Performance: 6:00pm – 6:30pm.
Q&A: 6:30pm – 6:45pm.

‘Intersection’ is a live performance by visual artist Arlene Caffrey. It explores how pole dancing can become a movement methodology for investigating embodied experience and expressing the self within a performance art context. Merging her Fine Art practice with her award-winning pole dancing skills, this work navigates the space between past and present, personal and cultural, academic and physical. It asks whether such crossings can create a site of transformation and becoming. Performance will be followed by a short Q&A with performance artist Emma Brennan.

This is a screening of a work-in-progress of a potential six-part TV series titled Crickets by visual artist Bea McMahon and a crew of collaborators; Deniz Buga, Artémise Ploegaerts, Nathan O’Donnell, and Díc Walsh, among others. Working in the genre of ‘cringe tragedy’ and improvising script, set, characters, costumes and direction on location in France and Ireland, this event marks an opportunity to delve behind the scenes and hear about the production process from the inside out. Presented by Kunstverein Aughrim in partnership with Mermaid Arts Centre.

Ann Mitchell’s portraits transcend time, revealing the quiet power and vulnerability at the heart of the human experience. Her layered mixed-media pieces shimmer with depth and feeling, where light and texture merge to express the soul’s resilience.

Enrique Lazzaro’s portraits pulse with emotional intensity, capturing the raw beauty and complexity of human expression. His work reveals moments of vulnerability, strength, and truth rendered through bold brushwork and luminous colour. Each piece invites the viewer into a space where feeling takes form and silence speaks.

Opening night on the 11th of December at 7:00 PM – 10:00PM

Launching 12 Dec, @6pm.

Patient Labyrinth is both a maze and a labyrinth – exploring the delicate boundary between two worlds: the one in which we lose our way, and the one we try to find our way out of. The exhibition weaves together myth, folk magic, and ritual to explore how we navigate uncertainty, entrapment, and transformation. As our constructed and natural world unravels to near collapse, we rely on storytelling as a tool for connection, a tool for protection. The labyrinth is a mirror, a code, a key, a tensabarrier, a narrative and a fabrication, a reflection of ourselves and our worlds.

Revealing The River Becoming The Sea (until 5pm Dec 20th).
Open Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm, with late opening until 8.30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. On Wednesday 10th and again on Saturday 13th, both days 2pm-5pm, there will be an opportunity to chat with the artist, learn more about the paintings and the process, all powered by mulled wine and mince pies.
The exhibition space is on the top floor, and it may occasionally be occupied by other users for meetings, etc., so it is best to call (0404) 67 025 in advance, to check if the exhibition is visitable.

ÍOVA presents its 4th winter print fair and charity fundraiser

The ÍOVA Photo Collective has long been dedicated to creating spaces for photographers and visual artists to connect, learn, and grow. The ÍOVA Photography Collective began in mid-2018 at John Gunn’s Camera Shop. What started as casual conversations among local photography enthusiasts, film lovers, and camera collectors gradually evolved into a tight-knit community. Recognising the value of this growing connection, the group decided to formalise as ÍOVA.

50% of sales are going to Spinabifida Hydrocephalus Ireland

Celebrate the magic of the Christmas season through art.
Our Christmas Art Exhibition showcases a dazzling collection of paintings, sculptures, and handcrafted works.
A joyful gathering of local artists, holiday cheer, and heartfelt creativity.
Discover unique artworks that capture the beauty of the festive season, the spirit of giving, and the glow of togetherness.
Perfect for art lovers and gift seekers alike!

Step into a festive gallery where creativity and holiday spirit come together in perfect harmony.

Upstairs @ Millfield Shopping Centre, Balbriggan

Opening times: 10am – 6pm everyday!

Sunday 14th December – Sunday 21st December

Performance: 6:00pm – 6:30pm.
Q&A: 6:30pm – 6:45pm.

‘Intersection’ is a live performance by visual artist Arlene Caffrey. It explores how pole dancing can become a movement methodology for investigating embodied experience and expressing the self within a performance art context. Merging her Fine Art practice with her award-winning pole dancing skills, this work navigates the space between past and present, personal and cultural, academic and physical. It asks whether such crossings can create a site of transformation and becoming. Performance will be followed by a short Q&A with performance artist Emma Brennan.

