Taylor Galleries

Taylor Galleries Established in 1978, Taylor Galleries represents contemporary and 20th century Irish artists working in traditional and new media.

Taylor Galleries is a gallery based in Dublin that shows a selection of contemporary and 20th century Irish painting, sculpture, print and works on paper. Throughout the year Taylor Galleries mounts a series of solo exhibitions by gallery artists and two large group shows, one in August and one over the Christmas period. The gallery’s exhibition space is situated over two floors of a Georgian hous

e which dates from 1759. Please note that the gallery DOES NOT accept unsolicited submissions from artists. Taylor Galleries was founded by John Taylor in 1978 and a number of gallery artists were inherited from Leo Smith’s Dawson Gallery. The Dawson Gallery was established by Smith in 1944 at 4 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 following his departure from the Victor Waddington Gallery. John Taylor, who had worked with Smith since 1964, continued to run the Dawson Gallery until it closed in 1978, opening Taylor Galleries in its place in the same year at 6 Dawson Street. In 1990 Taylor Galleries relocated to smaller premises at 34 Kildare Street before moving up the road to the current space at 16 Kildare Street in 1996. Today Taylor Galleries is managed by John and his brother Patrick Taylor.

BANK HOLIDAY SATURDAY ☀️If you’re in the city today, drop by before 3pm and spend some time with two very different but ...
30/05/2026

BANK HOLIDAY SATURDAY ☀️

If you’re in the city today, drop by before 3pm and spend some time with two very different but equally compelling exhibitions.

At Taylor Galleries, Makiko Nakamura presents a series of richly layered abstract paintings, where colour, texture and gesture combine to create immersive, atmospheric works that reveal new details with every viewing.

Upstairs in TAYLOR TWO, Niamh Porter showcases exquisitely painted still lifes, transforming familiar objects through extraordinary attention to light, form and surface.

Two distinct approaches to painting. Two exhibitions worth lingering with.

Open today until 3pm.

Image 1: Makiko Nakamura, Liffey sunset, 2026, Pigments + metal leaf on paper, 30 x 30 cm

Image 2: Niamh Porter, Birdhouse, 2026, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm (Detail of a painting, not shown in full)

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Delighted to announce that Taylor Galleries now represents the work of Nick Miller.One of Ireland’s most respected conte...
22/05/2026

Delighted to announce that Taylor Galleries now represents the work of Nick Miller.

One of Ireland’s most respected contemporary artists, Miller’s practice moves fluidly between portrait, landscape and still life—always grounded in direct, lived encounter. Working across painting, drawing, film and sculpture, his work carries a rare intensity, attentive to the “charge” of life as it unfolds.

Born in London in 1962, Nick Miller moved to Ireland in 1984 and has been based in Co. Sligo since the early 1990s. He is a member of Aosdána and recipient of the inaugural Hennessy Portrait Award (2014, National Gallery of Ireland). His work has been exhibited widely, including solo presentations at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the RHA, the New York Studio School, and the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris, and is held in major public and institutional collections.

We are very pleased to be working with him and to share more of his practice in the coming months.

Image: Nick Miller in his studio.

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21/04/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening and book launch of Bernadette Kiely’s () exhibition and book launch.

We Look at the World Once, also the title of her new book — invites you into more than three decades of artistic practice, expressed through beautifully textured, deeply considered drawings.

The exhibition runs until May 2nd, make sure to stop by, take it in, and experience the work up close.

We’re at Art Evolve .ie, RDS Dublin this weekend. Stop by and say hello — you’ll find a selection of our artists on dis...
27/03/2026

We’re at Art Evolve .ie, RDS Dublin this weekend.

Stop by and say hello — you’ll find a selection of our artists on display.

Pictured here Lawrence Taylor , with works on the walls by Ann Quinn , Diarmuid Breen , Patricia Burns , Louise Neiland , Beatrice O’Connell and Mary Lohan

05/03/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us this evening for the opening of Flowers Inside the Fire by Regine Bartsch

We look forward to welcoming you back tomorrow at 1pm, when the artist will be in the gallery to share insights into the exhibition.

Pierre and Alexis le Brocquy have asked us to share the details of their mother Anne Madden’s funeral arrangements.Anne’...
27/12/2025

Pierre and Alexis le Brocquy have asked us to share the details of their mother Anne Madden’s funeral arrangements.

Anne’s service will be held at Newman University Church, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, on Monday, 29 December 2025 at 12 noon.

We hold Anne and her family in our thoughts at this time.

Final stop on the Christmas tour 🎄We’re delighted to feature Gallery + invited artists in the first-floor back room, wit...
24/12/2025

Final stop on the Christmas tour 🎄
We’re delighted to feature Gallery + invited artists in the first-floor back room, with a special highlight of brand new, never seen before work by Martin Gale . Tags where possible — get in touch for more info and HAPPY CHRISTMAS from all at Taylors!

Up we go ☝🏼 first-floor front room 🎄The walls here are doing all the talking, featuring beautiful works by our Gallery +...
23/12/2025

Up we go ☝🏼 first-floor front room 🎄
The walls here are doing all the talking, featuring beautiful works by our Gallery + invited artists. Artists are tagged where possible, get in touch if you’d like to know more about any piece.

We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of our gallery artist Anne Madden, who died yesterday.Anne was a...
22/12/2025

We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of our gallery artist Anne Madden, who died yesterday.

Anne was a remarkable painter whose work explored memory, light, and the profound cycles of life and death. Representing Ireland at the Biennale de Paris in 1965, elected to Aosdána, and honoured internationally for her contribution to art, her legacy is vast and enduring.

It was a privilege to work with Anne and exhibit her work for more than 50 years. Our thoughts are with her sons Pierre and Alexis and her extended family at this difficult time.

Anne’s funeral service will be held at Newman University Church, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, on Monday, 29 December 2025 at 12 noon.

Our stairs and landing are alive with beautiful paintings from gallery and invited artists as part of our Winter Group E...
22/12/2025

Our stairs and landing are alive with beautiful paintings from gallery and invited artists as part of our Winter Group Exhibition. Come take the tour 👀. Artists tagged (where possible)

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