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
Futures, Series 3, Episode 3 | Group Exhibition at RHA Gallery, Dublin Opening on 22/11/2019
Pink Bulldozer | Kurt Oppermann at RHA Ashford Gallery, Dublin Opening on 22/11/2019
The Shelf | Dorothy Cross ARHA at RHA Foyer, Dublin Opening on 22/11/2019
Under the Wrong Star | Michael Robinson at RHA Gallery, Dublin Opening on 22/11/2019
Vision X | Group Exhibition at Dr Tony Ryan Gallery, RHA, Dublin Opening on 22/11/2019
On Changing your Mind | Homeland 2019 at Instituto Cervantes Dublin Opening on 22/11/2019
Spilt Milk Festival: Terror Nullius at Art House, Sligo Opening on 22/11/2019
Spilt Milk Festival: Katie Gerardine O'Neill & Dult at Bookmart, Sligo Opening on 22/11/2019
Connected by Nature | Group Exhibition at Knockrose Garden, Kilternan Opening on 23/11/2019
Experiments and Considerations - The Dream Drawing | Nuala Clarke at Áras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet Opening on 23/11/2019
Spilt Milk Festival: Selections | Kevin McGloughlin at Pulled Studio, Sligo Opening on 23/11/2019
Eye to Ear – A Visual Homage to Music | Jimmy Burns at dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum Opening on 23/11/2019
Screening: M*A*S*H (Many Artists Showing Hyper-Reality) at RHA School, Dublin Opening on 23/11/2019
Christmas Art and Craft Fair (Free Entry) at Burren Art Gallery, Tubber Opening on 24/11/2019
The Way We Art | Bray Artists' Circle at Signal Arts Centre, Bray Opening on 25/11/2019
An Exhibition on Coercive Control at The Creative Hub, Wexford Opening on 25/11/2019
Behind the Scenes of an Arts Documentary at Room AR4, RTÉ Television Centre, Dublin Opening on 26/11/2019
Uisce Salach (Dirty Water) by Softday at Liberty Hall Opening on 27/11/2019
BPW Christmas Exhibition at Belfast Print Workshop Opening on 28/11/2019
Christmas Art Show | Group Exhibition at The Ireland Institute, Dublin Opening on 28/11/2019
Push | Masters in Art & Process (MA:AP) Degree Show 2019 at The Gallery at no.46 Grand Parade Opening on 28/11/2019
The Creative Peninsula Christmas Art and Craft Fayre at Ards Art Centre, Newtownards Opening on 29/11/2019
Looking Backward | Michael Hanna at PS², Belfast Opening on 29/11/2019
MYSTERY & IMAGINATION: Harry Clarke Watercolours at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork Opening on 30/11/2019
Wicklow ScreenDance Laboratory 2019 at Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray Opening on 02/12/2019
Rún Exhibition 2019 at Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo Opening on 03/12/2019
Films of Derek Jarman at the Irish Film Institute, Dublin Opening on 03/12/2019
Christmas Market at Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast Opening on 05/12/2019
Unison | Group Exhibition at MART Gallery, Dublin Opening on 06/12/2019
Christmas Market & Exhibition at Schoolhouse for Art, Enniskerry Opening on 06/12/2019
ж The Buffer Zone ж | Yannis Kyriakides at Unit 3, Kirkos DCC Incubation Space, Dublin Opening on 06/12/2019
Christmas Markets at Franciscan Well Brewpub, Cork Opening on 08/12/2019
dlr Open Exhibition: Utopia Dystopia at Municipal Gallery, dlr Lexicon Opening on 12/12/2019
FORCE EFFECT RESPONSE | Anne Martin Walsh & Lar O’Toole at The Creative Hub, Wexford Opening on 14/12/2019
From Access to Inclusion 2020, an Arts and Culture Summit at The Printworks, Dublin Castle Opening on 11/05/2020
Closing
Tírdhreach Feasach: Irish Environments in Transition at Rocque Lab, Rhetoric House, Maynooth University Closing on 
The Bealtaine Gathering at Project Arts Centre, Dublin Closing on 
A Negative Infinity | Richard Forrest at MART Gallery, Dublin Closing on 21/11/2019 
Shifting Walls | Group Exhibition at Market House, Monaghan Closing on 21/11/2019 
Far From Here | Group Exhibition at The Complex Ground Floor Gallery, Dublin Closing on 21/11/2019 
Where Do We Begin? | Caroline Jacobsz at Presentation Arts Centre, Enniscorthy Closing on 22/11/2019 
CAOL ÁIT | Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award Exhibition 2019 at Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan Closing on 22/11/2019 
Memory is Grey | Gillian Cussen at County Hall, Cork Closing on 22/11/2019 - Spilt Milk Festival: Terror Nullius at Art House, Sligo Closing on
