Events

The Great Book of Ireland is an extraordinary vellum manuscript which contains the original work of 120 artists, 140 poets and nine composers. All of the contributors were asked one thing – please convey your hopes, joys, fears, loves in being an Irish person at the turn of the secondhtml Read more →

Sara Flynn, Sueharu Fukami, Shihoko Fukumoto, Joe Hogan, Eiko Kishi, Frances Lambe, Deirdre McLoughlin, O'Donnell + Tuomey, Satoru Ozaki, Sean Scully, Joseph Walsh, Kan Yasuda, Osamu Yokoyama. Curated by Wahei Aoyama and Joseph Walsh. RINN explores the culture of making and its relationship to place and time through the workhtml Read more →

Exhibition Opening: Saturday 9th August, 3.00 - 5.00pm. All Welcome. Butler Gallery, in association with Kilkenny Arts Festival, is delighted to present an exhibition exploring the theme of ‘Cities of the World’ by two artists, Kathy Prendergast and Chris Leach. The two have never met, but are intrinsically linked byhtml Read more →

Opening Saturday 9 August 2025. 5-7 pm. Special musical performance by Rory Pierce The Ballinglen Arts Foundation is proud to present Janet Pierce: Into the Light, a solo exhibition by the distinguished Scottish-born, Dublin-based artist Janet Pierce. Running from August 9 to October 20, 2025, this exhibition brings together newhtml Read more →

In To the Edge of Your World, Dutch-born, Ireland-based artist Anita Groener uses humble materials—twigs, cardboard, cut paper—to explore themes of loss, displacement, and resilience. Her intricately constructed sculptures and drawings reflect on the shared human impact of migration, conflict, and remembrance, shaped in part by her travels through the Americanhtml Read more →

Libraries of Rest by Ciara Barker. Opening Reception: Saturday 23 August, 2-4pm. Libraries of Rest by Ciara Barker is an immersive exhibition that invites visitors to imagine the future of restful spaces and practices. Libraries of Rest combines installation, gameplay, sound and light, inhabiting a space between visual art, immersivehtml Read more →

Diagonal Acts by Marie Farrington. Opening Reception: Saturday 23 August, 2-4pm. Diagonal Acts refers to how diagonal lines are seen as ways to connect, divide and move across various places or ideas. The exhibition explores themes of memory, place and connection — exploring gaps, fragments and edges within archaeology, geology,html Read more →

Exhibition continues from the 13th of June to the 4th of January 2026 An exhibition of rarely seen artworks by internationally important Japanese war photographer Akihiko Okamura, documenting his relationship with Ireland during the Troubles.  From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, Japanese war photographer Akihiko Okamura (1929-1985) created ahtml Read more →

Exhibition continues from 23rd August to 1st November 2025A major solo exhibition by artist Maud Cotter maelstrom presents a group of works which seek to examine the complexity of the present, and engages with the complexity and form of change as process, with works that reference the dual directionality ofhtml Read more →

Ormston House in collaboration with EVA International presents Bíodh Orm Anocht. The exhibition will run from 29 August to 26 October.Bíodh Orm Anocht, roughly translating to 'be with me tonight', is a group exhibition featuring new and existing artworks by four artists – Seán Hannan, Laura Ní Fhlaibhín, Ciarán Óhtml Read more →