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
$€X¥ Gstaad | Group Exhibition at Huus Gstaad, Saanen, Switzerland Opening on 28/02/2020
Plastic | Group Exhibition at Wexford County Council Opening on 28/02/2020
SAFE-HOLD | Christine Mackey at Wexford Arts Centre Opening on 28/02/2020
Tale Ends & Eternal Wakes | Mairead O’hEocha at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin Opening on 28/02/2020
IFI & National Gallery: Portrait of a Lady on Fire & Gallery Tour at National Gallery of Ireland / Irish Film Institute, Dublin Opening on 28/02/2020
The Sea Around Us | Group Exhibition at The Model, Sligo Opening on 29/02/2020
Committed to Falling | Gabhann Dunne at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre Opening on 29/02/2020
Land Walks Land Talks Land Marks | William Bock at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre Opening on 29/02/2020
Live Performance: No Man's Land | Karen Power at The Model, Sligo Opening on 29/02/2020
UnSelfing/Arrivals |TULCA Festival of Visual Arts’ Programme for Galway 2020 at Ceannt Train Station, Galway Opening on 29/02/2020
Printfest for Engineer's Week at National Print Museum, Dublin Opening on 01/03/2020
Skin Deep | Lynn Kennedy at Signal Arts Centre, Bray Opening on 02/03/2020
Exhibition for a Good Man | Paula Pohli at Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin Opening on 03/03/2020
Belfast is My City | Group Exhibition at ArtisAnn Gallery, Belfast Opening on 05/03/2020
When The Wind Blows | Oisin Burke at GOMA Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford Opening on 05/03/2020
Abridged 0-61 : Gemini | Mhairi Sutherland at Wild Tulips Gallery, Derry Opening on 06/03/2020
Painting 2020 | Emmet Brickley at LHQ Gallery, Cork Opening on 06/03/2020
The Cut of Them | Mick O'Dea at Source Arts Centre, Thurles Opening on 06/03/2020
Buttered Up | Áine Phillips at MART Gallery, Dublin Opening on 06/03/2020
lightly touching the earth back | Eilis O'Connell at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford, England Opening on 07/03/2020
Mulit Matrix | Print Symposium at Ulster University, Belfast Opening on 13/03/2020
Relatively Speaking | Guided Art Walking Tour in Temple Bar, Dublin Opening on 18/03/2020
IFI & aemi: Signals and Circuits at Irish Film Institute, Dublin Opening on 25/03/2020
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
Flow & Folds | Des Cullen at Strule Arts Centre, Omagh Opening on 02/04/2020
Home: Being and Belonging in Contemporary Ireland | Group Exhibition at The Glucksman, Cork Opening on 10/04/2020
Romanticism and Friendships | Daniel O'Neill at Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin Opening on 10/05/2020
From Access to Inclusion 2020, an Arts and Culture Summit at The Printworks, Dublin Castle Opening on 11/05/2020
GZ-BASEL 2020 at Basel Art Center, Switzerland Opening on 03/06/2020
Closing
Patrick Carey: Landscape Artist | Film Screenings at Irish Film Institute, Dublin Closing on 
CROSSINGS | Group Exhibition at The Complex, Dublin Closing on 27/02/2020 
In Between | Group Exhibition at Primerent, Milan Closing on 28/02/2020 
RUSH: Decolonising Research at Goethe-Institut Irland, Dublin Closing on 28/02/2020 
Islannaltenage | Red Bird Youth Collective at Galway Arts Centre Closing on 28/02/2020 
John O'Reilly | Solo Exhibition at Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin Closing on 28/02/2020 - IFI & National Gallery: Portrait of a Lady on Fire & Gallery Tour at National Gallery of Ireland / Irish Film Institute, Dublin Closing on
Vivid Charm | Fang Zhao and Pang HaoQing at Flax Gallery, Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey Closing on 28/02/2020 
