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National Art Museums
Permanent and Temporary Exhibitions
National
Gallery Of Ireland
Permanent Collection on Exhibition
The National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) houses the state's collection of
paintings, sculptures and drawings. There are more than 2,500 paintings
in the permanent collection by European and Irish artists. Irish artist
highlights include Self-Portrait as Timanthes (1780 by James Barry),
A Convent Garden, Brittany (1913, William John Leech), The Blind
Piper (1864, Joseph Patrick Haverty), A Piping Boy (John Camillus
Hone), The Artist's Son (1769, Nathaniel Hone I), The Dublin
Streets: A Vendor of Books (1889, Walter Frederick Osborne); as well
as modern artworks such as A Family (1951, Louis le Brocquy) and
The Singing Horseman (1949, Jack B Yeats). There is also a considerable
collection of European paintings: highlights include: The Taking of
Christ (1602, Caravaggio), Saints Cosmas and Damian and their Brothers
Surviving the Stake (1439, Fra Angelico), Portrait of Dona Antonia
Zarate (1805, Francisco de Goya), Stella in a Flowered Hat
(1907, Kees van Dongen), Woman Writing a Letter with her Maid (1670,
Johannes Vermeer), and Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat
(1874, Claude Monet).
Contact Details
National Gallery of Ireland
Merrion Square West
Dublin 2
Telephone: 01-661-5133
Website: nationalgallery.ie
National
Museum Of Ireland
Permanent Collection On Exhibition
The National Museum of Ireland houses a collection of 4 million objects
and specimens, primarily from Ireland. The museum is spread across 3 locations
in Dublin and one in County Mayo. The Irish Archaeological collection,
which includes Celtic metalworks such as the Ardagh Chalice, Tara Brooch
and Derrynaflan Hoard, are housed in the History and Archaelogy section
in Kildare Street (Dublin 2). Decorative Arts & History, situated
at the Collins Barracks site, includes a wide range of objects including
swords, silver, furniture, glassware and ceramics. The Natural History
Museum, also part of the National Museum of Ireland and located on Merrion
Street, exhibits 2 million specimens from the animal kingdom around the
world. The Museum of Country Life, in Castlebar, in County Mayo, is home
to the national collection of objects representing the Irish traditional
way of life since 1850. This includes items created by wood turners, blacksmiths,
thatcher, basketmakers, cobblers and tinsmiths.
Contact Details:
NMI Archaeology and History
Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Phone: 01-677-7444
Website: museum.ie
NMI Decorative Arts and History
Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7.
Phone: 01-677-7444
Website: museum.ie
NMI Natural History
Merrion Street, Dublin 2.
Phone: 01-677-7444
Website: museum.ie
NMI Country Life
Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo.
Phone: 094-903-1773.
Website: museum.ie
National
Self-Portrait Gallery, Limerick
Permanent Collection On Exhibition
Located in Limerick University, the National Portrait Gallery contains
about 400 self-portraits, mostly 2-dimensional (drawings and paintings)
although recent additions include multi-media. Highlights include oil
paintings by John Shinnors, William Leech, Niccolo d'Ardia Caracciolo
and Patrick Hennessy. Also, gouache paintings, including a self-portrait
by Melanie le Brocquy and pencil and ink sketch by Robert Ballagh. The
aim of the gallery is to display the portraits of the country's great
men and women, and to act as a facility of study of portraits and portraiture.
For more details, contact:
University Of Limerick
Visual Arts Administrator
Yvonne Davis
Phone: 061 213052
Chester
Beatty Library
Permanent Collection On Exhibition
Described by the Lonely Planet guidebook as one of the best museums in
Europe, the Chester Beatty Library is both a library and an art museum.
It houses a large collection of priceless manuscripts, prints, drawings,
miniature paintings, rare books and decorative arts. The collection was
assembled by Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968), from Europe, Asia and
the Middle East. Key works include illuminated manuscripts from medieval
and Renaissance Europe, copies of the Bible and the Qur'an and Egyptian
papyrus texts.
Contact Details
Chester Beatty Library
Dublin Castle
Dublin 2
Phone: 01 407 0750
Website: cbl.ie
Hugh
Lane Gallery
Permanent Collection on Exhibition
This gallery houses a permanent collection of modern and contemporary
Irish art and sculpture and stages regular art exhibitions. Painters represented
include Walter Osborne, William Orpen, Jack B Yeats, Sean Scully, Brian
Maguire as well as female artists Norah McGuinness, Mary Swanzy and Dorothy
Cross. In 2001 the gallery purchased the entire contents of Francis Bacon's
workshop and reinstalled it in the museum. European highlights include
La Musique aux Tuileries by Edouard Manet; Bains de Mer
by Edgar Degas; The Mantlepiece by Edouard Vuillard; and Lavacourt
under Snow by Claude Monet.
