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Winter 2018/19 Issue no: 7      nationalgallery.ie

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Winter
                                                                     Nuacht ón Ghailearaí             Update

December opening hours
Thursday 13 December – Gallery closing at 17.30
24, 25, 26 December – Gallery closed

New Monday opening hours
from January 2019
From 1 January 2019, the Gallery will open at
11.00 every Monday, excluding bank holidays.
Bank holiday Monday opening hours will remain
9.15 – 17.30

Christmas in the Gallery
Shop
The Gallery Shop is brimming with festive gift
ideas! From ranges of homeware, textiles and
jewellery by Irish designers to the Gallery’s own
2019 calendar (€12) and 2019 diary (€19.95). This
year’s calendar, supported by Northern Trust,
has an animal-theme, featuring some of the
dogs, goats and tigers from the collection. The
Gallery calendar and diary are available in store
and online: shop.nationalgallery.ie

Exhibitions Programme                               Artist Tom Dalton pictured with the Gallery’s new comment
                                                    box inspired by William Scott’s Frying Pan, Eggs, and Napkin
[In]Visible: Irish Women Artists                    (1950). Tom was commissioned to design and produce the
                                                    comment boxes as winner of the Gallery’s design competition
from the Archive                                    for undergraduate art and design students.
17 July – 31 December 2018
Room 11. Free admission

Zurich Portrait Prize
6 October 2018 – 13 January 2019                    Canaletto and the Art of Venice
Room 23. Free admission                             5 December 2018 – 24 March 2019
Turner: The Vaughan Bequest                         Beit Wing (Rooms 6-10)
1 – 31 January 2019                                 Tickets €15/10/5 nationalgallery.ie
Print Gallery. Free admission                       Nathaniel Hone
Markievicz: Portraits & Propaganda                  23 February 2019 – 1 September 2019
27 October 2018 – 10 February 2019                  Hugh Lane Room (Room 31). Free admission
Hugh Lane Room (Room 31). Free admission

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On View
                                                                                 Taispeántais     Exhibitions

& Opening
                                                              his Liber Studiorum series, comprising landscape
                                                              and seascape compositions, recreated as prints.
                                                              This exhibition is kindly sponsored by
                                                              Sarasin & Partners.
                                                              Curator
                                                              Niamh MacNally, National Gallery of Ireland

                                                                                  Zurich Portrait Prize
                                                                                  6 October 2018 –13 January
                                                                                  2019
                                                                                  Room 23 I Free admission
                                                                                  The annual competition
                                                                                  showcasing contemporary
                                                              portraiture attracts entries from across Ireland,
                                                              and from Irish artists practising abroad. This
J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), The Doge’s Palace and Piazzetta,
Venice, c.1840.
                                                              exhibition features the 25 shortlisted portraits,
                                                              including the winning portrait Diane, Larkin
[In]Visible: Irish Women Artists                              Community College (2018), by Mandy O’Neill.
from the Archive                                              Highly commended portraits by Kim Haughton
                                                              and Blaise Smith also feature.
17 July – 31 December 2018
Room 11. Free admission                                       We are delighted to announce the inaugural
                                                              Zurich Young Portrait Prize will take place in
Showcasing archival material related to Irish
                                                              2019. Details to follow.
women artists, drawn from the collection
of the ESB Centre for the Study of Irish Art,                 Curator
this exhibition features fascinating letters,                 Dr Brendan Rooney, Head Curator, National
scrapbooks, photographs and art materials                     Gallery of Ireland
that shed light on the education and careers
of artists such as Mary Swanzy, Sarah Purser,                 Markievicz: Portraits & Propaganda
Mainie Jellett, Elizabeth Corbet Yeats and Evie               with Amanda Coogan, Floats in the Aether
Hone.                                                         27 October 2018 – 10 February 2019
Curators                                                      Hugh Lane Room (Room 31). Free admission
Leah Benson, Emma O’Toole and Tanya Keyes,                    On the centenary of Constance Markievicz’s
Library & Archives, National Gallery of Ireland               election as the first woman to the British
                                                              Parliament (1918), and the formation of the first
                   Turner: The Vaughan                        Dáil (1919), of which she was a member, this
                   Bequest                                    exhibition explores the role of portraiture in
                   1 – 31 January 2019                        moulding her private and public image.
                   Print Gallery. Free                        As part of this project, acclaimed contemporary
                   admission                                  artist Amanda Coogan created a new work:
                   In the heart of winter,                    Floats in the Aether. Visitors can experience this
Turner’s luminous watercolours light up the                   ambitious, large-scale performance on select
darkness, delighting visitors for the month of                dates over the coming months.
January. In 2019, Turner’s watercolours will be               Curator
complemented with a selection of prints from                  Donal Maguire, ESB Centre for the Study of Irish
                                                              Art, National Gallery of Ireland
See more on exhibitions:
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Canaletto and
the Art of Venice
5 December 2018 – 24 March 2019
Beit Wing. Tickets €15 and under
Book online: www.nationalgallery.ie
FREE for Friends of the National Gallery of Ireland

