NEW PERSPECTIVES. ACQUISITIONS 2011–2020


11 May – 2 August 2021
Beit Wing

Discover a decade of new acquisitions – many on display for the first time – in New Perspectives. The Gallery holds Ireland’s national collection of art, a collection that is constantly growing and evolving through the addition of new works. These acquisitions augment and enrich the collection for the nation.

New Perspectives includes newly acquired Irish art, Western art, portraiture, works on paper, and archival material, featuring artists from Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) to Alice Neel (1900-1984), and Ilya Bolotowsky (1907–1981) to Mandy O’Neill (b.1968) Donald Teskey (b. 1956)

Works selected by Sean Rainbird

Curators | Janet McLean & Niamh MacNally

Donald Teskey Portrait of Lenny Abrahamson 2018 80x80cm oil on canvas Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland

Donald Teskey Portrait of Lenny Abrahamson 2018 80x80cm oil on canvas Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland