Press Releases

  1. Press release 24/05/2018

    Circus250: Art of the Show to open at the National Gallery of Ireland.
  2. Nicholas Butcher (Maples and Calder); Sean Rainbird (National Gallery of Ireland) and Joanne Drum (National Gallery of Ireland).

    Press release 10/5/2018

    National Gallery of Ireland announces corporate partnership with leading international law firm Maples and Calder
  3. Two Ryanair flight attendants holding a blank picture frame with two people holding a picture of a Ryanair airplane in the background.

    Press release 16/04/2018

    The National Gallery of Ireland is pleased to announce a new three-year Premier Corporate Partnership with Ryanair.
  4. James Malton, The Custom House, Dublin, 1793.

    Press release 01/05/2018

    The Gallery is delighted to present a free exhibition of 70 works from the collection which showcase Dublin and its colourful characters.
  5. Emil Nolde (1867-1956), 'Exotic Figures II', 1911 © Nolde Stiftung Seebüll.

    Press release 26/4/2018

    'NOLDE: In the Community' sees selected art centres throughout Ireland participate in a series of free illustrated talks on Emil Nolde's life and work.
  6. Roderic O'Conor's Field of Corn, Pont Aven, 1892.

    Press release 3/4/2018

    A major exhibition of work by Irish artist Roderic O’Conor (1860–1940) and his illustrious contemporaries in Pont-Aven will be presented at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, from 18 July to 28 October 2018.
  7. Patrick Manley, CEO of Zurich Insurance plc, and Sean Rainbird, Director, National Gallery of Ireland, pictured launching the Zurich Portrait Prize at the National Gallery of Ireland

    Press release 27/03/2018

    Zurich announced as new sponsor of annual Portrait Prize at National Gallery of Ireland
  8. Guercino, Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph, c.1620

    Press release 9/3/2018

    An exhibition charting the conservation of the painting 'Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph' (c.1620), by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666), opens on 14 March and continues until 27 May 2018 in the National Gallery of Ireland.
  9. Sean Rainbird (National Gallery of Ireland); Janet McLean (National Gallery of Ireland); and Keith Hartley (National Galleries of Scotland) pictured at the opening of 'Emil Nolde: Colour is Life', 13 February 2018.

    Press release 14/2/2018

    The exhibition 'Emil Nolde: Colour is Life' opened to the public on Valentine’s Day 14 February 2018 at the National Gallery of Ireland, and continues until 10 June.
  10. Large Poppies (Red, Red, Red)

    Press release 15/1/2018

    A major exhibition of work by pioneering German Expressionist painter Emil Nolde (1867-1956) will be presented at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, from 14 February to 10 June 2018.