What’s On around Ireland

CCC: Connecting + Collaborating + Co-Creating – An Open Invitation to Come Together – exploring contemporary Fine Art teaching, research, practice, reflecting on art’s role in civic life, critical thinking, and democratic societies.

PARADOX Forum 2026 will take account of the exceptional contribution of art education to civic life and education; critical thinking and creative action to democracy of future societies, considering interrelated impacts and potentials of fine art, technologies, cultural and creative industries.

Exhibition continues from 27/03/2026 to 10/05/2026.

Before I Go: Vanishing Dublin, gathers over fifty characteristically Dublin cityscapes by Gerard Byrne — Georgian terraces, Victorian facades, charming pubs, and beloved corners that continue to define his practice. Working en plein air in both oil and charcoal, Byrne captures architecture and atmosphere in equal measure, incidentally continuing the work of Harry Kernoff and Flora Mitchell, exemplified in her book Vanishing Dublin (1966). 60 years on, he faces the same conviction that what is not recorded is lost forever.

Before I go, before you go, I’ll make sure someone remembers.

Exhibition continues from 23/03/2026 to 25/04/2026.

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with Culturlann Sweeney is delighted to present ‘Ethereal” an exhibition by Christopher Quinn.
Following on from the success of his first exhibit “Colours in the Landscape”, Christopher Quinn returns with his follow up showing “Ethereal”. Christopher Quinn, a native of Ennis, Co. Clare fell in love with landscape photography whilst living in the Canadian Rockies. Persistence in learning from one photograph to the next engrained the need to succeed. “Ethereal” is something that resonates deeply with his approach to photography, calmness, serenity, less obtrusion, it’s the perfect signature of his work.

Exhibition continues from 23/03/2026 to 25/04/2026.

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with the Edna O’Brien Library in Scariff is delighted to present “In Clondorney Bog – An exploration of a local peatland” by the Artist Caitríona O’Sullivan.

Caitríona O’Sullivan is a landscape artist and floral designer from Tulla, Co. Clare. Her work is inspired by the colours, forms, textures and moods of the East Clare landscape. Working in pencil and pastel, her drawings express her emotional connection to the environment, highlighting its beauty, complexity and fragility. Her locality also inspires the botanical installations and arrangements she makes using dried and fresh wild plant material.

Exhibition continues from 26/03/2026 to 18/04/2026.

An exhibition of artwork by artist members including painting, sculpture, print, photography, ceramics and textiles. The judging panel for 2026 were Katie O’Grady, Curator of Exhibitions + Projects at The Glucksman, Michael Quane RHA, artist and Sarah Foster, Lecturer at MTU Crawford College of Art & Design. This year 393 artworks were submitted with a maximum of 3 pieces allowed per artist member. A total of 107 artworks were selected. Of the approximately 147 members who submitted 72 are participating in the exhibition.

Exhibition continues from 14/03/2026 to 12/04/2026.

Contemporary Irish painter Rebecca Peart’s solo exhibition, ‘Mariner’, shows new work from 14 March until 12 April. Invoking the intrepid mariners of yesteryear setting out to discover new worlds, Peart’s painting Sail leads the viewer into the exhibition and through her mind’s eye yielding colourful emotive abstracts. Colour hues scale from whispering landscapes to heightened tones at sea; her paintings conjure abstract compositions travelling through longitudes of time and space, a nautical journey between lands. Rebecca has drawn inspiration from Kerry since childhood and has exhibited extensively in Dublin, London and New York.

In 2013, the Living Arts Project was established as an artist-in-residency scheme in primary schools. The aim of the project is to provide children with an understanding and appreciation of contemporary visual art. The exhibition represents a selection of work produced by the participating schools.

The artists and schools selected for the 2025-26 programme were Sonya Weston and Kate Tyrrell with Castlebridge NS, Deirdre Meehan-Buttimer and Shannon Jade Wilson with Clonroche NS, David Begley and Hanneke van Ryswyk with Curracloe NS, and Laura Flood and Mayumi Nakabayashi in Scoil Mhaodhóig.

Exhibition continues from 13/03/2026 to 03/05/2026.

Lucy Stein’s expressive, emotionally and psychologically charged paintings result from what the artist describes as a ‘cosmic symbolic feminist headspace’. Her work has a deep connection to the principles and imagery of goddess culture and mystical esotericism stemming from her studies in psychoanalysis and feminist theory. Iconography from classical mythology, medieval and ecclesiastical illuminations, as well as ancient rites and folkloric illustrations interact on her paintings’ amorphous surfaces.