Opening reception Thursday 4th December 6pm. Exhibition Fri 5th – Weds 10th December. 1 – 6.30pm. Us, Nature is an exhibition of Plein Air paintings with each artist having a different approach. However they both find a way to commune with the nature around them and to capture the beauty of a moment and exist in it for a time. Serving as a gateway into the world of landscapes, the exhibition explores our intoxicating yet fragile relationship with nature. Curated by Tony Strickland

This is a screening of a work-in-progress of a potential six-part TV series titled Crickets by visual artist Bea McMahon and a crew of collaborators; Deniz Buga, Artémise Ploegaerts, Nathan O’Donnell, and Díc Walsh, among others. Working in the genre of ‘cringe tragedy’ and improvising script, set, characters, costumes and direction on location in France and Ireland, this event marks an opportunity to delve behind the scenes and hear about the production process from the inside out. Presented by Kunstverein Aughrim in partnership with Mermaid Arts Centre.

The exhibition is typically interdisciplinary and features a collection of works which reflect the artist’s interest in 3D graphics, networked technologies and the mechanics of image production. ASSETS is Alan Butler’s second solo exhibition since his debut here in 2017, and since then, his work has been the subject of over one hundred exhibitions at galleries, museums and festivals around the world.

ÍOVA presents its 4th winter print fair and charity fundraiser

The ÍOVA Photo Collective has long been dedicated to creating spaces for photographers and visual artists to connect, learn, and grow. The ÍOVA Photography Collective began in mid-2018 at John Gunn’s Camera Shop. What started as casual conversations among local photography enthusiasts, film lovers, and camera collectors gradually evolved into a tight-knit community. Recognising the value of this growing connection, the group decided to formalise as ÍOVA.

50% of sales are going to Spinabifida Hydrocephalus Ireland

This year’s Dublin Art book Fair: ‘Flock’ is guest curated by Dr. Selina Guinness. It features limited edition publications made by artists and designers, and new and unusual publications on art, design, architecture, photography, and visual culture from independent publishers! Explore and buy the publications, or book into one of the many free events that engage with art and publishing over the ten-day run.

Festival continues from the 4th of December to the 14th of December 2025

ALT EFF is a festival for the people, by the people. Their unique decentralised model means that festival events can be made relevant, engaging and impactful for audiences all over the world.

In 2025, ALT EFF focuses on redefining how we see the planet, ourselves, and each other in the age of pervasive digital presence.

Join us for a beautifully curated selection of films that speak to the connections between environmental conciousness, creative expression and shifting perspectives.

Ann Mitchell’s portraits transcend time, revealing the quiet power and vulnerability at the heart of the human experience. Her layered mixed-media pieces shimmer with depth and feeling, where light and texture merge to express the soul’s resilience.

Enrique Lazzaro’s portraits pulse with emotional intensity, capturing the raw beauty and complexity of human expression. His work reveals moments of vulnerability, strength, and truth rendered through bold brushwork and luminous colour. Each piece invites the viewer into a space where feeling takes form and silence speaks.

Opening night on the 11th of December at 7:00 PM – 10:00PM

Entangled Life – Exhibition curated by Cristina Nicotra, marks the culmination of a year of gathering in a space for thought, conversation, and practice on environmental interdependencies. It weaves together traces of voices, ideas, and materials collected from across the entire programme.

Featuring artworks from Mark Clare, Rosie O’Reilly & The Liberties Weavers
Contributions from guest speakers throughout the programme.

Opening: Thursday 27th November 6–8pm
Exhibition runs: Friday 28th November – Thursday 18th December 2025

The Complex presents ‘Depots’, an exhibition of newly commissioned work by Cillian Finnerty and Tim Furey, curated by Mark O’Gorman.

Proudly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and Dublin City Council.
Image courtesy Cillian Finnerty.

Location: The Gallery @ The Complex.
Preview: 5 December, 6-8pm.
Exhibition Run: 6-19 December.
Hours: 10am-5pm Mon-Fri, 12-5pm Sat.

This exhibition presents a series of charcoal drawings by Lelia Henry that explore the intelligence, memory, and emotional presence of trees, inspired by the groundbreaking research of forest ecologist Suzanne Simard.
The drawings focus on the visible forms we encounter every day – each drawing treats the tree as an individual with its own character. The works ask what it means to recognise familiar emotions and gestures in non-human forms. The forest becomes a mirror for human presence. The drawings invite viewers to slow down and engage with the trees around them, as companions in the landscape, each with their own story.

