Eva Gonzales @ Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

In the exhibition, Is What Dublin Needs, the portrait of Eva Gonzalès becomes a gateway into women’s artistic practice and the representation and self-presentation of women artists. Self-portraits from the 18th to the 20th century are brought together alongside depictions of women artists by men to explore different constructions of gender, status and talent. The exhibition also provides a window into Manet and Gonzalès’s lifelong artistic dialogue. Alongside works by Manet and Gonzalès, it includes paintings by Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Angelica Kauffmann, Alfred Stevens, John Lavery and Sarah Cecilia Harrison.