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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


Barry Flanagan (1941–2009)
Barry Flanagan (1941–2009)
Francis Bacon's studio at the City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland.
Francis Bacon's studio at the City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland.
General Post Office in Dublin, O' Connell Street. Hauptsitz der irischen An Post. Blick in den großen Schaltersaal.
General Post Office in Dublin, O' Connell Street. Hauptsitz der irischen An Post. Blick in den großen Schaltersaal.

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]



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:

Dawson acquired Francis Bacon's London studio for the museum in 1998. The 6 meter by 4 meter studio was reconstructed inside the Hugh Lane Gallery to the smallest details, including ceiling, flooring, and dirt.[5][15]

According to The Phoenix, in 2017, Dawson launched a five-year strategy for "doubling visitor numbers, significantly upping funding, undertaking a near €4m refurbishment programme and purchasing major artworks" from 2018 to 2023.[16]


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.[17] The theft took place in the afternoon during the hours when the gallery was open to the public.[18] 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."[17]


Author and editor


Dawson has authored and edited multiple books and texts on contemporary and modern art such as:


Reception



See also



References


  1. "Dawson, Barbara, 1957-". LC Name Authority File (LCNAF), The Library of Congress.
  2. Sewell, Brian (15 December 2008). "True scholarship can still be found"". Evening Standard. p. A42 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "THE GLOSS Ceiling: Gallery Director Barbara Dawson". Look the Business. 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  4. Hugh Lane: Founder of a Gallery of Modern Art for Ireland ISBN 978-1-857-59575-8 p. 6
  5. Harbison, Isobel (2021). "Here to Stay" (PDF). Frieze Masters, The Regent's Park, London 2021. pp. 24–29. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  6. "Encore -- Dawson, Barbara". librariesireland.iii.com. 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  7. 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.
  8. "UNFOLD". UNFOLD. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  9. "Dr Barbara Dawson 2019 UCD Alumni Award Winner". UCD College of Arts and Humanities. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  10. Smith, Alistair; Dawson, Barbara; McGonagle, Declan; Keaveney, Raymond; Hutchinson, John; Ryan, Michael; MacGonigal, Ciarán (1994). "The New Directors". Irish Arts Review Yearbook. Irish Arts Review. 10: 72–84. ISSN 0791-3540. JSTOR 20492765. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  11. "Francis Bacon: A Terrible Beauty by Barbara Dawson, Logan Sisley, Martin Harrison on Mullen Books". Mullen Books. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  12. "Dawson". CCC Strozzina. 2001-05-23. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  13. "NSU Libraries / All Locations". NovaCat. 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  14. "Richard Tuttle: Triumphs". library.nga.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  15. Marlowe, Lara (September 28, 2019). "Birth. Sex. Death: Francis Bacon's tragic vision of mankind". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  16. "Barbara Dawson's Plan". The Phoenix. Dublin. April 5, 2019. p. 20. ISSN 0790-0562. OCLC 14114099.
  17. "Stolen painting returned to Hugh Lane Gallery". BBC News. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  18. "One of Lane's paintings 'missing' for 20 years". independent. 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  19. "Turner in the National Gallery of Ireland by Barbara Dawson". LibraryThing.com. 2010-10-14. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  20. 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.
  21. Mulcahy, Rosemarie (1995). "Review: [Untitled]". Irish Arts Review Yearbook. 11: 244–245. ISSN 0791-3540. JSTOR 20492865.
  22. Campbell, Julian (1997). "Review: [Untitled]". Irish Arts Review Yearbook. 13: 207–208. ISSN 0791-3540. JSTOR 20492967.
  23. "Richard Tuttle in conversation with Barbara Dawson". Bergen Kunsthall. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  24. Clark, Adrian (2010). "Exhibition & book review: Auerbach, Bacon, and Smith". The British Art Journal. 11 (1): 116–119. JSTOR 41615404.
  25. Hammer, Martin (2010). "Francis Bacon: Dublin and Compton Verney". The Burlington Magazine. 152 (1282): 59–61. JSTOR 40601504.
  26. 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.
  27. "Julian Campbell and Mark Hathaway exhibit in Sirius Arts Centre". MTU Arts + Culture. 2014-11-27. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  28. McConkey, Kenneth; Robins, Anna Gruetzner; Dawson, Barbara (1997). "Impressionism in Britain and Ireland". Irish Arts Review Yearbook. Irish Arts Review. 13: 207–208. ISSN 0791-3540. JSTOR 20492967. Retrieved 2022-09-06.



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