Artist and art teacher Áine Andrews returns with another series of lectures on Famous Paintings and their Hidden Histories. For the fourth installment of this six part lecture series, Áine will focus on Ecce Homo by Titian, recounting its history, as well as that of the artist and his story.

‘Ecce Homo’, meaning ‘behold the man’, refers to the episode from the Passion of Christ in which Christ is presented by Pontius Pilate to the Jews assembled outside the judgement hall after being flagellated and subjected to the crown of thorns

‘Clare’s Stained Glass’, an extensive online archive by John Glynn documenting the county’s stained glass heritage, will be officially launched on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
Supported by Clare County Council’s Heritage Office, the launch will take place on Zoom from 7pm to 8pm. To attend, email ican@museum.ie. Dr David Caron, a leading authority on Irish stained glass, will officially launch the archive after an introduction by Clare County Council Heritage Officer, Congella McGuire. Image Caption:
Our Lady of the Fertile Rock, by George W. Walsh, 1992, New Quay (St Patrick’s Catholic Church).

The AIB Portrait Prize and AIB Young Portrait Prize bring outstanding contemporary portraiture from the National Gallery of Ireland to Letterkenny. Featuring shortlisted artists selected by an expert panel of judges, the exhibition celebrates excellence, innovation and strong local representation, while reflecting the vitality of portrait practice across Ireland today.

A group of artists awarded a mentoring programme through Big Look and the Kilkenny Arts Office reunite one year later to showcase the evolution of their work. Originally brought together over three months of intensive weekly sessions, this exhibition traces each artist’s journey from the first spark of an idea to fresh developments in process and vision. By capturing the progression from initial inception to refined execution, the collection reveals the endless possibilities that emerge when artistic practices are nurtured and given the essential space and time to expand, reflect, and grow.

Note: Opening times on weekends/bank holidays are 10am – 4.30pm

Galway based artist Heather Young has been creating artwork for over 15 years across multiple disciplines. “Unearthed” features a selection of original works and prints that helped shape her original style, allowing us a glimpse into the artist’s development in her first solo exhibition.

This includes key early works that grounded her attention to intricate details along with a passion for rich depth and contrasts. A playful and sometimes whimsical expression of nature developed over many years along with explorations of the entangled cycles of decay and growth.

FREE ADMISSION

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.

Join us for one night for a pop-up exhibition of work by artist Eilis Fanning. Signals End features work from her series of landscape paintings on copper sheet. Exploring the fragmentary borderland infrastructure of open spaces that lie outside the urban and rural, these works draw together themes of isolation, change, transcendence, and a search for connection with the world. 6-8pm. Further viewings of the exhibition can be arranged through the month of April at request.

Bare is an intimate, immersive theatre experience that invites audiences into a living gallery of human vulnerability. Set within a museum-style space, the production presents a collection of “live exhibits” — individuals suspended in moments of emotional and psychological exposure. Each character stands at a crossroads, grappling with private struggles, inner conflicts, and the quiet battles that shape their lives. There is no fourth wall here. Instead, the audience steps inside the world of the piece, moving through the space as witnesses to raw, unfiltered humanity.

Feltmakers Ireland presents ‘Water and Flow’, a group exhibition featuring over 50 members exploring water through felt. From gentle streams to powerful oceans, the show reflects water’s energy, stillness, renewal, and emotional depth—from joy to sorrow. Works include sculpture, wall art, and wearable pieces using diverse felting techniques.

Launched by knitwear designer Conor O’Brien on 4 April at 3 PM, the exhibition runs 2–26 April at Phoenix Park Visitor Centre Gallery. Poster artwork: Waterfall by Joanne Turner.

Join us at GOMA Waterford for the opening reception of Sanctum on Thursday 2 April 2026, 6–8pm. All welcome.

Sanctum explores contemporary spirituality through personal, non-institutional belief and ritual, drawing on pre-Christian practices, folklore, and reimagined religious symbols to address today’s environmental, political, and existential uncertainties.

Curated by Anna Jeznach & Ciara Magee, recipients of GOMA Waterford’s Emerging Curator Award 2026.

Artists: Sam Comerford, Fionn Mac Tiomáin, Rónán Ó Raghallaigh, Lara Quinn, Zuzanna Romańska, Milan Zientara.

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”.