Canaletto (1697-1768), The Grand Canal with Santa Maria della Salute looking towards Riva degli Schiavoni, c.1729-30.
Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018

This loan exhibition presents a selection of the                       Public Events
finest eighteenth-century Venetian works from                          A rich learning and engagement programme
the Royal Collection. Paintings, drawings and                          complements the exhibition. Featuring
prints by Canaletto (1697-1768) will be shown                          international speakers, informal pop-up talks,
alongside groups of paintings and drawings by                          mindful drawing, and more, each event is
his contemporaries, including Sebastiano and                           imbued with the spectacle and theatre of
Marco Ricci, Francesco Zuccarelli, and Giovanni                        eighteenth-century Venice. We encourage all
Battista Piazzetta.                                                    ages and abilities to join us in exploring this
Most of these works were acquired by George                            captivating city and remarkable artist.
III directly from Joseph Smith, British Consul
in Venice, who was a passionate collector,                             Catalogues
dealer and supporter of Venetian artists, and                          The exhibition will be complemented by two
Canaletto’s most enthusiastic patron. As well as                       publications produced and published by Royal
offering superb examples of eighteenth-century                         Collection Trust: a full-length 400-page hardback
Venetian art, the exhibition offers a fascinating                      catalogue, and a smaller paperback featuring
insight into the social circles and artistic                           selected highlights. Prices €35.95 / €12.95
networks of the period.
Curator
Anne Hodge, Curator of Prints and Drawings,
National Gallery of Ireland

See more on exhibitions:
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Don’t Miss!
                                                                    Nuacht ón Ghailearaí        Update

