Public Tour: Lines of Vision - Poetry in Art

A free public tour of our collection. 

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the National Gallery in 2015, 56 contemporary Irish writers contributed new poems, essays and stories to the book Lines of Vision: Irish Writers on Art (published by Thames and Hudson; edited by Janet McLean, Curator of European Art, 1850–1950). Each writer selected a picture from the collection and used it as a setting-off point to explore ideas about art, love, loss, family, dreams, memory, places and privacy. Join one of the Gallery’s tour guides as they bring a selection works from this exhibition back to life in the permanent collection. 

• Meet your tour guide in the Courtyard, near the Merrion Square entrance.
• Read our Visitor Guide for details of what to expect on your visit to the Gallery.
• All public tours are fully accessible to people who are hard of hearing and use a tour guide system with T-loop capabilities.