What’s On

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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Upcoming Events in Ireland

• Breaking Through with the Pleasure of Painting | Geraldine McNamee at Tullamore Library Opening on 01/04/2020
• Accidental Triggers | Ofri Cnaani at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork Opening on 02/04/2020
• Late View + Open Studio with Sean Fingleton at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin Opening on 02/04/2020
• Lanes, Cranes and the Imagination | ADW at The Space Between, Dublin Opening on 02/04/2020
• Not the time to be silent | weekly online poetry reading & open mic on Skype Opening on 02/04/2020
• Flow & Folds | Des Cullen at Strule Arts Centre, Omagh Opening on 02/04/2020
• Free Sunday at The National Print Museum, Dublin Opening on 05/04/2020
• Easter Crafts at the Education Area at The National Print Museum, Dublin Opening on 06/04/2020
• Story-telling at the Education Area at The National Print Museum, Dublin Opening on 07/04/2020
• Home: Being and Belonging in Contemporary Ireland | Group Exhibition at The Glucksman, Cork Opening on 10/04/2020
• Shifting Sands - A Startling Evolution | Kathrine Geoghegan at Kilcock Art Gallery, Kilcock Opening on 25/04/2020
• Bealtaine – Recollection with the Collection at The National Print Museum, Dublin Opening on 10/05/2020
• Romanticism and Friendships | Daniel O'Neill at Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin Opening on 10/05/2020
• International Contemporary Tapestry at Human Biology Building, NUI Galway Opening on 22/05/2020
• Psychedelic / Hitchcock Belfast | Lise McGreevy at The Belfast Barge Opening on 01/06/2020
• Psychedelic, Hitchcock Belfast | Lise McGreevy at The Dock Cafe, Newtownabbey Opening on 01/06/2020
• GZ-BASEL 2020 at Basel Art Center, Switzerland Opening on 03/06/2020

Closing

• Wandering Things | Susan Connolly at Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin, Germany Closing on 30/03/2020
• Leinster Printmaking Studio and Seamus Heaney at dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire Closing on 31/03/2020
• Margo Banks at Séamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul Closing on 31/03/2020
• Elemental | Olive Barrett, Art at The Ivy House Closing on 31/03/2020
• There Are Intangible Realities Which Float Near Us, Formless And Without Words | Gillian Lawler at Molesworth Gallery, Dublin Closing on 31/03/2020
• Creativity At Home: Art Activities Online | The Glucksman Closing on 31/03/2020
• Art In Lockdown | Online Exhibition Closing on 31/03/2020
• This Place | Róisín O'Sullivan at The Jennings Gallery, Cork Closing on 01/04/2020
• When The Wind Blows | Oisin Burke at GOMA Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford Closing on 02/04/2020
• Late View + Open Studio with Sean Fingleton at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin Closing on
• Felt Not Seen | Robert Sheehan at Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford Closing on 02/04/2020
• Not the time to be silent | weekly online poetry reading & open mic on Skype Closing on
• Surface Tension, Hidden in Hazel and Foile a Deux: Polyphonic Claverings on the Tragedy of Everyday Love | Group Exhibition at Luan Gallery, Athlone Closing on 03/04/2020
• Monstrum | Sil Elorduy at The Icon Factory, Dublin Closing on 03/04/2020
• Liminal Entities | Group Exhibition at Galway Arts Centre Closing on 03/04/2020
• Assemble | Group Exhibition at Atelier Maser, Dublin Closing on 03/04/2020
• This is What Democracy Looks Like | Jim Ricks at Así Luce la Democracia, Mexico City Closing on 03/04/2020
• Land Walks Land Talks Land Marks | William Bock at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre Closing on 04/04/2020
• Committed to Falling | Gabhann Dunne at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre Closing on 04/04/2020
• Clare Moments | Philip Brennan at Scariff Public Library Closing on 04/04/2020
• Henry Butler at Clare Museum, Ennis Closing on 04/04/2020
• KAVA After Dark Online Exhibition Closing on 04/04/2020
• Lanes, Cranes and the Imagination | ADW at The Space Between, Dublin Closing on 05/04/2020
• Free Sunday at The National Print Museum, Dublin Closing on
• Story-telling at the Education Area at The National Print Museum, Dublin Closing on
• sur— [infinite Slippage: production of the r ~e ~a ~l as an intensive magnitude starting at zero-eight] —plus | Ima-Abasi Okon at Void Gallery, Derry Closing on 09/04/2020
• dalkey | Richard Gorman at Kerlin Gallery, Dublin Closing on 09/04/2020
• Confessional | Brian Kielt at University of Atypical, Belfast Closing on 10/04/2020
• Human Child | Bríd Higgins Ní Chinnéide at Hang Tough Gallery, Dublin Closing on 10/04/2020
• Land of Some Other Order | Group Exhibition at Lavit Gallery, Cork Closing on 11/04/2020
• Signal Arts Society Member's Exhibition 2020 at Signal Arts Centre, Bray Closing on 12/04/2020

