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Dawson has authored and edited multiple books and texts on contemporary and modern art such as: |
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*''[[J. M. W. Turner|Turner]] in the [[National Gallery of Ireland]]'', Dublin, 1988, {{isbn|978-0903162463}}<ref name="LibraryThing.com 2010">{{cite web | title=Turner in the National Gallery of Ireland by Barbara Dawson | website=LibraryThing.com | date=2010-10-14 | url=https://www.librarything.com/work/3147261 | access-date=2022-09-06}}</ref><ref name="Dawson 1991 pp. 55–60">{{cite journal | last=Dawson | first=Barbara | title=Highlights from the Turner Collection | journal=Irish Arts Review Yearbook | publisher=Irish Arts Review | year=1991 | issn=07913540 | jstor=20492667 | pages=55–60 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/20492667 | access-date=2022-09-06}}</ref> |
*''[[J. M. W. Turner|Turner]] in the [[National Gallery of Ireland]]'', Dublin, 1988, {{isbn|978-0903162463}}<ref name="LibraryThing.com 2010">{{cite web | title=Turner in the National Gallery of Ireland by Barbara Dawson | website=LibraryThing.com | date=2010-10-14 | url=https://www.librarything.com/work/3147261 | access-date=2022-09-06}}</ref><ref name="Dawson 1991 pp. 55–60">{{cite journal | last=Dawson | first=Barbara | title=Highlights from the Turner Collection | journal=Irish Arts Review Yearbook | publisher=Irish Arts Review | year=1991 | issn=07913540 | jstor=20492667 | pages=55–60 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/20492667 | access-date=2022-09-06}}</ref> |
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*Images and Insights: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Works from the Permanent Collection at the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, 1993 - with Sean O'Reilly, Christina Kennedy, Crista Maria Lerm, Catherine Marshall, Daire O'Connell, and Wanda Ryan Smolin<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mulcahy |first1=Rosemarie |title=[Untitled] |journal=Irish Arts Review Yearbook |date=1995 |volume=11 |pages=244–245 |jstor=20492865 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20492865 |issn=0791-3540}}</ref> |
*''Images and Insights: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Works from the Permanent Collection at the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art'', Dublin, 1993 - with Sean O'Reilly, Christina Kennedy, Crista Maria Lerm, Catherine Marshall, Daire O'Connell, and Wanda Ryan Smolin, {{isbn|978-0951424636}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mulcahy |first1=Rosemarie |title=[Untitled] |journal=Irish Arts Review Yearbook |date=1995 |volume=11 |pages=244–245 |jstor=20492865 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20492865 |issn=0791-3540}}</ref> |
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*Impressionism in Britain and Ireland - with Kenneth McConkey (1995)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Campbell |first1=Julian |title=[Untitled] |journal=Irish Arts Review Yearbook |date=1997 |volume=13 |pages=207–208 |jstor=20492967 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/20492967 |issn=0791-3540}}</ref> |
*Impressionism in Britain and Ireland - with Kenneth McConkey (1995)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Campbell |first1=Julian |title=[Untitled] |journal=Irish Arts Review Yearbook |date=1997 |volume=13 |pages=207–208 |jstor=20492967 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/20492967 |issn=0791-3540}}</ref> |
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*Francis Bacon’s Studio; Trace Elements Francis Bacon Palazzo Reale<ref name="Evening Standard"/><ref name="Whitechapel Gallery 2017">{{cite web | title=Big Ideas | website=Whitechapel Gallery | date=2017-01-20 | url=https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/events/barbara-dawson-big-ideas/ | access-date=2022-09-05}}</ref><ref name="Bergen Kunsthall">{{cite web | title=Richard Tuttle in conversation with Barbara Dawson | website=Bergen Kunsthall | url=https://www.kunsthall.no/en/media/richard-tuttle-in-conversation-with-barbara-dawson/ | access-date=2022-09-05}}</ref> |
*Francis Bacon’s Studio; Trace Elements Francis Bacon Palazzo Reale<ref name="Evening Standard"/><ref name="Whitechapel Gallery 2017">{{cite web | title=Big Ideas | website=Whitechapel Gallery | date=2017-01-20 | url=https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/events/barbara-dawson-big-ideas/ | access-date=2022-09-05}}</ref><ref name="Bergen Kunsthall">{{cite web | title=Richard Tuttle in conversation with Barbara Dawson | website=Bergen Kunsthall | url=https://www.kunsthall.no/en/media/richard-tuttle-in-conversation-with-barbara-dawson/ | access-date=2022-09-05}}</ref> |