Online Events Guide                2019, the Gallery will once         (aged 16-25) with the Gallery
Our programme is always            again offer a tailored education    and Russborough House.
evolving and new events            programme focusing on               Supported by the Alfred Beit
are updated daily. See             mindfulness and mental              Foundation, the project will
nationalgallery.ie/whats-on        health. See nationalgallery.        involve national and local
                                   ie/whats-on                         events to engage young people
Canaletto and the Art of                                               of all abilities.
Venice                             Drawing a Breath
The Education programme            Take a lunchtime break from         Dublin Chinese New Year
for Canaletto and the Art of       the hustle and bustle of daily      Festival
Venice includes a collaboration    life with this mindful drawing      We will be celebrating the
with Rough Magic Theatre           course with artist Beth             Year of the Pig, with a family
Company, plus a series of          O’Halloran. The course offers       workshop, documentary
talks, Discovering Venice,         an immersive experience of          screenings and more. See
with Lucy Whitaker, Senior         looking, creating and de-           dublinchinesenewyear.com
Curator of Paintings, Royal        stressing. Thursdays, 1-2pm,
Collection Trust; broadcaster      17 Jan-14 March 2019 (break         Bauhaus Effects
and writer Francesco Da            on 21 Feb). Tickets €100            Conference 7-9 February
Mosto; and, fresh from their       (includes entry to Canaletto        2019
curation of the 2018 Venice        and the Art of Venice)              On the centenary anniversary
Architecture Biennale, Yvonne                                          of the Bauhaus, the Gallery is
Farrell and Shelley McNamara       Thursday Lates                      hosting a conference organised
of Grafton Architects. See         6 December, 17 January              by the National College of Art
nationalgallery.ie/whats-on        2019 and 21 February 2019,          and Design, University College
                                   16.30-20.30                         Cork, University College Dublin
LauraLynn Children’s               The Gallery’s Thursday              and the Goethe-Institut Dublin.
Hospice “Much More                 Lates events continue on            Speakers will analyse the
Magnificent Seven”                 selected nights, featuring          impact of the Bauhaus school
Until 6 January 2019, we are       food and drink, music,              in the hundred years since its
celebrating the Gallery’s long     guided tours, and nail art by       inception.
running partnership with           Tropical Popical. Highlights        See bauhauseffects.com
LauraLynn. Visit the Millennium    include poet Stephen James
Wing Studio to see a special       Smith performing his newly          RIAM/NGI International
display of photography and         commissioned poem about             Visiting Artists and Friends
illustration documenting “The      Caravaggio’s The Taking of          Series
Much More Magnificent Seven”:      Christ, in January 2019.            A welcome addition to
a collaborative project between                                        Dublin’s musical calendar,
the Gallery, LauraLynn and the     Yoga                                this series will highlight the
Abbey Theatre. Storytelling and    Join art historian and              Academy’s impressive roster
family workshops will take place   certified yoga instructor           of international visiting artists.
in December and January. See       Mary Dowling for an hour of         Over five concerts, between
nationalgallery.ie/lauralynn       culture and relaxation. See         December 2018 and March
                                   nationalgallery.ie/whats-on         2019, Irish audiences will enjoy
First Fortnight Festival                                               performances by exceptional
Mindfulness and Mental             The Apollo Project                  artists in the beautiful
Health (FF)                        In January 2019, the Gallery        surrounds of the Shaw Room.
First Fortnight is a charity       launches the Apollo Project, a      See nationalgallery.ie/
that challenges mental health      three-year scheme dedicated         whats-on
prejudice through arts and         to sustainably connecting
cultural action. In January        and engaging young people

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Upcoming performances
Amanda Coogan: Floats in the Aether
                                                                                         13 December | 1pm
                                                                                         Amanda Coogan with National
                                                                                         Gallery of Ireland Choir
                                                                                         13 December | 4pm
                                                                                         Amanda Coogan with Fine Art
                                                                                         Sculpture students of NCAD
                                                                                         14 December | 12.30pm
                                                                                         Amanda Coogan with current TDs
                                                                                         and Senators
Artist Amanda Coogan performing Floats in the Aether in the National Gallery of
Ireland.
                                                                                         15 December | 2.30pm
                                                                                         Amanda Coogan with practising
On the centenary of the parliamentary vote for women in                                  artists
Ireland, and the election of Constance Markievicz as the first                           17 January 2019 | 5.50pm
woman to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Amanda                                    Amanda Coogan with business
Coogan was invited to create a new artwork in the Gallery.                               leaders
Coogan is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed contemporary artists,                          19 January 2019 | 2.30pm
working in performance, live art, sculpture and installation.                            Amanda Coogan with young people
Floats in the Aether is an ambitious, large-scale performance                            20 January 2019 | 2.30pm
involving over 100 women and girls of different backgrounds and                          Amanda Coogan with Women’s
social contexts. Coogan believes ‘this performance puts groups                           History Association of Ireland and
of women together in the spirit of community, togetherness,                              the National Gallery of Ireland
                                                                                         Lifelong Learners
witness and expectation to remember and celebrate the work
of the Irish suffragettes and Markievicz’s historic breach of the                        21 January 2019 | 2.30pm
glass ceiling.’ This project is presented in collaboration with the                      Amanda Coogan with Sew Last
exhibition Markievicz: Portraits & Propaganda, now on display.                           Season

