Throwing Shapes is delighted to present Violet January, an exhibition by Stella Baraklianou. This is Throwing Shapes first Professional Clay City Resident, marking the culmination of her 3-month residency at Mill Street. The exhibition reflects Stella’s time living and working in Dublin, developing ceramic vessels inspired by Irish landscapes, mythology and classical Grecian forms. Join for this one-night exhibition on Thursday 22 January, 6–9pm at Throwing Shapes, Mill Street, Dublin 8, with drinks, music and an introduction by the artist.

Painter / Painter is an exhibition and performance by Paddy Critchley. In this exhibition, Paddy reflects on recent explorations within his work. This exhibition brings together work that reacts to his lived experience of contemporary folk culture in Ireland, along with references to his work as a painter and decorator. Paddy’s paintings work as a body, each one in dialogue with another. From portraits of friends and flowers to words and meditations, Paddy uses paint as his way of understanding the world. Paddy’s love of Irish ballads and songs, especially the work of Brendan and Dominic Behan, underpins the work in this exhibition.

Visual artist Marie Brett’s audio-visual artwork Yes, But Do You Care? will be exhibited at IMMA, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, on the huge outdoor Living Canvas, from Thursday 8 January to Wednesday 21 January 2026.
Like much of Marie Brett’s work, Yes, But Do You Care? is strikingly poignant, and responds to the essence of life’s fragility in relation to healthcare, trauma and human rights issues. The making of the artwork included collaboration with choreographer/dancer Philip Connaughton, members of the Dementia Carers Campaign Network supported by The Alzheimer Society of Ireland, and individual advisors in law, advocacy / human rights

Join Professor Jonathan L. Zecher for a lecture about the frame commentary in the Byzantine Gospel Book (Chester Beatty W 139), which is featured in the current exhibition, Manuscripts & The Mind: How we read & respond to the written word. This lecture will consider the composition of catenae and the scribal practices of ‘frame commentaries’ to explore questions of sacred tradition as these appear in the materiality of such manuscripts. It will seek to open up the Gospel Book as a space of practice and communication, as well as an artefact and artwork.

IMAGE:
CBL W 139

Throwing Shapes is delighted to present Violet January, an exhibition by Stella Baraklianou. This is Throwing Shapes first Professional Clay City Resident, marking the culmination of her 3-month residency at Mill Street. The exhibition reflects Stella’s time living and working in Dublin, developing ceramic vessels inspired by Irish landscapes, mythology and classical Grecian forms. Join for this one-night exhibition on Thursday 22 January, 6–9pm at Throwing Shapes, Mill Street, Dublin 8, with drinks, music and an introduction by the artist.

‘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 06/12/2025 to 24/01/2026.

SO Fine Art Editions is delighted to present Winter Show 2025

Winter Show 2025 celebrates creativity, connection and the joy of gifting art. An exhibition showcasing an exceptional selection of artworks by both established and emerging artists. This dynamic group show is ever-evolving; as works find their way to new homes, the gallery floor is continually refreshed with additional pieces, ensuring there is always something new to discover. Visitors are warmly invited to drop into the gallery to experience the exhibition in person and explore the variety of artworks on display.

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).

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)”

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

Sharú is a group exhibition bringing together the work of ten artists. The exhibition reflects a multicultural and multinational group of artists working in Ireland today. Together they present painting drawing sculpture and photography that explore ideas of identity roots and ongoing transformation.
At the heart of Sharú is the belief that the artist is someone who transcends. From the first spark of an idea through engagement with materials and into the final act of making the work the everyday practice of art becomes an act of transformation.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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)”

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

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.

‘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.

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

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.

An overview of all the shows held at the gallery this year, surveying 4 solo exhibitions: Symbols of Revival by Nickie Hayden, Springs Opens Forever In Eternity by Conrad Frankel, An ghaoth aniar/This too will pass by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, and Self Portrait with a Pet and a Bathtub by Daniel Lipstein. The exhibition also includes works from two group shows: Out of Lines and Ode to Giants. Artists: Annika Berglund, Hugh Cummins, Colin Eaton, Mary A. Fitzgerald, David Fox, Conrad Frankel, Nickie Hayden, Daniel Lipstein, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Miriam McConnon, Sheila Naughton, Bart O’Reilly, Yanny Petters, Kelly Ratchford and Vicky Smith.

