Part 1 of this year’s AFI will be screened on 6 October at 18:30 in @arccinema.bsky.social Featuring 7 short films from around the world including Cork’s own Elinor O'Donovan, this year's theme, 'Dream States', challenges perceptions of reality. Tickets are free, book at the link below!

On World Alzheimer’s Day, we’re shining a light on Lonradh, one of our ongoing offsite programmes for older adults experiencing memory loss, as well as their families and carers. Led by artist facilitators Gillian Cussen and Inge Van Doorslaer, the programme focuses on the sharing of... 1/3

Happy #CultureNight2025! We’re sad our redevelopment means Crawford Art Gallery can’t take part this year, but we’re marking it with a #FlashbackFriday to Culture Nights past. Enjoy the festivities—we’ll be back once Transforming Crawford Art Gallery is complete! #CrawfordArtGallery

💕 Last hoorah! I’m excited to be giving another free public tour of Grá at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre this Thursday lunchtime. So why not join me for a deep dive into this lovingly curated exhibition at 1pm! All welcome, no booking required. Grá must close this Saturday 20 September!

Come and meet the team from the National Museum of Ireland at the National Ploughing Championships, Screggan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, taking place from 16th to 18th September 2025. www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/T...

Part 1 of this year’s AFI will be screened on 6 October at 18:30 in @arccinema.bsky.social! Featuring 7 short films from around the world including Cork’s own Elinor O'Donovan, who will hold an insightful Q&A with Dawn Williams, Crawford Art Gallery curator. Tickets are free, book at the link below!

🚨 FINAL WEEK 🚨 This coming week is your last chance to catch Grá, a loved-filled exhibition in the heart of West Cork, which The Irish Times gives 4 stars! Grá runs at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen until 20 September. Read all about it: www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...

Crawford Art Gallery are delighted to bring Artists’ Film International back to Cork inOctober with a free event at @arccinemacork! We have selected Cork’s own Elinor O'Donovan to represent Ireland on the international stage with her work ‘Wild Geese 2: Wilder Geese’ (2023).

🍂 We’re feeling the autumn vibes with this enchanting landscape! View of Bartholomew Sullivan’s Paper Mill (c.1790) by Nathaniel Grogan depicts an industrial complex, located either on the Shournagh or Dripsey rivers. 👉 It’s one of 11 works currently on loan to Doneraile Court. Plan your visit!

It’s World Beard Day! There are a number of dapper gentlemen in our collection with beards worth celebrating, including a portrait of the first curator of Crawford Art Gallery, John O’Mahony (last image).

September morning… 🍂 As the season spreads out before us, we’re dreaming of a long autumn and crisp, bright days.

⏳ FINAL 2 WEEKS ⌛️ CASIMIR MARKIEVICZ: A Polish Artist in Bohemian Dublin (1903-1913), comes to a close at Dublin Castle on 14 September. We have been delighted to loan the artist’s painting, Russian Cottage (1909), for this fascinating exhibition. Plan your visit 🗓️🎟️🏰 @opwireland.bsky.social

🎨 Happy Birthday, Mr Yeats! Jack B. Yeats was born #onthisday in 1871 and, to mark the occasion, we’re sharing one of the first works by the artist to enter the collection.

2025 marks 100 years since we acquired The Goldfish Bowl (c.1900) by Walter Osborne. We are delighted to loan this charming work to the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art (University of Notre Dame, IN) for HOMECOMING: Walter Osborne's Portraits of Dublin, 1880-1900. The exhibition runs until 7 December.

It's the last few weeks to catch the show I co-curated with @katymilligan.bsky.social at Dublin Castle! I’ll be giving a public lecture on Weds 3rd Sept on the lives and art of Casimir and Constance Markievicz in turn-of-the-century Dublin. Tix free but limited: www.eventbrite.ie/e/public-lec...

In case you missed it... 👀 🗣️ Yesterday, members of the public joined Chiara Chillè and Michael Waldron for a #HeritageWeek talk on conserving Edith Somerville's The Goose Girl (1888). 🗓️ A free online version will be presented at 1pm today. 🎟️ Register here: crawfordartgallery.ie/preserving-l...

