Sketchbooks at the National Gallery of Ireland: Part One

The first in a new series

National Gallery of Ireland at Home: Shades on!

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

Nature from the Archives

Uncover items from our archives by Irish artists who illustrate t

In Focus: The Emancipated Spectator

Connecting the collection to art historical, theoretical or philo

Colouring in the Collection

Download and colour in some works from the national collection.

Drawing Activity: Shapes and Spatial Relations

Develop your observational skills and explore spatial relations,

Make your own Camera Obscura!

Follow along to create your own camera obscura! 

Mindfulness and Art

Some tips for slowing down and reflecting on art

Courage at the National Gallery of Ireland

Other Voices presents Courage from the Shaw Room of the Gallery

Interior Lives

Exploring domestic scenes in the collection.

In Focus: Cubism

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

Sensory Workshop: create your own 'stained glass'!

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

The Wonder of Weeds

Explore the wonder of nature within your own 5km radius

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

In Focus: The sublime in art

Linking the collection with art historical, theoretical or philos

Irish Women Artists from the Archives

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

One Nation Indivisible: a dark moment in history

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

Meet the Staff: Sarah McAuliffe, Curatorial Fellow

Our new online feature introducing the people behind the Gallery

Lavinia Fontana Conservation and Research Project

Shining a light on a female Renaissance artist

A photograph can tell a powerful story

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

Dublin: James Joyce and Erich Hartmann

Photographer Erich Hartmann was inspired by James Joyce's Ulysses

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

Moment in Time: Reading the Exhibition

A reading list of American literature and poetry.

Everyday Bauhaus \ Bauhaus 100: The Print Portfolios

The influence of Bauhaus is all around us

What is a Portrait?

Discover the potential of portraiture!

Bauhaus and Entartete Kunst

Artists persecuted by the Nazis

Caravaggio 25 \ A masterpiece revealed

The unveiling of Caravaggio's painting to the Irish public

Mother's Day

Celebrating mothers, grandmothers and mother figures in the colle

Lights Out: Ireland and Mass Extinction

Since the arrival of humans in Ireland the extinction of around

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

With Dara McAnulty, autistic naturalist and environmental campaig

Five things to know \ Bauhaus 100: The Print Portfolios

Five quick facts about our Bauhaus exhibition

Writer Ian Maleney and Shaping Ireland

Writer Ian Maleny's debut book, Minor Monuments

Conservation and Research Projects

The conservation team is dedicated to caring for and safeguarding

The Island, A Prospect - a poem by Paula Meehan

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

The Colour of Ireland

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

Explainer: Who were the Irish painter-etchers?

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

Community Partner Exhibition: EVE Castleview

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

Shaping Ireland: Visualising the Anthropocene

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

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

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

Bloomsday

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

A new work by Stephen James Smith

A new poem by poet and playwright Stephen James Smith, commission

Canaletto and his art, in a nutshell

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

Five things to know about Turner: The Visionary

Exhibition on view until 31 January

Inspiration and Rivalry: After Vermeer

Three contemporary practitioners, Brian Fay, Dragana Jurisic, and

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

Eco awareness at the National Gallery of Ireland

Eco initiatives at the National Gallery of Ireland

Entartete Kunst \ Degenerate Art

From 1937, the National Socialist Party confiscated modernist art

Me aul flower

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

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

Our new online feature introducing the people behind the Gallery

Yeats Archive

Find out more about Jack B. Yeats and his family

Resources for Schools / Acmhainní do Scoileanna

Downloadable resources for students and teachers

World Book Day

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