Exhibition continues from 06/12/2025 to 01/03/2026

Birr Theatre & Arts Centre is proud to present the 18th Common Ground, our annual group exhibition, bringing together artists from the Midlands. This year, exploring the given theme of “A Terrible Beauty” the selected artists explore a shared space, physical, emotional, and imaginative — where human experience converges.

Featuring: Kirstin Arndt, Alan Butler, John Cronin, Electronic Sheep, Damien Flood, Mark Joyce, Niamh McCann, Caroline McCarthy, Fergus Martin, Bridget Riley, Nigel Rolfe, Oisin Tozer, Luke van Gelderen, Emily Waszak

Exhibition continues from 06/12/2025 to 24/01/2026.

SO Fine Art Editions is delighted to present Winter Show 2025

Winter Show 2025 celebrates creativity, connection and the joy of gifting art. An exhibition showcasing an exceptional selection of artworks by both established and emerging artists. This dynamic group show is ever-evolving; as works find their way to new homes, the gallery floor is continually refreshed with additional pieces, ensuring there is always something new to discover. Visitors are warmly invited to drop into the gallery to experience the exhibition in person and explore the variety of artworks on display.

Visual artist Marie Brett’s audio-visual artwork Yes, But Do You Care? will be exhibited at IMMA, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, on the huge outdoor Living Canvas, from Thursday 8 January to Wednesday 21 January 2026.
Like much of Marie Brett’s work, Yes, But Do You Care? is strikingly poignant, and responds to the essence of life’s fragility in relation to healthcare, trauma and human rights issues. The making of the artwork included collaboration with choreographer/dancer Philip Connaughton, members of the Dementia Carers Campaign Network supported by The Alzheimer Society of Ireland, and individual advisors in law, advocacy / human rights

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.

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.

Walls of Containment
an Exhibition of Photography by David Killeen at Presentation Arts Centre
Opening 10th January 2026 2pm
Running 11th January 2026 – 21st February 2026

This exhibition of photography by David Kileen documents twenty-one psychiatric hospitals (mental asylums) across the Republic of Ireland. Constructed between 1814 and 1922 they represent one of the largest public programs ever undertaken in Ireland.

Exhibition continues from 08/01/2026 to 21/02/2026.

Denis O Connor’s exhibition ‘In My Time’ presents a number of sculptural works which bring together different narratives, which are in part autobiographical, they explore references around loss, sadness and longing. The sculptures reflect on elements of his own cultural and personal histories from growing up in Ireland in the 1960’s, to living in two countries and asking the question ‘where is home’ with reference to emigration, adoption, memory, and landscape.

Exhibition continues from 09/01/2026 to 08/02/2026.

McCormack’s show will address a variety of themes, from intimate moments of reflection to broader glimpses of fleeting beauty, weaving a unified narrative that encourages viewers to contemplate the delicate nature of our environment and delve into the subtle complexities of the world we live in. She is interested in how repetition can evoke the dissolution of memory and how art can function as a record of both the process and the mind’s reflection.

The trackmaker was a sluggish mover by Bryony Dunne.

Irish Architectural Archive, 45 Merrion Square, Dublin.
Opening Thursday 15 January 2026, 6–8pm.

16 January–27 March 2026, Tuesday to Friday, 10am–5pm.

The Irish Architectural Archive and Askeaton Contemporary Arts are pleased to announce The trackmaker was a sluggish mover, a solo exhibition by Bryony Dunne.

Sharú is a group exhibition bringing together the work of ten artists. The exhibition reflects a multicultural and multinational group of artists working in Ireland today. Together they present painting drawing sculpture and photography that explore ideas of identity roots and ongoing transformation.
At the heart of Sharú is the belief that the artist is someone who transcends. From the first spark of an idea through engagement with materials and into the final act of making the work the everyday practice of art becomes an act of transformation.

Siobhan McDonald’s multifaceted project explores Dublin’s deep history as a mutable landscape shaped by water, cosmology, and human intervention. 

Through film, sound, painting, and sculpture, the installation investigates how the city’s shifting ground holds memory and resilience. PASSAGE traces the interdependence of human and more-than-human worlds, revealing the city as a living organism.