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Barbara Dawson (born April 26, 1957)[1] is an Irish author, editor, art historian, gallery director, and curator. She is curator of several art exhibitions including the works of notable artists such as Francis Bacon (2009).[2] Dawson is the first female director of the Hugh Lane Gallery, a municipal art gallery and "the first known public gallery of modern art in the world" in Dublin.[3][4] She has been the gallery's director since 1991.[5] She authored several books including Hugh Lane Gallery: Director's Choice.[6] She is the recipient of the 2019 University College of Dublin Alumni Award, in part for being "one of the most significant figures in the Irish art world in recent decades".[7]
Education
Dawson graduated from University College Dublin in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in history.[7]
In recognition of her 2010 contributions to the fine arts, she received an Honorary degree, and is an adjunct professor at the School of Art History and Cultural Policy, University College Dublin.[8] In 2019, she was awarded the UCD Alumni Award in Arts & Humanities.[3][7]
She serves as a member of the Dublin City Council's Public Art Advisory Committee,[8] and has been a mentor to women at other Irish museums.[9]
Art gallery career
Dawson's early gallery experiences began with the National Gallery of Ireland. In 1991, at the age of 34, she became the Director of the Hugh Lane Gallery, located in Parnell Square in Dublin.[5] The gallery is owned by the municipality of Dublin and overseen by the City manager to whom Dawson, as gallery director, reports via the City and County Librarian.[10]
Frieze Masters wrote of Dawson's accomplishments at the Hugh Lane Gallery that "Dawson's capable negotiations are among her numerous successes during her tenure as director. Here, she has built upon the existing collections and innovated new collection strands, developed conservation infrastructures, advanced and digitized the archive, adapted display architectures (including a bespoke space for the historic stained-glass collection), introduced a strong publishing strand, enhanced the education and public programs, installed a cafe and a bookshop, and continuously energized both the temporary and contemporary exhibition programmes".[5]
Dawson has curated notable exhibitions for Hugh Lane Gallery, such as:
- Francis Bacon – A Terrible Beauty (with Martin Harrison ) (2009)[11]
- Barry Flanagan on O’Connell Street (2007)[12]
- Hugh Lane 100 Years (2008)[13]
- Richard Tuttle Triumphs (with Michael Dempsey) (2010)[14]
Dawson acquired Francis Bacon's London studio for the museum in 1998.[5]
Theft of In The Omnibus
In June 1992, the year after Dawson became Director of the Hugh Lane Gallery, the painting In The Omnibus by French artist Honore Daumier was stolen.[15] The theft took place in the afternoon during the hours when the gallery was open to the public.[16] The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) recovered the painting during an investigation in 2013, more than 20 years later. Dawson expressed her delight that the painting had been found. She said "It was such a shock when it was stolen and we had messages of sympathy from galleries and museums in Ireland and around the world."[15]
Author and editor
Dawson has authored and edited multiple books and texts on contemporary and modern art such as:
- Turner in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1988, ISBN 978-0903162463[17][18]
- Images and Insights: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Works from the Permanent Collection at the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, 1993 - with Sean O'Reilly, Christina Kennedy, Crista Maria Lerm, Catherine Marshall, Daire O'Connell, and Wanda Ryan Smolin, ISBN 978-0951424636[19]
- Impressionism in Britain and Ireland - with Kenneth McConkey (1995)[20]
- Francis Bacon’s Studio; Trace Elements Francis Bacon Palazzo Reale[2][21][22]
- Hugh Lane Founder of a Gallery of Modern Art for Ireland[22]
- Barry Flanagan: The Spade and The Soufflé Richard Tuttle[22]
Reception
- Rosemarie Mulcahy review of Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, 1993, published in the Irish Arts Review Yearbook (1995): Mulcahy describes Barbara Dawson's essay Hugh Lane and the Origins of the Collection as a "well documented introductory" and that it "outlines the persistent efforts of Hugh Lane to establish a Gallery of Modern Art for Dublin." Mulcahy further credited the Director as having "strengthened the representation of contemporary Irish artists with outstanding works by Brian Maguire, Dorothy Cross, Michael Cullen and Tony O'Malley."[23]
- Julian Campbell, artist and art historian,[24] reviewed Impressionism in Britain and Ireland by Kenneth McConkey, Barbara Dawson, published in Irish Arts Review Yearbook (1997): "However, in its condensed Dublin showing, the exhibition looked superb in the Hugh Lane Gallery – Irish paintings such as Osborne's Tea in the Garden and Lavery's re-discovered early Bridge at Grez (1883) held their own in the company of Monet and Sargent; Stanhope Forbes's Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach was a remarkable piece of naturalism, as fresh as if it had been painted yesterday."[25]
See also
References
- ^ "Dawson, Barbara, 1957-". LC Name Authority File (LCNAF), The Library of Congress.
