Emily Mark-FitzGerald
@emilymfg.bsky.social
Professor of Art History & Cultural Policy at University College Dublin (UCD). Irish studies; art history; museums; photography; cultural omnivore. Angeleno by birth, Dubliner by choice. Mildly interesting at times.
https://people.ucd.ie/emily.mark
https://people.ucd.ie/emily.mark
It was an absolute joy to serve as one of three judges for the 2025 AIB Portrait Prize @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social. Huge congrats to the winner Daniel Nelis, and to the two Highly Commended works by John Foley and Conor O’Leary. A wonderful eve of celebrations for all the shortlisted artists ❤️🎨
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It was an absolute joy to serve as one of three judges for the 2025 AIB Portrait Prize @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social. Huge congrats to the winner Daniel Nelis, and to the two Highly Commended works by John Foley and Conor O’Leary. A wonderful eve of celebrations for all the shortlisted artists ❤️🎨
Amazing charity shop find today: three professionally framed original 1937 movie ads for ‘Parnell’, starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy. They are fabulous - exhibition quality framing 😱 €5 each - so of course I bought all of them 🤩
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Amazing charity shop find today: three professionally framed original 1937 movie ads for ‘Parnell’, starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy. They are fabulous - exhibition quality framing 😱 €5 each - so of course I bought all of them 🤩
A brilliant day trip to Kilkenny yesterday with our MAs in Cultural Policy and Arts Management at UCD! Many thanks to staff at Kilkenny Castle - OPW; Butler Gallery; and the Tea Houses - Kilkenny Arts Office for hosting us & sharing the ins and outs of Kilkenny’s impressive cultural infrastructure!
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A brilliant day trip to Kilkenny yesterday with our MAs in Cultural Policy and Arts Management at UCD! Many thanks to staff at Kilkenny Castle - OPW; Butler Gallery; and the Tea Houses - Kilkenny Arts Office for hosting us & sharing the ins and outs of Kilkenny’s impressive cultural infrastructure!
Really enjoyed the new ‘Changing Ireland’ exhibition at the @nmireland.bsky.social - Collins Barracks! Lovely integration of commissioned poems by Paula Meehan; fascinating selection of objects, beautifully curated and displayed.
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Really enjoyed the new ‘Changing Ireland’ exhibition at the @nmireland.bsky.social - Collins Barracks! Lovely integration of commissioned poems by Paula Meehan; fascinating selection of objects, beautifully curated and displayed.
… and being welcomed to Áras an Uachtaráin in 2022 with my two boys for the marvellous Christmas tree lighting ceremony, full of the joy of all families in attendance, and the warmth of the welcome was incredible to witness. (2/3)
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
… and being welcomed to Áras an Uachtaráin in 2022 with my two boys for the marvellous Christmas tree lighting ceremony, full of the joy of all families in attendance, and the warmth of the welcome was incredible to witness. (2/3)
On the last day of Michael D’s presidency, paying tribute to his splendid run as Head of State for the past 14 years. Meeting him has always been such a pleasure, incl for the 2019 launch of the Strzelecki exhibition with the Embassy of Poland in the Royal Irish Academy with Prof Peter Gray (1/3)
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
On the last day of Michael D’s presidency, paying tribute to his splendid run as Head of State for the past 14 years. Meeting him has always been such a pleasure, incl for the 2019 launch of the Strzelecki exhibition with the Embassy of Poland in the Royal Irish Academy with Prof Peter Gray (1/3)
Parisian style c/o Paul Poiret, at Musee des Arts Decoratif
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Parisian style c/o Paul Poiret, at Musee des Arts Decoratif
Marvellous Art Deco centenary exhibition at the Musee des Arts Décoratifs
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Marvellous Art Deco centenary exhibition at the Musee des Arts Décoratifs
Quick hop to Paris for the weekend
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Quick hop to Paris for the weekend
Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch, ‘All Saints’ Day’, 1914 - from National Gallery of Hungary
November 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch, ‘All Saints’ Day’, 1914 - from National Gallery of Hungary
Unusual funerary monument to a Boy Scout I saw in Budapest’s central cemetery today - Gyorgy Zimmermann - who died in 1930 when he was 17.