Revealing The River Becoming The Sea an exhibition of paintings by Mary Duffy in Wicklow Library, A67 X504.
December 4th-20th, 2025.
Opening Reception: Thursday December 4th, 4pm-7pm

Paintings were created on the balcony of Wicklow Library, where the images created using oil and cold wax medium were created over a period of two years.

This exhibition has been generously funded by the Arts Council through Wicklow County Council Arts Office Artist Award Scheme

Travels Reimagined by Claudia Roche, is a journey through landscapes, interiors, still life, animals and people. As she moves through spaces she collects visual information, weaving it together in collages that reimagine the world, before committing them to canvas.
Claudia Roche’s life has been shaped by movement, place, and a deep connection to both travel and art. Growing up across mainland Europe, Malaysia, and England, she experienced seven relocations before the age of fifteen, when her family settled in Somerset. After completing her schooling in Dorset, she studied History at the University of Bristol earning a BA (Hons).

Revealing The River Becoming The Sea (until 5pm Dec 20th).
Open Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm, with late opening until 8.30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. On Wednesday 10th and again on Saturday 13th, both days 2pm-5pm, there will be an opportunity to chat with the artist, learn more about the paintings and the process, all powered by mulled wine and mince pies.
The exhibition space is on the top floor, and it may occasionally be occupied by other users for meetings, etc., so it is best to call (0404) 67 025 in advance, to check if the exhibition is visitable.

Continues from the  12th of November to the 21st of December 2025

J Hill’s Standard, one of Ireland’s most celebrated craft and design houses, will curate and manage Form & Fable, a pop-up store at Wilton Park that celebrates Irish craftsmanship, design, and creativity.

In partnership with IPUT Real Estate, Form & Fable is a six-week retail residency running from Wednesday 12 November to Sunday 21 December, bringing together a carefully curated collection of Ireland’s most skilled makers.

Every piece on display — and available for purchase — has been designed in Ireland, is rooted in tradition and elevated by contemporary design.

Alex de Roeck’s ‘Debt Wish’ examines an indulgence in wellness and self-optimisation in a culture where lifestyle, value and identity are endlessly renewed, quantified and consumed.

21 Nov, 2025 – 21 Dec, 2025

Celebrate the magic of the Christmas season through art.
Our Christmas Art Exhibition showcases a dazzling collection of paintings, sculptures, and handcrafted works.
A joyful gathering of local artists, holiday cheer, and heartfelt creativity.
Discover unique artworks that capture the beauty of the festive season, the spirit of giving, and the glow of togetherness.
Perfect for art lovers and gift seekers alike!

Step into a festive gallery where creativity and holiday spirit come together in perfect harmony.

Upstairs @ Millfield Shopping Centre, Balbriggan

Opening times: 10am – 6pm everyday!

Sunday 14th December – Sunday 21st December

Public Opening: Sat 1st Nov, 6pm

This exhibition marks 15 years of the Emerging Visual Artist Solo Exhibition Bursary Award, a partnership between Kildare County Council Arts Service & Riverbank Arts Centre. Pattern Recognition: Architectures of Seeing brings together the work of 15 artists who have shaped the visual landscape of County Kildare.

Curated by Paula Barrett, featuring artists Martina McDonald, Noel Hensey, Brian Cregan, Mary-Jo Gilligan, Isobel Egan, Denis Kelly, Marta Golubowska, Brenda Kearney, Michelle McBride, Caoimhe McGuckin, Shane Hynan, Katie Whyte, Gavin Casey, Kym Tracey, and Fiyin Oluokun.

Image: Michelle McBride

Exhibition continues from the 20th of November to the 23rd of December

Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host its annual Winter Group Exhibition showcasing painting, sculpture and print by a range of renowned and celebrated Irish artists.

Bringing together works of different media, sizes and prices, our Winter Group Exhibition will provide the perfect opportunity to find a very special gift for a loved one this Christmas.

The limpid colour palette in Gabhann Dunne’s work gives it a visionary, almost poetic quality. Topographical features, figures, buildings and animals emerge from a richly-opaque ground, conjuring a hauntingly-beautiful parallel world. He uses this romantic landscape to critique humanity’s annexation of the natural world and our displacement of other species, often appropriating and re-working found imagery to complement his invented narratives.