Current

• (A)Dressing Our Hidden Truths | Alison Lowry at National Museum of Ireland, Dublin 27/03/2019 - 19/12/2020 (A)Dressing Our Hidden Truths opened to the public on Wed,…
• Wandering Things | Susan Connolly at Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin, Germany 23/01/2020 - 30/03/2020 Curator: Mirjami Schuppert. Wandering Things is an exhibition in response to…
• This is What Democracy Looks Like | Jim Ricks at Así Luce la Democracia, Mexico City 25/01/2020 - 03/04/2020 Daniela Elbahara is happy to celebrate four “firsts”; The 1st…
• How The Land Lies | Group Exhibition at Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh 25/01/2020 - 02/05/2020 Opens Saturday 25 January 3pm. Runs until 02 May, Wednesday-Saturday…
• Tomorrow is Sunday | Miriam O’Connor at Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh 25/01/2020 - 18/04/2020 Opens Saturday 25 January 2020, 3pm. Runs until 18 April,…
• Contemporary Textiles | Mary Lee Murphy at Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum 31/01/2020 - 30/04/2020 Exhibition of contemporary textiles by using the technique of wax…
• sur— [infinite Slippage: production of the r ~e ~a ~l as an intensive magnitude starting at zero-eight] —plus | Ima-Abasi Okon at Void Gallery, Derry 01/02/2020 - 09/04/2020 Preview 1 February I 6 - 8:30pm 6pm Ima-Abasi Okon…
• This Place | Róisín O'Sullivan at The Jennings Gallery, Cork 06/02/2020 - 01/04/2020 Official Opening: Thursday 6th February at 6pm. Róisín O'Sullivan’s work…
• Irish Butterflies | Robbie O’Leary at dlr Mill Theatre, Dundrum 07/02/2020 - 15/04/2020 The 35 species of butterfly in Ireland are increasingly under…
• Siobhán Hapaska at Kunstmuseum, St Gallen, Lokremise, Switzerland 08/02/2020 - 21/06/2020 Siobhán Hapaska’s (*1963, Belfast) sculptures contain political, social, and ideological…
• The Shrinking Universe | Eva Rothschild at VISUAL Carlow 08/02/2020 - 17/05/2020 VISUAL is delighted to host The Shrinking Universe by Eva…
• Margo Banks at Séamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul 09/02/2020 - 31/03/2020 Growing up in Clontarf, with sweeping views of Dublin Bay,…
• Leinster Printmaking Studio and Seamus Heaney at dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire 10/02/2020 - 31/03/2020 Leinster Printmaking Studio and Séamus Heaney. Exhibition of Prints: Etchings,…
• In Pursuit of the Brocken Spectre | Neil Carroll at RHA Gallery, Dublin 14/02/2020 - 26/04/2020 Neil Carroll’s solo exhibition, In Pursuit of the Brocken Spectre  might be…
• Part 1 | Artists’ Film International at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork 14/02/2020 - 07/06/2020 Artists’ Film International (AFI), established by the Whitechapel Gallery, London…
• Dissolving Histories: An Unreliable Presence | Group Exhibition at Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast 15/02/2020 - 25/04/2020 Launch event: Saturday 15th February at 2pm Now entering its third…
• Dissolving Histories: An Unreliable Presence | Group Exhibition at Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast 15/02/2020 - 25/04/2020 Dissolving Histories: An Unreliable Presence brings together work by four…
• Duality | Margo McNulty at Roscommon Arts Centre 15/02/2020 - 17/04/2020 Duality is an exhibition of visual art by Margo McNulty,…
• Surface Tension, Hidden in Hazel and Foile a Deux: Polyphonic Claverings on the Tragedy of Everyday Love | Group Exhibition at Luan Gallery, Athlone 15/02/2020 - 03/04/2020 As part of its 2020 Spring programme, Luan Gallery is…
• Penumbra | Group Exhibition at F.E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio, Banbridge 15/02/2020 - 30/05/2020 The F.E. McWilliam Gallery and Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon…
• Reflection | Éadaoin Glynn at The Hideout Cafe, Cork 27/02/2020 - 08/05/2020 Reflection, Éadaoin Glynn's second solo exhibition, explores our emotional response…
• Six Works – Augmented Reality | Eilis O'Connell RHA at Wilton Park, Dublin 27/02/2020 - 31/08/2020 AN IPUT & RHA INITIATIVE AT WILTON PARK RHA and…
• Elemental | Olive Barrett, Art at The Ivy House 27/02/2020 - 31/03/2020 Art at The Ivy House is delighted to present Elemental…
• Plastic | Group Exhibition at Wexford County Council 28/02/2020 - 17/04/2020 In association with Science Gallery Dublin at Wexford County Council,…