- Spilt Milk Festival: Katie Gerardine O'Neill & Dult at Bookmart, Sligo Closing on
Better Must Come | Marianne Keating at RAMPA, Porto, Portugal Closing on 23/11/2019 
Artists in Focus | Group Exhibition at Island Arts Centre Closing on 23/11/2019 
Home | Ned Jackson Smyth at Ards Arts Centre, Newtonards Closing on 23/11/2019 
Art and Movement | Young Adults of Camphill Community Glencraig at Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards Closing on 23/11/2019 
Limen | Gwen O'Dowd at Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin Closing on 23/11/2019 
New Sculpture | Anthony Scott RUA at Solomon Fine Art, Dublin Closing on 23/11/2019 
From the Darkroom | Group Exhibition at Fitzgerald's Park, Cork Closing on 23/11/2019 
seal stones | Eleanor Casey and Hannah Casey-Brogan at PS², Belfast Closing on 23/11/2019 - Screening: M*A*S*H (Many Artists Showing Hyper-Reality) at RHA School, Dublin Closing on
perpetuum mobile | Helen Kirwan at European Cultural Centre, Venice Closing on 24/11/2019 
Escenarios de ausencia | Brain Maguire at Art Museum Ciudad Juárez, Mexico Closing on 24/11/2019 
My Heart is an Ocean | Fiona Chan at Signal Arts Centre, Dublin Closing on 24/11/2019 - Christmas Art and Craft Fair (Free Entry) at Burren Art Gallery, Tubber Closing on
- Spilt Milk Festival: Selections | Kevin McGloughlin at Pulled Studio, Sligo Closing on 24/11/2019
Homeland: On Changing your Mind | Group Exhibition at CAGE Contemporary Art Gallery / City Screening Loop Festival Barcelona 2019 Closing on 24/11/2019 - Connected by Nature | Group Exhibition at Knockrose Garden, Kilternan Closing on 24/11/2019
From the Mountain | Group Exhibition at Wexford Arts Centre & Wexford County Council Closing on 25/11/2019 - Behind the Scenes of an Arts Documentary at Room AR4, RTÉ Television Centre, Dublin Closing on
One Thing Turns into Another | Claire Kerr at BravinLee Programs, New York Closing on 27/11/2019 - Uisce Salach (Dirty Water) by Softday at Liberty Hall Closing on
A Fair While | Eileen Mulrooney at The Watergarden Gallery, Thomastown Closing on 28/11/2019 
Simple Life Rules | Jelena Demchenkova at The Icon Factory, Dublin Closing on 28/11/2019 
Skin Deep | CIT Arts Office STEAM Award Exhibition at James Barry Exhibition Centre, Cork Closing on 28/11/2019 
Eternity by the Stars | Clodagh Emoe at Illuminations Gallery, Maynooth University Closing on 29/11/2019 
Simulacra | Jason Ellis at Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin Closing on 29/11/2019 
And when he came to | Paul Hallahan and Lee Welch at Platform Arts, Belfast Closing on 29/11/2019 
Arctica: the last fragments | Angela Gilmour at Studio 12, Backwater Artists Group, Cork Closing on 29/11/2019 
Arctica: the last fragments | Angela Gilmour at Studio 12, Backwater Artists Group, Cork Closing on 29/11/2019 
Earth Writings: Bogs, Forests, Fields and Gardens | Group Exhibition at Maynooth University Library Closing on 29/11/2019 
ARRANGEMENTS | small night zine at Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin Closing on 29/11/2019 
Outburst Queer Arts Festival: Far from the reach of the sun | Kevin Gaffney at Ulster University Gallery, Belfast Closing on 29/11/2019 
AAEX (Art as Exchange) Installations at 41-42 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk Closing on 29/11/2019 - On Changing your Mind | Homeland 2019 at Instituto Cervantes Dublin Closing on 29/11/2019
Fragile Expanses | Violet Dempsey and Eilbhe Donovan at The Ivy House, Dublin Closing on 30/11/2019 
Lorraine Sherry | Solo Exhibition at The Séamus Ennis Arts, Centre, Naul Closing on 30/11/2019 
All 4 Design | Group Exhibition at Luan Gallery, Athlone Closing on 30/11/2019 
First Solo: The Great Filter | Sean McGuill at Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda Closing on 30/11/2019 
Time & Tide | Maureen McGhee & Eileen McLaughlin at The Warehouse Gallery, Derry Closing on 30/11/2019 
Ó Samhain | Group Exhibition at Ósta, Manorhamilton Closing on 30/11/2019 
FLOW | Frea Buckler at Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin Closing on 30/11/2019
Current
