Crawford Art Gallery

03/09/2026

❗️TÁIMID AG EARCÚ❗️

Tá Gailearaí Ealaíne Crawford ag lorg Ceannasaí Cláreagraithe & Bailiúcháin!

Glacfar le hiarratais go dtí Dé hAoine 2 Deireadh Fómhair.

Le haghaidh tuilleadh eolais, tabhair cuairt ar https://crawfordartgallery.ie/vacancies-gaeilge/

❗️WE’RE HIRING❗️

Crawford Art Gallery is seeking a Head of Programming & Collection!

Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 2 October.

For more information, visit https://crawfordartgallery.ie/vacancies/

02/09/2026

We’re delighted to welcome John Kingston to Crawford Art Gallery as our new Head of Finance!

Originally from Cork, John is a Chartered Accountant who has spent most of his career in the not-for-profit sector, including 13 years with Fota Wildlife Park. John also worked in the leisure and hospitality industry, notably The Lodge at Doonbeg. His extensive experience of significant capital projects makes him an ideal fit for Crawford as we undergo Transforming Crawford Art Gallery!

Outside of work, John enjoys sports and the outdoors, and has coached children’s soccer and GAA for many years.

Welcome to Crawford, John!



Image courtesy of John Kingston.

01/09/2026

It is with deep sadness that we have learned of the passing of the incomparable Elmarie Mawe.

Elmarie was a stalwart supporter of the arts. Through her radio work on The Arts House with her husband, Conor Tallon, she platformed and profiled artists, musicians, writers, and creative professionals across all disciplines. Deftly switching between guests and artforms, even languages, she was the joyful, magnetic voice of Sunday mornings in Cork and beyond.

We cherish the times we had with Elmarie. We fondly remember her warm responses to Conor’s Work of the Week segment and when she chose Portrait of Fiona Shaw (2002) by Victoria Russell in our final exhibition before closing for redevelopment. Like her hero, Fiona, Elmarie was the gold standard, a consummate professional, and is synonymous with celebrating the arts.

On behalf of all at Crawford Art Gallery, we wish to extend our heartfelt sympathies to Conor, to Elmarie’s family and friends, and legions of admirers.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis.

31/08/2026

That’s a wrap on August, and our foods of the month theme!

We’re finishing on a lively note, with a couple of culinary fan-favourites from the collection: Geraldine O’Neill’s ‘Still Life – Leeks and Red Cabbage’ and Séamus Murphy’s ‘Mary Anne, The Onion Seller’.

Geraldine O’Neill’s still-life brings her vibrant watermelon front-and-centre in a sumptuous, almost stage-like setting, while Mary Anne and her onions are a celebration of the street traders that once thronged Coal Quay Market – a bronze cast version of the statue can be found on Cornmarket Street, where the open markets once hummed.



Images:
-CAG.2330 Geraldine O’Neill, Still Life – Leeks and Red Cabbage, oil on canvas, 91.5 x 122 cm. Great Southern Collection, 2006. © the artist.
-CAG.2516 Séamus Murphy, Mary Anne, The Onion Seller, 1937, plaster, 97 cm. Presented, Séamus Murphy Family, 2006.

30/08/2026

❗️TÁIMID AG EARCÚ❗️

Tá Gailearaí Ealaíne Crawford ag lorg Ceannasaí Rannpháirtíochta Pobail!

Glacfar le hiarratais go dtí Dé Céadaoin 23 Meán Fómhair.

Le haghaidh tuilleadh eolais, tabhair cuairt ar https://crawfordartgallery.ie/vacancies-gaeilge/

❗️WE’RE HIRING❗️

Crawford Art Gallery is seeking a Head of Public Engagement!

Closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday 23 September.

For more information, visit https://crawfordartgallery.ie/vacancies/

29/08/2026

Happy Birthday, Jack B. Yeats!

Coming from one of Ireland’s most noted creative families, Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957) was the fourth son of artist John Butler Yeats and the brother of poet William Butler Yeats. Jack grew up in the home of his grandparents in Sligo, a part of the country he would be drawn to for the rest of his life.

Crawford Art Gallery is proud to have several of Jack B. Yeats' works in the collection, but for the month that's in it, we're celebrating his birthday with 'Shelling Peas in Moore Street' (1936)!



Image:
CAG.2769 Jack B. Yeats, Shelling Peas in Moore Street, 1936, oil on board, 22 x 35.5 cm. Presented to the State, 2012 (AIB Art Collection). © the artist's estate.

28/08/2026

❗️WE’RE HIRING❗️

Crawford Art Gallery is seeking a Head of Programming & Collection!

Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 2 October.

For more information, visit https://crawfordartgallery.ie/vacancies/

❗️TÁIMID AG EARCÚ❗️

Tá Gailearaí Ealaíne Crawford ag lorg Ceannasaí Cláreagraithe & Bailiúcháin!

Glacfar le hiarratais go dtí Dé hAoine 2 Deireadh Fómhair.

Le haghaidh tuilleadh eolais, tabhair cuairt ar https://crawfordartgallery.ie/vacancies-gaeilge/

27/08/2026

🎉🙌

Eight months into construction, it’s no surprise that Cork’s beloved Crawford Art Gallery is turning up some surprises 😮

More this way 👇👇👇

26/08/2026

There’s a lot happening at Crawford! We’re excited to give you an inside look at our progress so far.

Over 7 months into construction, the work is going very well. Alongside essential work to protect these much-loved buildings for generations, the redevelopment will enhance everything people love about Crawford while creating a gallery of international standard in the heart of Cork.

Opening up a historic building always brings surprises. So far, that’s included old library tickets, summons letters, cigarette packets, hidden fireplaces, and the original craftsmen's markings on timbers. Each discovery is being carefully documented, with archaeologists on site throughout to help preserve the building's story.

Work is also underway on the building's façade. Windows, brickwork, slates, and railings are all being restored, the clock is undergoing conservation, and piling has been completed for the new extension.

The extension will transform the visitor experience with new public spaces, collection storage, a Learn & Explore Centre, additional galleries, a new restaurant, improved accessibility and remarkable new views across the city.

The question we get most is, "When are you reopening?" Progress has been smooth so far and if that continues, we anticipate handover of the building back to us in mid-2028, with reopening expected later that year.

While the building is closed, our team is planning events, conserving artworks, researching provenance, digitising archives, planning exhibitions, rebranding, coordinating our Touring and Sharing programme, and preparing for reopening.

We are thankful for the support shown to us by the Government of Ireland, the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, the OPW - Office of Public Works, and for the excellent work by Grafton Architects and PJ Hegarty & Sons.

Until our next update, here’s a glimpse behind the scrim as we work carefully, collaboratively and with great ambition to create the Crawford that Cork deserves.

Read more: https://crawfordartgallery.ie/redevelopment-main-page/



Photo 1: Darragh Kane
Photos 2-7:Jed Niezgoda
Photo 8: Courtesy of Grafton Architects
Photos 9-10: Mary McCarthy

25/08/2026

UPCOMING EVENT! 📣

Join us this Thursday on the last day of Artists Film International 2026 for a special In Conversation event with Crawford Art Gallery’s selected artist Thaís Muniz and Dr Eve Olney, discussing Muniz’s film The Kite Ballet!

📍 Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin St
🕐 Thursday 27 August, 13:00
🎟 Free, no booking required

Screenings of this week's films will run before the event starting at 10:00 and finishing at 15:30, so stick around for those as well!

Artists' Film International 2026 is curated by Forma in collaboration with arts organisations, who present the programme around the world.



Image 2: by Rafael Ramos