Experiences from the artist Jack B. Yeats’ memory are the subjects of his paintings in oil from the mid-1920s onwards. Through the prism of memory, banal scenes such train journeys and fair days are transformed into sensual rich coloured spectacles . In this podcast Dr Brendan Rooney and Professor Ruth Byrne discuss how Yeats captures the essence of memory in these works and how retrieving ideas from memory was vital in Yeats’ creative process. This podcast is presented in tandem with the National Gallery of Ireland exhibition, Jack B. Yeats: Painting & Memory (4 September 2021 - 6 Februar ..read more

This two-part podcast series features some of the artists involved in Queer Mind, Body and Soul, an exhibition on display in the National Gallery of Ireland from 30 July to 17 October 2021. A collaboration between the National Gallery of Ireland and Gaisce – The President’s Award, the exhibition explores the experiences and perspectives of a group of young LGBTQIA+, gender non-conforming people and allies. In episode 2, Roibeárd Ó Braonáin, Beth Stallard and M – Gaisce LikeMinded participants and artists whose work is on display in the exhibition – delve into the messages in their artworks and ..read more

This two-part podcast series features some of the artists involved in Queer Mind, Body and Soul, an exhibition on display in the National Gallery of Ireland from 30 July to 17 October 2021. A collaboration between the National Gallery of Ireland and Gaisce – The President’s Award, the exhibition explores the experiences and perspectives of a group of young LGBTQIA+, gender non-conforming people and allies. In episode 1, Victoria Piekarska-Daly, James Cody and Sarah H. – Gaisce LikeMinded participants and artists whose work is on display in the exhibition – discuss their artworks and the highs ..read more

Piet Mondrian was enthralled by modernity and, across the span of his life, encountered it in some of the great cities of the world: Amsterdam, Paris, London and New York. The musical cultures of jazz and dance held particular resonance for him and so, as part of the National Gallery of Ireland's celebration of Mondrian’s work, we invited Emilie Conway, a contemporary jazz artist, to engage with this important aspect of his life and career. Emilie’s research over the course of this project has resulted in a series of fascinating podcasts in which she discusses the development of Mondrian’s wor ..read more

Episode 3 of a new series of podcasts produced by the National Gallery of Ireland in association with our exhibition New Perspectives. Acquisitions 2011-2020 (closing 2 August 2021). This series looks at artwork by living artists recently acquired for the national collection. We explore the motivation behind the work, how it came to be in the Gallery, and what it means for an artist to have their work in the national collection. In this episode, Donal Maguire, curator of the ESB Centre for the Study of Irish Art at the Gallery, speaks to the painter Richard Gorman about his life and work. Gorm ..read more

Episode 2 of a new series of podcasts produced by the National Gallery of Ireland in association with our exhibition New Perspectives. Acquisitions 2011-2020. This series looks at artwork by living artists recently acquired for the national collection. We explore the motivation behind the work, how it came to be in the Gallery, and what it means for an artist to have their work in the national collection. In this episode, Donal Maguire, curator of the ESB Centre for the Study of Irish Art at the Gallery, speaks to the painter Diana Copperwhite about her life and work. Diana Copperwhite is an a ..read more

Episode 1 of a new series of podcasts produced by the National Gallery of Ireland in association with our exhibition New Perspectives. Acquisitions 2011-2020. This series looks at artworks by living artists recently acquired for the national collection. We explore the motivation behind the work, how it came to be in the Gallery, and what it means for an artist to have their work in the national collection. In this episode, Donald Teskey, an internationally renowned painter, perhaps best-known for his rugged and vibrant large-scale landscape paintings, speaks to Lenny Abrahamson, a film and TV ..read more

This podcast focuses on Something From There, a National Gallery of Ireland exhibition created with people living, or formerly living, in Direct Provision. Exploring the idea of home and the meaning of objects, Something From There marks the end of an ambitious, long-term community project coordinated by the Gallery. Here, in conversation, the project facilitator, artist Dragana Jurisic, speaks with two of the project’s participants, Lelo Mary Thebe and Leo Snygans, about their experiences of the project and where they are now. You can explore the exhibition here: https://www.nationalgallery.i ..read more

In this National Gallery of Ireland podcast, Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire is in conversation with Dr Brenda Moore-McCann, as they examine the life and work of the Irish artist Brian O’Doherty. Dr Brenda Moore-McCann, Assistant Professor (Adjunct) at Trinity College Dublin, editor of Dear...Selected Letters from Brian O'Doherty from 1970s to 2018 (2018), and author of the first monograph, Brian O'Doherty/Patrick Ireland: Between Categories (2009), discusses O’Doherty's work in detail, offering art historical and personal contexts. This podcast was produced on the occasion of the display of Brian O’D ..read more

Piet Mondrian was enthralled by modernity and, across the span of his life, encountered it in some of the great cities of the world: Amsterdam, Paris, London and New York. The musical cultures of jazz and dance held particular resonance for him and so, as part of the National Gallery of Ireland's celebration of Mondrian’s work, we invited Emilie Conway, a contemporary jazz artist, to engage with this important aspect of his life and career. Emilie’s research over the course of this project has resulted in a series of fascinating podcasts in which she discusses the development of Mondrian’s wor ..read more