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Fun fact!
Oscar Wilde's grave was designed by Jacob Epstein, the artist behind our bronze bust of Deirdre, which we acquired in 1955 through the #GibsonBequest.
View this alongside sculptural works by Gerda Frömel, Oliver Sheppard, and others on Floor 1. https://t.co/HUrQYa1ep4
REMINDER: Thursday Club is back!
Resuming 2-4pm on 13th Feb, this weekly club for older adults includes a tour, tea and a chat, and an art-making session.
€30 for 10 sessions. Booking is essential!
Contact:
021 4907862/emmaklemencic@crawfordartgallery.ie
📸: Julie Forrester
We were delighted to open the doors on #ZurichPortraitPrize and #ZurichYoungPortraitPrize yesterday.
Thanks to all our guests for your valued support, especially Sean Rainbird (Director, @NGIreland), Neil Freshwater (CEO, @Zurich_Irl), and the artists!
Open daily | Free entry
As President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos embarks on his State visit to Ireland, here are some Greek connections from the collection:
Socrates & Belvedere Torso
James Barry's Diagorides Victors
E.F. Bond's studio
Derek Hill's Sailing to Byzantium - Mount Athos
For our final WORK OF THE WEEK of the year we bring you a powerful image of harmony.
The Goddess Concordia (c.1816) by #AntonioCanova follows the ancient tradition of female personifications and recently became the 16,000th object to be added to @Scan_The_World! #RecastingCanova
Wet weather but make it Art.
Atmospheric artworks from the collection:
Norman Ackroyd, Galway Bay (1998)
Patrick Collins, Rainy Landscape (n.d.)
Alfred Bendiner, Horse and Carriage on a Rainy Day (1963)
Social shots from our preview of DAPHNE WRIGHT: A quiet mutiny.
Thanks to all who made it such a special evening, including Kate Brindley, curator @Dew_Willi_ams, @FrithStreet, @Crawfordartcafe, and of course, artist Daphne Wright!
The exhibition is open daily.
#AQuietMutiny
Like #HarryClarke? Love this week's Friends Talk!
Marie Mullan will discuss the artist's celebrated and 'controversial' Geneva Window, which represents Ireland's Literary Revival, at 12.30pm this Friday.
Admission €5 | Third Level students free with valid ID
All welcome! #Cork
Archive Mystery Klaxon!
We need your help with the identity of this large cartoon (detail pictured) in our archive. Do you recognise the figure it depicts or the artist's hand?
Our research suggests a 19th century date with a possible literary or musical theme. Any ideas?
CÓNAL CREEDON: Come along with me through the streets of Cork
@friendsCAGcork invite you on a virtual tour of #Cork with one of our most beloved writers, @ConalCreedon, at 12:30pm this Friday. Sure to be enlightening!
Admission €5 | All welcome!
Image © Eileen Healy, 2007