Art For Sale, Dublin
Where to find art for sale, Dublin
Finding art for sale in Dublin requires a little planning – certainly if you are to get the most from a short visit. There is plenty of art for sale at Francis Street, which is the heart of Dublin's fine art and antique trade. Three galleries located in this area:
The Bad Art Gallery
This relatively new gallery projects a fresh and vibrant atmosphere. Expect up to 200 paintings at a time to be on display.
The Cross Gallery
Established since in 1999 with the remit of providing a progressive new space to showcase contemporary art. The Cross Gallery displays a range of work by both established and up-and-coming artists.
Monster Truck Gallery and Studios
This interestingly named gallery seeks to showcase Ireland's most creative emerging artists.
Whilst Francis Street provides wide coverage, and encompasses both antiques and art, we also recommend four other galleries, located throughout the Dublin:
Kevin Kavanagh Gallery
This gallery had the vision to move into Temple Bar before its current incarnation as Dublin's official cultural quarter, and has reaped the benefits of doing so.
Hillsboro Fine Art
Based at 49 Parnell Square West, and founded in 1995. Hillsboro Fine Art is one of the leading 20th-century and contemporary gallery in Ireland.
The Apollo Gallery
Specializing in the work of artists living or born in Ireland. The Apollo Gallery is focused on introducing Irish art to an International Audience. You will find paintings, sculpture and prints for sale. Visit the Apollo gallery at 69 Main Street, Blackrock.
The Green On Red Gallery
Representing some great contemporary work, including both Irish and international artists. The gallery hosts 10-11 solo exhibitions and 1-2 group or thematic exhibitions per year. The Green on Red Gallery is located at 26-28 Lombard Street East.
Well known art galleries in Dublin
The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Royal Hospital, Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8. Established in 1990, IMMA is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art.
National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2. The National Galleries collection covers the period from the 14th century right up to the 20th century. In addition to the Irish art included in the collect, art from all major continental schools is featured. The Italian School is heavily represented, the French, Dutch, and Spanish Schools also feature strongly.
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Charlemont House, Parnell Square, Dublin 1. The galleries collection is formed from a founding donation provided by Sir Hugh Lane the successful art dealer and influential collector. The collection now features 2,000 high quality pieces of work, supplemented by temporary exhibitions, and completed by the reconstructed Francis Bacon Reece Mews Studio.
Art Events in Dublin
The Dublin Art Fair has been held annually since September 2008. It was the first galleries-only fair to be held in Ireland. The fair incorporates a mixture of Irish based galleries, galleries from the UK, and internationally-based galleries.
Artists associated with Dublin
Francis Bacon (1909-1992). Bacon’s character was not defined by a simple divide between good and bad moods, or even engaged and aloof. Bacon was professionally at home in environment most would find intolerably close and cluttered, and at the same time socially adept in front of an audience – being a great consumer of rich food and drink, and enjoying gambling. Layer in Bacon’s penchant for uncomfortable and macabre situations, and its little surprise that his reputation since his death has grown.
Stella Steyn (1907–1987). Born and initially schooled in Dublin before moving to France and Germany. Steyn studied at Alexandra College and the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, before moving to Académie Scandinave and at La Grande Chaumière. By 1931 she enrolled at the Bauhaus in Germany.