irish culture for more than 150 years, inspiring giants such as george bernard shaw, oscar wilde and yeatse gallery has now reopened after a multi—million pound refurbishment with a spectacular show of the works of the dutch masterjohannes vermeer. our arts editor will gompertz has been to dublin to see the reborn institution said to be at the heart of the nation finally, having been locked firmly shut for the last six years, the gates to ireland's national gallery open once again to reveal what has been a much—needed, £27 million face—lift. we've had the decades of dilapidation, the buckets on the floor, the mouldy paintings and the obvious necessity of improving the gallery and here we are now. it has taken a long time, we have had a whole banking collapse and we have had a huge recession, we have had the literal decimation of all the capital budgets in government and we managed to keep this one going. it has been possible to see some of the gallery's masterpieces in the few rooms kept open during the refurbishment but not like this, not in their full glory, where rubens hangs alongside

, not in their full glory, where rubens hangs alongside a rembrandt, next door to a breugel with a yeatshat she is writing but there's a sense of her doing something that matters. vermeer‘s famous painting woman writing a letter with her maid. more than anything, though, is about how scarce northern light falls ina room. it's filled with subtlety. there's a great sense of him withholding, holding in, knowing that what he really wants you to do is move your eye always towards this face, that you're going to move in towards something you cannot know and cannot see, which is her gazing at the words she's making. she'll have plenty of company in the weeks ahead in the form of nine other vermeer paintings that the national gallery of ireland has borrowed from museums around the world for a special exhibition to mark its long—awaited reopening. will gompertz, bbc news, dublin. tuesday is world refugee day, and according to the united nations, the number of people who have been forced to leave their homes is now at a record level. the un says 65.5 million people around the world are now conside

irish culture for more than 150 years — inspiring giants such as george bernard shaw, oscar wilde and yeats— with a spectacular show of the works of the dutch masterjohannes vermeer. our arts editor will gompertz reports. finally, having been locked firmly shut for the last six years, the gates to ireland's national gallery open once again to reveal what has been a much—needed £27 million face—lift. we've had the decades of dilapidation, the buckets on the floor, the mouldy paintings and the obvious necessity of improving the gallery and here we are now. it's taken a long time, we've had a whole banking collapse and we've had a huge recession, we've had the literal decimation of all the capital budgets in government and we managed to keep this one going. it has been possible to see some of the gallery's masterpieces in the few rooms kept open during the refurbishment, but not like this, not in theirfull glory, where rubens hangs alongside a rembrandt, next door to a breugel with a yeats below and then, across the way... we can't tell, no—one knows what she's writing but there's a sense of h

this, not in theirfull glory, where rubens hangs alongside a rembrandt, next door to a breugel with a yeats but there's a sense of her doing something that matters. vermeer‘s famous painting woman writing a letter with her maid. more than anything, though, is about how scarce northern light falls in a room. it's filled with subtlety. there's a great sense of him withholding, holding in, knowing that what he really wants you to do is move your eye always towards this face, that you're going to move in towards something you cannot know and cannot see, which is her gazing at the words she's making. she'll have plenty of company in the weeks ahead in the form of nine other vermeer paintings that the national gallery of ireland has borrowed from museums around the world for a special exhibition to mark its long—awaited reopening. will gompertz, bbc news, dublin. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcmikeembley. hello. monday brought the highest temperature recorded in the british isles so far this year and here's one for your diary, if we manage to get as far

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