Art: Turner, Vermeer, Rubens and Rembrandt in the frame

Four big names from the world of art will be amongst the National Gallery delights in 2024

'Great Yarmount Harbour, Norfolk' by Joseph Mallord William Turner.

Nearly every year in Ireland the low light of January is offset by the shining collection of Turner watercolours at the National Gallery. In 2024 the annual Vaughan Bequest display of Turners is displayed alongside a collection of 18th and 19th-century coastal scenes by Irish and British artists who drew inspiration from the rugged coastlines and busy fishing communities they encountered.

Turner and Coastal Scenes — on view until January 31 — reveals not only his passion for the sea and shipping but an extraordinary understanding of the ever-changing pattern including both violence and serenity of the sea.