Press Releases

  1. Group of school children taking part in an interactive tour of the Sorolla exhibition

    National Gallery of Ireland launches Your Gallery at School

    11/01/2021: Call out for schools across the country to participate in new outreach programme
  2. A checkerboard composition with oranges, pinks and blues

    Find inspiration in art this year with the National Gallery of Ireland

    08/01/2021: New online art appreciation course inspired by Mondrian begins next week
  3. Photographic diptych portrait of Edna O'Brien by Mandy O'Neill

    Portrait of Edna O’Brien by photographer Mandy O’Neill unveiled at National Gallery of Ireland on writer’s 90th birthday

    15/12/2020: Commission by winner of Zurich Portrait Prize added to national portrait collection
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    Winners of Zurich Portrait Prize and Zurich Young Portrait Prize at National Gallery of Ireland announced

    08/12/2020: Aidan Crotty wins Zurich Portrait Prize; Eva McParland wins Zurich Young Portrait Prize 

  5. Landmark exhibition Mondrian opens at National Gallery of Ireland

    01/12/2020: First ever Irish exhibition of works by pre-eminent Dutch artist
  6. A checkerboard composition with oranges, pinks and blues

    National Gallery reopens to the public with dynamic line-up of exhibitions

    30/11/2020: Mondrian and Zurich Portrait Prizes open alongside Gallery Shop and pop-up Café
  7. A man in a dark overcoat with his hands in his pockets, wearing a cap. In the background, the sea.

    National Gallery of Ireland announces 2021 exhibition programme

    29/09/2020: Including new Jack B. Yeats exhibition and a showcase of new works in the national collection
  8. collage of photos of four artists

    National Gallery of Ireland launches new oral history series

    24/09/2020: Artists’ Voices: Life in a Pandemic presents conversations with artists in lockdown
  9. Drawings projected on the facade of the National Gallery of Ireland

    Light up the National Gallery of Ireland on Culture Night with live drawings

    15/09/2020: Special installation in association with the French Embassy in Ireland
  10. Monotype print of bust-length portrait of a woman

    George Wallace prints exhibited for the first time in Ireland in new exhibition

    03/09/2020: Artist’s family gifts collection to National Gallery of Ireland