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AIB Portrait Prize 2025

- Free to visit
- Family friendly
Saturday, 8 November 2025 - Sunday, 15 March 2026
About this event
The annual competition showcases contemporary portraiture and invites submissions from artists working in all media and disciplines, from across the island of Ireland and from Irish artists living abroad. The Prize aims to celebrate and encourage interest in contemporary portraiture, while raising the profile of the evolving National Portrait Collection at the National Gallery of Ireland.
Monday: 11am – 5.30pm
Tuesday and Wednesday: 9.15am – 5.30pm
Thursday: 9.15am – 8.30pm
Friday and Saturday: 9.15am – 5.30pm
Sunday: 11am – 5.30pm
Readers are advised to check with the venue before relying on the details published here.
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