{"id":5056,"date":"2025-09-06T02:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T02:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/5056\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T02:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T02:31:13","slug":"look-national-gallery-of-ireland-unveils-portrait-of-limericks-ruth-negga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/5056\/","title":{"rendered":"LOOK: National Gallery of Ireland unveils portrait of Limerick&#8217;s Ruth Negga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live95fm.ie\/news\/live95-news\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All Live95 News<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/615ec5087e83a.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Getty Images <\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            The commissioned work by artist David Booth is now on public display, celebrating the actor\u2019s extensive career in film and television.\n        <\/p>\n<p>A portrait of acclaimed actor and producer Ruth Negga, who was raised in Limerick, has been unveiled at the National Gallery of Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The work, titled &#8220;Ruth,&#8221; was painted by Dublin-based artist David Booth, the winner of the National Gallery&#8217;s Portrait Prize in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Negga was born in Addis Ababa and raised in Limerick, where she attended Scoil Carmel before studying at Trinity College Dublin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68ba9b90b60a4.jpg\" style=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She is known for her critically acclaimed performances in films like Loving, for which she received an Oscar nomination in 2017, and her recent Emmy-nominated role in the television series Presumed Innocent.<\/p>\n<p>Booth considered several settings for the portrait, including Trinity College and a coffee shop in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>The pair ultimately chose the courtyard of the National Gallery of Ireland as the setting for the piece.<\/p>\n<p>According to the artist, his goal was for her gaze to confront the viewer directly, establishing a &#8220;powerful sense of presence and immediacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Ruth Negga said it was an &#8220;absolute honour&#8221; to be the sitter for the portrait.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68ba9ba2ac3f2.jpg\" style=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She described the work as being infused with the artist&#8217;s own &#8220;grace, tenderness, and a sense of the mysterious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The portrait is now on display to the public for free in the Portrait Gallery at the National Gallery of Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>A portrait of actor Stephen Rea by photographer David Stephenson was also unveiled at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live95fm.ie\/on-air\/ways-to-listen\/?utm_source=Live95&amp;utm_medium=news+article&amp;utm_campaign=app_download\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6655efe7844a7.jpg\" style=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Live95 News Getty Images The commissioned work by artist David Booth is now on public display, celebrating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,6671,6674,6670,6673,6672,6675,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-5056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-limerick-radio","15":"tag-limerick-today","16":"tag-limericks-live95fm","17":"tag-live-95","18":"tag-live95fm","19":"tag-live95fm-homepage","20":"tag-new-zealand","21":"tag-newzealand","22":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}