Irish revolutionary and political leader #MichaelCollins died on 22 August 1922. As his anniversary approaches, there’s no better time to connect with his life and legacy at Michael Collins House in Clonakilty, Co. Cork. We’re proud to loan Séamus Murphy’s plaster bust of Collins to the museum.

This exhibition opens tomorrow at Notre Dame’s Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. We’re proud to be one of the partners who made it possible. ▶️ See more details here: raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu/explore/exhi... @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social @katymilligan.bsky.social

Happy #HeritageWeek2025 🌿🎭 🏛️ This year’s theme is all about exploring our foundations and the building blocks – landscapes, structures, and cultural activities – that have shaped us. 🎨 We’re turning back the clock 275 years to an iconic view of our city. 🔍 Can you spot some key landmarks!?

🎨 Crawford Supported Studios member Tom O’Sullivan recently spent time at Greywood Arts and exploring Glenbower Wood. His visit was assisted by artist-mentor Róisín O’Sullivan and made possible by a Cork City Council Visibility Bursary Pilot Award, supported also by @artscouncilireland.bsky.social.

🍴Bon appétit! We’re excited for the return of #CorkOnAForkFest (13-17 August), a celebration of our city’s food culture, culinary excellence, dining experiences, and the quality local produce that sustains it all. 🥗 Wishing all of this year's participants and attendees a brilliant festival!

It’s great to see the Crawford Stalwarts rehung in a new context. Especially Fiona Shaw up close

There’s a beacon of love in West Cork this summer! In fact, there are only six weeks left to visit that beautiful beacon, an exhibition called Grá that features more than 50 artworks from the collection. So why not plan your visit to Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen before 20 September!

Happy Birthday #RoyKeane! We’re celebrating with our iconic portrait of the celebrated soccer player, coach, pundit, and son of Cork by Murdo MacLeod. Read its fascinating backstory here: crawfordartgallery.ie/work-of-the-...

🐈 Happy #InternationalCatDay from some of our favourite felines 🐈‍⬛

Charles Dickens, Sarah Bernhardt, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Doyle... @corkoperahouse.bsky.social has borne witness to so many memorable performers and performances down through the years. This year is our wonderful neighbour's 170th anniversary so please join us in toasting their continued success!

To mark the 250th anniversary of Daniel O'Connell's birth, we're sharing a close-up detail of Hibernia and Brian Boroimhe (1855) by John Hogan. The sculptor was among those who 'crowned' The Liberator with a green velvet and gold Milesian cap during his 'monster meeting' at Mullaghmast in 1843.

🗓️ Final Week! MAINIE JELLETT AND EVIE HONE. The Art of Friendship must close @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social this Sunday 10 August. We're delighted to have loaned 5 works to the exhibition, including St Hubert, a small stained-glass piece by Evie Hone. 2025 marks the artist's 70th anniversary.

We are deeply saddened by the death of Seán Rocks. Seán brought art and artists into people’s lives with his distinctive voice. He held space for all creative people and is a huge loss to Irish arts and broadcasting. Our condolences to his family and friends. Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.

We’re marking #InternationalTigerDay with this cartoon by American artist Alfred Bendiner (1899-1964). Tigers – and other big cats – were once a staple of circuses around the world, but protective legislation and greater awareness of their wellbeing has reduced this in recent times.

🗺️ Where in the world!? Did you know: River to the Sea (1959) by Norah McGuinness is one of 14 works of Irish art from the collection currently on loan to at Hillsborough Castle. 👉 So why not plan your visit and seek out familiar paintings in the State Drawing Room! Check venue for visitor info.

Such a pleasure to be part of the group who curated the Grá exhibition with @michaelwaldron.bsky.social @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social and Uilinn: West Cork Arts Centre - great fun and queer camaraderie all the way! Check it out if you’re down this way over the coming months:

‘It’s a landmark moment for us, to be hosting this wonderful event, and taking up cultural space.’ Read all about it! We're loving the buzz for Grá, an exhibition celebrating love in all its forms at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... @irishexaminer.bsky.social

🏛️ Continuing our Touring & Sharing journey with the collection, we’re stopping off at Doneraile Court in County Cork! This outstanding Irish Georgian house is managed by @opwireland.bsky.social and features an exhibition on the celebrated Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen, the subject of this portrait.

