The Guide
Sara Keating: Drawn back to the portrait treasures on show in the National Gallery
The annual Zurich Portrait Prize Exhibition features wonderful works by both professional and young artists
Growing up in south Dublin city in the late 1980s, St Stephen’s Green and Merrion Square were the local parks for children of the area. The National Gallery across the road from the latter provided a space for indoor adventure when the weather was bad.
I vividly remember the open art classes that took place on Sundays in the opulent Shaw Room: the sweep of the curved staircase behind the artist instructing us; the monumental ...
