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
Peering Out | Pat MacAllister at Mermaid Arts Centre Opening on 01/07/2022
AS THE CROW FLIES | Caroline McFadden and Susanne Keane at Oughterard Courthouse Opening on 01/07/2022
Painting is a Treasure | Carmel Daly at KAVA Opening on 01/07/2022
Gallery Opening | 8 Cows Gallery, Allihies, Co. Cork Opening on 01/07/2022
CCA partners with Dash Arts for WAIWAV Opening on 02/07/2022
Schmerzbau: It’s not all just misery | Stephen Brandes at The Model Opening on 02/07/2022
Solo Exhibition | Jane McGaughey at Castlewellan Library Opening on 02/07/2022
Decades | Camilla Fanning and Sinead Barrett at Gallery Asna: Clonakilty Community Arts Centre Opening on 02/07/2022
One Hundred Steps | Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca at The Model Opening on 02/07/2022
Event | A4 Sounds Summer Market and Open Day Opening on 02/07/2022
Quiet Music Ensemble | Solstice Arts Centre Opening on 02/07/2022
Hidden Histories | Group Exhibition at The Narrow Space Gallery Opening on 03/07/2022
Film Screening | aemi and Docs Ireland present: Come away, O human Child! at Queen's Film Theatre Opening on 03/07/2022
Book Launch | The Artist's Eye on Galway at the Galmont Hotel Opening on 04/07/2022
Current Work | Brian Ballard RUA at ArtisAnn Gallery Opening on 06/07/2022
Chromatic Encounters | Catherina Hearne at Ballina Arts Centre Opening on 09/07/2022
Artist Event | Eco Showboat at Banagher at The Marina Opening on 10/07/2022
Artist Talk | Keening in Context: Camilla Hanney in conversation with Marian Caulfield at Pallas Projects/Studio Opening on 14/07/2022
Ephemeral | Brenda Flannery at Áras Inis Gluaire Opening on 15/07/2022
Path to Home | Mavis Gormally at KAVA – Kinvara Area Visual Arts Opening on 15/07/2022
Artist Event | LifeLine at Claddagh Basin, Galway City Opening on 16/07/2022
Artist Event Xenia Pestova Bennett and Ed Bennett at Solstice Arts Centre Opening on 04/08/2022
In the Beginning | Pam Fleming at KAVA – Kinvara Area Visual Arts Opening on 02/09/2022- Artist Talk | Streets Ahead: Post-Pandemic Civic Space at TU Dublin Opening on 09/09/2022
Closing
Colliding Epistemes | Siobhán McDonald at Palais des Beaux-Arts: Bozar Closing on 30/06/2022
Statio Bene (Fida Carinis) / microGALLERY Project 6 | Bernadette Tuite at MTU Gallery Closing on 30/06/2022
Surrealism and DADA | Noel Molloy Online at Haus-a-Rest Closing on 30/06/2022
Bealtaine | Shane Hynan at Kildare Library Closing on 30/06/2022
Online Event | Brōdūil Launch and Print Release Closing on 30/06/2022
ForM Sculpture Exhibition 2022 | The Walled Garden, Bangor Closing on 30/06/2022
Bealtaine | Shane Hynan at Kildare Library Closing on 30/06/2022
An Animate Land | Group Exhibition at Roscommon Arts Centre Closing on 01/07/2022
Fantastic Plastic! | Kim Thittichai at Cultúrlann Sweeney Gallery, Kilkee, Co. Clare. Closing on 01/07/2022
Italian Fusion | Shane O' Driscoll and Giulio Vesprini at Istituto Italiano di Cultura Dublino Closing on 01/07/2022- Gallery Opening | 8 Cows Gallery, Allihies, Co. Cork Closing on
TOLD/UNTOLD | Elin Johnston at Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre Closing on 02/07/2022- DeMo Reciprocal Residency Solo Shows 2022 | Mark Buckeridge and Ona Juciūtė at CCA Derry~Londonderry Closing on 02/07/2022
Drawing: A Comparison | Group Exhibition at ArtisAnn Gallery, Belfast Closing on 02/07/2022
Normal | Kildare Art Collective Exhibition at Riverbank Arts Centre Closing on 02/07/2022
NINE22 | Degree Show 2022 from SETU Visual Art Dept/Waterford at Garter Lane Arts Centre Closing on 02/07/2022- Galalith | Lauren Gault at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios Closing on 02/07/2022
