What’s on in Ireland? What’s on in Dublin? What’s on has a full calendar of events and cultural programmes to be found on the island of Ireland. What’s on also gives details of Irish artists showing outside of Ireland. The What’s on calendars can be saved directly to your iCal calendar so that you never have to miss a private view, exhibition, or event again.
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What’s On – Exhibitions & Events
Upcoming Events in Ireland
From Here to There | Group Exhibition at The Douglas Hyde Gallery Opening on 28/10/2021
Histrionics | Lisa O'Donnell at Anderson Contemporary, London Opening on 28/10/2021
I Trust the Quiet | Cecilia Danell at Burren College of Art Opening on 28/10/2021
Channelling Joseph Beuys | Rónán Ó Raghallaigh at the Goethe-Institut Irland Opening on 28/10/2021
Online Artist Talk | Occupied Spaces, Dublin-New York Connections from Instituto Cervantes Dublin Opening on 28/10/2021
fragile island | Catherine Weld at LHQ Gallery, County Hall Opening on 29/10/2021
Interference | Margaret O'Brien at Leitrim Scuplture Centre Opening on 29/10/2021
Toisella Rannalla | Group Show at Galleria Vanha Kappelaisentalo, Porvoo, Finland Opening on 29/10/2021
The Place In Between | Geoff O'Keeffe at dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum Opening on 29/10/2021
The Uncertainty of History - Remembering Eileen Quinn | Bernadette Burns at KAVA Opening on 29/10/2021
Samhain | Shannon Patterson at CCA Derry~Londonderry Opening on 29/10/2021
Mariner II | Conor McFeely at WILD TULIPS Opening on 29/10/2021
Online Exhibition | Bridget Ryan at Hambly and Hambly, Dunbar House Opening on 01/11/2021
Unframed and Unfinished | Brendan McAfee at Larne Museum and Arts Centre Opening on 01/11/2021- Artist Talk | Paul Seawright in conversation with Colin Davids at Belfast Exposed Opening on 04/11/2021
Film Screening | aemi @ CIFF: In the long now at Triskel Arts Centre Opening on 09/11/2021
Film Screening | aemi @ CIFF: Contested Legacies – Lynne Sachs and Myrid Carten at Triskel Arts Centre Opening on 10/11/2021
Hydrozomes: water bodies | Katherine Sankey at Pallas Projects/Studios Opening on 11/11/2021
Online Film Screening | aemi @ CIFF: Artist in Focus – Lynne Sachs Opening on 16/11/2021
Akademiska Stilleben | Nicholas Benedict Robinson at Signal Arts Centre Opening on 22/11/2021
RDS Visual Art Awards 2021 | RHA Gallery Opening on 25/11/2021
Testing/testing | Joy Gerrard at The Source Arts Centre Opening on 27/11/2021
Knitted Bible Story | Fiona Storer at Larne Museum & Arts Centre Opening on 01/12/2021
Knitted Bible Story | Fiona Storer at Larne Museum and Arts Centre Opening on 02/12/2021
Closing
aemi online | NCAD Graduate Showcase 2021 Closing on 26/10/2021
Lightning Bolts of Ordinary Things | Kaye Maahs and Will O’Kane at glór Closing on 27/10/2021
Thing | The Drawing Journal at the Georgian Gallery, Ards Arts Centre Closing on 27/10/2021
Thinking Out Loud | Patricia Kelly at Sunburst Gallery, Ards Art Centre Closing on 27/10/2021
Artist Talk | Yamile Calderón and Dragana Jurišić at Gallery of Photography Ireland Closing on 
Bruxism | Amy Higgins at QSS Gallery and Studios Closing on 28/10/2021- Of This Land, I Give to You | Fiona Nicholson and Matthew Wilson at Arcade Studios Belfast Closing on 28/10/2021
L'Ombra del Beato Regno | Andrea Mario Bert and Mario Sughi at the Italian Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia Closing on 28/10/2021- Online Artist Talk | Occupied Spaces, Dublin-New York Connections from Instituto Cervantes Dublin Closing on
- Channelling Joseph Beuys | Rónán Ó Raghallaigh at the Goethe-Institut Irland Closing on
I can feel the tug | Martin De Porres Wright at Draiocht, Blanchardstown Closing on 29/10/2021