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Féilire an Gheimhridh
Winter Calendar
                                      December 2018
                                      Saturday 1 December
    Events free unless marked €       12.30 & 14.30 Tours - Swift
    Booking essential for events      Festival-themed
    marked B
    First Fortnight Festival          Sunday 2 December
    events marked FF                  11.30-13.30 Drop-in Family
                                      Workshop
    € Buy Tickets                     11.30 Tour - Swift Festival-
    from nationalgallery.ie or        themed                             Photo jack Caffrey, The Pimlico Project, 2017
    the ticket desk.                  12.30 Family Tour - Swift
                                                                         Sunday 9 December
                                      Festival-themed
    Guided Tours                                                         11.30-13.30 Drop-in Family
                                      13.30 Tour - Swift Festival-
    All tours must be booked                                             Workshop
                                      themed
    three weeks in advance                                               11.30 Tour
    T (01) 663 3510                   15.00 Writing of(f) Class B
                                      Book at jonathanswiftfestival.ie   12.30 Family Tour
    E tours@ngi.ie                                                       13.30 Tour
    Is féidir turais trí Ghaeilge a   Tuesday 4 December
    chur in áirithe freisin.          13.15 Pop-Up Talk                  Monday 10 December
                                                                         14.00 New Parents’ Tour
    Audio Guides FREE                 Wednesday 5 December
    Audio guides for children         13.15 Curator’s Talk: Canaletto    Tuesday 11 December
    and adults are available          and the Art of Venice              11.00 Talk and Tea
    from the information desk.        Anne Hodge, NGI                    Markievicz: Portraits and
    Tá an Chlostreoir le fáil i                                          Propaganda, Donal Maguire
                                      Thursday 6 December                NGI €5 B
    nGaeilge. Déan fiosrú ag an
    Deasc Eolais.                     16.30-20.30 Thursday Lates \       13.15 Pop-Up Talk
                                      Celebrating Herstory
    Tailored Tours FREE               17.30 Film – It’s a Wonderful      Thursday 13 December
    We provide Irish Sign             Life €5 B                          13.00 Floats in the Aether with
    Language tours; tours             18.00 Magnificent Music with       Amanda Coogan
    for the hard of hearing;          Kids’ Classics                     16.00 Floats in the Aether with
    Tours for the blind/visually      17.30 & 18.30 Tours                Amanda Coogan
    impaired; tours for people        18.30 Tour for the Hard of         16.30 Tour
    with dementia and their           Hearing                            16.30 In-Conversation Tour -
    carers; and tours for                                                Constructing Canaletto’s Views
    selected community &              Friday 7 December                  with Dr Conor Lucey and Aoife-
    youth groups. Pre-book            13.05 RIAM/NGI International       Marie Buckley (exhibition ticket
    education@ngi.ie                  Visiting Artists:                  required)
                                      James Galway and Friends           Gallery closing early at 17.30
    Online Events Guide
                                      €10-€20 B
    For the most up-to-date                                              Friday 14 December
                                      13.15 Pop-Up Talk
    listing of all Gallery events                                        12.30 Floats in the Aether with
    see nationalgallery.ie/           Saturday 8 December                Amanda Coogan
    whats-on                          12.30 Tour                         13.15 Pop-Up Talk (exhibition
                                      13.30 Mindfulness Tour             ticket required)
For information visit:                14.30 Tour
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December 2018                        January 2019