em-bracing | Group Exhibition at The LAB Gallery Closing on 02/07/2022- Quiet Music Ensemble | Solstice Arts Centre Closing on
- CCA partners with Dash Arts for WAIWAV Closing on
- Print And Works On Paper | Dan Baldwin at SO Fine Art Editions Closing on 02/07/2022
- FORESIGHT | Nadia Dev, Maria Johnston, Sol Robinson and Grace Sophia Rose at Gallery X Closing on 02/07/2022
Shape of the Place | Laura McCafferty at Art Arcadia Closing on 02/07/2022
HEDGEWITCH | Group Exhibition at TOVA, Offaly Closing on 02/07/2022- Event | A4 Sounds Summer Market and Open Day Closing on
Art Level 6, 2021-2022, End of Year Exhibition | Mayo College of Further Education and Training at Custom House Studios + Gallery Closing on 03/07/2022
Drink Up The Moon | Jane Cassidy at Custom House Studios + Gallery Closing on 03/07/2022
Dialectic Visions | Group Exhibition at The Horse, Dublin Closing on 03/07/2022
'Fools and Dreamers' | Fergal Styles at Hang Tough Contemporary Closing on 03/07/2022- Film Screening | aemi and Docs Ireland present: Come away, O human Child! at Queen's Film Theatre Closing on
Wicklow Wanderings: Lockdown Landscapes | Aoife Hester at Signal Arts Centre Closing on 03/07/2022- Book Launch | The Artist's Eye on Galway at the Galmont Hotel Closing on 06/07/2022
Artists Talk | GENERATION 2022 at Butler Gallery Closing on 07/07/2022
Photographing the Music | Oliver Nares at Working Artist Studios Closing on 08/07/2022
HOW DID WE GET TO: KNOW SO LITTLE? | Golden Thread Gallery and Docs Ireland 2022 Closing on 09/07/2022
sleepwalking | Städelschule Film Class at Goethe-Institut Dublin Closing on 09/07/2022
paintworks | Catherine Weld, Tom Weld and Nina Harte at The Courtroom Gallery Closing on 09/07/2022
Silet Signals | Conor O'Grady at Áras Inis Gluaire Closing on 09/07/2022- Generation 2022: New Irish Painting | Group Exhibition at the Butler Gallery Closing on 10/07/2022
Transfiguration | Patrick Graham at the Hugh Lane Gallery Closing on 10/07/2022
GENERATION 2022: New Irish Painting | Group Exhibition at Butler Gallery Closing on 10/07/2022- Painting is a Treasure | Carmel Daly at KAVA Closing on 10/07/2022
- Artist Event | Eco Showboat at Banagher at The Marina Closing on
- AS THE CROW FLIES | Caroline McFadden and Susanne Keane at Oughterard Courthouse Closing on 10/07/2022
Silent Signals | Conor O'Grady at Áras Inis Gluaire, Mayo Closing on 11/07/2022
Silent Signals | Conor O’Grady at Áras Inis Gluaire Closing on 11/07/2022
Current
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...- FAMILY LINES | Alice Rekab at The Douglas Hyde Gallery 07/10/2021 - 24/09/2022 FAMILY LINES is a multi-platform project by artist Alice Rekab in...
The KinShip Project | Marilyn Lennon and Seán Taylor in Tramore Valley Park, Cork 01/02/2022 - 01/12/2022 The KinShip Project is a 15-month durational public artwork at...
The Port of Cork Collection at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork 26/02/2022 - 28/08/2022 In November 2021, a major donation of unique maritime artworks...
BOTANICA: The Art of Plants at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork 17/03/2022 - 18/09/2022 BOTANICA: The Art of Plants gathers selected historic and contemporary works...- Transfiguration | Patrick Graham at the Hugh Lane Gallery 17/03/2022 - 10/07/2022 Transfiguration is survey exhibition by Irish artist Patrick Graham, who is widely...
The Hidden Mountain, the Fort and the Five Trees | Marie Brett at SIRIUS 23/03/2022 - 15/10/2022 The artist Marie Brett’s exhibition The Hidden Mountain, the Fort and...