- ^ a b Brian Sewell, "True scholarship can still be found", Evening Standard (15 December 2008), p. A42.
- ^ a b "THE GLOSS Ceiling: Gallery Director Barbara Dawson". Look the Business. 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ Hugh Lane: Founder of a Gallery of Modern Art for Ireland ISBN 978-1-857-59575-8 p. 6
- ^ a b c d Harbison, Isobel (2021). "Here to Stay" (PDF). Frieze Masters, The Regent's Park, London 2021. pp. 24–29. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ "Encore -- Dawson, Barbara". librariesireland.iii.com. 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ a b c Hassett, Darren (28 November 2019). "Carlow woman 'one of the most significant figures in the Irish art world in recent decades'". Carlow Live. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ a b "UNFOLD". UNFOLD. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ "Dr Barbara Dawson 2019 UCD Alumni Award Winner". UCD College of Arts and Humanities. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ Smith, Alistair; Dawson, Barbara; McGonagle, Declan; Keaveney, Raymond; Hutchinson, John; Ryan, Michael; MacGonigal, Ciarán (1994). "The New Directors". Irish Arts Review Yearbook. 10. Irish Arts Review: 72–84. ISSN 0791-3540. JSTOR 20492765. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ "Francis Bacon: A Terrible Beauty by Barbara Dawson, Logan Sisley, Martin Harrison on Mullen Books". Mullen Books. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ "Dawson". CCC Strozzina. 2001-05-23. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ "NSU Libraries / All Locations". NovaCat. 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ "Richard Tuttle Triumps". library.nga.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ a b "Stolen painting returned to Hugh Lane Gallery". BBC News. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ "One of Lane's paintings 'missing' for 20 years". independent. 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ "Turner in the National Gallery of Ireland by Barbara Dawson". LibraryThing.com. 2010-10-14. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ Dawson, Barbara (1991). "Highlights from the Turner Collection". Irish Arts Review Yearbook. Irish Arts Review: 55–60. ISSN 0791-3540. JSTOR 20492667. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ Mulcahy, Rosemarie (1995). "[Untitled]". Irish Arts Review Yearbook. 11: 244–245. ISSN 0791-3540. JSTOR 20492865.
- ^ Campbell, Julian (1997). "[Untitled]". Irish Arts Review Yearbook. 13: 207–208. ISSN 0791-3540. JSTOR 20492967.
- ^ "Big Ideas". Whitechapel Gallery. 2017-01-20. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ a b c "Richard Tuttle in conversation with Barbara Dawson". Bergen Kunsthall. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ Mulcahy, Rosemarie (1995). "Images and Insights: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Works from the Permanent Collection at the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, 1993". Irish Arts Review Yearbook. 11: 224–245. JSTOR 20492865. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ "Julian Campbell and Mark Hathaway exhibit in Sirius Arts Centre". MTU Arts + Culture. 2014-11-27. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ McConkey, Kenneth; Robins, Anna Gruetzner; Dawson, Barbara (1997). "Impressionism in Britain and Ireland". Irish Arts Review Yearbook. 13. Irish Arts Review: 207–208. ISSN 0791-3540. JSTOR 20492967. Retrieved 2022-09-06.