We are saddened by the passing of William Harrington (1941-2025). Beginning his art studies in our building in 1955, he went on to illustrate Séamus Murphy's Stone Mad, this year's One City One Book. He is represented in the collection by an ink drawing of Dalton's Avenue (1981), which we cherish.

🎨 Curious where to find works from the collection? Dublin Castle’s current exhibition, CASIMIR MARKIEVICZ: A Polish Artist in Bohemian Dublin (1903-1913), features this painting by the Polish artist which depicts a thatched cottage near his family’s estate at Żywotówka in present-day Ukraine.

💞 On Saturday, in Skibbereen, we recharged our love batteries with the launch of Grá! 🏳️‍🌈 A partnership between Crawford Art Gallery, Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, and Salt & Pepper art collective with Toma McCullim, this exhibition celebrates love in all its forms. 💗 Now open until 20 September!

Michael Warren (1950-2025) We are deeply saddened by the passing of Michael Warren, whose remarkable explorations in sculptural and material form leave an ambitious presence in our shared artistic landscape.

🇫🇷 On y va! Did you know that Evie Hone painted this watercolour in 1947 during a visit to her friend, Albert Gleizes at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence? It currently features in MAINIE JELLETT AND EVIE HONE. The Art of Friendship, which runs @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social until 10 August.

💞 Only one week until Grá opens at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre! Celebrating love in all its forms, this very special partnership with Uillinn and Salt & Pepper Collective, with Toma McCullim, features more than 50 works from the collection. 💘 Grá opens at 2pm Saturday 12 July. All welcome!

🎶 Heavenly music! In this print, the soprano Elizabeth Ann Linley (1754-1792) is presented in the guise of St Cecilia, patron saint of music, playing the organ. On account of her voice, Linley was nicknamed ‘the Saint’ by theatre director David Garrick.

'The Quiet Room', St John's Wood (1929) by Sir George Clausen (Crawford Art Gallery)

We’re excited to announce a very special partnership with Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre and Salt & Pepper, West Cork's elder LGBTQI+ art collective. Celebrating love in all its forms, the upcoming exhibition, Grá, features 55 artworks from Crawford Art Gallery’s collection.

To start the week, we’re sharing this fantastic musical scene by Harry Clarke! Soon, up Aloft, the Silver, Snarling Trumpets 'gan to Chide (c.1923) gives us the best seat in the house, as we are placed front and centre before the artist’s strange septet or musical ensemble.

“To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher.” Today is #Bloomsday, the annual celebration of James Joyce’s Ulysses (1922)! For the day that’s in it, we’re sharing Louis le Brocquy’s iconic portrait of the author.

Today is #RedRoseDay, and we’re sharing one of our visitor favourites, The Red Rose by John Lavery! 🌹 The Red Rose (1923) is one of the most recognisable portraits John Lavery made of his wife and fellow painter, Hazel Lavery.

Did you know that the model for Leo Whelan’s The Fiddler was not a musician at all but a house painter from Dublin’s north inner city? Exhibited here in November 1935, it’s tempting to think that Whelan may have had in mind the words of W.B. Yeats’ poem, “The Fiddler of Dooney”.

For #WorldOceanDay and #OceansMW, we’re diving into the collection to explore how some Irish artists have connected with the sea through their work. Come with us!

‘The land outside Bowen’s Court windows left prints on my ancestors’ eyes that looked out: perhaps their eyes left, also, prints on the scene? If so, those prints were part of the scene to me.’ Born on this day in 1899, Elizabeth Bowen posed for this portrait shortly before her home was demolished.

🚲 To celebrate #WorldBicycleDay and #MuseumWeek’s theme of movement, we’re taking a ride back in time. This photograph, taken outside the Gallery around 1930, captures not just a man and his bicycle, but a moment of everyday life in motion.