Daisy Chains || Data Trails expands on the recurrent theme in Ciara Tuite’s practice ”body memory’. In this exhibition she explores ‘old practices’ and ‘ancient rituals’ which are embedded in our DNA Modern technology can’t replace the act of mark-making, storytelling, dance etc. In our ever-evolving world, the artist uses painting, text and installation as a conduit to ask the question – how can ancient rituals and digital culture walk side by side to promote peace? What if stone skimming, and barefoot walking are a necessity rather than a novelty to thrive in todays world? What if for a moment we swapped the screen for the sky?

‘Even now there are still places where a thought might grow.‘ – Derek Mahon

I wrote the phrase ‘keep the burning world at bay’ in a notebook during a deep sense of uncertainty at the start of the global pandemic and partly as an answer to my young daughter’s worried question when her school closed – ‘Will it be like this forever?’ I didn’t know, bluffing I told her it would be back to ‘normal’ soon.

Official opening Saturday 4th April at 3pm by Carmel Duffy, Athlone Arts & Tourism Manager

Pause is a body of work by Hilary Kinahan, a visual artist based in the Midlands working from her home studio. The exhibition responds to recent bog fires and their impact on the local landscape, documenting the scorched land through painting and printmaking.

Created as a meditative series, the works invite viewers to slow down and reflect. The series includes sonographs of birdsong, signalling renewal and the gradual return of life to the damaged boglands.

Runs until Saturday 27th June

New works, new meditations from one of Ireland’s most outstanding still life artists. Trudie Mooney has the powerful effect of stopping and holding the viewer. Objects are still, the light they are washed in is still; all movement is stilled, giving pause, forcing us to look again at the world through offerings of sublime detail.

Curated by Benjamin Stafford

Official Reception Friday 1st May, 2.30pm

KCAT is a multi-disciplinary arts centre located in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, supporting inclusive arts practices, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2025.
Here, things are not easily categorised or separated from each other; common songbirds sit alongside five-legged cats, which sit alongside distant countries, rural landscapes, intimate portraits, and science-fiction worlds. These exist in the minds of some of the artists, but the ongoing success and resilience of KCAT shows that with work, dedication, and care, sometimes other worlds can become real.

The Model is delighted to present a major solo exhibition with the artist Tinka Bechert, presenting a ten-year retrospective of her work. Based in the northwest of Ireland for over two decades, Bechert has become an integral part of the cultural landscape of the region. Over the past decade, Bechert’s practice has undergone a significant evolution – moving firmly from figurative painting to a more expansive and experimental abstraction. Her recent work incorporates textiles and sculptural forms, reflecting a deepening exploration of space, materiality, and formal language.

126 Artist-Run Gallery presents It Felt Like A Dream, a collection of work by Asha Murray. Her work combines experimental film, wool tufted objects, collage and sculpture to explore identity, consumerism and memory in everyday objects. The exhibition traces her progression to date. It opens Saturday April 4 at 6pm with a reception and runs until April 26. Open Wednesday to Sunday, 12–6pm.

The Jackman Goldwasser artist-in-residence at Hyde Park Arts Center.
Developed through an exchange partnership between Askeaton Contemporary Arts and Hyde Park Arts Centre, Léann Herilhy travels to Chicago to continue work on their ongoing transdisciplinary project With Everything We’ve Got! Highlighting the urgency of queer and trans* self-defence clubs in preserving community existence, Léann will actively support the strong network of community defence within the Chicago region, and witness how these communities offer complex and nuanced narratives of place and identity.

To mark the end of AS IF at the International Centre for the Image, join photographer Eamonn Doyle, artist-designer Niall Sweeney, and composer David Donohoe in conversation with radio presenter and filmmaker Donal Dineen. The conversation will offer insights into the prolific and exciting process behind the artists’ collaborative work, origins, and influences, with the opportunity for the public to join in the discussion.

Free Event – Booking Required

From the Earth presents new and recent works by Margo McNulty, an artist whose practice explores the relationship between memory, place, and materiality. Through painting, printmaking and photography, McNulty reflects on how personal and collective histories become embedded within objects and landscapes. Her work often draws upon Irish traditions and investigates hidden narratives that shape cultural identity.

This exhibition by STAC’s 2025 Artist in Residence, Zoe Velthuysen, explores how migration and place shape identity, drawing from the artist’s own experience of moving from Australia to Tipperary.

