€1 million fund awarded to the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Crawford Art Gallery to support Irish artists and enhance the national collection of artworks
- Published on: 12 October 2020
- Last updated on: 11 April 2025
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, announced today that significant funding of €1 million has been approved for two National Cultural Institutions, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Crawford Art Gallery. The funding will enable the acquisition of artworks to support Irish artists in these very difficult and challenging times.
The Irish Museum of Modern Art is home to the National Collection of modern and contemporary art, while the Crawford Art Gallery is dedicated to the visual arts, both historic and contemporary.
This additional funding of €600,000 for the Irish Museum of Modern Art and €400,000 for the Crawford Art Gallery will allow both museums to expand the National Collection by acquiring works by Irish artists who need vital support at this time.
Minister Martin said:
"I am delighted to announce this very significant funding for the two National Cultural Institutions, the Crawford Art Gallery and the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Arts and culture are a core part of who we are. They have been the source of so much support over the last few months. I am pleased to be able to make this allocation to enhance the national collection. By doing so, this will provide vital support to our Irish artists during this unprecedented time."
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Irish Museum of Modern Art
IMMA provides an extraordinary space where contemporary life and contemporary art connect, challenge and inspire one another.
The museum is home to the National Collection of modern and contemporary art, with over 3,500 artworks by Irish and international artists. The aim is to share and to develop the collection for now and for the future.
Crawford Art Gallery Cork
The Gallery is the only National Cultural Institution located in its entirety outside Dublin.
It is dedicated to the visual arts, both historic and contemporary. The collection comprises over 3,000 works, ranging from eighteenth-century Irish and European painting and sculpture, through to contemporary video installations. At the heart of the collection is a collection of Greek and Roman sculpture casts, brought to Cork in 1818 from the Vatican Museum in Rome.