Taylor Galleries is a contemporary commercial art gallery in
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
, Ireland.
History
Taylor Galleries opened in July 1978 ostensibly as a continuation of the Dawson Gallery – a gallery established by Leo Smith in 1944. John Taylor – who worked with the Dawson Gallery since 1964 – continued to run the Dawson Gallery after founder Leo Smith's death in 1977, until the gallery closed in 1978. Taylor opened 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, re-designed by the architect Ross Cahill O'Brien, before moving up the road to the current space at 16 Kildare Street in 1996.
Today the gallery is managed by John Taylor and his brother Patrick Taylor.
Description
Taylor Galleries exhibits and sells contemporary and twentieth-century painting, sculpture, print and works on paper by select artists, mostly Irish, who are represented by the gallery. Throughout the year it mounts a series of solo exhibitions by gallery artists and two large group shows, one in summer and one in winter, which often include work by additional invited artists. The gallery’s exhibition space is spread over two floors of a large Georgian house dating from 1759 which retains many of its original features, including its central staircase..
Taylor Galleries also represents several long-term gallery artists' estates, including those of Charles Brady, William Crozier,
Conor Fallon,
Micheal Farrell
Micheal Farrell (, also spelled Micheál; 3 July 1940 – 7 June 2000) was an Irish painter and printmaker. He was a member of Aosdána, an elite Irish association of artists.
Early life
Farrell was born in Cookstown House, County Meath in 1940 ...
,
T.P. Flanagan
Terence Philip Flanagan PPRUA HRUA RHA MBE (15 August 1929 – 22 February 2011) was a landscape painter and teacher from Northern Ireland.
Early life
Terry Flanagan was born on 15 August 1929 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. He was the eldes ...
, George Potter, Colin Harrison,
Nancy Wynne Jones, Louis le Brocquy, Seán McSweeney,
Tony O’Malley and
Patrick Scott.
In 2013, the gallery began showcasing the work of emerging and mid-career artists who did not have gallery representation in Dublin through LACUNA. Planned as an intermittent series of exhibitions curated by Sabina Mac Mahon and gallery artist
David Quinn.,
four iterations of the project have taken place to date. It runs alongside the gallery’s main programme and embraces experimental and enquiring practices in image- and object-making
Selected gallery artists
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Charles Brady
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William Crozier William Crozier may refer to:
*William Crozier (artillerist) (1855–1942), American general, artillerist and inventor
*William Crozier (Scottish artist) (1893–1930)
* William Crozier (Irish artist) (1930–2011)
* William Crozier (cricketer) (187 ...
*Bernadette Kiely
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Brian King
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Louis le Brocquy
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Janet Mullarney
Janet Mullarney (15 March 1952 – 3 April 2020) was an Irish artist and sculptor.
Life and education
Mullarney was born in Dublin in 1952 and grew up in Rathfarnham. She spent most of her life living in Ireland and Italy, where her final home ...
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David Quinn
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John Shinnors
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Charles Tyrrell
References
External links
* https://www.taylorgalleries.ie/
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Contemporary art galleries in Ireland
Art museums and galleries in the Republic of Ireland
Arts in Dublin (city)
Tourist attractions in Dublin (city)
Art galleries established in 1978
1978 establishments in Ireland
Galleries in Dublin (city)