IMMA Collection: Art as Agency is a major three-year display celebrating IMMA’s Permanent Collection as a source of agency and knowledge. Featuring over 100 artists, from the 1960s to the present, it highlights key works, including many recent acquisitions. This ambitious exhibition invites engagement and research over time, allowing for a rich durational experience of Ireland’s Modern and Contemporary Art Collection.

Through thematic, chronological, geographical, and media-based approaches, the exhibition examines how artworks connect across time and contexts, fostering new interpretations and relevance. Works from the 1960s to the 1980s evoke the foundational story of the Irish art world. While acknowledging the context of the modernist, predominantly male dominance of that era, the exhibition also spotlights the material innovation and socially engaged practices of others who persisted despite the relatively conservative status quo.

The exhibition also presents more recent practice that explores urgent global themes such as gender, hybridity, cultural histories, de-colonialism, diaspora, migration, food injustice, climate, and ecological change. Memory, imagination, and storytelling play pivotal roles in these works, offering generative ways to process fragmentation, dislocation, and survival in unfamiliar spaces. New and existing works in the IMMA grounds will extend these themes.

The exhibition includes a specially created ‘white cube’ gallery space inspired by Brian O’Doherty’s renowned series of essays Inside the White Cube – The Ideology of the Gallery Space (1976), that critiques the auratic, market-driven effects of the white cube gallery format. Likewise the choice of works curated for this space pushes back by highlighting works by Post-War American women, pioneering conceptualist artworks by Marcel Duchamp and Brian O’Doherty as well as a contemporary feminist response by Andrea Geyer.

By interweaving historical and contemporary narratives, Art as Agency invites audiences to reflect on the evolving meanings and possibilities of art in shaping our understanding of and action in the world.

Entangled Life
Curated by Cristina Nicotra
May–December 2025

Entangled Life, supported by Community Foundation Ireland, is a programme exploring the deep connections between climate, society, and the ecosystems where art and community intertwine. This initiative unravels heterogeneous climate and social topics, by understanding ecology as a complex web of relationships—between humans, the more-than-human world, and political and natural environments.

Entangled Life aims to provide space to facilitate a network of relationships, collaboration and engagement within the community. Over the course of 8 months the project will bring together community participants, artists and experts – including Lisa Fitzsimons (Strategy and Sustainability Lead at Irish Museum of Modern Art), Eileen Hutton PhD (Head of Art and Ecology at Burren College of Art), and Gareth Kennedy (artist, lecturer and lead coordinator on NCAD FIELD) – for a series of monthly panel talks, workshops and artistic interventions at Pallas Projects, culminating in an exhibition in December 2025.

The project draws inspiration from Merlin Sheldrake’s book of the same name, which explores the interconnected mycelium worlds that allow for unexpected possibilities, and Joanna Macy’s principles of ‘Active Hope’, which emphasize knowledge, compassion and action. With the final goal of promoting a decarbonised future, the project explores the links between climate issues and society, and shows how they are relevant in our daily life and our community.

The events series will provide diverse perspectives and room for direct interaction among participants through a non-linear, non-hierarchical approach, fostering exploration and critical thinking, considering mental wellbeing. This multidisciplinary initiative feeds the need to provide opportunities for influencing and activating change effectively. It allows the community to learn about climate issues, react, and co-create diverse, dynamic and unpredictable connections and inspirations. Feedback and reactions collected throughout the programme will be compiled into a toolkit report.

In all, seven topics will be unravelled and discussed through open panel discussions, workshops beginning with The Art of Just Transition on Wednesday 14th of May, with Rachel Fallon, Artist; Dr Egle Gusciute, Assistant Professor in Sociology, UCD; and Michelle Murphy, Research & Policy Analyst with Social Justice Ireland and member of Just Transition Commission.

Events Schedule

14th May The Art of Just Transition (Talk)

11th June Discovering biomaterials in art and society (Talk)

9th July Art and biomaterials (Workshop)

3rd September Beyond Words: communicating sustainability (Talk)

1st October Intersectionality in art and climate (Talk)

29th October Climate and Art: programming & advocacy (Talk)

27th November Entangled Life (Exhibition opening)

3rd December Climate crisis and mental health (Workshops)

17th December Climate activism and socially engaged art (Talk)

Events take place Wednesdays, 6–8pm. Participants are welcome to attend some or all events. Places can be booked via Eventbrite, but there will be a places for walk-ins subject to availability

IMMA presents a solo exhibition by Sam Gilliam (1933 – 2022), one of the great innovators in post-war American painting, co-organised with the Sam Gilliam Foundation. Emerging in the mid-1960s, his canonical ‘Drape’ paintings merged painting, sculpture, and performance in conversation with architecture in entirely new ways. Suspending unstretched lengths of painted canvas from the walls or ceilings of exhibition spaces, Gilliam transformed his medium and the contexts in which it was viewed.