Temporary Exhibitions At The Hugh Lane
Gallery
Sean Scully Room
Contemporary artist Sean Scully gifted 7 large paintings to the gallery
in 2006. These were installed in a dedicated gallery in a new wing of
the building.
Stained Glass Room
This room is dedicated to stain glass artwork. The key work in the collection
is The Eve of St Agnes by Harry Clarke. Other artists represented
include Evie Hone, Paul Bony, James Scanlon and Wilhelmina Geddes.
Contact Details
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
Charlemont House
Parnell Square North
Dublin 1
Ireland
Phone: 01 222 5550
Website: hughlane.ie
Irish
Museum of Modern Art
Permanent Collection On Exhibition
The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) houses the country's collection
of modern and abstract art. Established in 1990, the permanent collection
comprises 4,500 works which have been purchased, donated or are on long-term
loan. The museum's focus is to concentrate on the work of living artists,
although it has some historical pieces from the 1940s onwards. It has
paintings by Tony O'Malley, Barrie Cooke, Sean Scully, Cecil King and
Basil Blackshaw; sculptures by Louise Bourgeois, James McKenna and Dorothy
Cross; and avant garde film installations by Neil Jordan.
Contact Details
Irish Museum of Modern Art
Royal Hospital
Kilmainham
Dublin 8
Phone: 01 612 9900
Website: imma.ie
RHA
Gallagher Gallery
The Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), located
in Ely Place in Dublin has 5 galleries dedicated to contemporary and modern
Irish and international art. The Ashford Gallery is situated on the first
floor and is available to artists without representation in Dublin and
is designed to introduce lesser known artists to the public. The ground
floor is home to the Tony Ryan Gallery, which is used for displaying private
and public collections. Every year the RHA hosts the prestigious RHA annual
exhibition. Half of the works exhibited are selected through an open submission
process which means emerging artists have a chance to be shown alongside
established RHA members like Liam Belton, Pauline Bewick, Martin Gale
and Eilis O'Connell.
Contact Details
Royal Hibernian Academy
Gallagher Gallery
15 Ely Place
Dublin 2
Phone: 01 661 2558
Website: rhagallery.ie
Trinity
College Dublin
Permanent Collection On Exhibition
Founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, Trinity College is the country's
oldest university. Its library holds millions of books, including numerous
collections of rare manuscripts. Popular displays in the library include
copies of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic, read aloud
in 1916 at the start of the Easter Rising by Patrick Pearse, and the Book
of Kells (c.800), one of the world’s best surviving examples
of illuminated manuscripts from early Christian art. Other important examples
of monastic Irish art include the Book of Dimma (c.625) and the
Book of Durrow (c.670). Temporary exhibitions are held in the Douglas
Hyde Gallery, part of the college campus.
Contact Details
Trinity College
Dublin 2
Phone: 01 896 1116
Website: douglashydegallery.com
Hunt
Museum, Limerick
Permanent Collection On Exhibition
The Hunt Museum houses a collection of fine art, decorative art and antiquities.
There are artifacts from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and the Olmec civilisation.
Also, Neolithic flints and Bronze Age tools from Ireland such as a Bronze
Age cauldron and shield. There are religious artifacts such as the 9th
century Antrim Cross. Also represented are 19th century silver, glass
and ceramics as well as works by artists Roderic O'Connor, Jack B Yeats,
Henry Moore and Robert Fagan, as well as the French Impressionist Auguste
Renoir.
Contact Details
The Hunt Museum
Rutland Street
Limerick
Ireland
Phone: 061 312833
Website: huntmuseum.com
Ulster
Museum of Fine Arts
Permanent Collection On Exhibition
Located in the Botanical Gardens in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the Ulster
Museum features exhibits from its collections of Fine and Applied Art,
Ethnography, Archaeology, Industrial Archaeology, Local History, Zoology,
Botany, and Geology, as well as artworks and artifacts salvaged from the
Spanish Armada.
Contact Details
Ulster Museum
Botanic Gardens,
Belfast, BT9 5AB
Phone: +44 (0) 28 9044 0000
Website: ulstermuseum.org.uk.
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Private Art
Galleries
With the significant reduction in Irish
exhibitions, as well as the closure of a number of galleries, we are (for
the moment) limiting our exhibition-listings to national galleries and
museums only. However, for your convenience, here are the contact details
for most of the active private art galleries across Ireland.
