Public Tour: Lines of Vision - Poetry in Art

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the National Gallery in 2015, 56 contemporary Irish writers contributed new poems, essays and stories to the book Lines of Vision: Irish Writers on Art (published by Thames and Hudson; edited by Janet McLean, Curator of European Art, 1850–1950). Each writer selected a picture from the collection and used it as a setting-off point to explore ideas about art, love, loss, family, dreams, memory, places and privacy. Join one of the Gallery’s tour guides as they bring a selection works from this exhibition back to life in the permanent collection. 

• Meet your tour guide in the Courtyard, near the Merrion Square entrance.
• Read our Visitor Guide for details of what to expect on your visit to the Gallery.
• All public tours are fully accessible to people who are hard of hearing and use a tour guide system with T-loop capabilities.
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