Sewing Fields highlights Gilliam’s connection to Ireland, where a transformative residency at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in the 1990s reshaped his artistic practice. Gilliam embraced new materials, working with pre-stained fabrics that he had shipped to Ireland, cutting and layering them into sculptural compositions. A collaboration with a local dressmaker further expanded this process, reinforcing his innovative fusion of painting and textile techniques.

The dramatic, undulating forms in his work resonate with the vastness and wildness of the Irish coast, featuring loose, flowing compositions that reflect the organic and unpredictable nature of the land and sea. Gilliam’s signature vibrant colour fields were influenced by the unique Irish light, resulting in atmospheric, almost translucent hues. By moving away from the rigid geometry of modernism, Gilliam’s work in Ireland fostered an intuitive dialogue with the surrounding environment, celebrating the physicality of painting and the emotional resonance of place through abstraction and materiality.

This exhibition continues IMMA’s engagement with artists whose work has received renewed attention and accolades in recent years that has included Howardena Pindell (2023), Derek Jarman (2019), and Frank Bowling (2018).

VISUAL is pleased to present Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood. This landmark touring exhibition has been conceived by Hettie Judah in collaboration with Hayward Gallery Touring. Following a successful tour of the UK, Acts of Creation comes to VISUAL augmented by the inclusion of works from Irish artists and collections.

Spanning all of VISUAL’s galleries, Acts of Creation presents work in painting, drawing, sculpture, film, photography and sound that speaks to the experience of motherhood in all its complexity. At VISUAL, an accompanying in-depth learning programme will respond to the exhibition’s themes and works. A reading area, a reflection space and specialist workshops and tours will further provide visitors with ways to engage with the ideas and experiences reflected in this powerful exhibition.

Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood plunges into the joys and heartaches, mess, myths and mishaps of motherhood through over 100 artworks, from the Women’s Movement of the 1960s and 70s to the present day.
While the Madonna and Child is one of the great subjects of European art, we rarely see art about real motherhood, in all its complexity. Acts of Creation addresses this blind spot in art history, asserting the artist mother as an important cultural figure.
How does the image of motherhood change when the artist is drawing on lived experience? What is made visible? What challenges are levelled at motherhood as an institution through which the mother is idealised as self-sacrificing, wholesome, tireless and uncomplaining?
Diverse experiences are explored across four thematic displays. Creation looks at conception, pregnancy, birth and nursing. It imagines motherhood as a creative act, albeit one in which joy might be tempered with anxiety, pain and exhaustion.
Maintenance is dedicated to the ongoing work of motherhood and caregiving in the day-to-day. Here we find artists engaged in domestic chores, keeping children safe, and navigating a balance between art and parenting.
In Loss artists reflect on experiences of miscarriage, adoption and involuntary childlessness. Works in this section also protest the loss of women’s reproductive rights.
The Temple is a series of self-portraits in which artists explore their own identity in relation to motherhood. For decades women were told they could not be both an artist and a mother. These portraits stand in defiance of that idea.

This exhibition features artworks that include nudity and explore childbirth, (in)fertility, miscarriage, abortion, loss and domestic abuse.

Picasso lived surrounded by his art. His personal life and his work, his homes and his studios were always intimately linked. The exhibition places Picasso in the context of his studios, highlighting the various facets and phases of his art and life. It will explore the key locations that defined him, from his arrival in Paris at the start of the twentieth century to his studio in Mas Notre-Dame de Vie (1961-1973) in Mougins. The exhibition will feature paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and works on paper, as well as photographic and audio-visual works.

A celebration of the artists’ process and practice, this exhibition brings together a selection of her paintings, notebooks and sketchbooks, enabling the viewer engage with a range of works inspired by the artists’ interests and travels as well as her methodologies.