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Unusual funerary monument to a Boy Scout I saw in Budapest’s central cemetery today - Gyorgy Zimmermann - who died in 1930 when he was 17.
Halloween post of the day - 15th c ivory saddle, reputedly belonged to Vlad Tepes III (otherwise known as Dracula), bearing his emblem of the Order of the Dragon - in the Hungarian National Museum
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Halloween post of the day - 15th c ivory saddle, reputedly belonged to Vlad Tepes III (otherwise known as Dracula), bearing his emblem of the Order of the Dragon - in the Hungarian National Museum
Memento Park in Budapest — as a historian of public commemoration this one has been on my bucket list
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Memento Park in Budapest — as a historian of public commemoration this one has been on my bucket list
Taking in Bartok, Brahms, Mozart and Dvorak at the sublime Liszt Academy Concert Hall in Budapest 😍
October 31, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Taking in Bartok, Brahms, Mozart and Dvorak at the sublime Liszt Academy Concert Hall in Budapest 😍
Beautiful Budapest in autumn
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Beautiful Budapest in autumn
There are worse places for a late afternoon lunch #Budapest #NewYorkCafe
October 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
There are worse places for a late afternoon lunch #Budapest #NewYorkCafe
time for my kids’ favourite (and creepiest) lunch of the year - homemade pizza skulls 💀🍕
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
time for my kids’ favourite (and creepiest) lunch of the year - homemade pizza skulls 💀🍕
Really excellent and thorough review by @katyhayward.bsky.social of ‘For and Against a United Ireland’ this morn. Too often IT book reviews actually fail to review the book itself! This was an impressive critique informed by Katy’s own formidable expertise:
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
October 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Really excellent and thorough review by @katyhayward.bsky.social of ‘For and Against a United Ireland’ this morn. Too often IT book reviews actually fail to review the book itself! This was an impressive critique informed by Katy’s own formidable expertise:
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Gave a shout-out also to the fab exhibit curated by Brian Crowley at Kilmainham Gaol @opwireland.bsky.social, which is the best chance right now in Dublin to see historical photography! The students were delighted to try out a 1925 Kodak Vest Pocket camera, identical to one in the exhibition ☺️
October 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Gave a shout-out also to the fab exhibit curated by Brian Crowley at Kilmainham Gaol @opwireland.bsky.social, which is the best chance right now in Dublin to see historical photography! The students were delighted to try out a 1925 Kodak Vest Pocket camera, identical to one in the exhibition ☺️
Another great afternoon introducing the history of photography — this time to the BAs in Classics, Art History and Archaeology at @ucddublin.bsky.social! A super-engaged group & lots of questions during our 2 hour session getting hands-on with our superb Kingsley Photographic Teaching Collection!
October 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Another great afternoon introducing the history of photography — this time to the BAs in Classics, Art History and Archaeology at @ucddublin.bsky.social! A super-engaged group & lots of questions during our 2 hour session getting hands-on with our superb Kingsley Photographic Teaching Collection!
Delighted to be present for the opening of ‘The Prisoners’ Lens: Secret photography in Kilmainham Gaol, 1921’, a gem of an exhibition (curated by Brian Crowley) exploring fascinating photographs taken in Kilmainham Gaol during the Irish War of Independence!
www.kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie/exhibitions/
www.kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie/exhibitions/
October 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Delighted to be present for the opening of ‘The Prisoners’ Lens: Secret photography in Kilmainham Gaol, 1921’, a gem of an exhibition (curated by Brian Crowley) exploring fascinating photographs taken in Kilmainham Gaol during the Irish War of Independence!
www.kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie/exhibitions/
www.kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie/exhibitions/
So we are eating those Purple Rain potatoes for dinner and my kid just asked me ‘Who is Prince’? and now we are having a very important life lesson
October 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
So we are eating those Purple Rain potatoes for dinner and my kid just asked me ‘Who is Prince’? and now we are having a very important life lesson
