What’s On around Ireland

‘The Heavenly (In)Visibles’ is Patsy Atkinson’s MA by Research final exhibition in which she materialises Mary Oliver’s deep reverence for the natural world and her gentle call to notice nature with wonder.

In keeping with Oliver’s contemplative creative processes, Patsy uses slow, meditative and nature-based processes, including ecoprinting, paper-making, monoprinting and plant-based natural dyeing.

‘This England’ is a new book by Dublin documentary photographer Barry Delaney launching on June 23 at Ferry Terminal, Dun Laoghaire on the 10 year anniversary of Brexit.
Barry spent many trips travelling throughout provincial parts of Britain during the Brexit years documenting life in its towns and cities, and in particular the people.
The forward to the book is by Dublin author Ronan Hession.

Part of Askeaton’s WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 2026.

Charting the changes of Askeaton’s streetscape over the decades, The Auld Town is a community-led walk to remember the past communities of Askeaton that shaped its daily life, humour and shared stories.

Beginning at the town’s new park Radharc an Chaisleáin, join for an informative evening of conversation and joviality in one of Ireland’s oldest towns – legend has it Askeaton was founded by Gared, an ancient chieftain who had, in his earlier days, fought alongside Finn McCool and the Fianna.

This playful, embodied art-based research moves through muscle, skin and memory to explore how gender identity, self-expression and self-actualization are experienced among individuals practicing recreational pole dancing in Ireland. Here, pole dancing becomes a site of discovery, creation and expression of both the individual and collective socio-political self. The solid and the ephemeral dance together through sculpture, words, images, light, sound and colour. The exhibition is accompanied with live performance art.

This art-based research is funded by Research Ireland’s Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme.

Opening Launch Wednesday 24th June 7pm.

Part of Askeaton’s WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 2026.

Visit Askeaton’s new public library with writer Iarlaith Ní Fheorais, Askeaton’s Valerie Murphy, healthcare activist and founder of Valerie’s Breast Care, and Eilionóir Flynn, professor at the School of Law and Law Institute for Lifecourse and Society at University College Galway.

As part of her ongoing research into disability, health and medicine, Iarlaith Ní Fheorais’ new publication ‘There’s a Tunnel Under Ballybrit Business Park’ explores access to public healthcare in Ireland; a country that also profits as a key location for the global medical technology industry.
Published by Askeaton Contemporary Arts

MIDDEN collective are Sarah Edmondson, Mary Martin and Niamh McGuinne – who together focus on the interpretation of evidence, creating decidedly unscientific work combining fact with fiction to create new narratives.

Opening Thursday 25 June, 6-8:30pm.

Paper Palace brings together works on and off paper, exploring everything that is painted, printed, or pressed. Considering works on paper and printmaking as an expanded, interdisciplinary field where artists meet at the intersection of painting, sculpture, and installation.

Paper Palace is anchored in a community of practice, including artists, graduates, and staff connected to Belfast School of Art, celebrating the exchange of shared knowledge across generations and ongoing experimentation. This exhibition celebrates printmaking as a living, interdisciplinary, and inventive medium. 

Invited Artists: Majella Clancy, Pauline Clancy, Gerry Devlin, Kathryn Graham, Ria Czerniak Le-Bov, Late Bill Penney, Anushiya Sundralingham, Adam McIlwaine, Nicole Hastings, Lydia Bell, Wilhelmina Covington, Mia Stewart, Anna Brown and, Alyssa Donaghy .

Limerick City Gallery of Art is delighted to present ‘Quantum Listening’ by Trudi van der Elsen, a contemporary multi-media artist, originally from the Netherlands and now based in the West of Ireland.

‘Quantum Listening’ the title given to a body of work by Trudi van der Elsen that explores the relationship between the human body and the wider world, and the invisible frequencies that connect them. Working across painting, photography, video and performance, the artist weaves together forms of matter, agency, subjectivity and objectivity.

Join us at the International Centre for the Image to mark the launch of a new publication by Setanta Books, Stray Sod by artist Maria Lax, who will be joined in conversation by Jonny Dillon, Interim Director of the National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin.

Stray Sod investigates the phenomenon of the same name in Irish folklore: enchanted patches of earth that will lead astray whoever steps on them. Inspired by first-hand accounts found in the National Folklore Collection, Maria Lax reimagines rural Irish landscapes through this otherworldly lens.

Tickets are free, booking required.

To book, click here.

The House of Complex (The Necromancer), first solo show in Dublin by Lana Zubović, opens on Thursday, June 25th, 6 – 8:30 pm, in Richmond Road Studios. Lana is the recipient of the RRS Recent Graduate Award 2026 and is a multidisciplinary artist working across drawing, printmaking, painting, installation, performance, and video. She received her Master’s degree in Fine Arts from NCAD.

