A special two-day seminar at Belfast’s Ulster Museum brings together a range of contributors to the Recording History oral history project focusing on independent film in the north of Ireland from 1968. The event will include screenings and panel discussions among filmmakers, researchers and project advisors.

10 Apr 2026 / 2pm–6.30pm
11 Apr 2026 / 11am–5pm

Admission free, book online at imma.ie

Presenting composer Matthew Whiteside’s immersive sound installation responding to the Wallace Collection – through its archives as much as its objects, tracing the systems of labour, wealth, and administration that sit beneath the museum’s refinement. The piece turns attention towards those largely absent from its narratives: the workers whose labour underpinned the wealth from which such collections emerged. In bringing together the language of record-keeping with the machinery of production, we invite audiences to listen to what has been seen as significant enough to preserve, and notice what has been excluded from those records.

The life and work of Barbara Steveni (1928–2020), who described herself as an artist–activist, embodied an archive and pioneered a diffused art practice that resists clear definition.  The importance of Steveni’s role in the Artist Placement Group (APG) was often marginalised by gender-inflected terms such as ‘honorary secretary’, her practice is rarely recognised as having a value in its own right. This exhibition intends to redress this imbalance and encompass her life’s work, drawing together her practice and her experimentation with materials, media and strategies across a career spanning more than seventy years.

A special two-day seminar at Belfast’s Ulster Museum brings together a range of contributors to the Recording History oral history project focusing on independent film in the north of Ireland from 1968. The event will include screenings and panel discussions among filmmakers, researchers and project advisors.

10 Apr 2026 / 2pm–6.30pm
11 Apr 2026 / 11am–5pm

Admission free, book online at imma.ie

Studio 35 gathers five artists; Kate O’Neill, Reuben Brown, Mollie Browne, Claire Ritchie and Síofra Minnis, who have each been the recipient of the QSS Artist Studios & Gallery Graduate Bursary. Since its establishment in 2019, the Bursary has been awarded to a graduate of Belfast School of Art annually, providing them with studio provision and supporting their transition from university into professional practice. Over the course of five years, Studio 35 has hosted five different artists, each leaving their mark on the space before passing it onto the next recipient.

The exhibition marks the first time these artists will be shown together, highlighting the range and variety of practices that have emerged from a shared site of production. From the earliest, now five years into their career, to the most recent, who recently began their studio journey, Studio 35 presents a spectrum of approaches and trajectories, reflecting not only on individual practice, but also on the role of QSS Artist Studios & Gallery in supporting early-career artists in Belfast. Rather than advancing a single narrative, the exhibition traces how this shared studio has acted as a grounding force, anchoring and propelling the distinct practices each artist continues to pursue today.

Exhibition continues from 12/03/2026 to 16/04/2026.

Studio 35 gathers five artists; Kate O’Neill, Reuben Brown, Mollie Browne, Claire Ritchie and Síofra Minnis, who have each been the recipient of the QSS Artist Studios & Gallery Graduate Bursary. Since its establishment in 2019, the Bursary has been awarded to a graduate of Belfast School of Art annually, providing them with studio provision and supporting their transition from university into professional practice.

Exhibition continues from 12/03/2026 to 16/04/2026.

Watching a sunset 8.49 pm explores how a moment in time can take years to describe. The work explores perception, memory and time. This is reflected in the different times attributed to each successive exhibition in a sequence of six that begins at QSS in Belfast. Each subsequent exhibition features works that are assigned a different moment in time, from 20.49pm through to 20.54pm.

The life and work of Barbara Steveni (1928–2020), who described herself as an artist–activist, embodied an archive and pioneered a diffused art practice that resists clear definition.  The importance of Steveni’s role in the Artist Placement Group (APG) was often marginalised by gender-inflected terms such as ‘honorary secretary’, her practice is rarely recognised as having a value in its own right. This exhibition intends to redress this imbalance and encompass her life’s work, drawing together her practice and her experimentation with materials, media and strategies across a career spanning more than seventy years.

Exhibition continues from 30/01/2026 to 08/11/2026.

To celebrate our 75th anniversary, the Lyric presents this new exhibition that showcases our rich history. A history which includes an art gallery (The New Gallery, 1963–1969), a literary magazine Threshold (1957–1990), a dance centre, a drama school, Belfast’s first music academy, and of course, a theatre.

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An exhibition exchange between Belfast and Boston that looks at how place affects how we see art and each other. The exhibition invites people to think about difference, understanding, and shared experience through prints, collage, animations, drawings, sculptures and videos. Curated by Sam Toabe and Sarah McAvera, it asks if artworks can change meaning when shown in different countries and cultures. The works by artists connected to the University of Massachusetts Boston explore themes such as identity, work, migration, time, and loss. The exhibition encourages open thinking, empathy, and conversation across borders.

Exhibition continues from 14/02/2026 to 02/05/2026.

Crawford Art Gallery and F.E. McWilliam Gallery announce an exciting collaboration on a new exhibition of contemporary Irish art. Constellations: Selected Work from Crawford Art Gallery brings artworks from the Crawford Collection to the F.E. McWilliam Gallery in Northern Ireland. It is an exciting moment for both galleries to collaborate and connect audiences with contemporary Irish art. Featuring the work of 14 artists based on the island of Ireland, Constellations highlights the depth and richness of Crawford Art Gallery’s
contemporary holdings within Ireland’s National Collection.