Motivated by the internal and often quiet ways in which place interacts with identity, Velthuysen’s work engages with how surroundings, systems, and social dynamics leave their mark on a person over time, asking: what happens when the contours of a new place meet the inner workings of a migrant?

STAC’s Tipperary Artist in Residence Award is supported by the Tipperary Arts Office and the Arts Council of Ireland.

from the earth presents new and recent works by Margo McNulty, an artist whose practice explores the relationship between memory, place, and materiality. Through painting, printmaking and photography, McNulty reflects on how personal and collective histories become embedded within objects and landscapes. Her work often draws upon Irish traditions and investigates hidden narratives that shape cultural identity.

Born on Achill Island, Co. Mayo, McNulty studied Fine Art at GMIT and completed her MFA at NCAD, Dublin. She currently lives and works in Co. Roscommon.

An exhibition celebrating the beauty in the ordinary. “Line has always been foremost in my work practice, and for many years I worked solely in etching. After almost 40 years, I decided to move away from the toxic materials and acids I had been using, to employing greener methods. With the move to dry point, I have returned to my first love; drawing. I also like the challenge with working on acetate sheets as there is little or no way of correcting a mark made. This decision to change was made during the pandemic.

Opening: Sunday 1 March 2026 3pm to 5pm.
Closing Saturday 28 March 2026 4pm.

Annual exhibition and sale of works by members of Larne Art Club. Original works in a variety of mediums and genres.

Larne Art Club meets in the Education Room of Larne Museum & Arts Centre on the second Tuesday of each month (Sept to Nov and Feb to May) at 7.30pm. New members are always welcome.

The exhibition will be open to the public from Monday 9th until Saturday 28th March 2026 and includes Saturday opening on 28th March only. Opening hours: Monday – Friday, 10.00am – 4.00pm.

Pallas Projects are pleased to present Fiona Marron—The centrality of bodies, the second exhibition of our 2026 Artist-Initiated Projects programme.

Building on Marron’s long standing engagement with communications and internet infrastructure, this exhibition brings together new artworks that collectively address the material, social and relational underpinnings of such systems.

Echoes of Yesterday exhibition by Saffron Monk-Smith aims to explore the increasing importance of memory in her life. Her intimate paintings capture a visual diary; places of passing insignificance or of particular importance.

Late Night Opening: WED 4th March from 6 to 8pm

Exhibition continues from 28/02/2026 to 28/03/2026.

GOMA Waterford is delighted to present the soft animal of your body, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Jen Wade.
Join us for the launch Sat 28 February, 6–8pm. The exhibition will be opened by artist Ciara Roche, with music on the night by Le Haine.

the soft animal of your body explores the interior landscape of pregnancy, childbirth and early motherhood. Created in the immediacy of these experiences, the paintings respond to the physical and psychological shifts of matrescence: time untethered, memory fragmented, the self both expanded and newly fragile.

Join us for an evening of life drawing, live music, drinks and nibbles in the beautiful setting of the United Arts Club at the heart of Dublin city.

It’s a chance to practise drawing and painting in a relaxed, social atmosphere with a live band. Enjoy a few hours practising drawing without pressure or expectations – switch off, relax and see what you create.

Heidi describes her new work as an exploration of human folly using paintings and sculptures with references to the Greek mythological character of Icarus and the Soviet space programme of the 1950’s.
Steve Wickham describes his new paintings as ‘a series of prompts to Organic Intelligence (OI)’.

A photographic exhibition by and of young people across Drogheda and its environs. For Secondary Schools in Drogheda and East Meath – Junior and Senior classes.

Supported by the Augustinian Church; Roisin Curtis, St. Mary’s Diocesan School and Droichead Arts Centre. The Friars of the Augustinian Church have devised a new open submission photographic competition to encourage young people to photograph their town, to explore the be

European Wool Experience is a vibrant free, family-friendly event. Drop in from 10am–5pm. Celebrating Ireland’s hosting of ‘European Wool Day 2026’, this special public event, open to all, brings together exhibitors, makers, researchers and designers from Ireland and 10+ European countries, a welcoming day of creativity, culture and discovery. 35+ demonstrations, exhibitions and interactive experiences, including exhibitions by Feltmakers Ireland, Irish Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, plus see the Shinrone Gown.
Something of interest for families, friends, individuals or organised groups looking for something creative.

An exhibition of oil paintings by Dana Winder. Exhibition includes landscapes painted en plein air in the local area, abstract and figurative works.