Light on Earth | Niamh Barry at National Museum of Ireland: Decorative Arts & History, Dublin 29/11/2018 - 31/12/2019 ‘I aspire to make work that transcends utility. I strive…
Recasting Canova at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork 16/02/2019 - 31/12/2019 Recasting Canova celebrates the bicentenary of the Canova Casts, the prestigious gift…
(A)Dressing Our Hidden Truths | Alison Lowry at National Museum of Ireland, Dublin 27/03/2019 - 01/05/2020 (A)Dressing Our Hidden Truths opened to the public on Wed,…- perpetuum mobile | Helen Kirwan at European Cultural Centre, Venice 11/05/2019 - 24/11/2019 Opening times: 10am - 6pm; Monday - Sunday; CLOSED Thursdays…
Life above Everything | Lucian Freud and Jack B. Yeats at Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin 28/06/2019 - 19/01/2020 Life above Everything is a major exhibition that brings together the…
The Walled City: 400 Years | Tower Museum, Derry 19/07/2019 - 26/01/2020 2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the completion of Derry’s…- Fragile Expanses | Violet Dempsey and Eilbhe Donovan at The Ivy House, Dublin 28/08/2019 - 30/11/2019 Art at The Ivy House is delighted to present Fragile…
Strata | Kathy Prendergast at Scarborough Art Gallery, UK 14/09/2019 - 05/01/2020 Hand-coloured maps by Internationally renowned contemporary artist, Kathy Prendergast, and…- Escenarios de ausencia | Brain Maguire at Art Museum Ciudad Juárez, Mexico 20/09/2019 - 24/11/2019 Within the framework of the 56th anniversary of the inauguration…
Micro Vs. Macro | Subset at RHA Atrium Space, Dublin 20/09/2019 - 26/01/2020 In this exhibition, Micro Vs. Macro, SUBSET brings awareness to our selective…
Close Encounter: Meetings with Remarkable Buildings at VISUAL, Carlow 20/09/2019 - 19/01/2020 VISUAL are delighted to present Close Encounter: Meetings with Remarkable…
Desire: A Revision from the 20th Century to the Digital Age | Group Exhibition at Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin 21/09/2019 - 22/03/2020 Opening the 2019 Autumn season at IMMA is a large-scale…
Fatal Act | 13BC at The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin 21/09/2019 - 07/12/2019 The Douglas Hyde Gallery is proud to present Fatal Act, the…
In Our Time | Gerard Byrne at Gösta Serlachius Museum, Finland 21/09/2019 - 08/03/2020 Irish artist Gerard Byrne (b. 1969) is known for ambitious…- A Negative Infinity | Richard Forrest at MART Gallery, Dublin 25/09/2019 - 21/11/2019 Solo Exhibition by Richard Forrest Runs 26th September to 21st…
Scenes of Absence | Brian Maguire at Rubin Center, University of Texas, USA 26/09/2019 - 13/12/2019 “Brian Maguire is an artist of singular yet expansive vision:…- Eternity by the Stars | Clodagh Emoe at Illuminations Gallery, Maynooth University 03/10/2019 - 29/11/2019 Artists Talk Clodagh Emoe in conversation with curator Aoife Tunney…
- Shifting Walls | Group Exhibition at Market House, Monaghan 03/10/2019 - 21/11/2019 Kate Beagan, Jo Cummins, Rosin Duffy and Niamh O'Connor. Official…
Winter which was not there | Vajiko Chachkiani at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork 04/10/2019 - 08/12/2019 Vajiko Chachkiani’s film Winter which was not there (2017) is presented at the Crawford Art…
Sean Fingleton Collection at Letterkenny Institute of Technology 04/10/2019 - 13/12/2019 Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) is delighted to present the…
Brick by Brick | Group Exhibition at 21-20 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, England 05/10/2019 - 04/01/2020 Brick by Brick, is a touring exhibition featuring 10 international…- Lorraine Sherry | Solo Exhibition at The Séamus Ennis Arts, Centre, Naul 06/10/2019 - 30/11/2019 Lorraine Sherry is from Loughshinny, Co. Dublin and is an…
That’s how the light gets in | Group Exhibition at University Hospital Waterford 10/10/2019 - 06/12/2019 That’s how the light gets in, an uplifting group art…- Where Do We Begin? | Caroline Jacobsz at Presentation Arts Centre, Enniscorthy 11/10/2019 - 22/11/2019 Official Opening Friday 11th October 2019 at 7:30pm This is…
- Simulacra | Jason Ellis at Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin 17/10/2019 - 29/11/2019 Oliver Sears Gallery is pleased to present the first exhibition…
