Happy Poetry Day, Ireland! Poetry Day Ireland
I spent the day talking and writing poems about this winner of a woman (and other artworks with - sadly - less nudity and less puppets) Hugh Lane Gallery , led by the very encouraging Grace Wilentz

🎻Join us on 5th May at Hugh Lane Gallery for a special Sunday at Noon concert. Enjoy the enchanting The State Choir LATVIJA performing Latvian/ Baltic music in our sculpture hall.

Admission free | Noon | 5th May
Booking available from 10am, 29th April - ow.ly/zxa950Rn13e

Join us for an evening talk, focusing on the life and work of Edouard Vuillard with Christopher Riopelle, the Neil Westreich curator of post 1800 paintings, National Gallery London. Thursday 2nd May | 6.30pm | Admission Free | Book your spot at hughlane.ie

Hugh Lane Gallery would like to congratulate Eimear Walshe on representing the Republic of Ireland at the 60th Venice Biennale with their bold and moving exhibition ROMANTIC IRELAND.

The exhibition was curated by Sara Greavu and Project Arts Centre
Ireland at Venice

One for schools! We are sharing this opportunity for schools to be part of the Creative Schools Programme, a wonderful initiative from the Arts Council.

Schools Hub | The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Delighted to welcome Holly Furlong (Irish Film Institute) Rebecca Dolan (@Gaietyschool) & Jessica O’Donnell (@TheHughLane) to speak with MIE Education Studies about Education & the Arts 🎭 #MIECareers Well done to students for leading the discussion Cliodhna Martin

Whether you swing by for a carefree breakfast coffee, a laid-back lunch, or a cheeky glass of wine before opting into a Guinness & cream cheese brownie, Fáilte Le Grá at Hugh Lane Gallery is bursting with the craic, passion & atmosphere to make it a helluva time.

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Sacred trust: Donations and their Legacy is a stunning new exhibition which celebrates our Legacy of Donations, featuring significant gifts from 1908 to 2024.

Sacred trust: Donations and their Legacy - opens 10th April 2024. Free Admission.

What's on this weekend:

🗓️Friday: Gallery Closed

🗓️Saturday:
🎨10.30am - Springy Springtime(1-3-year-olds)
✍🏻1pm - The art of visual note-taking

🗓️Sunday:
🎶1pm - Sunday at Noon concert
🗣️2.15pm - Public Tours
✍🏻3pm - Sketching

Book now on Hughlane.ie

We were very saddened to hear of the passing of Helen Comerford, esteemed artist, curator/writer and jazz musician. We send our sincere sympathies to her family and friends.

Irish artist and art activist Sarah Purser was born on this day in 1848. She was an influential figure in Irish artistic circles in the late 19 & 20 centuries. Her artistic legacy will be celebrated in the Hugh Lane Gallery exhibition, Sarah Purser: Champion of Irish Art, in July

Visual Art: Accessible Tours at Hugh Lane Gallery

In this monthly programme for people with a hearing impairment, tours will focus on collection highlights, Francis Bacon Studio, Stained Glass Room, Sean Scully Gallery or temporary exhibitions programme. tinyurl.com/2s43j9p

Sir John Lavery was born on this day in Belfast in 1856. He was a diverse artist who painted a range of subjects including portraits, landscapes, and seascapes.
In 1935, he gifted the Gallery the exceptional Lady Lavery Memorial Bequest, comprised of 34 paintings.

Today we celebrate the birthday of the great Irish artist, Harry Clarke, who was born on this day in 1889. Clarke studied stained glass at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art under stained-glass master, A. E. Child, and at the Royal College of Art, South Kensington in London.

Lá Feile Padraig ó Dánlann Hugh Lane! Happy St Patrick's Day from all of us at Hugh Lane Gallery!

Saturday 16 March 2024:
2pm - Print Your Own Postcard Workshop for 13 to 17-year-olds
Sunday 17 March 2024:
1pm - Sunday at Noon : Neil Ó Lochlainn & Ultan O Brien
2.15pm - Sunday Public Tours
3pm - Sunday Sketching

Bookings are now available on Hughlane.ie

Join us on our Parent and Baby tours, the first tour is taking place on 28th March 11am. These tours will cover different aspects of the Gallery's collection displays and exhibitions.

We welcome prams & buggies. Followed by tea/coffee. Learn more - ow.ly/P1qU50QT5AX

Know any artistically inclined young people aged between 13 and 17?

We still have some spaces for this Printmaking/Postcard making workshop with artist Justin Larkin, this Saturday 16 March

€8, booking and more here...eventbrite.ie/e/print-your-o…

Did you know you can explore Dublin city's magnificent art collection online?

Follow the 'Search the Collection' link from anywhere on the Gallery's website or head directly to onlinecollection.hughlane.ie

Happy Mother's Day from all of us at Hugh Lane Gallery!
Image 1: Mother and Child, 1895 by Walter Frederick Osborne, Image 2: Portrait of Hugh Lane's Mother, Adelaide Lane, nee Persse, 1901 by Frank Brooks, Mother and Child, 1909 by Sir John Lavery