Exhibition continues from 03/03/2026 to 28/03/2026.

Nenagh Library hosts a March exhibition featuring Brigid Teehan and Ian Mannion, exploring change, renewal, and connection through multimedia works.

Mannion’s mixed-media art examines consumption and the breakdown of images and meaning. Teehan’s practice, rooted in community and lived experience, highlights art within everyday life and natural cycles.

Together, their work creates a dialogue between consumption and nurturing, reflecting the bond between human and natural systems. Amid environmental uncertainty, the artists invite viewers to pause, reflect, and imagine new possibilities.

Join curator Brenda McParland and exhibiting artist Bennie Reilly for a casual conversation in the Gallery, dlr LexIcon in Dún Laoghaire.

Brenda and Bennie will lead you around the Gallery to look at, and chat about the new artworks in Bennie’s exhibition Follow Your Dream.

Hear about Bennie’s new work, her inspiration, and techniques that she uses.

All welcome, this is a free event.

Exhibition continues from 15/03/2026 to 28/03/2026.

The ACHIEVE CCS project supported by Eurospeak Ireland has launched the Irish Art Club and the international online exhibition Creative Sisterhood, showcasing collaborative artworks by women across Europe. The initiative supported artists through training and teamwork to create pieces exploring identity, community, mythology, botanics, and ocean themes.
A special thank you is extended to all Irish artists who contributed to this inspiring initiative:
Goncanur Akbulut, Anna Marie Savage, Aoife Byrne, Freya Johnson, Kateryna Kovalenko, Paula Richards Hynes, Jessica Rodrigues, Katarina Stanković Bjegovic, Saoirse McCarthy, Meera Yegnaraman.

Launch 4-6pm, 28th March by Tom O Dea, BACK ROOM 20 26 expands NCAD MFA work of Marco Di Sante, supported by Arts Council Agility Award & Artlinks Bursary, curated by Mary Doyle Burke. “The focus of my work is questioning, nature & its meanings. Human relationship with the natural environment evolves continuously over time. The categorisation of living elements created a rift in this relationship. This led to secret areas to fabricate products, away from the public eye. The idea of secrecy adopted by capitalist power which is built on supremacy, leads my work to explore & engage with thematics, such as control, domination, & mass production.

Exhibition continues from the 4th of December 2025 to the 29th of March 2026.

Each piece in the exhibition involves the artist intervening in some way on a found image. Although collage has long been part of Jeffers’ approach, both the disaster paintings and the intervention works differ from traditional collage: rather than cutting up found material for its colour or specific imagery, Jeffers uses the entirety of the original scene, adding a new element that completely alters the depicted narrative.

This exhibition gathers 53 artists from Palestine and its diaspora across time and borders to reimagine the missing works of Maroun Tomb, a Palestinian-Lebanese artist, whose 1947 exhibition in Haifa was lost amid the mass displacement and dispossession of the Palestinians during the Nakba. The works resurrect a moment that was nearly erased until it was discovered in archival documents.

Exhibition continues from 06/02/2026 to 29/03/2026.

This exhibition presents Interval IV, a monumental Jacquard tapestry woven from silk, wool, cotton, and Lurex. It combines photography and collage to create a richly layered scene that is both precise and dreamlike. A Victorian era portrait is disrupted by images of underground geological formations and fragments of contemporary ruins. 

These juxtapositions situate the scars of human ambition within the deep time of geology, a register that unsettles all notions of stability and endurance. Shown alongside the tapestry is a quieter abstract piece from Ní Bhriain’s Picture series (2022–2025) which imagines a future archive in which photographic images endure only as material traces.

Filial Love is an intimate exhibition that brings together sculpture, video and wall-mounted works to explore nature through the lens of familial bonds. The exhibition is anchored by a freestanding central installation: a full-length, human-scaled, floral resin cloak, positioned in dialogue with a granite boulder. These elements form a meditation on protection, labour and enduring care – personal, generational and ecological.

The winners of both awards will be announced at the opening of the exhibition on Thursday, 12 February 2026.

This exhibition presents a rare opportunity to experience – and for discerning collectors, to acquire – the finest work from Ireland’s most exciting new generation of painters.

