Boss at Boucher was terrific, but there is another major artist paying a visit to (South) Belfast...

Delighted to see this billboard up at the corner of Botanic Ave and Shaftesbury Sq marking the arrival of Caravaggio Ulster Museum.

Get along if you can!

Join our Curator of Modern History on Tuesday 21st May for a guided tour of our new 'Drawing Support: Murals, Memory and Identity' exhibition in the Belfast Room.

Drop in session, meet at the Ulster Museum Reception at 13:30.

#DrawingSupport

#Caravaggio irresistible surfaces and shadows ⁦Ulster Museum⁩ opens 10 May Impossible to stop looking ⁦National Gallery⁩ ⁦National Gallery of Ireland⁩

Explore the #LaveryOnLocation exhibition with Senior Curator of Art, Anne Stewart and Guest Curator Kenneth McConkey.

In the room 'Tangier and Travels', we have both the early and the late paintings of 'The Bridge at Grez'.

Watch the full video here→ bit.ly/3Un2EkB

“Rebecca selected a number of images from the five books and then we started negotiating [the content of the exhibition] (…) and the museum came up with the idea of doing that (the International Wall) three-and-a-half metres wide. I was really chuffed…it really draws you in.”

Discover Art, Nature and History are spaces to explore your creativity and handle objects from the museums collection.

Discovery Centres are open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00 and free to visit. Learn More on our website→ ulstermuseum.org/discovery-cent…

Delve into the life of Sir John Lavery in this special talk on Friday 17th May by Professor Kenneth McConkey, 'Setting down all of it - John Lavery's little red book'.

Book a free space here → bit.ly/3Ql4gKF

Featured image: Sir John Lavery, The Bridge at Grès (1901)

Discover something new (or something very old) this Bank Holiday at the Ulster Museum!

We're open this weekend and Monday 6th May for the Bank Holiday from 10:00 to 17:00. Plan your visit here → ulstermuseum.org/visit

Join us on Sunday 5th May for Slow Art Sunday at the Ulster Museum. Explore our collections and discover the joy of looking at and loving art.

#SlowArtSunday takes place at 14:00, no booking needed.

Featured artwork: Frank O'Meara, Autumnal Sorrows (1878) National Museums NI.

Explore the #Lavery OnLocation gallery with Senior Curator of Art, Anne Stewart and Guest Curator Kenneth McConkey.

Watch the full Curator Tour video on our website → bit.ly/3Un2EkB

#UlsterMuseum #Lavery OnLocation #SirJohnLavery #Lavery

A thread worth catching up on below! Another great OUTing the Past at Ulster Museum with Cara-Friend and local partners LGBTQIA+ History NI, The Rainbow Project, Here, Queerspace, PRONI and Communities NI.

Kelpra studio, set up in 1957, became one of the most pioneering print studios in history, collaborating with artists from R.B. Kitaj to Paolozzi to produce daring and eye-catching prints.

Kelpra: Artists and Printmakers is open now in Gallery 4 at the Ulster Museum.