Press Releases

  1. Pastel drawing of two dancers

    Discover a rich collection of pastels at the Gallery

    23/02/2023: Pastel Revealed highlights portraiture, landscape and subject pictures, spanning four centuries
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    Visitor numbers exceed 788,000 in 2022

    16/02/2023: 3.5% visitor growth on 2019 figures
  3. Aerial photograph of the National Gallery of Ireland taken from a drone.

    New members appointed to the Board

    03/02/2023: Four new members appointed to the Board of Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland 
  4. Painting of a woman in a pink dress getting into a boat with a man dressed in blue, a man dressed in white and a women in a white headdress.

    Explore St Dymphna. The Tragedy of an Irish Princess at the National Gallery of Ireland

    27/01/2023: A unique display organised in partnership with The Phoebus Foundation
  5. Collage of two paintings, one of a man with dark hair and a red top, the other of a woman in a hat shielding her eyes from the sun

    Winners announced of Zurich Portrait Prize and Zurich Young Portrait Prize 2022

    06/12/2022: David Booth wins Zurich Portrait Prize and Meilin Ava Song wins Zurich Young Portrait Prize
  6. Merrion Square entrance to the Gallery

    Zurich Portrait Prize and Young Portrait Prize exhibitions open

    27/11/2022: The annual exhibitions open at the National Gallery of Ireland
  7. A watercolour painting of a sun setting over a landscape - lots of reds, yellows, blues and amber

    Two Turners on at the National Gallery of Ireland this January

    19/12/2022: Turner: The Henry Vaughan Bequest opens 1 January, and last weeks to see Turner: The Sun is God
  8. Painting of three figures standing on a bridge with a background of trees and a river

    National Gallery of Ireland announces 2023 exhibition programme

    21/11/2022: Including major new Lavinia Fontana and John Lavery shows
  9. Photograph of a group of eight people in a grand room

    Chiara Harrison Lambe announced as winner of the National Gallery of Ireland’s Sarah Cecilia Harrison Essay Prize

    18/11/2022: The National Gallery of Ireland is pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural Sarah Cecilia Harrison Essay Prize 2022.
  10. Yellow image with text reading Thursday Lates

    A music-themed Thursday Lates

    17/11/2022: Details of December's Thursday Lates Event announced