2026 Shortlisted Artists: Maya Brezing · Mantas Poderys · Matthew Strickland · Liam Murray · Salvatore of Lucan · Owen de Forge · Manar Mervat Al Shouha · Eileen Leonard Sealy · Conor O’Connell · Daniel Coleman

Inhale Exhale – Ecologies That Refuse to Behave is an ambitious solo exhibition by artist Fiona McDonald, unfolding as a quiet insurgency staged through peatlands, sensors, and slow code. Across the project, McDonald hijacks the tools of climate science – flux towers, CO₂ sensors, automated chambers – and reroutes them into something they were never designed for: ecological intimacy. Developed through years embedded with the National Parks and Wildlife Service NPWS, these instruments are treated not as neutral data-harvesting devices but as collaborators, shaped by shared data, trust, and sustained attention.

Inga Ryan works in series. In Deep depicts human figures under water. She uses contrasting tones, intense colours and dramatic body language to convey action, movement, strength and a sense of a story unfolding. Some paintings are still, capturing quiet moments that suggest vulnerability. Throughout the works there is an element of ambiguity, raising the question of whether the immersed figure is playing, floating freely, or caught in something more unsettling. Ryan’s use of semi-abstraction reinforces this uncertainty, allowing the viewer to decide the narrative.

Exhibition continues from 13/02/2026 to 29/03/2026.

The Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts is delighted to announce that artists Eileen Leonard Sealy and Daniel Coleman have been awarded the Hennessy Craig Award 2026 and artists Manar Mervat Al Shouha and Conor O’Connell have been awarded the Homan Potterton Award, 2026. Both awards, the largest awards for painters in Ireland, were announced at a ceremony held at the RHA Gallery, on Thursday 12 February.

The Hennessy Craig/Potterton jury selected five artists, from both the 2024 and 2025 Annual Exhibitions, who were invited to submit two new works, currently showing at the RHA until 29 March.

Living Room’ art exhibition explores aspects of the clash and convergence between plants and the built environment.

Signal Arts Centre is delighted to present Living Room, an exhibition of new paintings by Dave Madigan, running from March 18 to 29, 2026. The opening reception is on Thursday, March 19, from 7–9 pm, and will officially be launched by artist and curator Claire Halpin

Living Room is Madigan’s 2nd solo show, and features large-scale new paintings exploring aspects of the relationship between Man and Nature, the clash and convergence between plants and the built environment.
By blending Gothic architectural and structural compos

This is a familiar concept; a religious story used to promote notions of beauty, wholeness and connection to the Divine, patriarchy, disobedience, and the introduction of sin and mortality.

During the Covid-19 pandemic the artist reevaluated, started a process, and became approved as a foster carer in May 2021. Clinton is interested in how fostering has influenced his art practice and how he can use the Arts to help support the children. In the artist’s practice he has subsequently made work examining opposing spaces of chaos and calm, and topics relating to homophobia.

Combining painting, poetry, and music, Rooms of the Unspoken invites audiences to reflect on expression, censorship, and emotional truth in a society that rewards constant disclosure but fears vulnerability. The exhibition offers a civic meditation on presence, empathy, and the quiet power of what remains unspoken, challenging ideas about strength, vulnerability, and communication, and proposing new ways to see emotional truth as both a personal and political act and questioning how censorship, shame, and social conditioning continue to shape our capacity to speak and be heard.

Bag of Excuses, an immersive installation blending textile work, soundscapes, film and everyday objects by Gemma Mae Halligan & Sinead O’Neill-Nicholl that explores the eight recognised stages on the femicide timeline, revealing how violence can grow from seemingly ordinary moments. Halligan, specialising in devised theatre and O’Neill-Nicholl, a sound installation artist have been exploring the research around femicide by Professor Jane Monckton-Smith. The installation is inspired by source material obtained from the BBC Sounds Assume Nothing podcast Femicide:Eight Steps to Stop a Murder.

Exhibition continues from 07/03/2026.

Ballyrogan Expression is a collective exhibition of artists connected to Ballyrogan, featuring work by Andrew Manson, Attracta Manson, Sarah Eva Manson and Anthony Kavanagh. The exhibition opens at Arklow Library on Saturday, 7th March at 2 pm with guest speaker Tom Honan and runs until 30th March during library opening hours. The show brings together painting, print and mixed media works exploring place, memory and artistic practice.

Artist and art teacher Áine Andrews returns with another series of lectures on Famous Paintings and their Hidden Histories. For the fourth installment of this six part lecture series, Áine will focus on Ecce Homo by Titian, recounting its history, as well as that of the artist and his story.