Saturday 15 December                Thursday 27 December                   Thursday 10 January
12.30 Tour                          18.30 Tour                             18.00-19.30 Drawing a Breath
13.30 Sketching Tour                                                       Mindful drawing session with
                                    Saturday 29 December
14.30 Tour                                                                 Beth O’Halloran FF €5 B
                                    12.30 & 14.30 Tours
14.30 Floats in the Aether with                                            18.30 Tour
Amanda Coogan                       Sunday 30 December                     18.30 In-Conversation Tour -
                                    Christmas Family Art Holiday           Zurich Portrait Prize with Sarah
Sunday 16 December                                                         McAuliffe and Mandy O’Neill
                                    11.30-13.30 Drop-in Family
11.30-13.30 Drop-in Family                                                 18.30 Film - Exhibition on
                                    Workshop
Workshop                                                                   Screen: Canaletto and the Art of
                                    11.30 Tour
11.30 Tour                                                                 Venice
                                    12.30 Family Tour
12.30 Family Tour
                                    13.30 Tour                             Friday 11 January
13.30 Tour
                                    14.30 “Magnificent 7” Family           13.05 RIAM/NGI International
14.00 RIAM/NGI International
                                    Storytelling with Paul Timoney.        Visiting Artists: Iain Burnside
Visiting Artists: John O’Conor
                                    Free, booking essential. B             and Friends €5-€8 B
and Friends €10-€20 B
                                    Tuesday 1 January                      13.15 Pop-Up Talk FF
14.30 “Magnificent 7” Family
Storytelling with Paul Timoney.     11.30 Tour                             Saturday 12 January
Free, booking essential. B          12.30 Family Tour                      10.30 Yoga at the Gallery €10 B
Monday 17 December                  13.15 Pop-Up Talk                      12.30 Tour
12.00 & 14.00 NGIBaby               13.30 & 14.30 Tours                    13.30 Mindfulness Tour FF
workshops Jingle Bells with         Thursday 3 January                     14.30 Tour
Frances Coghlan                                                            14.00-15.30 Drawing a Breath
                                    18.30 Tour
Online bookings open 9.00,                                                 Mindful drawing session with
11 Dec. €5 B                        Friday 4 January                       Beth O’Halloran FF €5 B
                                    13.15 Pop-Up Talk                      15.30 Talk - Arts and Mental
Tuesday 18 December
                                    Saturday 5 January                     Health for Young People with
10.30 Yoga at the Gallery €10 B
                                                                           artist Joe Caslin FF €5 B
13.15 Pop-Up Talk                   12.30 Tour
                                    13.30 Sketching Tour                   Sunday 13 January
Thursday 20 December
                                    14.30 Tour                             11.30-13.30 Drop-in Family
18.00 Pop-up performance with                                              Workshop
National Gallery of Ireland Choir   Sunday 6 January
                                                                           11.30 Tour
18.30 Christmas-themed Tour         11.30-13.30 Drop-in Family
                                                                           12.30 Family Tour
18.30 Evening Yoga at the           Workshop
                                                                           13.30 Tour
Gallery €10 B                       11.30 Tour
                                                                           14.30 Mindfulness Tour FF
Friday 21 December                  12.30 Family Tour
                                                                           15.00 Talk - From drama to
13.15 Pop-Up Talk                   13.30 Tour
                                                                           dreams, Turner’s changing views
                                    Tuesday 8 January                      of Venice, Adrian Le Harivel, NGI
Saturday 22 December
12.30 Tour                          13.15 Pop-Up Talk                      Monday 14 January
13.30 LGBTQI+ Tour                                                         11.30 Dementia Inclusive Tour
14.30 Tour                                                                 and Workshop B
                                                                           14.00 New Parents’ Tour
Sunday 23 December
11.30 Tour                                                                 Tuesday 15 January
12.30 Family Tour                                                          10.30 Yoga at the Gallery €10 B
13.30 Tour                                                                 11.00 Talk and Tea: Outsider Art
Gallery Closed 24-26                                                       and Mental Health with Dr Riann
December                                                                   Coulter, Director, F.E. McWilliam
                                    Beth O’Halloran, artist & educator
                                                                           Gallery and Studio €5 FF B        9
January 2019                                                            February 2019