• Review Central | Student Exhibition at St John's College, Cork 28/02/2020 - 17/04/2020 St John’s Central College presents ‘Review Central’ , an exhibition…
• Material World | Moss Gaynor at Bourn Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick 28/02/2020 - 17/04/2020 Moss Gaynor is an acclaimed emerging sculptor from West Cork, Ireland.…
• Tale Ends & Eternal Wakes | Mairead O’hEocha at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin 28/02/2020 - 25/04/2020 Temple Bar Gallery + Studios presents, Tale Ends & Eternal Wakes,…
• The Sea Around Us | Group Exhibition at The Model, Sligo 29/02/2020 - 31/05/2020 John Akomfrah (GH/GB), Forensic Oceanography (GB), Shaun Gladwell (AU), Karen…
• Committed to Falling | Gabhann Dunne at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre 29/02/2020 - 04/04/2020 Opening Saturday 29 February at 2.00 pm, an in-conversation between…
• Land Walks Land Talks Land Marks | William Bock at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre 29/02/2020 - 04/04/2020 Opening Saturday 29 February at 2.00 pm with an in-conversation…
• A Stitched and Coloured Memory | Northern Ireland Embroidery Guild 40th Anniversary Exhibition at Clotworthy House, Antrim 04/03/2020 - 19/04/2020 Northern Ireland Embroidery Guild 40th anniversary exhibition - with guest…
• Confessional | Brian Kielt at University of Atypical, Belfast 05/03/2020 - 10/04/2020 Opening Event 5 March 2020 @ 5pm - 8pm  Brian…
• More Bad News | Dougal McKenzie at Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast 05/03/2020 - 25/04/2020 Exhibition Launch: Thursday 5th March 5pm to 8pm (part of…
• When The Wind Blows | Oisin Burke at GOMA Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford 05/03/2020 - 02/04/2020 GOMA Invites you to the opening reception of... When The…
• dalkey | Richard Gorman at Kerlin Gallery, Dublin 06/03/2020 - 09/04/2020 Kerlin Gallery is proud to present dalkey, an exhibition of new…
• There Are Intangible Realities Which Float Near Us, Formless And Without Words | Gillian Lawler at Molesworth Gallery, Dublin 06/03/2020 - 31/03/2020 In this new series of paintings, Gillian Lawler explores culturally-ingrained…
• Beyond Drawing | Group Exhibition at Ballina Arts Centre 06/03/2020 - 25/04/2020 Beyond Drawing is a celebration of contemporary drawing. Exploring how…
• Defining the Elements | Katherine St. Angelo at EastSide Visitor Centre, Belfast 06/03/2020 - 19/04/2020 Exhibition Opening: 6 March, 7pm to 9pm St. Angelo’s work…
• The Cut of Them | Mick O'Dea at Source Arts Centre, Thurles 06/03/2020 - 18/04/2020 Mick O’Dea was born in Ennis Co Clare in 1958.…
• Sean Fingleton at The Atrium Space, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin 06/03/2020 - 25/04/2020 Temple Bar Gallery + Studios presents a new Atrium exhibition…
• Buttered Up | Áine Phillips at MART Gallery, Dublin 06/03/2020 - 16/04/2020 Buttered Up Solo Exhibition by Áine Phillips, with performance collaborations…
• Drawn from Nature: Irish Botanical Art at National Gallery of Ireland 07/03/2020 - 21/06/2020 Print Gallery | Free entry Take a closer look at…
• A Shared Space | Fiona Cawley at Ballina Arts Centre 07/03/2020 - 25/04/2020 Fiona Cawley’s solo show A Shared Space presents a series…
• lightly touching the earth back | Eilis O'Connell at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford, England 07/03/2020 - 18/04/2020 O’Connell’s inspirations are drawn from a wide range of sources…
• Liminal Entities | Group Exhibition at Galway Arts Centre 07/03/2020 - 03/04/2020 ‘Liminal Entities’ is an exhibition curated by Rita McMahon featuring…
• Clare Moments | Philip Brennan at Scariff Public Library 09/03/2020 - 04/04/2020 The paintings in this showing are a selection from a…
• Henry Butler at Clare Museum, Ennis 09/03/2020 - 04/04/2020 Ennis native, Henry Butler, brings his recent work to the…
• Assemble | Group Exhibition at Atelier Maser, Dublin 12/03/2020 - 03/04/2020 Opening: Thursday 12 March, 6pm to 9pm 'Assemble' is the…
• Felt Not Seen | Robert Sheehan at Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford 12/03/2020 - 02/04/2020 Officially opening on March 12th : 6.30pm A native of…
• No Time | Martin Boyle at Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown 13/03/2020 - 16/05/2020 Opening Night Friday 13th March Free Bus from Belfast leaves…

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