I can feel the tug | Martin De Porres Wright, Out of the Studio from Draíocht Closing on 29/10/2021
Parr's Ireland: 40 Years of Photography in Ireland | Martin Parr at Roscommon Arts Centre Closing on 29/10/2021
Of its Own | Conor Wickham and Mark Beatty at Áras Inis Gluaire Closing on 29/10/2021
Parr's Ireland: 40 Years of Photography in Ireland by Martin Parr | Roscommon Arts Centre Closing on 29/10/2021
Feeling of Knowing | Group Show at The Complex Closing on 29/10/2021
Parr's Ireland: 40 Years of Photography in Ireland | Martin Parr at Roscommon Arts Centre Closing on 29/10/2021
Kingdom of Haven | Bernie Mc Adam at Flax Gallery, Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey Closing on 29/10/2021
This is me | Margaret Walker at KCAT Arts Centre Closing on 29/10/2021
I gCroílár mo Chroí - In my Heart's Core | Artists at the Mill at Cultúrlann Mc Adam Ó Fiaich Closing on 30/10/2021
Beating a Retreat | Cevdet Erek at Void Gallery Closing on 30/10/2021
SHEDWORK | Carolyn Mulholland, Aosdána at Hamilton Gallery Closing on 30/10/2021
EQUUS MOTUS | Ian Calder at Hamilton Gallery Closing on 30/10/2021
All The Rivers Were Female | Annie Hogg at The Narrow Space Gallery, Clonmel Closing on 30/10/2021
Fragmented Perception | Trudi van der Elsen at Galleria Weber and Weber, Turin, Italy Closing on 30/10/2021- My Name is Maya | Manon Ouimet at Belfast Exposed Closing on 30/10/2021
Opulent Mobility 2021 | Group Exhibition at Wingwalker Brewery, California, USA Closing on 30/10/2021
The Warp and the Weft | Katy English at Flowerfield Arts Centre Closing on 30/10/2021
Beyond Darkness | Susan Mannion at Flowerfield Arts Centre Closing on 30/10/2021
Looking Back. Thinking Black. | Ciarán Harper at ArtisAnn Gallery Closing on 30/10/2021
Online Exhibition | Breaking Raw by Anthony Carey Closing on 30/10/2021
the transient and the perishing | Niamh Clarke at Platform Arts Closing on 30/10/2021
The Morning As Dark As Night | Sharon McKeown at Platform Arts Closing on 30/10/2021
trailblazer | Laura Ní Fhlaibhín at Pallas Projects/Studios Closing on 30/10/2021- 191st RHA Annual Exhibition Closing on 30/10/2021
Astray in the Reflection of Moon on Water | Regine Bartsch at the Kenmare Butter Market Closing on 30/10/2021
When Winds take Forests in their Paws | Vivienne Dick at Ballina Civic Offices Closing on 30/10/2021
Five for Five: New Commissions | Group Show at Flax Project Space, Belfast Closing on 30/10/2021
The Artist-Led Archive | Group Show at Lord Mayor's Pavilion, Fitzgerald's Park, Cork Closing on 30/10/2021
All The Rivers Were Female | Annie Hogg at The Narrow Space Gallery Closing on 30/10/2021
Of Land, Sea and Sky | Kim Thittichai at Cultúrlann Sweeney Closing on 30/10/2021- International Exhibition | Leu Art Family at Museum Tinguely, Switzerland Closing on 31/10/2021
From the Secret Block to ROSC / ASBESTOS: Fall Freely | Joseph Beuys at Hugh Lane Gallery Closing on 31/10/2021
Exercises In Speaking Out, Volume 2 | Aikaterini Gegisian at Triskel Arts Centre Closing on 31/10/2021
GRAFT | Group Show in Cork City, Glucksman Gallery and the National Sculpture Factory Closing on 31/10/2021
Cork Printmakers at Working Artist Studios Closing on 31/10/2021
Online Screening | aemi Ulster University Graduate Awards Closing on 31/10/2021
My Halcyon Days | Norah Brennan at Tuar Ard Arts Centre Closing on 31/10/2021
Moonshine | John Corkery at Pier Head Bar Closing on 31/10/2021
Keepsakes | Margo McNulty at Jackie Clarke Collection, Ballina Closing on 31/10/2021
Current
Onym.ie | Niall de Buitlear 10/06/2020 - 31/03/2022 Onym is a web-based, interactive audio-visual project produced by visual...
Dublin Scavenger Hunt: Dublin Adventure starting at the GPO, Dublin 20/08/2020 - 31/12/2021 Participate in a fun and informative scavenger hunt around Dublin....