Tuesday 15 January (Cont.)            11.30-13.30 Drop-in Family        Thursday 31 January
13.15 Pop-Up Talk FF                  Workshop                          18.30 Tour
                                      11.30 Tour                        18.30 Thursday Evening
Thursday 17 January
                                      12.30 Family Tour                 Lecture Series –
12.00-13.00 Drawing a Breath                                            Freespace with Yvonne Farrell
                                      13.30 Tour
8-week course Mindful                                                   and Shelley MacNamara,
drawing course with Beth              14.30 Floats in the Aether with
                                      Amanda Coogan                     Grafton Architects €10 B
O’Halloran €100 B
16.30-20.30 Thursday Lates            Monday 21 January
17.50 Floats in the Aether with       12.00 & 14.00 NGIBaby
Amanda Coogan                         workshops Mindfulness and
18.00 Pop-up performance              Baby. Online bookings open
Stephen James Smith                   9.00, 15 Jan. €8 FF B
performing commissioned               14.30 Floats in the Aether with
poem about Caravaggio’s The           Amanda Coogan
Taking of Christ
                                      Tuesday 22 January                Photo Jack Caffrey, The Pimlico Project, 2017
17.30 & 18.30 Tours
                                      13.15 Pop-Up Talk
18.30 Thursday Evening                                                  Friday 1 February
Lecture Series –                      Thursday 24 January               13.15 Pop-Up Talk
Canaletto: truthful observer and      18.30 Tour
                                                                        Saturday 2 February
brilliant re-creator of the city of   18.30 Thursday Evening
Venice. Lucy Whitaker, Senior                                           12.30 & 14.30 Tours
                                      Lecture Series –
Curator of Paintings, Royal           Art and its inventions in         Sunday 3 February
Collection Trust €10 B                Venice with Francesco Da          11.30-13.30 Drop-in Family
Friday 18 January                     Mosto, architect, writer and      Workshop in association with
13.15 Pop-Up Talk                     broadcaster €10 B                 Dublin Chinese New Year
                                                                        Festival
Saturday 19 January                   Friday 25 January
                                                                        11.30 Tour
10.30 Yoga at the Gallery €10 B       13.15 Pop-Up Talk
                                                                        12.30 Family Tour
11.00-17.00 Painting Course –         Saturday 26 January               12.30 Dublin Chinese New Year
Views of Venice, From Canaletto       12.30 Tour                        Festival Film Screening
to Turner with artist John            13.30 LGBTQI+ Tour                13.30 Tour
Keating €170 B                        14.30 Tour                        15.00 Talk - Venice’s Myths and
12.30 Tour                                                              Traditions through Canaletto’s
13.30 Mindfulness Tour FF             Sunday 27 January                 Lens with Dr Philip Cottrell, UCD
14.30 Tour                            11.30-13.30 Drop-in Family
                                      Workshop                          Tuesday 5 February
14.30 Floats in the Aether with
                                      11.30 Tour                        13.15 Pop-Up Talk
Amanda Coogan
                                      12.30 Family Tour                 Thursday 7 February
Sunday 20 January                     13.30 Tour                        Conference - Bauhaus Effects
11.00-17.00 Painting Course –         15.00 Talk - Conserving           (7, 8, 9 Feb) B
Views of Venice, From Canaletto       Turner with Ranson Davey,         17.00–20.00 Rent an Easel
to Turner with artist John            conservator                       360° €25 B
Keating €170 B
                                      Tuesday 29 January                18.30 Tour
                                      13.15 Pop-Up Talk                 18.30 Tour for the Hard of
                                                                        Hearing