Intangible Bodies by Paul Moore opens in the Atypical Gallery from 5 March until 28 April 2026. Artistic Director Edel Murphy is excited to present this new exhibition in response to our Digital Exhibition Open Call. Paul utilises digital technology to explore themes and attitudes to disability in a most sensory way.

The exhibition opens on Thursday 5 March with a Late Night Art opening from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm.
Keep an eye on our social media for news about the artist talk.

Rooted in personal experience, this exhibition draws connections between language, culture and selfhood. The paintings visualise the aftermath of genealogical research and an emotional response to discovering a hidden familial history. Themes of identity and cultural belonging are explored through symbolic overlaying as processes include building layers of paint and marks to suggest time, generational memory, and obfuscation.

Studio 35 gathers five artists; Kate O’Neill, Reuben Brown, Mollie Browne, Claire Ritchie and Síofra Minnis, who have each been the recipient of the QSS Artist Studios & Gallery Graduate Bursary. Since its establishment in 2019, the Bursary has been awarded to a graduate of Belfast School of Art annually, providing them with studio provision and supporting their transition from university into professional practice. Over the course of five years, Studio 35 has hosted five different artists, each leaving their mark on the space before passing it onto the next recipient.

The exhibition marks the first time these artists will be shown together, highlighting the range and variety of practices that have emerged from a shared site of production. From the earliest, now five years into their career, to the most recent, who recently began their studio journey, Studio 35 presents a spectrum of approaches and trajectories, reflecting not only on individual practice, but also on the role of QSS Artist Studios & Gallery in supporting early-career artists in Belfast. Rather than advancing a single narrative, the exhibition traces how this shared studio has acted as a grounding force, anchoring and propelling the distinct practices each artist continues to pursue today.

Belfast artist Farhad O’Neill, known for his sculptures, drawings, and public monuments, is proud to present at this exhibition a presentation of abstract paintings. These works, based upon both Nature and Culture, represent a new adventure in Art. Tá an t-ealaíontóir as Béal Feirste, Farhad O’Neill, a bhfuil cáil air as a dhealbha, a líníochtaí agus a shéadchomharthaí poiblí, bródúil as cur i láthair de phictiúir teibí a chur i láthair ag an taispeántas seo. Léiríonn na saothair seo, atá bunaithe ar an Dúlra agus ar an gCultúr araon, eachtra nua san Ealaín. Is é téama an taispeántais ná go bhfuil bunús na hEalaíne sa Dúlra.

Exhibition continues from 12/03/2026 to 16/04/2026.

Studio 35 gathers five artists; Kate O’Neill, Reuben Brown, Mollie Browne, Claire Ritchie and Síofra Minnis, who have each been the recipient of the QSS Artist Studios & Gallery Graduate Bursary. Since its establishment in 2019, the Bursary has been awarded to a graduate of Belfast School of Art annually, providing them with studio provision and supporting their transition from university into professional practice.

Exhibition continues from 12/03/2026 to 16/04/2026.

Watching a sunset 8.49 pm explores how a moment in time can take years to describe. The work explores perception, memory and time. This is reflected in the different times attributed to each successive exhibition in a sequence of six that begins at QSS in Belfast. Each subsequent exhibition features works that are assigned a different moment in time, from 20.49pm through to 20.54pm.

Exhibition continues from 14/03/2026 to 09/05/2026.

SHIFT
Reflections of unknowing.

The paintings are in the hidden language of change and their numerous manifestations, and are an assimilation of that process in all its mystery. Sometimes the sources are known, sometimes they are not, but either way they become part of the painting. They are a visual diary with markers or indicators that occur naturally working with a mix of intention and intuition. Colour is used to heighten sensation and with the aim of a raw dynamic, they come into being sequentially and organically. They are an interpretative filtering of the world and universe around us.

In A Fig for a Kiss, Naomi Litvack focuses on organic worlds, reflecting on memory, observation, and the fleeting act of looking – seeking to transform passing impressions through painting. The work explores materiality and process, with paintings that engage as much with the medium of paint itself as with image. Litvack explores the natural world using paint combined with print, collage and drawing to create layered surfaces filled with forms, scribbles, layers and loops.

Glimmers is a new body of work that explores abstraction as an embodied and responsive process whilst highlighting the artist’s use of colour, surface and gesture. Yasmine’s work explores painting as both a material process and a site for reflection, memory and perception. This show reflects her ongoing engagement with the physical and emotional possibilities of paint, as well as her intuitive approach to mark-making.

Prizewinning artists Tracie Corry and Rosalind McConaghy come to the ArtisAnn Gallery in Belfast for a joint exhibition of new paintings.

Late Night Opening: WED 1st April from 6 to 8pm.

Derive is a step into a journey around the urban landscapes of Belfast. Inspired by the works of Guy Debord and the Situationist International 1956-72, using Detournment: Cut-up, collage, montage, juxtapose. Fracturing official narratives and curated memories, allowing room for new relations and encounters to be discovered.
Derive is a solo exhibition by Irish artist Mia Stewart at Belfast Print Workshop, presented as part of the Belfast Print Workshop Graduate Award 2025. Working across disciplines, Mia Stewart’s current practice focuses on mono and screenprinting urban landscapes, removing and replacing aspects to manipulate narratives.

The term “thin place” refers to a location where the veil between the physical and the transcendental appears permeable or “thin”, a mystical space where the boundary between our tangible world and the unseen world seem to touch. Peatlands (bogs) are considered to have this special characteristic where there is a connection between the material and the numinous.

In the artist’s own words “My art is currently informed by habitual wanderings through different levels of moor and bog”.