DUBLIN
ART EXHIBITIONS
Clyne Gallery
The Wooden Building
Exchange Street Upper
Temple Bar
Dublin 8
Phone: 01 677 0107
clynegallery.com
Combridges
Fine Arts
17 Sth. William St
Dublin 2
Phone: 01 677 4652
Website: cfa.ie
Cross
Gallery
59 Francis Street
Dublin 8,
Phone: 01 473 8978
Website: crossgallery.ie
Dalkey
Arts Gallery
19 Railway Road
Dalkey
Co. Dublin
Phone: 01 284 9663
Website: dalkeyarts.com
The Doorway Gallery (Formerly known as
the Bad Art Gallery)
24 South Frederick Street
Dublin 2
Phone: 01 7645895
Website: thedoorwaygallery.com
Gallery
of Photography, Dublin
Meeting House Square
Temple Bar
Dublin 2
Phone: (01) 6714654
Gormley's
Fine Art
25 South Frederick Street
Dublin 2
Phone: 01 672 9031.
Website: gormleys.ie
Green
Gallery
Top floor
St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre
Dublin 2
Phone: 01 478 3122
Website: greengallery.ie
Green
On Red Gallery
26-28 Lombard Street East
Dublin 2
Phone: 01 671 3414
Website: greenonredgallery.com
Hillsboro
Fine Art
49 Parnell Square West
Dublin 1
Phone: 01 878 8242
Website: hillsborofineart.com
Jorgensen
Fine Art
16 Herbert St.
Dublin 2
Tel: 01 661 9758/9
Website: jorgensenfineart.com
Kerlin
Gallery
Anne's Lane
South Anne Street
Dublin 2
Phone: 01 670 9093
Website: kerlingallery.com
Molesworth
Gallery
16 Molesworth Street
Dublin 2
Phone: 01 679 1548
Website: molesworthgallery.com
Mother's
Tank Station
41-43 Watling Street
Ushers Island
Dublin 8
Phone: 01 671 7654
Website: motherstankstation.com
Mulvany
Bros.
Kingswood Art Gallery
Kingswood Cross
Old Naas Road
Dublin 22
Phone: 01 459 4242
Website: mulvanybros.ie
Oisin
Art Gallery
44 Westland Row
Dublin 2 Ireland
Phone: 01 661 1315
Website: oisingallery.com
Oriel
Gallery
Clare Street
Dublin 2
Phone: 01 676 3410
Website: theoriel.com
Paul
Kane Gallery
6 Merrion Square
Dublin 2
Phone: 087 647 8423
Website: thepaulkanegallery.com
Rubicon
Gallery
10 St Stephens Green
Dublin 2
Phone: 01 670 8055
Website: rubicongallery.ie
Solomon
Gallery
Balfe Street (beside the Westbury Hotel)
Dublin 2
Phone: 045 862 940
Website: solomongallery.com
Temple
Bar Gallery & Studios
5-9 Temple Bar
Dublin 2
Phone: 01 671 0073
Website: templebargallery.com
• For information about art and culture
in Ireland's capital, see Visual Arts in Dublin.
• For painting and sculpture in Ireland, see: Irish
Art Guide.
• See also Dublin Artists and Dublin
Art Venues.
• See also: Leinster Visual Arts.
COUNTY
CARLOW ART EXHIBITIONS
Carlow County Museum
College Street
Carlow Town
Phone: 059 917 2492
Website: carlowcountymuseum.com
The Visual Centre for Contemporary Art
Old Dublin Road
Carlow
Phone: 059 917 2400
Website: visualcarlow.ie
For information about art and culture in
this county, see Visual Arts
in Carlow.
COUNTY
CAVAN ART EXHIBITIONS
Bluewall Gallery
Corracanvy
Cavan
Phone: 049 436 1627
Website: bluewallgallery.com
Cavan Co Museum
Virginia Road,
Ballyjamesduff
Co. Cavan
Phone: 049 854 4070
Website: cavanmuseum.ie
For information about art and culture in
this county, see Visual Arts
in Cavan.
COUNTY
CLARE ART EXHIBITIONS
Glor Gallery
Causeway Link
Ennis
Co. Clare
Phone: 056-684-3103
Website: glor.ie
Lahinch Art Gallery
Main Street
Lahinch
Phone: 065 708 1400
Website: lahinchartgallery.com
Russell Gallery
New Quay
Burren
Phone: 065 707 8185
Website: russellgallery.net
For information about art and culture in
this county, see Visual Arts
in Clare.
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COUNTY
CORK ART EXHIBITIONS
Catherine
Hammond Gallery
Glengarriff
West Cork
Phone: 027 63812
Website: hammondgallery.com
Crawford
Art Gallery
Emmet Place
Cork
Phone: 021 490 7855
Website: crawfordartgallery.com
Doswell
Gallery
West Square
Rosscarbery
Co Cork
Phone: 023 8848137
Website: doswellgallery.com
Gallery 23
1 Chairmans Lane
Kinsale.