Flannery’s paintings emerged from her deep connection and study of the natural world and from the very different landscapes that she immersed herself in. From her home in Carlow, to Waterford, Wexford, Mayo and further afield in places such as Yamba, New South Wales, Flannery distilled landscape, sky, sea and land.

Vague Symptom Clinic considers Ireland’s legacies of colonialism, partition, and state violence, and their relationship to intergenerational trauma and inherited chronic illness. The title is taken from the real-life NHS clinic that attempts to identify origins or causes of a range of indicators of disease, including weight loss, fatigue, brain fog and night sweats. Ó Dochartaigh makes sculptural installations with materials including blown glass, silicone, ice, lard, metal, diagrammatic images, sound recordings, electronic components and medical tools made of ceramic, marble, and granite.

The Office of Public Works (OPW) and Pearse Museum are proud to present a major retrospective of the work of Irish wood sculptor Liam Roe (1935–2010), running from 1 November 2025 to 1 February 2026.

Roe spent his life cultivating the craft of wood sculpture, developing his practice over several decades. He worked primarily with oak, walnut, Spanish chestnut, elm, yew and lime, creating human and animal forms that reflected both Irish cultural memory and everyday experience. His work explored themes of history, mythology, music, faith, the natural world, and the bond between mother and child.

Born in Marino, North Dublin, Roe began carving in his twenties. In 1962, he travelled to Oberammergau, Germany, to study traditional woodcarving, and later attended night classes at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD). He held his first solo exhibition in 1963 at Brown Thomas, Dublin.

Roe played a significant role in preserving traditional woodcarving in Ireland. He contributed to teaching at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), where his deep knowledge and practical skill were respected by students and colleagues alike.

This exhibition, organised in partnership with the OPW, brings together a wide selection of Roe’s sculptures, many of which have never before been shown publicly.

Image: “Cut-out lady” in sycamore (1972)”

Public Opening: Sat 1st Nov, 6pm

This exhibition marks 15 years of the Emerging Visual Artist Solo Exhibition Bursary Award, a partnership between Kildare County Council Arts Service & Riverbank Arts Centre. Pattern Recognition: Architectures of Seeing brings together the work of 15 artists who have shaped the visual landscape of County Kildare.

Curated by Paula Barrett, featuring artists Martina McDonald, Noel Hensey, Brian Cregan, Mary-Jo Gilligan, Isobel Egan, Denis Kelly, Marta Golubowska, Brenda Kearney, Michelle McBride, Caoimhe McGuckin, Shane Hynan, Katie Whyte, Gavin Casey, Kym Tracey, and Fiyin Oluokun.

Image: Michelle McBride

As part of Dublin Gallery Weekend, 6-9 October 2025, TØN is delighted to present an exhibition where contemporary art meets contemporary craft.
LUMEN is an exhibition of works by Gildas O Laoire and Mark Redden. Combining painting, sculpture, design, and furniture, they express the solace of living with art and the luminous effect art has on life. The viewer is prompted to examine the objects closely, drawn into a fourth dimension through the layers of paint or the myriad of details of wood grain. Light and movement are integral to the work of both artists.

The exhibition is typically interdisciplinary and features a collection of works which reflect the artist’s interest in 3D graphics, networked technologies and the mechanics of image production. ASSETS is Alan Butler’s second solo exhibition since his debut here in 2017, and since then, his work has been the subject of over one hundred exhibitions at galleries, museums and festivals around the world.

This is the first solo exhibition by renowned artist, poet and activist Cecilia Vicuña in Ireland. For this exhibition Vicuña’s delves into themes of ancestry, ecological urgency, and the interconnectedness of humanity inspired by the discovery of her ancient ties to Ireland.

We’re proud to present the Irish premiere of The Empathy Machine at Photo Museum Ireland. Maija Tammi is known for her radical storytelling through the medium of video, photography and installations. This acclaimed work offers audiences a rare chance to engage with Tammi’s unique exploration of empathy, emotion, and human connection through the lens of contemporary photography.

Exhibition on show from 8 November 2025 – 1 February 2026

Exhibition continues from the 1st of November to the 31st of December 2025

Energetic Labyrinths is a vivid exploration of movement, consciousness, and creative power through the work of Clare O’Connor — an award-winning multidisciplinary artist and designer whose practice spans abstract painting, printmaking, photography, and wearable art. Rooted in her fascination with the labyrinth as a symbol of the inner world, this exhibition reflects Clare’s long-standing interest in self-development, personal navigation, and empowerment. Her art — described as energetic, tactile, and multi-dimensional — offers more than visual stimulation; it opens a space for reflection, mindfulness, and transformation.

