Piet Mondrian was enthralled by modernity and, across the span of his life, encountered it in some of the great cities of the world: Amsterdam, Paris, London and New York. The musical cultures of jazz and dance held particular resonance for him and so, as part of the National Gallery of Ireland's celebration of Mondrian’s work, we invited Emilie Conway, a contemporary jazz artist, to engage with this important aspect of his life and career.

Emilie’s research over the course of this project has resulted in a series of fascinating podcasts in which she discusses the development of Mondrian’s work in the context of the musical soundscapes of his age. The episodes are interspersed with musical vignettes, and include contributions from her musical collaborators, Johnny Taylor (piano) and Barry Donohue (bass).

This podcast was produced to celebrate the Mondrian exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland. You can find out more here: https://www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artists/exhibitions/mondrian/special-project-music

A full transcript of this podcast is available here: https://www.nationalgallery.ie/sites/default/files/2021-04/music-for-mondrian-part-1-transcript.pdf

Image: Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), Composition with grid 8: checkerboard composition with dark colors, 1919. Courtesy of Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands

Music for Mondrian: Part One

A recording of a paper given at the UCD Centre for War Studies in March 2014. The paper, The Irish Revolutionary Generation, was given by Professor Roy Foster. 

Prof. Roy Foster (University of Oxford) is the Carroll Professor of Irish History at Hertford College Oxford and has written widely on Irish history, society and politics in the modern period, as well as on Victorian high politics and culture; the authorised biography of Yeats; Ireland in the late 20th Century; and currently the Irish revolutionary generation of 1890-1920, subject of his 2012 Ford Lectures, and a forthcoming book (2014). He is also a well known broadcaster, cultural commentator and critic.

Professor Foster was introduced by the Director of the UCD Centre for War Studies, Professor Robert Gerwarth. 

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A History of Ireland in Objects
Fintan O’Toole (Journalist, Literary Editor, and Irish Times) explores how artworks and objects reveal the paradoxes and complexities of collective identity and provoke important questions of our past. O’Toole draws on his Irish Times series 'A history of Ireland in 100 Objects', in which to show how neglected or lovingly restored objects manifest the evolving representation and perceptions of Irish history and culture. 

This talk too place on 16 December 2014 at IMMA and was programmed in conjunction with IMMA exhibition Trove. 

Image credits:(l-r) Fossil shark tooth Carcharodon megalodon, USA Natural History Collection © National Museum of Ireland and John Comerford Robert Emmet (1778-1803), c.1803. Watercolour on ivory in a silver-gilt pendant. 6.5 x 5.7 cm. Presented, 1969 National Gallery of Ireland Collection ©National Gallery of Ireland

Lunchtime Lecture | Fintan O Toole

Duncan Campbell, Turner Prize winner 2014, talks to Dr Maeve Connolly (IADT)about his current exhibition at IMMA (8 November 2014 - 29 March 2015).

This talk took place on 31 January 2015, IMMA.

In Conversation | Duncan Campbell + Maeve Connolly, 2015

This discussion addressed the key factors that determine the objects we choose to collect for our national collections in relation to the exhibition Trove. This discussion was chaired by Catriona Crowe (Senior Archivist, Special Projects National Archives of Ireland). Panelists included Christina Kennedy (IMMA), Nigel Monaghan (National History Museum) Anne Hodge (National Gallery, Dublin) Clodagh Doyle (NMI - Country Life) and Nessa O’Connor (National Museum Ireland). 

This talk took place on 28 January, 2015, IMMA.
                                                                                                                  
Image credits: (l-r) Fossil shark tooth Carcharodon megalodon, USA Natural History Collection  Copyright National Museum of Ireland and John Comerford Robert Emmet (1778-1803), c.1803. Watercolour on ivory in a silver-gilt pendant. 6.5 x 5.7cm. Presented, 1969 National Gallery of Ireland Collection, copyright National Gallery of Ireland.

Roundtable Discussion | Collecting for the public

"An Inheritance From Our Forefathers"? Historians and the Memory of the Irish Revolution

The 2015 Annual Edmund Burke Lecture by Prof Roy Foster (Carroll Chair of Irish History, University of Oxford, and Visiting Parnell Fellow, Magdalene College, Cambridge)which is supported by a generous endowment in honour of Padraic Fallon by his family.

TLRH | 2015 Annual Edmund Burke Lecture | Professor Roy Foster

 Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., curator of northern baroque paintings, National Gallery of Art; Pieter Roelofs, curator of 17th-century paintings, Rijksmuseum; and Adriaan E. Waiboer, curator of northern European art, National Gallery of Ireland. Curators Arthur Wheelock, Pieter Roelofs, and Adriaan E. Waiboer discuss the paintings of Dutch artist Gabriel Metsu. A contemporary of Johannes Vermeer, Metsu had the ability to capture ordinary moments in 17th-century Dutch life with sensitivity and realism. Recorded on April 22, 2011, this lecture was held in conjunction with the exhibition Gabriel Metsu, 1629-1667, on view at the National Gallery of Art from April 10 to July 24, 2011

Meeting Metsu: ANOTHER Dutch Master

Discussions inspired by the National Gallery of Ireland's collection and temporary exhibitions. The National Gallery of Ireland houses Ireland's national collection of Irish and European fine art, and is located in the heart of Dublin.

Music for Mondrian: Part One

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