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National Culture Programme Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union January — June 2013 National Culture Programme January — June 2013 Contents 2 Minister’s Foreword Cultural Institutions 6 National Gallery of Ireland 10 National Museum of Ireland 12 National Library of Ireland 14 Irish Museum of Modern Art 16 Crawford Art Gallery 18 National Concert Hall 20 Chester Beatty Library 22 The National Archives 24 Royal Hibernian Academy 26 Royal Irish Academy 27 Irish Film Board Arts Council 30 January 34 February 40 March 46 April 56 May 68 June Appendix 78 Useful Links The National Culture Programme for the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union has been programmed by the National Cultural Institutions of Ireland under the auspices of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Welcome The Culture Connects National Programme is a wide and varied The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon element of the programme programme engaging artists and citizens in Ireland with artists and celebrates and encourages artistic partnership and co-operation colleagues based elsewhere in Europe. It is a key element in Ireland’s across international boundaries in Europe, and recognises international plans to celebrate our Presidency of the Council of the European Union artistic exchange and transnational cultural cooperation as important in the first six months of 2013. This Presidency also coincides with the dimensions of Irish arts. Each of these special initiatives will connect 40th anniversary of Ireland’s membership of the European Union. Its artists, arts participants, volunteers and audiences in Ireland with counterpart is the Culture Connects International Programme. Together people and places all over Europe. It will highlight the centrality of they constitute a culture programme of wide domestic and international cultural connections. appeal and reach. In addition, the activities showcased at the National Cultural Institutions The Culture Connects National Programme features a unique will provide opportunities for international and domestic visitors alike to combination of events presented under the auspices of my Department experience our rich and shared culture. by Ireland’s National Cultural Institutions (including, the National Gallery of Ireland, the National Concert Hall, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, I wish the artists, arts organisations, community partners and Jimmy Deenihan, TD Crawford Art Gallery Cork and the National Library of Ireland) together participants involved in this National Programme every success. I hope Minister for Arts, Heritage with a programme co-ordinated by the Arts Council of Ireland/An that they will continue to incorporate European artistic exchange, and the Gaeltacht Chomhairle Ealaíon of over 90 innovative, contemporary arts occasions influence and collaboration into their practice and contribute their and projects taking place countrywide. unique perspective in transnational initiatives that will enable arts and culture in Europe to flourish. Through Culture Connects the Irish Government sets out to enhance artistic creation, participation and provision for audiences at home I hope that citizens will enjoy the many artistic events taking place in and abroad. We want to communicate with audiences across the Ireland during the Presidency. country, convey the visibility of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and instil a sense of ownership and connection I want to encourage everyone to avail of the opportunities to become throughout this important six-month period. involved and to be connected by the exciting range of activities on offer for the period of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union The Culture Connects National Programme covers a vast range of artistic endeavour the length and breadth of the country. It will include special European focused exhibitions, events and conferences hosted in our cultural institutions. It will showcase the connections with a contemporary Europe, as well as the historic influences. It will also underscore those layered and somewhat subtle relationships. Jimmy Deenihan, TD Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. 3 National Cultural Institutions National Cultural The Culture Connects National Programme features a unique combination of activities and events presented by Ireland’s National Cultural Institutions – the National Gallery of Ireland, the National Concert Hall, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Crawford Art Gallery Cork, National Library of Ireland, National Museum of Ireland, Chester Beatty Library, National Archives of Ireland, Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board as well as the Royal Hibernian Academy, and the Royal Irish Academy. The activities showcased at these venues will provide opportunities for international and domestic visitors alike to experience our rich shared culture. 