‘Ecce Homo’, meaning ‘behold the man’, refers to the episode from the Passion of Christ in which Christ is presented by Pontius Pilate to the Jews assembled outside the judgement hall after being flagellated and subjected to the crown of thorns

TØN is pleased to announce our new exhibition ‘Here Be Monsters’ by Catalan artist Francesc Ruiz Abad, curated by Anna Penalva. This marks the second time Francesc’s work has been exhibited in Dublin, and we’re delighted to welcome him back

‘Here Be Monsters’ is a site-specific installation exploring marine mythologies, medieval bestiaries, and collective cultural imaginaries. Through ceramics and wall drawings, the exhibition reflects on shared image-making processes to explain the ocean’s unknown geographies and its creatures. Inspired by medieval and modern cartographic marginalia, the project proposes a new spatialization form for story

Exhibition continues from 26/02/26.

We are delighted to have Cormac Dennis exhibit in our Easter Snow Gallery. His exhibition “Sanctuary” is a compelling collection of over 25 new works exploring the intersection of the natural world and spiritual growth from well known Dublin artist Cormac Dennis. Through a combination of oil paintings and drawings in pastel, charcoal and conté, the artist documents a personal journey along the coastal areas of North County Dublin. This exhibition can be viewed in full online at www.tseac.ie or in our gallery open daily.

Exhibition continues from 01/03/2026.

Luke YD Davis of Castlebar, Co. Mayo presents a meditative art exhibition exploring colour, movement and sound. A singer-songwriter and multidisciplinary artist, Davis creates intuitive works guided by music, allowing energy and form to shape each piece. The exhibition features vibrant, layered compositions across mixed media, inviting viewers into a calm and reflective visual experience.

Exhibition continues from 12/03/2026 to 31/03/2026.

This exhibition by Mary Doyle Burke, curated by Maurice Quillinan brings together ritual, ecology, memory, and deep‑time imagination through paintings, bioplastic works, plant‑dyed textiles, spoken word, and field recordings. Centred on Great Irish Elk antlers unearthed from the Bog of Cullen, it reflects on endurance, transformation, and the stories land holds. First shown at The Source Arts Centre, it now tours to Limerick Museum, connecting contemporary practice with artefacts recovered from Irish bogs.

CCC: Connecting + Collaborating + Co-Creating – An Open Invitation to Come Together – exploring contemporary Fine Art teaching, research, practice, reflecting on art’s role in civic life, critical thinking, and democratic societies.

PARADOX Forum 2026 will take account of the exceptional contribution of art education to civic life and education; critical thinking and creative action to democracy of future societies, considering interrelated impacts and potentials of fine art, technologies, cultural and creative industries.

Clare Arts Office are delighted to present Stay Forever More, an exhibition of photography by Polish born Irish based Artist, Patryk Gizicki, in Súil Gallery, Ennis. The exhibition runs from February 26th – April 1st and Súil welcome everyone to attend the launch on Saturday 28th of February at 2pm.
Gizicki’s work has been exhibited in galleries across Ireland including Outset Gallery, Galway, Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin and Reds Gallery, Dublin. Gizicki has also exhibited internationally as part of the Ireland’s Eye exhibition in ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Opening reception Thursday 26th March. 6pm.
Guest speaker Glenda Dunne. Exhibition Friday 27th March – Wednesday 1st April. 11am – 6pm.
Sat/Sun 12 -5pm. Artists Noel O’Donoghue and Enrique Lazzaro come together for a two person show at Reds Gallery Dublin in March.

When Gemini Meets the Goat brings together two distinct artistic visions that share a deep connection to landscape and portraiture. Whilst O’Donoghue’s practice leans towards realism, Lazzaro’s style is predominantly Expressionist. Curated by Tony Strickland.

Join us for one night for a pop-up exhibition of work by artist Eilis Fanning. Signals End features work from her series of landscape paintings on copper sheet. Exploring the fragmentary borderland infrastructure of open spaces that lie outside the urban and rural, these works draw together themes of isolation, change, transcendence, and a search for connection with the world. 6-8pm. Further viewings of the exhibition can be arranged through the month of April at request.

Ulster University presents ‘The Shapes of Change’, an exhibition bringing together paintings by Joseph McWilliams (1938–2015) and his son Simon McWilliams, two artists whose work captures different moments of transformation in Northern Ireland’s recent history.