Droichead Arts Centre is delighted to announce its partnership with fellow North East Network members, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, and An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk, in a unique extension of Solstice’s annual selected survey of local professional arts practice.

North East Network supports, values and encourages visual artists in the North East to develop their practices and creative careers. The exhibition presents an overview of contemporary visual arts practice in County Louth and Meath. There will be a visual arts award of €2,000 selected by each curator in each arts centre.

Continues from the  12th of November to the 21st of December 2025

J Hill’s Standard, one of Ireland’s most celebrated craft and design houses, will curate and manage Form & Fable, a pop-up store at Wilton Park that celebrates Irish craftsmanship, design, and creativity.

In partnership with IPUT Real Estate, Form & Fable is a six-week retail residency running from Wednesday 12 November to Sunday 21 December, bringing together a carefully curated collection of Ireland’s most skilled makers.

Every piece on display — and available for purchase — has been designed in Ireland, is rooted in tradition and elevated by contemporary design.

Alex de Roeck’s ‘Debt Wish’ examines an indulgence in wellness and self-optimisation in a culture where lifestyle, value and identity are endlessly renewed, quantified and consumed.

21 Nov, 2025 – 21 Dec, 2025

This exhibition presents a series of charcoal drawings by Lelia Henry that explore the intelligence, memory, and emotional presence of trees, inspired by the groundbreaking research of forest ecologist Suzanne Simard.
The drawings focus on the visible forms we encounter every day – each drawing treats the tree as an individual with its own character. The works ask what it means to recognise familiar emotions and gestures in non-human forms. The forest becomes a mirror for human presence. The drawings invite viewers to slow down and engage with the trees around them, as companions in the landscape, each with their own story.

Opening 3.00pm – 5.00pm Saturday 22nd November. All Welcome. Butler Gallery is very pleased to present a solo exhibition by the Kinsale-based artist Brian Harte. This solo exhibition comes at a pivotal point in Harte’s career and is his first museum exhibition in Ireland. For the past nine years his career has focused on international commitments. Harte creates paintings that deconstruct interior settings which embrace components from his own domestic family life. This exhibition invitation has allowed the artist to step back from commercial gallery demands to reflect and experiment.

Exhibition continues from the 20th of November to the 23rd of December

Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host its annual Winter Group Exhibition showcasing painting, sculpture and print by a range of renowned and celebrated Irish artists.

Bringing together works of different media, sizes and prices, our Winter Group Exhibition will provide the perfect opportunity to find a very special gift for a loved one this Christmas.

Entangled Life – Exhibition curated by Cristina Nicotra, marks the culmination of a year of gathering in a space for thought, conversation, and practice on environmental interdependencies. It weaves together traces of voices, ideas, and materials collected from across the entire programme.

Featuring artworks from Mark Clare, Rosie O’Reilly & The Liberties Weavers
Contributions from guest speakers throughout the programme.

Opening: Thursday 27th November 6–8pm
Exhibition runs: Friday 28th November – Thursday 18th December 2025

‘Tapestry’ brings together four bodies of work, each rooted in a deep engagement with the emotional potential of abstraction. It begins with a series of recent pencil-on-paper drawings, intimate in scale and delicately rendered. Alongside these are a number of hand-woven tapestries, produced in collaboration with master craftsmen at Mourne Textiles. These are shown in conversation with new large-scale paintings from the Stack series — shown here for the first time — these works merge drawing, painting and spray paint to create layered works that hover between architectural weight and painterly gesture. 

Exhibition continues from the 29th of November to the 2nd of February 2026.

Luan Gallery, in partnership with Westmeath Arts Office, presents Mythologies of the Personal and the Land, the Westmeath Artists Award exhibition showcasing the work of thirty talented Westmeath artists, selected by guest curator Miguel Amado. The exhibition will be officially opened at 6 p.m. on Friday, 28th November, with addresses from Cllr. Paul Hogan, Leas-Chathaoirleach of Westmeath County Council; Laura McCormack, Acting Arts Officer, Westmeath County Council; and Miguel Amado, Director of Sirius Arts Centre.

