Press Releases

  1. Two figures stand in semi darkness on either side of a large painting by Picasso. In front of both of them is a spotlight.

    KPMG Ireland announced as Exhibition Partner for Picasso: From the Studio

    24/03/2025: Ireland’s first major Picasso exhibition in 25 Years

  2. AIB announced as sponsor of Portrait Prize and Young Portrait Prize at National Gallery of Ireland

    15/04/2024: Sponsorship of popular art competitions and exhibitions begins in 2024
  3. Painting of a female figure in a brown dress sitting at a table with a teacup and food

    Transcend the everyday with the National Gallery of Ireland

    18/09/2024: New online art appreciation course running this Autumn
  4. A number of cows sit and stand under a hawthorn tree covered in white blossoms.

    Mildred Anne Butler: At Home in Nature at the National Gallery of Ireland

    11/09/2024: A new display at the National Gallery of Ireland presents the art of one of Ireland’s first professional women artists.
  5. Photograph of a group of children in a grey uniform, with an adult man in a grey suit and an adult woman with blonde hair and a purple top.

    Your Gallery at School: Nationwide Outreach Programme

    02/09/2024: Open Call for Your Gallery at School Announced by the National Gallery of Ireland in Partnership with Schools Partner, SMBC Aviation Capital
  6. Painting of a man with a beard, wearing a purple shirt and brown robe, holding a baby who is holding a pink rose.

    National Gallery of Ireland publishes ‘Guercino & Gris: Conserving Canvas from Different Eras’

    28/08/2024: New conservation publication supported by Getty through its Conserving Canvas initiative

  7. National Gallery of Ireland and AIB announce the shortlists for the  AIB Portrait Prize and AIB Young Portrait Prize 

    22/08/2024: 46 artists shortlisted from 20 counties across the island of Ireland
  8. Black and white photograph of a rockface, with a neon yellow spiral graphic in front.

    In Real Life celebrates nature through art at the National Gallery of Ireland

    15/08/2024: New exhibition brings the natural world into the Gallery
  9. A detail of Joseph Walsh's sculpture Magnus Modus in the Gallery's Courtyard.

    National Gallery of Ireland publishes new Strategic Plan on its 170th anniversary

    09/08/2024: Strategic Plan outlines four priorities for the Gallery for the period 2024-2028
  10. A sketch of the Piazzetta in Venice with dramatic dark sky and white highlights

    National Gallery of Ireland announces Turner exhibition exchange with National Galleries of Scotland for 2025

    19/07/2024: ‘Turner’s Watercolours: Scotland’s Vaughan Bequest’ will open in Dublin on 1 January 2025