Both have strong links to the University: Joseph taught for many years as a lecturer in Fine Art, shaping generations of emerging artists, while Simon studied at Ulster University as an undergraduate before continuing his training at the Royal Academy Schools in London.

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 07/02/2026 to 04/04/2026.

This exhibition is a celebration of Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon’s Academy Award®-nominated modern animated classics which comprise the Folklore Trilogy.
The exhibition presents a selection of pivotal scenes from all three films, demonstrating the unique visual style and exquisitely handcrafted animation which has garnered the studio international acclaim and multiple awards.

Mid-Term Family screenings of all three films will take place from Monday 16 February, and illustration and activity packs, developed by The Ark and suitable for ages 8 – 12 years are available to download for use at home or in the Classroom.

SO Fine Art Editions Announces Margins: Fine art Photography by Michael Corrigan.

Preview: 5th March 5 – 7.30 pm and continues until the 4th April.

In ‘Margins’, Michael Corrigan presents a contemplative body of photographic work that reflects upon what lies at the edge: of land, sea and sky; of moments passing; of perception itself. The title carries multiple meanings and references; geographical, temporal, philosophical and poetic, and invites viewers to slow their gaze and consider what is often peripheral or taken for granted.

Bridge Street Studios will celebrate its 30th anniversary with an exhibition, ‘The things that matter most are the things that can’t be seen,’ hosted at the Basement Gallery, An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk. The exhibition opens on Wednesday February 25th at 7pm and runs to April 4th. It features work by eight artists and craftspeople including Orlaith Cullinane, Rachel Tinniswood, Mary Cowan, Suzanne Carroll, Caóilfíonn Murphy O’Hanlon, Orla Barry, Sarah McKenna, and Fiona Quigley. The exhibition serves as a testament to the importance of shared creative environments and how that can creatively sustain the individual’s artistic development.

Portraits of Herstory is an exhibition celebrating extraordinary women whose contributions have been downplayed, overlooked, forgotten, or erased from history. Through a series of mixed-media portraits, this collection honours and retells the stories of remarkable women who defied convention, broke barriers, and changed the world.

To mark the end of AS IF at the International Centre for the Image, join photographer Eamonn Doyle, artist-designer Niall Sweeney, and composer David Donohoe in conversation with radio presenter and filmmaker Donal Dineen. The conversation will offer insights into the prolific and exciting process behind the artists’ collaborative work, origins, and influences, with the opportunity for the public to join in the discussion.

Free Event – Booking Required

The Jackman Goldwasser artist-in-residence at Hyde Park Arts Center.
Developed through an exchange partnership between Askeaton Contemporary Arts and Hyde Park Arts Centre, Léann Herilhy travels to Chicago to continue work on their ongoing transdisciplinary project With Everything We’ve Got! Highlighting the urgency of queer and trans* self-defence clubs in preserving community existence, Léann will actively support the strong network of community defence within the Chicago region, and witness how these communities offer complex and nuanced narratives of place and identity.

Exhibition continues from 30/01/2026 to 05/04/2026.

This is the last iteration of the exhibition, Clann Miotlantach / Mythlantics following its presentation at Sirius Arts Centre, Galway Arts Centre, and Highlanes Gallery.

Alice explores expressions of both personal and broader historical and cultural narratives informed by their lived experience as a person with Irish and Sierra Leonean heritage. They practice across sculpture, expanded painting, digital collage, film, and performance, and use clay, found and collected images and objects, reclaimed and repurposed furniture, and memorabilia and heirlooms.

Bare is an intimate, immersive theatre experience that invites audiences into a living gallery of human vulnerability. Set within a museum-style space, the production presents a collection of “live exhibits” — individuals suspended in moments of emotional and psychological exposure. Each character stands at a crossroads, grappling with private struggles, inner conflicts, and the quiet battles that shape their lives. There is no fourth wall here. Instead, the audience steps inside the world of the piece, moving through the space as witnesses to raw, unfiltered humanity.

Exhibition continues from 19/03/2026 to 08/04/2026.

Visual artist Grace Roberts, based in Clare, will open her latest exhibition, In Honour of Sarah ii, at Nenagh Arts Centre on Thursday 19 March at 6pm. The exhibition is dedicated to Roberts’ mother, Sarah, whose Limerick antique shop filled the artist’s childhood with objects, paintings and stories that continue to influence her work today.
Working in mixed media & encaustic, the paintings are a layered reflection on what we inherit, what we shed, and what we become.
The exhibition runs until 8th April 2026. Entry is free.