The limpid colour palette in Gabhann Dunne’s work gives it a visionary, almost poetic quality. Topographical features, figures, buildings and animals emerge from a richly-opaque ground, conjuring a hauntingly-beautiful parallel world. He uses this romantic landscape to critique humanity’s annexation of the natural world and our displacement of other species, often appropriating and re-working found imagery to complement his invented narratives.

Missy Brinkmeyer’s practice is grounded in how we navigate each other in public—inhabiting space together while remaining separate. The resulting photographs feel like encounters with empathy itself: driven by instinct and emotional intelligence, a form of quiet contact. As the artist herself says “separation is just an illusion, we are all connected”. 

We are seen.

For Seen, curator Margarita Cappock focuses mainly on images from central Dublin. It is not intended as a conclusive statement on Brinkmeyer’s practice, but as one way to slice through her prolific image-making and reveal something about how she works. 

Revealing The River Becoming The Sea an exhibition of paintings by Mary Duffy in Wicklow Library, A67 X504.
December 4th-20th, 2025.
Opening Reception: Thursday December 4th, 4pm-7pm

Paintings were created on the balcony of Wicklow Library, where the images created using oil and cold wax medium were created over a period of two years.

This exhibition has been generously funded by the Arts Council through Wicklow County Council Arts Office Artist Award Scheme

This year’s Dublin Art book Fair: ‘Flock’ is guest curated by Dr. Selina Guinness. It features limited edition publications made by artists and designers, and new and unusual publications on art, design, architecture, photography, and visual culture from independent publishers! Explore and buy the publications, or book into one of the many free events that engage with art and publishing over the ten-day run.

Opening reception Thursday 4th December 6pm. Exhibition Fri 5th – Weds 10th December. 1 – 6.30pm. Us, Nature is an exhibition of Plein Air paintings with each artist having a different approach. However they both find a way to commune with the nature around them and to capture the beauty of a moment and exist in it for a time. Serving as a gateway into the world of landscapes, the exhibition explores our intoxicating yet fragile relationship with nature. Curated by Tony Strickland

Even in the Darkest Times, Ranelagh Arts’ Winter Exhibition supporting Médecins Sans Frontières and their ongoing work in Gaza. Curated by Taffina Flood and Ria Czerniak, the exhibition features invited artists including Aideen Barry, Rachel Fallon, Maser, Corban Walker and Joy Gerrard, alongside selected works from our open call. This Christmas, buying art is a meaningful gift that supports artists and vital humanitarian aid. Exhibition runs 5 Dec–9 Jan. Image: Susan Buttner Studio.

The Complex presents ‘Depots’, an exhibition of newly commissioned work by Cillian Finnerty and Tim Furey, curated by Mark O’Gorman.

Proudly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and Dublin City Council.
Image courtesy Cillian Finnerty.

Location: The Gallery @ The Complex.
Preview: 5 December, 6-8pm.
Exhibition Run: 6-19 December.
Hours: 10am-5pm Mon-Fri, 12-5pm Sat.

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is delighted to present Lucid Dreaming, dlr Open Exhibition of visual art by artists who have studied in, are originally from, or are living or working in the County. Artists were invited to submit work on the theme Lucid Dreaming. The exhibition is selected and curated by Royal Hibernian Academy Curator, Davey Moor, through an open submission process. The exhibition is accompanied by a Gallery Learning Programme.

Image credits: Eimear Carvill, Tranquility 1, 2025

Travels Reimagined by Claudia Roche, is a journey through landscapes, interiors, still life, animals and people. As she moves through spaces she collects visual information, weaving it together in collages that reimagine the world, before committing them to canvas.
Claudia Roche’s life has been shaped by movement, place, and a deep connection to both travel and art. Growing up across mainland Europe, Malaysia, and England, she experienced seven relocations before the age of fifteen, when her family settled in Somerset. After completing her schooling in Dorset, she studied History at the University of Bristol earning a BA (Hons).

Festival continues from the 4th of December to the 14th of December 2025

ALT EFF is a festival for the people, by the people. Their unique decentralised model means that festival events can be made relevant, engaging and impactful for audiences all over the world.

In 2025, ALT EFF focuses on redefining how we see the planet, ourselves, and each other in the age of pervasive digital presence.

Join us for a beautifully curated selection of films that speak to the connections between environmental conciousness, creative expression and shifting perspectives.