For information visit:
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Thursday 7 February (Cont.)                                                       Friday 22 February
18.30 In-Conversation Tour -                                                      13.15 Pop-Up Talk
Canaletto with John Keating and                                                   11.00-12.15 Venetian mask-
Dr Sarah Wilson                                                                   making for children aged 4+
(exhibition ticket required)                                                      with Serena Alberigo €8 B
Friday 8 February                                                                 14.00-15.30 Venetian mask-
13.15 Pop-Up Talk                                                                 making for children aged 8+
                                                                                  with Serena Alberigo €10 B
Saturday 9 February               Photo Jack Caffrey, The Pimlico Project, 2017
                                                                                  Saturday 23 February
12.30 Tour                        Sunday 17 February
                                                                                  12.30 Tour
13.30 Sketching Tour              11.30-13.30 Drop-in Family
                                                                                  13.30 LGBTQI+ Tour
14.30 Tour                        Workshop
                                                                                  14.30 Tour
Sunday 10 February                11.30 Tour
                                  12.30 Family Tour                               Sunday 24 February
11.30-13.30 Drop-in Family
Workshop                          13.30 Tour                                      11.30-13.30 Drop-in Family
                                  15.00 Talk - Building with Water,               Workshop
11.30 Tour
                                  with Dr Paul Arnold, architect                  11.30 Tour
12.30 Family Tour
                                                                                  12.30 Family Tour
12.30 Dublin Chinese New Year     Monday 18 February
Festival Film Screening                                                           13.30 Tour
                                  12.00 & 14.00 NGIBaby
13.30 Tour                        workshops Mini Gondoliers                       15.00 Film - Exhibition on
                                  with Frances Coghlan.                           Screen: Canaletto and the Art
15.00 Lecture - Canaletto:
                                  Online bookings open 9.00,                      of Venice
Patrons and Collectors
Dr Ciarán Woods, art historian    13 Feb. €8 B                                    Tuesday 26 February
                                  14.00–15.00 Sensory Friendly                    13.15 Pop-Up Talk
Monday 11 February
                                  Workshop B
11.30 Dementia Inclusive Tour                                                     Thursday 28 February
and Workshop B                    Tuesday 19 February                             18.30 Tour
14.00 New Parents’ Tour           13.15 Pop-Up Talk
                                  14.00–15.00 Sensory Friendly
Tuesday 12 February
                                  Workshop B
11.00 Talk and Tea:
Canaletto’s Venice, Anne Hodge,   Wednesday 20 February
NGI €5 B                          14.00–15.00 Sensory Friendly
13.15 Pop-Up Talk                 Workshop B

Thursday 14 February              Thursday 21 February
17.30 & 18.30 Valentine’s Day     11.00-12.15 Venetian mask-
Tours                             making for children aged 4+
17.00–20.00 Rent an Easel         with Serena Alberigo €8 B
360° €25 B                        14.00-15.30 Venetian mask-
                                  making for children aged 8+
Friday 15 February                with Serena Alberigo €10 B
13.15 Pop-Up Talk                 16.30-20.30 Thursday Lates
Saturday 16 February              17.30 & 18.30 Tours
12.30 Tour                        18.30 Chamber Concert
                                  Il Quartetto di Venezia Music of
13.30 Mindfulness Tour
                                  La Serenissima
14.30 Tour

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5.30pm on 13 December.                       Millennium Wing. T +353 (0) 1                exhibitions; a Members’ room;
Last entry 15 minutes before                 663 3518 E shop@ngi.ie                       special previews; talks and tours.
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Children should be accompanied               comprehensive bibliographic
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by an adult during their visit.              and archival collections. Mon–Fri:
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the Gallery.                                                                               hÉireann; osclaíodh don phobal é sa
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Booklet © NGI. All images are copyright of the National Gallery of Ireland unless otherwise credited. ISSN 0791-3892. Cover Image:
Canaletto (1697-1768), The Rialto Bridge from the North, c.1726-7. Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018
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