What's on

  1. Oil painting portrait of a man and a monkey

    Pop-up talk

    Pop-up talk: Portrait of Cardinal Antonio Ciocchi del Monte

    28 January 13.15 - 13.35

    Join Kate Jameson for a free lunchtime talk focused on Sebastiano del Piombo's striking portrait.

    Free
  2. Italianate landscape painting

    Friends Fortnight

    Friends Fortnight: The Allure of the Ruins, with Robert O'Byrne

    29 January 13.00 - 13.45

    Join Robert O'Byrne, the Irish Aesthete, for a special talk exploring the allure of ruins. An exclusive event for members of the Friends of the Gallery.

    €5
  3. Photo of a tour guide speaking to a group of visitors in front of Dutch seventeenth-century paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland.

    Friends Fortnight

    Friends Fortnight: Dutch Art and Gin

    30 January 18.00 - 20.00

    THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT

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  4. © National Gallery of Ireland

    Tour

    Highlights tour

    30 January 18.30 - 19.15

    A free tour of some of the highlights of the collection.

    Free
  5. Photo of Miriam O'Callaghan

    Talk

    Moments in Time: Miriam O'Callaghan in conversation with Eric Luke

    30 January 18.30 - 20.00

    Join the respected journalist and celebrated photographer as they discuss key moments from Ireland's history through iconic photographs

    €15
  6. Photo of two women passing each other in a doorway in a gallery room with gilt-framed paintings on the walls.

    Friends Fortnight

    Friends Fortnight: Gallery Time. Culture, craft and tradition in Irish art

    31 January 13.00 - 16.00

    THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT

    €35
  7. Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), 'A Ship against the Mewstone, at the Entrance to Plymouth Sound', c.1814. © National Gallery of Ireland.

    Pop-up talk

    Pop-up talk: A Ship Against the Mewstone

    31 January 13.15 - 13.35

    Join Aoife-Marie Buckley for a free pop-up talk focused on J.M.W. Turner's dramatic watercolour. Part of the First Fortnight Festival programme of events.

    Free
  8. Photo of a tour guide speaking to a group of visitors in front of John Lavery's painting The Artist's Studio, in the National Gallery of Ireland.

    Tour

    Chinese New Year tour in Mandarin

    01 February 11.30 - 12.15

    THIS TOUR IS FULLY BOOKED

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  9. A tour of the collection. © National Gallery of Ireland.

    Tour

    Highlights tour

    01 February 12.30 - 13.15

    A free tour of some of the highlights of the collection.

    Free
  10. Photo of a group of people looking at a marble statue in a gallery room painted green and hung with gilt-framed paintings.

    Tour

    Chinese New Year tour in Mandarin

    01 February 13.30 - 14.15

    THIS TOUR IS FULLY BOOKED

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