Press Releases

  1. Pastel drawing of two dancers

    Discover a rich collection of pastels at the Gallery

    23/02/2023: Pastel Revealed highlights portraiture, landscape and subject pictures, spanning four centuries
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    Visitor numbers exceed 788,000 in 2022

    16/02/2023: 3.5% visitor growth on 2019 figures
  3. Aerial photograph of the National Gallery of Ireland taken from a drone.

    New members appointed to the Board

    03/02/2023: Four new members appointed to the Board of Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland 
  4. Painting of a woman in a pink dress getting into a boat with a man dressed in blue, a man dressed in white and a women in a white headdress.

    Explore St Dymphna. The Tragedy of an Irish Princess at the National Gallery of Ireland

    27/01/2023: A unique display organised in partnership with The Phoebus Foundation
  5. Merrion Square entrance to the Gallery

    Zurich Portrait Prize and Young Portrait Prize exhibitions open

    27/11/2022: The annual exhibitions open at the National Gallery of Ireland
  6. Painting of three figures standing on a bridge with a background of trees and a river

    National Gallery of Ireland announces 2023 exhibition programme

    21/11/2022: Including major new Lavinia Fontana and John Lavery shows
  7. Photograph of a group of eight people in a grand room

    Chiara Harrison Lambe announced as winner of the National Gallery of Ireland’s Sarah Cecilia Harrison Essay Prize

    18/11/2022: The National Gallery of Ireland is pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural Sarah Cecilia Harrison Essay Prize 2022.
  8. Yellow image with text reading Thursday Lates

    A music-themed Thursday Lates

    17/11/2022: Details of December's Thursday Lates Event announced
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    A design and fashion themed Thursday Lates

    02/10/2022: Details of November's Thursday Lates event announced
  10. A sheet of paper with memento civitatem printed in red block capitals, with another sheet of paper visible beneath with fragments of words including activism and change

    Memento Civitatem opens at the National Gallery of Ireland

    13/10/2022: new artists’ book inspired by early twentieth-century Irish artists goes on show