Pause for Harmony. Art in Lockdown | Gerard Byrne Studio Virtual Gallery Tour 27/10/2020 - 14/11/2021 The Gerard Byrne Studio is delighted to virtually open its...
Botanical Fusion | Gerard Byrne Studio Virtual Gallery Tour 28/10/2020 - 14/11/2021 Gerard Byrne Studio would like to virtually welcome you to...
A Time of Uncertainty | Tristan Poyser at Art Link, Fort Dunree, Buncrana 11/12/2020 - 05/12/2021 A Time of Uncertainty brings together two social documentary projects....
Tales Of The Futurepast | Roy Tangney Online Exhibition 14/12/2020 - 14/12/2021 An online exhibition of photographic images developed during lockdown in...
MART Programme 2021 11/01/2021 - 27/11/2021 For the 2021 programme The MART Gallery Dublin Directors Ciara...
R-A-W (Recorded Action Web-Exhibition) | Online with Bbeyond 15/01/2021 - 15/12/2021 Bbeyond (2001 - 2021) Celebrating 20 Years of Promoting Performance...
Online Video Exhibition | KAVA Presents with Kinvara Area Visual Artists 15/02/2021 - 31/12/2021 KAVA Presents, a series of video spotlights on the different...
Online Exhibition | Constellation by Amna Walayat and Carol Reid White 01/03/2021 - 31/12/2021 Constellation is a virtual exhibition by Carol Reid White and Amna...- International Exhibition | Leu Art Family at Museum Tinguely, Switzerland 03/03/2021 - 31/10/2021 Leu Art Family. Caresser la peau du ciel Museum Tinguely,...
Pathways | Virtual Exhibition by Bernie Joyce 04/04/2021 - 31/12/2021 This virtual exhibition by visual artist Bernie Joyce explores how...- Gather | TBG+S Presents Niamh O'Malley at the Irish Pavilion, La Biennale di Venez 23/04/2021 - 27/11/2021 The Ireland at Venice 2022 Curatorial Team, Temple Bar Gallery...
Present in Time Future | Cecil King at The Hugh Lane Gallery 11/05/2021 - 28/11/2021 Cecil King (1921–1986) had a close association with the Hugh...
Exhibition | Emergent Féire by Kevin Dwan at Tallaght University Hospital 12/05/2021 - 31/12/2021 The National Centre for Arts and Health (NCAH) at Tallaght...
Online Exhibition | St. John's College Graduate Exhibition 2021 02/06/2021 - 01/06/2022 The 2021 St. John’s Central College graduate exhibition goes online...
Salt Water Ballads | Jack Butler Yeats at The Model 03/06/2021 - 29/05/2022 The Model are proud to celebrate the 150th anniversary of...
Menagerie: Animals | Group Show at Crawford Art Gallery 04/06/2021 - 06/03/2022 Since our ancestors first painted wild pig forms in Indonesian...
Online Exhibition | Online Group Show at Olivier Cornet Gallery 16/06/2021 - 16/06/2022 "Hold to the now, the here, through which all future...
Online Exhibition | "COVID-19 Double Exposure" by Deirdre Brennan in American Photography 37 17/06/2021 - 15/06/2022 This is a street photography project created in response to...
Paul McCloskey at Manchester Vision 2020, Manchester, UK 20/06/2021 - 01/03/2022 Paul McCloskey selected to exhibit at Deansgate Gallery Manchester one of...- The Land for the People | Eimear Walshe at National Sculpture Factory 21/06/2021 - 21/12/2021 The National Sculpture Factory in association with Cork Midsummer Festival...
Online Event |mCCA Derry~Londonderry Introducing 2021 28/06/2021 - 22/12/2021 CCA Derry~Londonderry presents CCA Introducing – a series of social...
The Corracanvy Hoard | Jane McCormick, the Museum of Broken Things, Cavan 10/07/2021 - 31/12/2021 Welcome to Museum of Broken Things, a museum created inside...- From the Secret Block to ROSC / ASBESTOS: Fall Freely | Joseph Beuys at Hugh Lane Gallery 14/07/2021 - 31/10/2021 Hugh Lane Gallery is delighted to celebrate the centenary of...
The Narrow Gate of the Here-and-Now: Queer Embodiment | Group Exhibition at IMMA 30/07/2021 - 31/12/2021 Visit Chapter One of a new exhibition to celebrate 30 years...- I gCroílár mo Chroí - In my Heart's Core | Artists at the Mill at Cultúrlann Mc Adam Ó Fiaich 05/08/2021 - 30/10/2021 Cultúrlann Mc Adam Ó Fiaich’s Ballaí Bana gallery, is delighted...
