Press Releases

  1. Lords of Strut

    Press release 29/5/2018

    The National Gallery of Ireland will be launching a Thursday Lates series next month, aiming to provide a unique option for after-work evening entertainment in Dublin.
  2. Nicholas Butcher (Maples and Calder); Sean Rainbird (National Gallery of Ireland) and Joanne Drum (National Gallery of Ireland).

    Press release 10/5/2018

    National Gallery of Ireland announces corporate partnership with leading international law firm Maples and Calder
  3. Two Ryanair flight attendants holding a blank picture frame with two people holding a picture of a Ryanair airplane in the background.

    Press release 16/04/2018

    The National Gallery of Ireland is pleased to announce a new three-year Premier Corporate Partnership with Ryanair.
  4. James Malton, The Custom House, Dublin, 1793.

    Press release 01/05/2018

    The Gallery is delighted to present a free exhibition of 70 works from the collection which showcase Dublin and its colourful characters.
  5. Emil Nolde (1867-1956), 'Exotic Figures II', 1911 © Nolde Stiftung Seebüll.

    Press release 26/4/2018

    'NOLDE: In the Community' sees selected art centres throughout Ireland participate in a series of free illustrated talks on Emil Nolde's life and work.
  6. Roderic O'Conor's Field of Corn, Pont Aven, 1892.

    Press release 3/4/2018

    A major exhibition of work by Irish artist Roderic O’Conor (1860–1940) and his illustrious contemporaries in Pont-Aven will be presented at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, from 18 July to 28 October 2018.
  7. Patrick Manley, CEO of Zurich Insurance plc, and Sean Rainbird, Director, National Gallery of Ireland, pictured launching the Zurich Portrait Prize at the National Gallery of Ireland

    Press release 27/03/2018

    Zurich announced as new sponsor of annual Portrait Prize at National Gallery of Ireland
  8. Large Poppies (Red, Red, Red)

    Press release 15/1/2018

    A major exhibition of work by pioneering German Expressionist painter Emil Nolde (1867-1956) will be presented at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, from 14 February to 10 June 2018.
  9. Hennessy Portrait Prize 2017 winner Jack Hickey, pictured in front of his winning painting, 'My Time'. Photograph by Leon Farrell.

    Press release 29/11/2017

    Jack Hickey announced as winner of the Hennessy Portrait Prize 2017
  10. John Butler Yeats (1839-1922), 'Portrait of Elizabeth Corbet ‘Lolly’ Yeats' - detail. Courtesy, Sotheby’s.

    Press release 27/9/2017

    National Gallery of Ireland purchases works at Sotheby’s London sale, ‘Yeats: The Family Collection’