Welcome to The National Irish Visual Arts Library
The National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) is a public research resource dedicated to the documentation of 20th century and contemporary Irish visual art and design. NIVAL collects, stores and makes accessible for research an unparalleled collection of documentation about Irish art in all media. NIVAL’s collection policy includes Irish visual art from the whole island as well as Irish art abroad and non-Irish artists working in Ireland. Information is acquired on artists, designers, galleries, arts organisations and institutions, critics and other related subjects.
- Irish Exhibition of Living Art scrapbook, 1943-1957, Collection National Irish Visual Arts Library, 2001.
A Walk through the File with... John Byrne
Tuesday 22nd May 2012, 12:45-1:30pm Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre
A Walk through the File with... John Byrne is a public interview with writer and cultural commentator Declan Long.
Declan Long will 'walk through' the collection of material by and about artist John Byrne and held in the National Irish Visual Arts Library, prompting Byrne to discuss the work documented and the process of documentating the work. Read more on our News & Events page.
DOCUMENT! continues in NCAD Gallery until Saturday, 26th May. Read more>
National Irish Visual Arts Library
![Mainie Jellett Sketchbook [1920s]](typo3temp/pics/5e6f5a5a44.jpg)
![Mainie Jellett Sketchbook II [1920s].](typo3temp/pics/a9c4d03bd5.jpg)
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Friends of the National Collections
The Friends of the National Collections is a voluntary body founded in 1924 by the Irish artist Sarah Purser. The organisation was established to help preserve Ireland's artistic heritage...
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Egan Gallery
The Egan Gallery was located on Dublin's Ormond Quay, and later, on St. Stephen's Green. The archive provides a rare and unique primary document of the Irish art scene of the time...
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Earley & Company
The Dublin-based firm of Earley & Company (1864-1975) was one of the largest and most prestigious ecclesiastical decorators in both Ireland and the United Kingdom...
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Embroidery Artists Archive
Embroidery Artists (formerly Embroidery Designers Group) was founded in the mid 1970's with the aim of promoting embroidered textiles as an important contemporary art form...
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Irish Exhibition of Living Art
The Irish Exhibition of Living Art (IELA) was established to address the need for a wider exploration of contemporary Irish art and the public demand for such a forum. In 1943, the first organising committee...
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Kilkenny Design Workshops Archive
The Kilkenny Design Workshops (KDW) were founded in 1963 by the Irish Export Board as part of its strategy to improve standards in design in Ireland. KDW was the first example of...
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Artists Books Collection
The NIVAL collection of Artists Books is comprised of some 500 titles by artists born in Ireland and by non-Irish artists living and/or working in Ireland. The works are made by individual artists, groups...
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College Student Registers
The College Student Registers comprise 150 ledgers dating from 1877 to 1986, spanning the complete history of the Dublin Metropolitan School and the first fifty years of the National College of Art...
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FNCI Image Gallery
Throughout their eighty-five year history, the Friends of the National Collections have documented their acquisitions on slide film to facilitate scholarly research...
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Poster Collection
The collection of posters at NIVAL has been compiled during the past thirty years through donation, deposit and purchase from a variety of sources including artists, designers, printers, galleries...
