All the updated news related to National Gallery of Ireland

All the news related to National Gallery of Ireland updated in real time

Found 13

forNational Gallery of Ireland

Order by:

Local News

Two Kilkenny artists shortlisted for Zurich Portrait Prize

From hundreds of entries, the shortlist of this year’s Zurich Portrait Prize have been announced by the National Gallery of Ireland. Two Kilkenny artists have been shortlisted for the Zurich Portrait Prize: Bernadette Kiely for her oil painting An ...

20 Aug 2022 at 09:59

UPDATE: Irish Twitter users vow to boycott National Gallery over controversial café contract

National News

Irish Twitter users vow to boycott National Gallery as Aramark receives café contract

Update A statement issued by Aramark to Iconic Media on February 23 is as follows: Aramark operates 3 out of the 48 direct provision centres nationwide. Our role is to support the residents living in the three centres where we operate, and to ...

22 Feb 2022 at 18:06

Arts & Entertainment

Calling all young artists! Entries now open to national art competition

The National Gallery of Ireland is seeking applications from children and young people for this year’s Zurich Portrait Prize and Zurich Young Portrait Prize. The competitions open on Wednesday April 6. For the Zurich Portrait Prize, the ...

06 Apr 2022 at 11:51

Home

Unique 1600’s view of Kilkenny joins Turner Watercolours in National Gallery of Ireland

Some of the earliest depictions of Kilkenny in the national art collection are to go on display in the National Gallery of Ireland. Rare drawings by Francis Place (1647–1728), who visited Ireland in 1698 include scenes of Kilkenny ...

02 Jan 2022 at 16:00

Newsletter KilkennyLive

Last chance for Kilkenny people to display photos on façade of National Gallery of Ireland

The walls of the National Gallery of Ireland will light up on Culture Night for Painting Mirror, an interactive digital display of portraits and landscapes submitted by the public. The Gallery has once again come together with ...

14 Sept 2022 at 11:07

Arts

Two Kilkenny artists shortlisted for Zurich Portrait Prize

The Zurich Portrait Prize and Zurich Young Portrait Prize exhibitions 2022 opened on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at the National Gallery of Ireland. From hundreds of entries, the shortlists of this year’s Zurich Portrait ...

29 Nov 2022 at 15:25

Home

Final callout to Kilkenny artists to enter national art competition

The National Gallery of Ireland is issuing a final call-out to artists of all ages in Kilkenny to enter the Zurich Portrait Prize and Zurich Young Portrait Prize 2023. The Zurich Portrait Prize aims to encourage ...

18 Jun 2023 at 09:10

Home

National Gallery of Ireland’s exhibition New Perspectives features art with a Kilkenny connection

The National Gallery of Ireland has announced a new exhibition which features a Kilkenny flavour. New Perspectives, a show comprised of acquisitions made by the Gallery between 2011 to 2020, has been launched ...

20 May 2021 at 14:45

What's On

Rare 17th Century views of Kilkenny city

Rare scenes of Kilkenny, drawn in the 1600s, can now be seen in the online catalogue of the National Gallery of Ireland. The drawings are by Francis Place, whose ink and graphite drawings were to go on ...

05 Feb 2021 at 11:50

Arts

Kilkenny entrants sought for Portrait Prize Competition

Kilkenny entrants are being sought for the Portrait Prize and Young Portrait Prize competitions at the National Gallery of Ireland. In the AIB Portrait Prize, the winning artist receives a prize of ...

26 May 2024 at 15:30

Kilkenny City

FLASHBACK: Take a look at rare 17th Century views of Kilkenny City

Have you seen these rare scenes of Kilkenny, drawn in the 1600s before? The drawings are by Francis Place, whose ink and graphite drawings first went on display in the National Gallery in 2021. ...

26 Feb 2025 at 22:19

National News

Government accused of ‘deep-rooted’ culture of waste

The Government has been accused of being “deep rooted” in a culture of “waste and incompetence”, after it emerged that a scanner bought eight years ago remains unused at the National Gallery. ...

25 Feb 2025 at 19:09

Years
2026

Iconic Media is Ireland's largest independently owned regional newspaper and media group, with an unrivalled audience in print, online and mobile. We have 19 regional newspapers and 21 digital sites.

Iconic Digital Titles

Iconic Print Titles

Letterkenny Live

This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.