Press Releases

  1. Portrait of a female figure with brown hair and a white dress holding a sprig of white and orange flowers.

    New art appreciation course features trailblazing women

    14/03/22: Renaissance to Romanticism begins 21 March 2023
  2. 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
  4. 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 
  5. 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
  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. 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
  8. 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.
  9. Yellow image with text reading Thursday Lates

    A music-themed Thursday Lates

    17/11/2022: Details of December's Thursday Lates Event announced
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    A design and fashion themed Thursday Lates

    02/10/2022: Details of November's Thursday Lates event announced