EMERGENCE III | Group Exhibition at QSS Artist Studios, Belfast Closing on 28/02/2020 
Coasts and Cottages | Nara Coates at Culturlann Sweeney, Kilkee Closing on 28/02/2020 
Don't Look Back, Baby | Oscar Four Lopez at The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin Closing on 28/02/2020 
I am not worthy | Bernadette Doolan at Limerick Museum Closing on 28/02/2020 
HOLDFAST | Ann Ensor at Draiocht, Blanchardstown Closing on 29/02/2020 
Fold/Unfold | Vanya Lambrecht Ward at Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge Closing on 29/02/2020 
UNLOCK at Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise Closing on 29/02/2020 
A Retrospective | Sam McCready at ArtisAnn Gallery, Belfast Closing on 29/02/2020 
Drawing on Don Quixote | Group Exhibition at Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin Closing on 29/02/2020 
Ack Ro' | Jaki Irvine at Kerlin Gallery, Dublin Closing on 29/02/2020 
Murmur | Ben Malcolmson at Belfast Exposed Closing on 29/02/2020 
Performaphilia | Áine Phillips at Malahide Library Closing on 29/02/2020 
Rumination | Group Exhibition at GOMA Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford Closing on 29/02/2020 
Which Way Next..? | Group Exhibition at Creative Exchange, Belfast Closing on 29/02/2020 
The Width of Yourself | Eamon Colman at Solomon Fine Art, Dublin Closing on 29/02/2020 
Darragh O'Brien at Clare Museum, Ennis Closing on 29/02/2020 - UnSelfing/Arrivals |TULCA Festival of Visual Arts’ Programme for Galway 2020 at Ceannt Train Station, Galway Closing on
- Live Performance: No Man's Land | Karen Power at The Model, Sligo Closing on
New Artificiality | Catherine Leutenegger at Gallery of Photography Ireland, Dublin Closing on 01/03/2020 
Treading a Fine Line | Emma Stroude at The Model, Sligo Closing on 01/03/2020 - Printfest for Engineer's Week at National Print Museum, Dublin Closing on
- $€X¥ Gstaad | Group Exhibition at Huus Gstaad, Saanen, Switzerland Closing on 01/03/2020
FOH Exhibition | Kevin Cahill at Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford Closing on 02/03/2020 
Transhumance : The Nomadic Artist : Part Of This Land | Group Exhibition at Phizzfest : Space, Dublin Closing on 04/03/2020 
Characters of Dublin | John Paul at Ballaí Bana Gallery, Cultúrlann Mc Adam Ó Fiaich, Dublin Closing on 04/03/2020 
Veronica & Robert Le Roux Exhibition at Arklow Visual Arts Centre Closing on 04/03/2020 
First We Eat. Potatoes, Krauts and Artist Mukbang | Group Exhibition at Catalyst Arts, Belfast Closing on 05/03/2020 
The Space Between | Daniel Holfeld at RIAI, Dublin Closing on 05/03/2020 
Qualities of Water | Group Exhibition at Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar Closing on 06/03/2020 
The Dark | Group Exhibition at CCA Derry~Londonderry Closing on 07/03/2020 
Over Nature | Group Exhibition at Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny Closing on 07/03/2020 
Annual Members Exhibition at Lavit Gallery, Cork Closing on 07/03/2020 
Soul Vision | Ani Mollereau at Sol Art Gallery, Dublin Closing on 07/03/2020 
In Our Time | Gerard Byrne at Gösta Serlachius Museum, Finland Closing on 08/03/2020 
Glimpses of Escape: your monochrome, my technicolour at Áras Chill Dara, Naas Closing on 08/03/2020 
Vision of the world: Ireland | John Jobson at Parempuyre, France Closing on 08/03/2020 
Headcase | RHA Ashford Gallery, Dublin Closing on 08/03/2020 - Aeternum | Sean Scully at Forum Paracelsus, St Moritz, Switzerland Closing on 10/03/2020
The Living, The Dead and I | Kevin Broaders at Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo Closing on 10/03/2020 
The Ark Installation | Rosalind Lowry at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast Closing on 10/03/2020
Current
