What's on

  1. Detail from Filippino Lippi's Portrait of a Musician, late 1480s.

    Tour

    Public Tour: Music in Art

    28 April 14.30 - 15.30

    Join us for a music themed tour

    Free
  2. A woman in a long full-skirted white dress with small rosettes on it reclines on a chair. Standing beside her with her hand around her neck is a small child, also in white. They are both reading a book together.

    Talk

    Sunday Talk: Osborne's Guinness Portrait

    28 April 15.30 - 16.30

    A free talk with Hilary O'Kelly, Dress History and Fashion Studies, NCAD

    Free
  3. A woman in a long full-skirted white dress with small rosettes on it reclines on a chair. Standing beside her with her hand around her neck is a small child, also in white. They are both reading a book together.

    Talk

    Talk and Tea: Exploring The Guinness Portrait

    30 April 11.00 - 12.00

    An in-person talk with art historian Jessica Fahy

    €5
  4. A quarter length portrait of an older woman. She gazes at the viewer; her cheeks are slightly reddened and she wears a white band in her grey hair.

    Tour

    Public Tour: Turning Heads

    30 April 13.00 - 14.00

    Join us for a guided tour exploring some of the highlights of our spring exhibition

    Free*
  5. Photo of a young boy making art with a woman during a creative workshop at the National Gallery of Ireland.

    Workshop

    Sunday Family Drop-in Workshop

    05 May 11.30 - 13.30

    Join us in the Shaw Room, and create your own masterpiece.

    Free
  6. An oil painting showing an older man in profile. He wears a cloak, and his eyes are cast downwards.

    Workshop

    Weekend Drawing Course: The Human Head in Various Positions

    11 May 11.00 - 17.00

    Join artist Cian McLoughlin for this weekend drawing course, inspired by Turning Heads.

    €170
  7. Photo of two children drawing on a giant sheet of brown paper on the floor.

    Workshop

    Sunday Family Drop-in Workshop

    12 May 11.30 - 13.30

    Join us in the Shaw Room, and create your own masterpiece.

    Free
  8. A young child on a free family friendly tour in the Millennium Wing. © National Gallery of Ireland

    Tour

    Public Tour: New Parents' Tour

    13 May 14.00 - 15.00

    A free guided tour for young children and their carers, guardians, and parents.

    Free
  9. Photo of a young boy sitting on the floor making a collage with a woman helping.

    Workshop

    Sunday Family Drop-in Workshop

    19 May 11.30 - 13.30

    Join us in the Shaw Room, and create your own masterpiece.

    Free
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    Tour

    Public Tour: As Gaeilge

    19 May 14.30 - 15.30

    Bí linn ar thuras ar chuid de bhuaicshaothair an bhailiúcháin.

    Free