What's on

  1. A woman sits on an armchair, naked, in a beam of sunlight, and puts on a stocking.

    Special event

    Tipple with Art

    26 February 17.45 - 20.00

    Paint your own version to bring home!

    €55
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    Tour

    Public Tour: Highlights

    28 February 11.30 - 12.30

    Join us for a free guided tour of some of the highlights of the collection.

    Free
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    Tour

    Public Tour: Lines of Vision - Poetry in Art

    28 February 13.00 - 14.00

    Join one of the Gallery’s tour guides as they bring a selection works from the Line of Vision exhibition back to life in the permanent collection.

    Free
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    Tour

    Public Tour: Irish Art

    28 February 14.30 - 15.30

    A free tour looking at Irish history through our collection

    Free
  5. A painting of an elderly woman, a fisherman's mother, wearing a purple headscarf and leaning both hands on a walking stick.

    Special event

    Tipple with Art

    26 March 17.45 - 20.00

    Learn to paint an artwork from our collection

    €55
  6. View of the Shaw Room at the National Gallery of Ireland, with a piano in the foreground.

    Music

    Feis Ceoil 130 | Between the Wars: 1920s–1940s

    26 March 18.30 - 20.00

    With featured artists Patrick Rafter (violin) and Dida Condria (piano)

    €15
  7. A figure dressed in white sits in the centre of the frame with the head resting in their hands. Above them floats a figure in a blue wave, their ankles shackled. To the right, the sun appears over the sea.

    Online talk

    Curator's Advance Introductory Talk | William Blake: The Age of Romantic Fantasy

    01 April 12.00 - 12.50

    An online introduction with curator Anne Hodge

    Free
  8. A writer's headshot on the left, and the cover of a book on the right

    Talk

    Talk: All the Beauty in the World - A Museum Guard's Adventures in Life, Loss and Art

    02 April 12.00 - 13.00

    A free talk with Patrick Bringley

    Free
  9. A figure dressed in white sits in the centre of the frame with the head resting in their hands. Above them floats a figure in a blue wave, their ankles shackled. To the right, the sun appears over the sea.

    Talk

    Talk: William Blake - Where the Wild Things Are

    23 April 18.30 - 19.30

    A talk with Philip Hoare, author of William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love

    Free