(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,…
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…- 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…
Moment in Time: A Legacy of Photographs | Bank of America Collection at National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin 30/11/2019 - 22/03/2020 Book tickets here Rooms 6-10 | Beit Wing Over 50…
Viewpoints: Children's Rights in Imaginary Spaces at The Glucksman, Cork 05/12/2019 - 22/03/2020 Artists: Fatti Burke, Peter Donnelly, Roisin Hahessy, Chris Haughton, Chris Judge, Mary Murphy,…
Crowded Thresholds | Group Exhibition at Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin 06/12/2019 - 25/03/2020 Max Brosi / Joe Caslin / Julie Connellan / Hazel Kenny / Daithi Magner / Paul McClure / Caoimhe McGuckin / John Rainey / Niall Sweeney / Brigitta…
Moving Spaces | Group Exhibition at The Glucksman, Cork 06/12/2019 - 15/03/2020 Artists: Deirdre Breen, Colin Crotty, Miriam De Búrca, Joy Gerrard,…- HOLDFAST | Ann Ensor at Draiocht, Blanchardstown 12/12/2019 - 29/02/2020 Holdfast - Ann Ensor - Amharc Fhine Gall 2019 -…
The Other Side: Borderlands in Contemporary Irish Art | Group Exhibition at Dortmunder U, Dortmund, Germany 20/12/2019 - 17/03/2020 Artists: Enda Bowe, Willie Doherty, Seán Hillen, Jesse Jones, Dragana…- Fold/Unfold | Vanya Lambrecht Ward at Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge 11/01/2020 - 29/02/2020 An exhibition exploring paper folding. The art of paper folding,…
- UNLOCK at Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise 11/01/2020 - 29/02/2020 UNLOCK is an exhibition at Dunamaise Arts Centre Gallery from 11…
- RUSH: Decolonising Research at Goethe-Institut Irland, Dublin 15/01/2020 - 28/02/2020 Curated by Aoife Banks, Laragh Conroy, Noah O’Brien Galli, Ronan…
Overburden | Fiona Kelly at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 17/01/2020 - 29/03/2020 Opening Thursday 16 January at 6pm. Fiona Kelly is drawn…
Cillín | Tommy Weir at The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon 18/01/2020 - 14/03/2020 Exhibition preview and Paul Seawright in conversation with Tommy Weir…- FOH Exhibition | Kevin Cahill at Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford 18/01/2020 - 02/03/2020 Official Opening: Saturday the 18th January, 1.30 Dates: 18th –…
- Drawing on Don Quixote | Group Exhibition at Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin 19/01/2020 - 29/02/2020 The Olivier Cornet Gallery is delighted to present Drawing on…
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…- Ack Ro' | Jaki Irvine at Kerlin Gallery, Dublin 24/01/2020 - 29/02/2020 Kerlin Gallery is pleased to present Ack Ro', an exhibition of…
Inside Out: New Photography from China | Group Exhibition at Belfast Exposed 24/01/2020 - 21/03/2020 Belfast Exposed is delighted to present a co-curated selection of…- New Artificiality | Catherine Leutenegger at Gallery of Photography Ireland, Dublin 24/01/2020 - 01/03/2020 Catherine Leutenegger New Artificiality January 24 – March 1 2020…
- The Dark | Group Exhibition at CCA Derry~Londonderry 25/01/2020 - 07/03/2020 The Dark presents a constellation of new and existing works by…
- Islannaltenage | Red Bird Youth Collective at Galway Arts Centre 25/01/2020 - 28/02/2020 The culmination of a process-based project, Islannaltenage explores the material…
- Performaphilia | Áine Phillips at Malahide Library 25/01/2020 - 29/02/2020 Performaphilia, an exhibition of performance watercolours 25th January - 29th…
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,…
Places, Histories and Other Matters | Jane Hughes at Toradh Gallery 2, Kells 27/01/2020 - 27/03/2020 Meath County Council Arts Office is pleased to present Places,…
