National Gallery of Ireland

The two young women who blazed a trail for modernism in Ireland

3 May 2025 9:00 am

In 1921, the sternly abstract cubist Albert Gleizes opened the door of his Parisian apartment to two young women in…

Why did this brilliant Irish artist fall off the radar?

28 October 2023 9:00 am

Sir John Lavery has always had a place in Irish affections. His depiction of his wife, Hazel, as the mythical…

Exceptional career woman, unexceptional painter: Lavinia Fontana, at the National Gallery of Ireland, reviewed

3 June 2023 9:00 am

Reviewing the Prado’s joint exhibition of Sofonisba Anguissola and Lavinia Fontana in the Art Newspaper three years ago, Brian Allen…