Small Town Decline: Rural Patterns of Decay | Group Exhibition at glór, Ennis 18/10/2019 - 11/01/2020 glór is delighted to present a mixed media exhibition featuring…
The Royal Ulster Academy of Arts 138th Exhibition at The Ulster Museum, Belfast 18/10/2019 - 05/01/2020 138th ANNUAL EXHIBITION Founded in 1879, the Royal Ulster Academy…- All 4 Design | Group Exhibition at Luan Gallery, Athlone 18/10/2019 - 30/11/2019 All 4 Design features the work of design artists Leo…
Connacht Coast | Norman Ackroyd at Custom House Studios Gallery, Westport 18/10/2019 - 01/12/2019 Custom House Studios at Westport Quay, with Westival 2019, are…
Unloved | Franko B at Rua Red Gallery, Tallaght 18/10/2019 - 13/12/2019 Curated by a/political Opening and performance - 18 October at…- Better Must Come | Marianne Keating at RAMPA, Porto, Portugal 18/10/2019 - 23/11/2019 Marianne Keating addresses the connections between Ireland and the Caribbean…
- From the Mountain | Group Exhibition at Wexford Arts Centre & Wexford County Council 19/10/2019 - 25/11/2019 Selected works from the Arts Council Collection and invited artists…
Camille Souter | Custom House Studios Gallery, Westport 19/10/2019 - 01/12/2019 Custom House Studios at Westport Quay, with Westival 2019, are…
Eleven Voices (Magnum Residency) | Antoine d'Agata at Belfast Exposed 21/10/2019 - 21/12/2019 Belfast Exposed is proud to present Eleven Voices, a two-week…
Unloved | Exhibition Tours at Rua Red Gallery, Tallaght 22/10/2019 - 10/12/2019 Every Tuesday, 22 October to 10 December Take a tour…
In Ribbons | Anna Moore at Ionad Cultúrtha, Ballyvourney 24/10/2019 - 20/12/2019 'In Ribbons' is an exhibition of paintings and mixed media…
Loje, jelo, laso | Eoin Mc Hugh at Kerlin Gallery 24/10/2019 - 07/12/2019 Kerlin Gallery is pleased to present Loje, jelo, laso an…
The Redaction Trilogy | Kennedy Browne at Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane 24/10/2019 - 26/01/2020 Hugh Lane Gallery is delighted to present The Redaction Trilogy,…- CAOL ÁIT | Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award Exhibition 2019 at Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan 24/10/2019 - 22/11/2019 OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 6 – 8 PM Opening…
Ireland Glass Biennale 2019 at The Coach House Gallery, Dublin Castle 24/10/2019 - 07/01/2020 The National College of Art and Design (NCAD) announces the…- Limen | Gwen O'Dowd at Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin 25/10/2019 - 23/11/2019 Opening October 24th 6pm - 8pm. A new body of…
Loje, jelo, laso | Eoin McHugh at Kerlin Gallery, Dublin 25/10/2019 - 07/12/2019 Kerlin Gallery is pleased to present Loje, jelo, laso, an exhibition…
PLASTIC - CAN'T LIVE WITH IT, CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT at the Science Gallery Dublin 25/10/2019 - 09/02/2020 It is essential but polluting. It saves lives, yet it…
Stray Sod Artworks | Orlaith Cullinane at Armagh County Museum 25/10/2019 - 22/02/2020 ‘Stray Sod’ , the exhibition currently showing at Armagh County…
View of Ireland: Collecting Photography at National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin 25/10/2019 - 02/02/2020 Hugh Lane Room (Room 31) | Admission free For the…
Slow Painting | Mairead O'hEocha at Leeds Art Gallery as part of Hayward Gallery Touring Exhibition, UK 25/10/2019 - 12/01/2020 Hayward Gallery Touring presents Slow Painting, an exhibition of paintings…- One Thing Turns into Another | Claire Kerr at BravinLee Programs, New York 25/10/2019 - 27/11/2019 BravinLee Programs is very pleased to present “One thing turns…
Chair | Mary A Kelly at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre 26/10/2019 - 11/12/2019 Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre is pleased to present Chair by Mary…
Escape Sequence | Robin Price at CCA Derry~Londonderry 26/10/2019 - 20/12/2019 Robin Price is an artist-inventor, trans-disciplinary physicist, musician and cat…- Art and Movement | Young Adults of Camphill Community Glencraig at Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards 30/10/2019 - 23/11/2019 Exhibition Preview: Wednesday 30 October, 7pm We experience our senses…
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