Press Releases

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. Hennessy Portrait Prize 2017 winner Jack Hickey, pictured in front of his winning painting, 'My Time'. Photograph by Leon Farrell.

    Press release 29/11/2017

    Jack Hickey announced as winner of the Hennessy Portrait Prize 2017
  8. John Butler Yeats (1839-1922), 'Portrait of Elizabeth Corbet ‘Lolly’ Yeats' - detail. Courtesy, Sotheby’s.

    Press release 27/9/2017

    National Gallery of Ireland purchases works at Sotheby’s London sale, ‘Yeats: The Family Collection’

  9. Press release 17/08/2017

    There are just four weeks left to see the extraordinary exhibition Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry at the National Gallery of Ireland, before it closes on 17 September. 
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    Press release 27/7/2017

    A new interactive website, www.connectvermeer.ie, designed to complement the current exhibition and catalogue, Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry, was today (Wednesday 26th July) launched by the National Gallery of Ireland.