Meath Through The Lens | Kells Photography Club at Toradh Gallery, Ashbourne 27/01/2020 - 27/03/2020 Meath County Council Arts Office is delighted to present a…
Place, Histories and Other Matters I Jane Hughes at Toradh Gallery 2, Kells 27/01/2020 - 27/03/2020 Meath County Council Arts Office is pleased to present Places,…
Beautiful Day | Group Exhibition at The Presentation Arts Centre, Enniscorthy 29/01/2020 - 13/03/2020 An Exhibition of work by Artists at the Wexford Residential…- Glimpses of Escape: your monochrome, my technicolour at Áras Chill Dara, Naas 30/01/2020 - 08/03/2020 Glimpses of Escape: your monochrome, my techincolour is an exhibition…
- Which Way Next..? | Group Exhibition at Creative Exchange, Belfast 30/01/2020 - 29/02/2020 Opening: 30 January, 7pm to 9pm. Creative Exchange invites you…
- Rumination | Group Exhibition at GOMA Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford 30/01/2020 - 29/02/2020 Niamh Schmidtke | Seamus O Brien | Paul McQuillan Official…
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](https://fkertmy0pg-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2016-05-22-at-16.09.10.jpeg)
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…- Darragh O'Brien at Clare Museum, Ennis 03/02/2020 - 29/02/2020 Darragh O’Brien is 39 and a native of Ennis. The…
- Coasts and Cottages | Nara Coates at Culturlann Sweeney, Kilkee 03/02/2020 - 28/02/2020 Having received a Distinction in B.A. Fine Art studies in…
- I am not worthy | Bernadette Doolan at Limerick Museum 04/02/2020 - 28/02/2020 Award-winning Irish artist Bernadette Doolan, living in Wexford, is the…
- A Retrospective | Sam McCready at ArtisAnn Gallery, Belfast 05/02/2020 - 29/02/2020 Wed 5th February to Sat 29th Feb 2020 Special Late…
- Treading a Fine Line | Emma Stroude at The Model, Sligo 05/02/2020 - 01/03/2020 In this new body of work, Emma Stroude explores themes…
- Don't Look Back, Baby | Oscar Four Lopez at The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin 06/02/2020 - 28/02/2020 The work of Oscar Fouz Lopez is informed by mythological…
Elliptical Affinities: Irish Women Artists and the Politics of the Body, 1984 to the Present at Limerick City Gallery of Art 06/02/2020 - 22/03/2020 Curated by Dr Fionna Barber and Aoife Ruane 7 February…
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…- Over Nature | Group Exhibition at Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny 06/02/2020 - 07/03/2020 This touring group exhibition curated by Valeria Ceregini has been…
- EMERGENCE III | Group Exhibition at QSS Artist Studios, Belfast 06/02/2020 - 28/02/2020 Opening event: Thursday 6th February 2020, 6pm – 9pm Exhibition…
- First We Eat. Potatoes, Krauts and Artist Mukbang | Group Exhibition at Catalyst Arts, Belfast 06/02/2020 - 05/03/2020 Artists: Julia Gruner & Liza Dieckwisch (Cologne/Düsseldorf, Germany), Vera Drebusch (Hamburg/Cologne,…
- The Width of Yourself | Eamon Colman at Solomon Fine Art, Dublin 07/02/2020 - 29/02/2020 Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host its first and…
Among the dregs of daily toil | Alan Magee at The LAB Galley, Dublin 07/02/2020 - 15/03/2020 Preview 6th February 6-8pm Exhibition continues to 15 March 2020…- Qualities of Water | Group Exhibition at Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar 07/02/2020 - 06/03/2020 A photography exhibition exploring the many qualities of water that…
Under Your Skin | Evgeniya Martirosyan at The LAB Gallery, Dublin 07/02/2020 - 15/03/2020 Preview 6th February 6-8pm Exhibition continues to 15 March 2020…
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…
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