5 National Gallery of Ireland JMW Turner (1775-1851) Passau, Germany, at the Confluence of the Rivers Inn and Danube, 1840 Photo © National Gallery of Ireland Art Surpassing Nature: Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/29-1682) The Castle of Bentheim, 1653 Dutch Landscapes in the Age Photo © National Gallery of Ireland of Rembrandt and Ruisdael JMW Turner at the National Gallery of Ireland Until 20 January 2013. Admission free 1 – 31 January 2013. Admission free The National Gallery of Ireland houses some of the finest landscapes by In 1900, the National Gallery of Ireland accepted Dutch seventeenth century artists. This a bequest of 31 watercolours and drawings exhibition highlights the scope and by JMW Turner RA (1775-1851) from the English quality of the collection with works by collector Henry Vaughan. His prized Turner Jacob van Ruisdael, Rembrandt van Rijn, watercolours were divided between the National Meindert Hobbema, Aelbert Cuyp and Galleries in London, Dublin and Edinburgh. Hendrick Avercamp. Vaughan was very aware of how delicate and light-sensitive watercolours are. For this reason, he stipulated that the Turner works be displayed The Sketchbooks of Jack B. Yeats, in January only, when the natural light levels are 1897–1955 at their lowest. Although technologies in museum 2 February – 5 May 2013. lighting have advanced in recent years, the Admission free National Gallery of Ireland continues to adhere to the conditions of the bequest by showing these This exhibition brings together a significant luminous watercolours for one month only each selection of Jack B. Yeats’s personal sketchbooks. year. This exhibition includes the entire Vaughan These sketchbooks were an integral part of the Bequest, in addition to 5 other watercolours personal sketchbooks of Jack B. Yeats’s artistic acquired in recent years, and a selection of practice and he drew regularly upon them for Turner’s Liber Studiorum prints. inspiration for both the subject matter and composition of his more formal oil paintings. The exhibition includes a digital engagement element giving visitors access to a selection of sketchbooks, photographs and letters from the 7 Yeats’ Archive. National Gallery of Ireland Thomas Imagining the Divine: Gainsborough (1727-1788) A The Holy Family in Art Shepherd Driving a Flock of Sheep Until 1 April 2013 through a Wood, Admission free c.1760 Photo © National Gallery of An exhibition depicting the early life Ireland of Christ, featuring 13 paintings and drawings, with works by Lorenzo di Credi, Guercino, Murillo and Fra Bartolommeo. Highlights include The Dawn of Christianity: The Rest on the Flight into Egypt by JMW Turner, on loan from the Ulster Museum, and an early Renaissance painted relief of the Virgin and Child from the workshop of Florentine sculptor, Lorenzo Ghiberti. Imagining the Divine: The Holy Family in Art Fra Bartolommeo (1472-1517) The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist Photo © National Gallery of Ireland Essential Ireland: A Mini Tour 6 April – 28 July 2013 Treasured Sheets: European Admission free Works from the Collection To mark The Gathering Ireland 2013, the National Gallery of Ireland brings 16 February – 28 April 2013 together paintings and drawings of Admission free historic locations in Ireland including A display of some 50 drawings and prints views of major cities Dublin, Cork, Galway, highlights the richness and scope of the Gallery’s Waterford and Derry. collection of European works on paper. It features old master drawings, landscapes, still life, portraits and prints spanning the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries, with works by Mantegna, Degas, Watteau, Rossetti and Gainsborough. Nathaniel Hone II (1831-1917) The Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, c.1890 Photo © National Gallery of Ireland This exhibition is presented as part of the Culture Programme of the EU Presidency. HOW TO FIND US OPENING HOURS National Gallery of Ireland, Clare Street, Monday – Saturday 9.30am-5.30pm; Dublin 2 (entrance via Millennium Wing). Thursday 9.30am-8.30pm; Sunday 12pm- Telephone +353 (0)1 661 5133. 5.30pm. Public Holidays: 10am-5.30pm. www.nationalgallery.ie Closed Good Friday (29 March 2013). 9 National Museum of Ireland ‘Tara’ Brooch. Gilt silver with gold filigree, amber and polychrome glass studs. Found near Bettystown, Co. Meath. 8th century. Ardagh Chalice. Silver, engraved and partly gilt, with studs and inlays of amber, polychrome glass and enamel and crystal. Found at Ardagh, Co. Limerick. 8th century. La bataille de Fontenoy, 11th May 1745, Three-legged six-gallon pot. Cast iron. Pierre Lenfant (1704-1787) v. 1750-1760 Of a type which would have been used © Musée de