Press Releases

  1. Image of a yellow poppy standing in soil on a black background

    James Coleman at the National Gallery of Ireland

    16/03/2023: Contemporary video installation created by Irish artist James Coleman on display
  2. Portrait of a female figure with brown hair and a white dress holding a sprig of white and orange flowers.
  3. 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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  5. 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 
  6. 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.
  7. Collage of two paintings, one of a man with dark hair and a red top, the other of a woman in a hat shielding her eyes from the sun

    Winners announced of Zurich Portrait Prize and Zurich Young Portrait Prize 2022

    06/12/2022: David Booth wins Zurich Portrait Prize and Meilin Ava Song wins Zurich Young Portrait Prize
  8. Merrion Square entrance to the Gallery
  9. A watercolour painting of a sun setting over a landscape - lots of reds, yellows, blues and amber

    Two Turners on at the National Gallery of Ireland this January

    19/12/2022: Turner: The Henry Vaughan Bequest opens 1 January, and last weeks to see Turner: The Sun is God
  10. Painting of three figures standing on a bridge with a background of trees and a river