Events

This exhibition presents a selection of both historic and newly acquired abstract artworks from the permanent Waterford Art Collection. Alongside artworks can also be found archival information, newspaper cuttings, and descriptions from the artists themselves, as well as critique by a cross-section of individuals invited and interested in demystifying thishtml Read more →

Exhibition continues from 10/02/2026 to 20/06/2026. Portraits—The Failure of the State presents Brian Maguire’s portraits from three bodies of work that investigate the catastrophic impact of systemic violence without justice in Montana, United States; Bentiu, South Sudan; and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Maguire is an artist who looks outward, beyond thehtml Read more →

Cork Printmakers presents Familiar, a solo exhibition by Ben Reilly at Cork Printmakers Studio Gallery which celebrates drawing through the mediums of etching and casting. Opening Reception: 5pm Thursday 19 February 2026 In this exhibition, Reilly works with cuttlefish casting and etching; both processes utilising similar tools to inscribe ahtml Read more →

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 excitinghtml Read more →

Official Launch February 28th @ 2pm, opened by artist Cecilia Bullo. 'Outlandish' is a meditation on the role of nature in the built environment, how it is both marginalised and idealised in the way we design and shape our cities. In this exhibition, using unconventional canvas shapes, de Forge encourageshtml Read more →

Waterford Gallery of Art is delighted to present ‘as below, so above’, a solo exhibition of new and recent paintings by Robert Jackson. This exhibition brings together a selection of Jackson's many and distinct series of works developed over the last 15 years including miniature portraiture and skyscapes (Tiny Skies),html Read more →

Exhibition continues from 19/02/2026 to 30/04/2026. Cork Printmakers presents Familiar, a solo exhibition by Ben Reilly at Cork Printmakers Studio Gallery.In this exhibition, Reilly works with cuttlefish casting and etching; both processes utilising similar tools to inscribe a line into his chosen material; cuttlefish and metal sheet. The former ishtml Read more →

Curated by Aisling Prior Featuring 26 emerging artists with a Fingal connection, part of a series of initiatives for artists to mark Draíocht’s 25th Birthday. Maria Atanacković | Maya Brezing | Lucy Carrick | Matthew Coll | Michael Shane Cox | Alex De Roeck | Aideen Farrell | Chris Forresterhtml Read more →

Kim Crowley is a curator based in Cork City. Her practice is concerned with expanded artist publishing as curatorial practice. She will establish a curatorial research ‘office’ called the Office of Work (OOW) in the TRISKEL SAMPLE Project Space. The OOW looks to research and interrogate ideas around art makinghtml Read more →

Crawford Supported Studios and LHQ Gallery present ‘This is Ireland’, a showcase of the work of sixteen artists working in supported studio settings: Angela Burchill, Bríd Heffernan, David Connolly, Eoin O’Brion, Íde Ní Shúilleabháin, John Keating, Judit Bakos, Katie Whelan, Marie Sexton, Mary Rose Marshall, Nicola Moran, Rosaleen Moore, Stephenhtml Read more →