Press Releases

  1. Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923), Sewing the Sail, 1896. 2019 © Photo Archive – Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia

    National Gallery of Ireland presents first ever Irish exhibition of Spain’s Impressionist, Sorolla

    10/07/2019: ​​​​​​​The ‘Master of Light’ holds the record for Spain’s most popular art exhibition
  2. Photograph of woman with nail art, reclining beside plant, against black background.

    National Gallery of Ireland and nail bar Tropical Popical collaborate on exciting display

    28/06/2019: Tropical Popical and the National Gallery of Ireland are delighted to launch R E N A I L S S A N C E, a display celebrating a yearlong creative partnership.
  3. An abstract composition by Wassily Kandinsky entitled Composition, dating to 1922. Image: Courtesy of Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Graphische Sammlung. Photo: © Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

    Celebrate 100 years of Bauhaus at the National Gallery of Ireland

    20/06/2019: For the first time in its history, the National Gallery of Ireland will display a collection of print portfolios produced by the Bauhaus.

  4. The National Gallery of Ireland launches its Strategic Plan 2019–2023

    16/04/2019: Developed through collaboration with staff and executive teams, and approved by the Governors and Guardians and the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan, TD.
  5. A black and white photograph with a low horizon and expansive cloudy sky, with simple whitewashed cottage standing in a field.

    New exhibition Shaping Ireland: Landscapes in Irish Art opens Saturday, 13 April 2019.

    12/04/2019: The National Gallery of Ireland brings Ireland’s great outdoors inside for its new exhibition.
  6. Watercolour of woman in a green dress standing with her arms out perpendicular to her body.

    Special display by EVE Castleview HUB at National Gallery of Ireland

    09/04/2019: The National Gallery of Ireland and EVE Castleview HUB are delighted to announce a brand new display of works celebrating five years of partnership.
  7. The logo for the Zurich Young Portrait Prize 2019; splashes of colourful paint, and text saying Zurich Young Portrait Prize

    Zurich Young Portrait Prize launches in April 2019

    01/04/2019: Following the outstanding success of the National Gallery of Ireland’s nationwide portrait prize, the Gallery is delighted to introduce the inaugural Zurich young Portrait Prize.
  8. Stephen Doyle (b. 1994), Dylan is ainm dom…, 2018. © Stephen Doyle.

    OUTing the Past at the National Gallery of Ireland, 23 March 2019

    19/02/2019: The National Gallery of Ireland is proud to bring OUTing the Past: The Festival of LGBT Historyto Dublin for the first time on Saturday 23 March 2019. 

  9. National Drawing Day brings creativity countrywide 

    18/02/2019: Celebrating the fifteenth edition of National Gallery of Ireland's initiative.
  10. Map of Genoa dating to 1781.

    Discover travel guides from centuries past at the National Gallery of Ireland

    18/02/2019: A new exhibition showcasing rare Italian guidebooks from centuries past opens on 16 March at the National Gallery of Ireland.