Artist-Initiated Projects 2022 | Group Exhibition at Pallas Projects/Studio 24/03/2022 - 19/11/2022 Pallas Projects/Studios are delighted to announce the participating artists in...
We will name her Tempest | Ruth Beraha at A plus A Gallery, Venice 06/04/2022 - 15/07/2022 Ruth Beraha We will name her Tempest 06.04 — 15.07...- Giacometti: From Life | Alberto Giacometti at the National Gallery of Ireland 09/04/2022 - 04/09/2022 9 April – 4 September 2022 Beit Wing (Rooms 6–10)...
- Generation 2022: New Irish Painting | Group Exhibition at the Butler Gallery 23/04/2022 - 10/07/2022 Butler Gallery is pleased to present GENERATION2022: New Irish Painting, a celebration...
Grief-Work | Helen Kirwan at the European Cultural Centre, Venice 59th Biennale Arte 2022 23/04/2022 - 27/11/2022 Helen Kirwan unveils her new immersive three screen video Grief-Work...
Zurich Portrait Prize | Crawford Art Gallery 23/04/2022 - 17/07/2022 Crawford Art Gallery is delighted to welcome the Zurich Portrait...- GENERATION 2022: New Irish Painting | Group Exhibition at Butler Gallery 23/04/2022 - 10/07/2022 Butler Gallery is pleased to present GENERATION2022: New Irish Painting,...
- DeMo Reciprocal Residency Solo Shows 2022 | Mark Buckeridge and Ona Juciūtė at CCA Derry~Londonderry 26/04/2022 - 02/07/2022 CCA Derry~Londonderry presents two solo exhibitions by Mark Buckeridge (NI/RoI)...
A Prayer of Progress In The Light | Jennifer Lewandowski and Samuel Levack at Triskel Arts Centre 28/04/2022 - 17/07/2022 Jennifer Lewandowski and Samuel Levack are London-based artists who have...
Louth Culture Quest | An Táin Arts Centre 29/04/2022 - 31/12/2022 An Táin Arts Centre’s Louth Culture Quest is a futuristic,...
Bealtaine Exhibition | Online Group Exhibition 01/05/2022 - 01/08/2022 "This exhibit juxtaposes the work of five Irish contemporary artists...
Online Screening | aemi online – Bassam Al-Sabah, 'Dissolving beyond the worm moon' with an introductory text by Claire Walsh 04/05/2022 - 26/07/2022 Dissolving beyond the worm moon is a recent, moving image work...- Colliding Epistemes | Siobhán McDonald at Palais des Beaux-Arts: Bozar 05/05/2022 - 30/06/2022 Cosmic Gas (2022,) is a series of works on paper...
- TOLD/UNTOLD | Elin Johnston at Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre 06/05/2022 - 02/07/2022 Venue - The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre Gallery, Market Street,...
Fiona Kelly | A Temporary Iteration at SIRIUS Arts Centre 07/05/2022 - 20/08/2022 The Irish, County Cork–based artist Fiona Kelly addresses themes of...- em-bracing | Group Exhibition at The LAB Gallery 12/05/2022 - 02/07/2022 em-bracing May 12 - July 02 2022 The LAB Gallery...
- HOW DID WE GET TO: KNOW SO LITTLE? | Golden Thread Gallery and Docs Ireland 2022 12/05/2022 - 09/07/2022 THU 12 MAY – SAT 9 JULY, GOLDEN THREAD GALLERY...
- Galalith | Lauren Gault at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios 19/05/2022 - 02/07/2022 Lauren Gault’s exhibition, Galalith, is an expanded staging of her sculptural...
Expanded Print: Infrastructural | Deirdre Breen and Dominic Fee at Cork Printmakers Studio Gallery 19/05/2022 - 28/07/2022 Expanded Print: Infrastructural Artists: Deirdre Breen and Dominic Fee Cork...- An Animate Land | Group Exhibition at Roscommon Arts Centre 20/05/2022 - 01/07/2022 Curated by Naomi Draper The 2022 visual art programme continues...
Looking For Light Exhibition | Julie Corcoran at Íontas Theatre and Arts Centre, Monaghan 20/05/2022 - 09/08/2022 Opening Night Event, Friday 20th May from 7.30pm. The Looking...
