Press Releases

  1. Stephen Doyle (b. 1994), Dylan is ainm dom…, 2018. © Stephen Doyle.

    OUTing the Past at the National Gallery of Ireland, 23 March 2019

    19/02/2019: The National Gallery of Ireland is proud to bring OUTing the Past: The Festival of LGBT Historyto Dublin for the first time on Saturday 23 March 2019. 

  2. National Drawing Day brings creativity countrywide 

    18/02/2019: Celebrating the fifteenth edition of National Gallery of Ireland's initiative.
  3. Map of Genoa dating to 1781.

    Discover travel guides from centuries past at the National Gallery of Ireland

    18/02/2019: A new exhibition showcasing rare Italian guidebooks from centuries past opens on 16 March at the National Gallery of Ireland.
  4. Black and white etching of people in the gallery of a theatre looking down.

    New exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland celebrates the art of etching

    04/02/2019: Making their Mark: Irish Painter-Etchers & the Etching Revival offers a rare opportunity to discover artists who made a significant contribution to the international Etching Revival from the 1880s. 
  5. A painted view of a harbour with a sailboat in the foreground and a cliff to the right.

    Nathaniel Hone: Travels of a Landscape Artist

    10/01/2019: New exhibition to open at the National Gallery of Ireland on 23 February 2019.
  6. Painting of King Solomon seated on throne and greeting the Queen of Sheba who is accompanied by ladies-in-waiting, a maid, a dog and a little person.

    National Gallery of Ireland awarded funding under the Bank of America Art Conservation Project 2018

    31/10/2018: To support the conservation of Lavinia Fontana's painting The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon.
  7. Countess Constance Markievicz in uniform, kneeling against a studio prop holding a gun, studio.

    Many faces of Constance Markievicz revealed in new exhibition at National Gallery of Ireland

    26/10/2018: Markievicz: Portraits & Propaganda aims to broaden understanding of a familiar but mysterious figure.
  8. Painted head-and-shoulders portrait of Lenny Abrahamson wearing glasses and a baseball cap against a textured grey background.

    Portrait of Oscar-nominated film director Lenny Abrahamson goes on view at National Gallery of Ireland

    17/09/2018: The painting by renowned Irish artist Donald Teskey is the latest addition to the Gallery’s National Portrait Collection.
  9. Vintage black and white photo of women posing with a medical skeleton model

    A showcase of archival material related to Irish women artists

    25/07/2018: The National Gallery of Ireland presents material from the ESB Centre for the Study of Irish Art and the Yeats Archive collections.
  10. Jonathan Benington, curator of 'Roderic O'Conor and the Moderns. Between Paris and Pont Aven' pictured in the exhibition space.

    Innovative Irish artist Roderic O’Conor takes centre stage at National Gallery 

    18/07/2018: Roderic O’Conor and the Moderns opened at the National Gallery of Ireland on Wednesday 18 July and runs until Sunday, 28 October 2018.