic Licence Activity

Why not use artistic licence to reimagine a work from the Gallery

In Focus: Cubism

Connecting the collection to art historical, theoretical or philo

Make your own Camera Obscura!

Follow along to create your own camera obscura! 

Moments in Time \ Podcast Series

A series of podcasts produced to accompany our exhibition, Moment

Create your own Monet-inspired drawing and collage!

Follow along with an easy step-by-step video!

Five things to know about Murillo: The Prodigal Son Restored

Five interesting stories about our new exhibition

Live recording: Tracy Chevalier in conversation

A live recording of a conversation between Tracy Chevalier, autho

Sensory Workshop: create your own 'stained glass'!

A guide to creating a stained glass inspired artwork with an emph

Irish Women Artists from the Archives

Women played a key role in the development of modern art in Irela

Lavinia Fontana Conservation and Research Project

Shining a light on a female Renaissance artist

The Wonder of Weeds

Explore the wonder of nature within your own 5km radius

Dublin: James Joyce and Erich Hartmann

Photographer Erich Hartmann was inspired by James Joyce's Ulysses

One Nation Indivisible: a dark moment in history

Find out the story behind this Dorothea Lange photograph, which i

A photograph can tell a powerful story

How Lewis Wickes Hine's photographs helped abolish child labour.

In Focus: The sublime in art

Linking the collection with art historical, theoretical or philos

How to make a patterned cape

Follow this step-by-step video to make a Sorolla-inspired cape.

Meet the Staff: Mary Dowling, Friends Retention Co-ordinator

Our new online feature introducing the people behind the Gallery

What is a Portrait?

Discover the potential of portraiture!

Caravaggio 25 \ A masterpiece revealed

The unveiling of Caravaggio's painting to the Irish public

Moment in Time: Reading the Exhibition

A reading list of American literature and poetry.

Mothers

Celebrating mothers, grandmothers and mother figures in the colle

Conservation and Research Projects

The conservation team is dedicated to caring for and safeguarding

Podcasts: The Island, A Prospect \ Slieve Donard, Mourne Mountains, Co. Down

With Dara McAnulty, autistic naturalist and environmental campaig

Bauhaus and Entartete Kunst

Artists persecuted by the Nazis

Lights Out: Ireland and Mass Extinction

Since the arrival of humans in Ireland the extinction of around

Five things to know \ Bauhaus 100: The Print Portfolios

Five quick facts about our Bauhaus exhibition

The Island, A Prospect - a poem by Paula Meehan

A poem by Paula Meehan, written in response to the exhibition Sha

Explainer: Who were the Irish painter-etchers?

Five quick facts about our past exhibition 'Making their Mark: Ir

Shaping Ireland: Visualising the Anthropocene

The first in a series of short texts exploring themes from the ex

Meet the Staff: Sarah McAuliffe, Curatorial Fellow

Our new online feature introducing the people behind the Gallery

Canaletto and his art, in a nutshell

Get to know the eighteenth-century painter of iconic views of Ven

Writer Ian Maleney and Shaping Ireland

Writer Ian Maleny's debut book, Minor Monuments

The Colour of Ireland

If the glossy green of Ireland is the result of man-made chemical

Journey of a conservator: working on our Guercino in the Getty

A behind-the-scenes look at Gallery conservator Maria Canavan's t

Community Partner Exhibition: EVE Castleview

A special display of artwork created as part of a community partn

Inishbofin Community Art Project

Creating textile art in response to 'Shaping Ireland: Landscapes

The Much More Magnificent Seven

A special collaboration between the Gallery, LauraLynn Children's

Inspiration and Rivalry: After Vermeer

Three contemporary practitioners, Brian Fay, Dragana Jurisic, and

Entartete Kunst \ Degenerate Art

From 1937, the National Socialist Party confiscated modernist art

Eco awareness at the National Gallery of Ireland

Eco initiatives at the National Gallery of Ireland

Yeats Archive

Find out more about Jack B. Yeats and his family

World Book Day

A celebration of some of the portraits of writers in our collecti

Resources for Schools / Acmhainní do Scoileanna

Downloadable resources for students and teachers

Meet the Staff: Sarah Thomas, Corporate Engagement and Events Manager

Our new online feature introducing the people behind the Gallery

Me aul flower

Inspired by Dublin's Bloom Festival, we took a look at some of ou

Everyday Bauhaus \ Bauhaus 100: The Print Portfolios

The influence of Bauhaus is all around us

Five things to know about Turner: The Visionary

Exhibition on view until 31 January