Lapis Lazuli | Group Exhibition at the Hamilton Gallery 21/05/2022 - 24/09/2022 As Irelands Decade of Commemoration celebrations continue this year, Hamilton...
Between the Lines: 100 drawings | Charles Tyrrell at Grilse Gallery 21/05/2022 - 17/07/2022 100 rarely seen drawings by Charles Tyrrell spanning 20 years....- 192nd RHA Annual Exhibition 23/05/2022 - 24/07/2022 Open to all artists working in paint, drawing, print, sculpture,...
- Time-Lapse | Maria Noonan-McDermott at Ardhowen Theatre 23/05/2022 - 27/08/2022 Hambly & Hambly Presents ‘Time-Lapse’, an exhibition of work by...
The Tower | Jesse Jones at Rua Red Gallery 27/05/2022 - 20/08/2022 The Tower by Jesse Jones 27 May 2022 - 20...- NINE22 | Degree Show 2022 from SETU Visual Art Dept/Waterford at Garter Lane Arts Centre 28/05/2022 - 02/07/2022 SETU/Waterford in partnership with Garter Lane Gallery are proud to...
- ForM Sculpture Exhibition 2022 | The Walled Garden, Bangor 01/06/2022 - 30/06/2022 Explore sculptures and artworks in the beautiful surroundings of The...
- Online Event | Brōdūil Launch and Print Release 01/06/2022 - 30/06/2022 Coming from the Irish Bródúil meaning ‘Proud’, Brōdūil is an online platform that proudly...
- Surrealism and DADA | Noel Molloy Online at Haus-a-Rest 01/06/2022 - 30/06/2022 Issue 26 - the Surrealism and DADA issue // Haus...
- Bealtaine | Shane Hynan at Kildare Library 01/06/2022 - 30/06/2022 Only 2 weeks left to visit Shane Hynan’ s solo...
- Bealtaine | Shane Hynan at Kildare Library 01/06/2022 - 30/06/2022 ‘Bealtaine’ is a miniseries within a larger body of work...
- Drawing: A Comparison | Group Exhibition at ArtisAnn Gallery, Belfast 01/06/2022 - 02/07/2022 This exhibition, by five eminent artists, shows that drawings can...
An Object of Vision | Alexandra Lethbridge at Golden Thread Gallery 02/06/2022 - 20/08/2022 An Object of Vision by Alexandra Lethbridge charts the exclusion...
Future/Forward | Group Exhibition at QSS Artist Studios 02/06/2022 - 28/07/2022 Exhibition launch: Future/Forward, 2 June 2022, 6pm Exhibition open: 2...
Modern Irish Sculpture | Group Exhibition at Kenmare Butter Market 02/06/2022 - 24/07/2022 Kenmare Butter Market will host its first sculpture exhibition with...
Modern Irish Sculpture | Group Exhibition at The Kenmare Butter Market 02/06/2022 - 24/07/2022 This dedicated sculpture exhibition showcases large-scale works by 33 of...- Statio Bene (Fida Carinis) / microGALLERY Project 6 | Bernadette Tuite at MTU Gallery 03/06/2022 - 30/06/2022 Statio Bene (Fida Carinis) is the 6th of the microGALLERY...
- Normal | Kildare Art Collective Exhibition at Riverbank Arts Centre 03/06/2022 - 02/07/2022 normal /ˈnɔːm(ə)l/ Following the success of ‘Small Steps’, outdoor exhibition...
- HEDGEWITCH | Group Exhibition at TOVA, Offaly 03/06/2022 - 02/07/2022 HEDGEWITCH gathers together artists who have manifested their explorations, concepts...
- Print And Works On Paper | Dan Baldwin at SO Fine Art Editions 04/06/2022 - 02/07/2022 Dan Baldwin – Print And Works On Paper 04 June...
Peader McDaid | The Séamus Ennis Arts, Centre 06/06/2022 - 31/07/2022 Peadar hails from Letterkenny in Co. Donegal and has been...- Fantastic Plastic! | Kim Thittichai at Cultúrlann Sweeney Gallery, Kilkee, Co. Clare. 07/06/2022 - 01/07/2022 Kim Thittichai has been experimenting with plastic for many years....