By weaving together soundscapes, imagery, and environmental research, McDonald offers a meditation on place and change — a reminder that the boundaries between solid and fluid, human and elemental, are always in motion.

The Last Balkan Cowboy is a long-term project by Dragana Jurišić that follows the footsteps of cult Yugoslavian film director, Hari Džekson. Renowned for his interpretation of Wild West genre archetypes, Džekson lived a cowboy fantasy inspired by the rugged landscapes around Bijeljina in present-day Bosnia-Herzegovina. Using local people as his crew and cast, Džekson conjured worlds far from his reality and brought together people of different ethnic backgrounds, whom the Yugoslav Wars would bitterly divide.

Mermaid Arts Centre is pleased to announce its first exhibition for 2026, WAAG – an archive, curated by Helena Tobin and Irish Vos, which visits from South Tipperary Arts Centre in partnership with NIVAL, the National Irish Visual Arts Library. This exhibition revisits the Women Artists Action Group (1987-1991) through its archive of documents and images, examining the legacy and impact of the group on Contemporary Irish Art.  A panel discussion facilitated by visual artist and researcher Alessia Carngnelli will take place on Saturday 21st February from 1-3pm in Mermaid Arts Centre’s Gallery. Visit Mermaid’s website for how to book.

Opening reception Saturday 17 January 2.30-4.30pm.

Mark Francis creates powerful paintings charged with movement, sound and rhythm, by combining intense sequences of colour that compete within tightly gridded structures.
For this exhibition Mark Francis presents new paintings, charcoal drawings, and Solstice Commission, “Listening Field”, the first moving image work by the artist.
This new work will feature as part of Francis’ representation of the Republic of San Marino at the 61st Venice Biennale.

GALLERY:
Tuesday to Saturday, 11.00am – 4.00pm

In her practice, Breda is interested in exploring ideas around the interconnection between humans and nature. She is fascinated by how the patterns and imprints of time and movement, of people, wildlife and natural elements are held on the surface and in the deeper layers of the earth.

The new work in Sticks, Stones & Bones has been developed through walking, gathering elements, and responding through drawing and mark making working with watercolour, together with a sculptural installation in three parts.

Exhibition continues from 17/01/2026 to 24/02/2026.

Emerging artist James Moonan presents his first solo exhibition, featuring award-winning recent work alongside pieces made throughout his childhood. Growing up with autism, he drew creative inspiration from picture book illustration and children’s animation. This exhibition celebrates his artistic journey and the imaginative world of wonder that captures youth and childhood.

Exhibition continues from 16/01/2026 to 01/03/2026.

‘The Last Balkan Cowboy’ is a long-term project culminating in an exhibition of photographs by Dragana Jurišić that follows the footsteps of cult Yugoslavian film director, Hari Džekson. Renowned for his interpretation of Wild West genre archetypes, Džekson lived a cowboy fantasy inspired by the rugged landscapes around Bijeljina in present-day Bosnia-Herzegovina. Using local people as his crew and cast, Džekson conjured worlds far from his reality and brought together people of different ethnic backgrounds, whom the Yugoslav Wars would bitterly divide.

Opening reception: Thurs 15 January, 6pm

Pallas Projects/Studios are delighted to announce the participating artists in our Arts Council funded programme of Artist-Initiated Projects 2026. The series will be part of a programme celebrating 30 years of Pallas Projects/Studios. Between January–December 2026 we will present 8 x 3-week exhibitions of new work by:

Paddy Critchley, Fiona Marron, Finn Nichol, Emma Brennan and Thomas Wells, Ciara Rodgers, Struàn Bell, Christopher Mahon, neonatus.exe

Join Professor Jonathan L. Zecher for a lecture about the frame commentary in the Byzantine Gospel Book (Chester Beatty W 139), which is featured in the current exhibition, Manuscripts & The Mind: How we read & respond to the written word. This lecture will consider the composition of catenae and the scribal practices of ‘frame commentaries’ to explore questions of sacred tradition as these appear in the materiality of such manuscripts. It will seek to open up the Gospel Book as a space of practice and communication, as well as an artefact and artwork.

IMAGE:
CBL W 139