galleries dublin

Opening Times:
Tuesday - Saturday 11.00 - 18.00

Late opening on Thursday, till 19.00...

Opening Hours:

Monday to Thursday: 10.30 - 17.30
Friday: 10.30 - 17.00...

Zozimus Gallery is showcasing Irish Sculpture - Martha Cashman

Martha Cashman, Cork Sculpture originally from Youghal, winner of the Essence of Ireland Award from the Craft Council of Ireland at Showcase 09 in the RDS in January, presented by the President Mary McAleese.

Opening: Thursday 2nd April @ 7pm...

Opening Hours :
Monday - Friday 11.00 -18.00...

Opening Times:
Monday - Friday: 09.00 - 17.00

Open on Saturdays and Sundays by appointment only....

Sir Hugh Lane (1875 - 1915): Hugh Lane was born in Co. Cork on 9 November 1875. His father was from a prominent merchant family in Cork, while his mother Frances Adelaide Persse was from a landed family in Galway. Her sister Augusta Lady Gregory was a close friend of the poet WB Yeats and a founding member of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Lane's father, the Rev James William Lane was appointed rector in Redruth, Cornwall so Lane was raised in England. He began his career as an apprentice pai...

The Hugh Lane Art Gallery is located in Charlemont House on Parnell Square and is one of Dublin's major attractions. Charlemont House was designed by Sir William Chambers, who also designed the Casino at Marino.
The gallery was founded by Sir Hugh Lane in 1908, who was an avid collector of impressionist art. His attempts to donate his collection to the city of Dublin, at the turn of the century were met with indifference and little effort was made to raise the money for the gallery. It...

Established by an Act of Parliament in 1854, the National Gallery first opened its doors to the public in January 1864. At the time of its inauguration there were just 105 paintings in the collection (the first purchase was 15 paintings bought in 1856 in Rome). Today the collection boasts over 2,440 paintings, 5,230 drawings, watercolours and miniatures, 3,066 prints, 331 pieces of sculpture, vestments and object d'art, making it one of the finest collections of European art. Every major Europea...