Phone: 021 4700674
Kinsale
Art Gallery
Pier Head
Kinsale
Co. Cork
Phone: 021 477 3622
Website: kinsale-art-gallery.ie
Lavit
Gallery
5 Father Matthew Street
Cork
Ireland
Phone: 021 427 7749
Website: lavitgallery.com
Lewis
Glucksman Gallery
UCC Campus
Cork
Ireland
Phone: 021 490 1844
Website: glucksman.org
Mill
Cove Gallery
Castletownbere
County Cork
Ireland
Phone: 027 70393
Website: millcovegallery.com
Sirius
Arts Centre
The Old Yacht Club
Cobh
County Cork
Phone: 021 481 3790
Website: siriusartscentre.ie
The Gallery Kinsale (formerly Buckleys
Fine Art)
57 Main Street
Kinsale
West Cork
Phone: 086 844 8589
Website: thegallerykinsale.com
Triskel Arts Centre
Tobin Street
Phone: 021 427 2022
Website: triskelart.com
Vangard
Gallery
New Street
Macroom
Co. Cork
Phone: 026 41198
Website: vangardgallery.com
Wandesford Quay Gallery
Sullivans Quay
Cork
Phone: 021 4335210
Website: ccad-research.org/gallery
West
Cork Arts Centre
Cork Vision Centre
St. Peter's
North Main Street
Cork
Phone: +353-21-4279925
• See also: Munster
Visual Arts.
• For general info about arts and culture in Cork, see Cork
Art.
• For an annual arts calendar, see Cork
Art News.
• For a look-back at 2005, see Cork:
European Capital of Culture.
• For biographies of Cork painters and sculptors, see Cork
Artists.
• For details of the best Corkonian art-group, see Maclise
Art Society.
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COUNTY
DONEGAL ART EXHIBITIONS
An
Gailearaí
Gailearaí na gCroisbhealaí Teo.
An Fál Carach
Co. Dhún na nGall
Tel/Fax : +353 74 9165594
Web : angailearai.com
Cavanacor
Gallery
Ballindrait
Lifford
Phone: 074 9141143
Website: cavanacorgallery.ie
Man-Made Images Photo Gallery
Mountcharles
Website: man-madeimages.eu
Ross Fine Art
Port Road
Letterkenny
Phone: 074 9168605
Website: rossfineart.ie
Stephen Bennett Gallery
Ardara
Co. Donegal
Phone: 074 954 1652
Website: stephenbennett.net
For information about art and culture in
Donegal, see Visual Arts
in Donegal.
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COUNTY
GALWAY ART EXHIBITIONS
Bold
Art Gallery
Merchants Rd and Augustine Street
Galway
Phone: 091 539 900
Website: boldartgallery.com
Kenny
Gallery
High Street
Galway
Phone: 091 534 760
Website: kennys.ie
Norman
Villa Gallery
86 Lower Salthill
Galway
Phone: 091 521 131
Website: normanvillagallery.com
Stronach
Gallery
Fermoyle Lodge
Costello
Connemara
County Galway
Phone: 091 786 111
Website: stronachgallery.com
Whitethorn Gallery
Clifden
Co. Galway
Phone: 095 30703
Website: thewhitethorngallery.ie
For information about art and culture in
this county, see Visual Arts
in Galway.
See also: Bold Art Gallery.
COUNTY
KERRY ART EXHIBITIONS
Cill Rialaig
Ballinskelligs
Website: cillrialaigartscentre.org
Green Lane Gallery
Holy Ground
Dingle
Co. Kerry
Phone: 066 9152018
Website: greenlanegallery.com
Kenmare Art Gallery
Martina Viscardi
Lauragh
Co. Kerry
Phone: 064 6642999
Website: kenmareartgallery.com
Killarney Art Gallery
Aghadoe
Killarney
Co Kerry
Phone: 064 663 4628
Website: killarneyartgallery.com
For information about art and culture in
this county, see Visual Arts
in Kerry.
See also: Art Venues in
Kerry.
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NOTE: Information Resources About
Artists in Ireland
• For biographies of famous painters
and sculptors, see: Irish Artists.
• For details of famous sculptors, see: Irish
Sculpture.
• For a survey of outstanding portraiture, see: Irish
Portrait Artists.
• For info about the best landscapes, see: Irish
Landscape Artists.
• For a summary of genre-painting, see: Irish
Genre Painters.
• For profiles of emerging artists, see: Best
Contemporary Irish Artists.
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