Exhibition continues from 30/01/2026 to 08/11/2026.

To celebrate our 75th anniversary, the Lyric presents this new exhibition that showcases our rich history. A history which includes an art gallery (The New Gallery, 1963–1969), a literary magazine Threshold (1957–1990), a dance centre, a drama school, Belfast’s first music academy, and of course, a theatre.

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Ade is an Aberdeen based artist whose artwork reflects a deep interest in ecology mixing motifs and symbols which reflect his Nigerian culture, love of landscape and science fiction.
Ade is best known for linocuts, often large scale and with a dreamlike quality which combine striking visual beauty with sharp political and environmental commentary.
Ade will be talking about his work & showing examples of some plates & working materials on the 15th May at 2pm.

Belfast’s Trailblazing Visionary Returns: A New Chapter of  A House of Play Explores Alice Berger Hammerschlag’s Groundbreaking New Gallery
The Lyric Theatre is delighted to present  The Return: Alice Berger Hammerschlag and the New Gallery, a new exhibition within its major anniversary show, A House of Play. This latest chapter revisits the bold legacy of the Lyric’s New Gallery (1963-1969) and its singular Curator and Director, Alice Berger Hammerschlag (1917-1969), bringing renewed focus to a remarkable and often overlooked moment in Belfast’s cultural history.

‘’Longing for Home’’, presents a collection of artworks that explore Slovak folk identity and memory through narrative retelling and reclaim. Drawing from personal female experiences while reflecting on the historical traditional years of Slovakia and the women that have lived it. Living away from my motherland leaves me with a persistent sense of longing. I frequently struggle with where I fit and feel torn between two different countries, attempting to reconnect with my heritage. Every piece of work reflects longing for a place familiar yet distant and its history.

This exhibition transforms the gallery into an immersive environment of paintings and embroidered texts which narrate the horrific story of Bridget Cleary, a young woman from rural Ireland who was brutally murdered in 1895 after being accused of witchcraft. The work is presented in a mapping fashion, connected by a trail of red ribbon that weaves though the space, with dates and locations inviting us to trace the events that led to Bridget’s death. The work attempts to reclaim Bridget’s silenced voice, turning domestic craft into acts of storytelling and resistance.

Exhibition continues from 19/06/26.

This exhibition is part of a self-initiated creative and educational programme by Lise McGreevy.

Currently NI and Ireland still have vast gender inequality across all aspects of society. At a time when the adult population in NI is a majority 52% female and 50.5% in Ireland. Inequality still reigns across all sectors of our community. This programme aims to support and promote female equality and diversity across race, religion, sexual orientations. Known for their emotion dexterity, by stripping away their differences, Lise has instead focused on the complex emotions that are felt by ALL females. With the aim of uniting us across NI.

Please note there is a £5 entrance fee into Belfast Cathedral.

MIDDEN collective are Sarah Edmondson, Mary Martin and Niamh McGuinne – who together focus on the interpretation of evidence, creating decidedly unscientific work combining fact with fiction to create new narratives.

Opening Thursday 25 June, 6-8:30pm.

Paper Palace brings together works on and off paper, exploring everything that is painted, printed, or pressed. Considering works on paper and printmaking as an expanded, interdisciplinary field where artists meet at the intersection of painting, sculpture, and installation.

Paper Palace is anchored in a community of practice, including artists, graduates, and staff connected to Belfast School of Art, celebrating the exchange of shared knowledge across generations and ongoing experimentation. This exhibition celebrates printmaking as a living, interdisciplinary, and inventive medium. 

Invited Artists: Majella Clancy, Pauline Clancy, Gerry Devlin, Kathryn Graham, Ria Czerniak Le-Bov, Late Bill Penney, Anushiya Sundralingham, Adam McIlwaine, Nicole Hastings, Lydia Bell, Wilhelmina Covington, Mia Stewart, Anna Brown and, Alyssa Donaghy .

Diarmuid Delargy is an internationally recognised painter, print-maker and sculptor.

He is renowned for his paintings of fish and sharks inspired from the Atlantic coast close to his studio in Sligo. His paintings are a personal commentary on the changing nature of the coast.

Over the past thirty years he has produced a body of work on the theme ‘Art and Extinction’ and more specifically the ‘Shark Series’ which relates to this broader theme.

“My interests don’t necessarily lie just in painting, I’ve had protracted spells of making prints, particularly etching and lithography. This experience has certainly affected my painting.”

Exhibition continues from 02/07/26.

Art from Nature” Exhibition Launch Thursday, July 2, 7pm. 

You are all invited to the opening night of Farhad O’Neills’ solo exhibition of paintings which coincides with Late Night Art Belfast!
Farhad will be exhibiting abstract paintings. All works will be available for acquisition.
The exhibition will continue for one month.

Art lovers are invited to the launch of “The Journey”, a captivating exhibition by acclaimed fine art printmaker Mary Kpakra, at 2.00pm on Thursday 2 July in Strule Arts Centre, Omagh.

The exhibition celebrates Mary’s remarkable artistic journey and lifelong determination to pursue her passion for printmaking despite losing most of her sight in her early twenties. Living with just 5% central vision and colour blindness, Mary’s work reflects a deep appreciation of colour, texture and the natural world.

‘The Journey” can be viewed in the Strule Gallery until 5.00pm on Saturday 25 July, from 9.30am–5.00pm, Monday to Saturday. Admission is free.

Csilla Toldy is a writer and film poet living in Rostrevor, Co. Down. Her visual work is text-based, and often multilingual, exploring themes of identity, nature, and our connections with the environment.

Along with earlier works, this exhibition will unveil “Imbolc” a video installation Csilla created as artist in residence at Down Arts Centre in collaboration with the choir of Bunscoil Bheanna Boirche and The Garvey School of Speech and Drama, Caitriona Lane (voice over and translation), Lucky McIntire (dance and voice).
The photo-poetry series “Reflections” in this exhibition were created in collaboration with Jonathan Heyhoe photographer.

Exhibition continues from 02/07/26.

‘What Lies Within’ is an exhibition of work brought to you through a collaboration between three partnering organisations: Art is Collective (Belfast); Connections Arts Centre (Dublin); and Mencap Northern Ireland. These three outstanding organisations deliver programming that develops skills and professional ambition for artists who have a learning or mental health disability.

The work is eclectic and diverse. Each artist has worked independently on their own pieces. There is a common thread of exploration and discovery – uncovering what is seldom seen, the layers beneath, and finding a voice through arts.

The team at Void Art Centre invite you to the launch of ‘Animale’, a solo exhibition by British-Finnish artist and composer Hanna Tuulikki that brings together new and existing film and sound works to explore how gendered identities are shaped through entanglements between humans and the more-than-human world.

The launch will take place on Saturday 4 July 2026, from 6-8pm at Void Art Centre. Refreshments will be provided, and we welcome BYOB!

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Golden Thread Gallery presents The Ignorant Art School: Outside the Circle x Belfast, an exhibition and event programme inviting you to witness and respond to radical emancipation, resistance, survival and collective action inspired by and generated from feminist and queer movements.

Come and explore a dazzling array of archives, drawings, ephemera, manifestos, paintings, performance, photographs, sculptures, video works and writings reverberating with the attitude, poise and pose of feminist and queer ‘acting up’ and speaking the difficult truths of lived experience and social knowledge courageously to power.