Online Exhibition | imPRESSions Printmaking Exhibition2021 27/08/2021 - 31/12/2021 For 2021 ‘imPRESSions’ Printmaking Biennial has gone online to celebrate...
Online Exhibition | Revival at ArtNetdlr 27/08/2021 - 01/11/2021 Explore ArtNetdlr exhibition online, featuring works of art by ArtNetdlr...- My Halcyon Days | Norah Brennan at Tuar Ard Arts Centre 01/09/2021 - 31/10/2021 In My Halcyon Days, Norah Brennan is drawn back to...
- Online Screening | aemi Ulster University Graduate Awards 01/09/2021 - 31/10/2021 aemi is delighted to announce the recipients of our inaugural...
- I can feel the tug | Martin De Porres Wright at Draiocht, Blanchardstown 02/09/2021 - 29/10/2021 Thu 02 Sep — Fri 29 Oct 2021 First Floor...
- I can feel the tug | Martin De Porres Wright, Out of the Studio from Draíocht 02/09/2021 - 29/10/2021 Draíocht’s 'Out of the Studio' is a series of artist-led...
Online Exhibition | Speictream, Mná na nEalaín Group show 03/09/2021 - 05/11/2021 Mná na nEalaín, supported by Limerick Printmakers and the Wom@rts...- Lightning Bolts of Ordinary Things | Kaye Maahs and Will O’Kane at glór 03/09/2021 - 27/10/2021 glór presents Lightning Bolts of Ordinary Things: New work by...
- Beating a Retreat | Cevdet Erek at Void Gallery 04/09/2021 - 30/10/2021 Void Gallery are delighted to announce our exhibition Beating a...
- EQUUS MOTUS | Ian Calder at Hamilton Gallery 04/09/2021 - 30/10/2021 Hamilton Gallery is delighted to present EQUUS MOTUS an exhibition...
- SHEDWORK | Carolyn Mulholland, Aosdána at Hamilton Gallery 04/09/2021 - 30/10/2021 Hamilton Gallery is delighted to host SHEDWORK a solo exhibition...
- The German School | Group Show at Return Gallery, Goethe-Institut Irland 09/09/2021 - 14/04/2022 A series of exhibitions by students of the film class...
Into Memory | Lorraine Lawlor at Axis Ballymun 09/09/2021 - 09/11/2021 ‘Into Memory’ Lorraine Lawlor ‘The life of the dead is...
Programme Launch | Sentient Sounds 10/09/2021 - 31/12/2021 Sentient Sound is a new service aimed at artists looking...- Jackie McKenna, Bassam Al-Sabah and Atoosa Pour Hosseini | The Dock 11/09/2021 - 27/11/2021 This exhibition brings together three artists; Jackie McKenna, Bassam Al-Sabah,...
- Picturing People | New Collection at the National Gallery of Ireland 11/09/2021 - 05/12/2021 11 September – 5 December 2021 Print Gallery | Admission free...
- Fragmented Perception | Trudi van der Elsen at Galleria Weber and Weber, Turin, Italy 14/09/2021 - 30/10/2021 Trudi van der Elsen Fragmented Perception curated by Valeria Ceregini...
- Exercises In Speaking Out, Volume 2 | Aikaterini Gegisian at Triskel Arts Centre 16/09/2021 - 31/10/2021 Triskel Gallery Space Thu 16 Sep - Sun 31 Oct...
PLATFORM 2021 - Worlds of Their Own | Group Show at Draiocht Blanchardstown 16/09/2021 - 14/01/2022 PLATFORM 2021 - Worlds of Their Own Susan Buttner, Ellen...- GRAFT | Group Show in Cork City, Glucksman Gallery and the National Sculpture Factory 17/09/2021 - 31/10/2021 GRAFT is the first collaboration of its kind between the...
Mariner | Conor McFeely at St Augustines Old Schoolhouse, Derry 17/09/2021 - 17/09/2022 Mariner is a response to the site of St Augustine’s...- Parr's Ireland: 40 Years of Photography in Ireland | Martin Parr at Roscommon Arts Centre 17/09/2021 - 29/10/2021 Since the late 1980’s the esteemed British documentary photographer Martin...
- Parr's Ireland: 40 Years of Photography in Ireland by Martin Parr | Roscommon Arts Centre 17/09/2021 - 29/10/2021 Since the late 1980’s the esteemed British documentary photographer Martin...
