
By becoming a Friend you are helping the Gallery to acquire works to enrich the national collection, to display world-class exhibitions, and to expand awareness and appreciation of the visual arts.
Thanks to recent growth in membership, the Friends have been in a position to support the following Gallery exhibitions and acquisitions.

2019 Support
In 2019, the Friends, along with Trinity College Dublin, supported the exhibition catalogue for Making Their Mark: Irish Painter-Etchers and the Etching Revival. The Friends have also supported the exhibition Bauhaus 100: The Print Portfolios
2018 Support
In 2018, the Friends supported the engaging exhibition Curious Creatures: Frans Post and Brazil


2018 Support (continued)
Also in 2018, the Friends contributed towards the acquisition of a stunning portrait by John Lavery (1856-1941): Her First Communion, 1902.
2017 Support
In 2017, the Friends supported the catalogue for the critically-acclaimed exhibition Margaret Clarke: An Independent Spirit. Also that year, Anne Yeats’s painting Crayfish was purchased for the national collection with support from the Friends.

Contact us
If you have any questions about membership of the Friends of the National Gallery of Ireland
contact the Friends team on
+353 (0) 1 661 9877 or [email protected]