Thursday, 25/06/26, Opening + Long Day At The Office: RRS event|6 – 8:30 pm
Saturday, 27/06/26, Artist Talk: Lana Zubović and Aoife Ward |1 – 2 pm
Runs until Tuesday, 30/06/26|2 pm

Open by appointment. Please contact:
lana.zubovic@gmail.com
@krvna_grupaaplus

Part of Askeaton’s WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 2026.

Join Tom Cassidy of Fola Archaeology and Heritage Services for an illustrated talk on the life and history of the Second World War in West Limerick.

For many years, Tom has researched pillboxes in the Askeaton hinterland. Small defence structures made from mass concrete found throughout the area, pillboxes were built in the 1940s as guard posts, allowing Irish soldiers to watch over strategic positions in the event of military invasion on the Shannon Estuary.

In light of current debates about Ireland’s neutrality, these structures remain as a poignant reminder of the threat and pervasiveness of war today.

Gina O’Connor is delighted to present her solo exhibition Lá Breá Álainn (Lovely Fine Day) at Teach Nan Phaidi Restaurant on Inis Mór Island, County Galway. This exciting collection of oil paintings by West of Ireland artist Gina O’Connor is a celebration of a typical Irish Lá Breá Álainn.

This exhibition showcases Gina’s dynamic style, inspired by her exhilarating experiences in Inis Mór and Connemara. The winds, colours and light of the West have a tossing-and-turning effect on the human soul, and it is with great joy that Gina recreates this in her paintings. Fáilte, tar isteach and enjoy the sceitiminí (excitement) of Gina’s exhibition.

Bridge Street Studios celebrates 30th Anniversary with ‘The Things That Matter Most are the Things that can’t be Seen’.

Nestled in a historic 250-year-old grain store, Bridge Street Studios has been a nurturing ground for both emerging and established artists for 30 years. As one of the oldest and largest independent artistic collectives in Ireland, the Studios have been an integral part of the town’s creative fabric since their formation in 1996.

The ‘The Things that Matter Most are the Things That Can’t Be Seen’ exhibition features the works of eight artists and craftspeople all based in Bridge Street Studios, including Orlaith Cullinane, Rachel Tinniswood, Mary Cowan, Suzanne Carroll, Caóilfíonn Murphy O’Hanlon, Orla Barry, Sarah McKenna, and Fiona Quigley.

Part of Askeaton’s WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 2026.

Our annual Open Day celebrates the work of 2026’s artists-in-residence and our wider community who contribute to cultural life in Askeaton. A reception at Askeaton Community Hall will be followed by a guided tour.
Max Guy travels to live and work in Askeaton thanks to a new artist residency exchange programme with Hyde Park Arts Centre in Chicago.
Kate O’Shea is a socially-engaged artist whose DIY ethos spans printmaking, the creation of archiving, large-scale installations, performance, and publishing.
Meet David Beattie, Allan Hughes, Anne Cleary and Dennis Connolly, and we introduce new long-term artist-in-residence Rónán Ó Raghallaigh.

Château La Coste, an emblematic location for contemporary art in Provence, is delighted to present Stranger, an exhibition of sculptures by Northern-Irish artist Colin Davidson, running from the 7th of March to the 22nd of June 2026 at Pavillon Renzo Piano, in the south of France.

Internationally recognised for his strikingly emotional portraits, Colin Davidson proposes a major evolution in his art practice with Stranger. This exhibition marks the first large presentation of his tridimensional artworks, while staying anchored in his engagement with paint as a tactile medium, sensible and expressive.

Exhibition continues from 22nd May 2026 to 22nd June 2026

Outset Gallery is pleased to present How Painters Think, a group exhibition by HERmetics_in_the_studio collective opening Thursday 22 May at 18.00.

This exhibition explores the idea of “aesthetic nomadism” within painting, tracing the movement of thought across materials, processes, and surfaces. Each artist works through drawing, collage, printmaking, 3D elements, and found objects before arriving at the painted image, revealing the layered and evolving nature of painterly thinking.
Artists : @louisewallaceartist @majellaclancy @marytkeown @patriciadoherty.visualartist @sineadaldridge1

@hermetics_in_the_studio

Upcoming exhibition by Dublin-based artist Rachel O’Connor, taking place at The Red Stables in St Anne’s Park, Clontarf, Dublin 3 this June.

Originally trained and working as a classical musician, Rachel gradually transitioned into visual art over the past several years, developing a body of coloured pencil work focused on Irish wildlife and animal portraiture.

Her drawings combine realism with a strong sense of character and emotional presence, exploring native Irish species through detailed and expressive portraiture

ANIMA (The Un-redacted Daughter) is an exhibition combining installation, painting and photography in search for the feminine parts of our psyche which we all hold buried amongst our consciousness. ANIMA is a genderless concept introduced by Carl Jung exploring the masculine and feminine that each of us possess. ANIMA is our ‘soul’, our creative emotional parts.

Part of Askeaton’s WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 2026.

Charting the changes of Askeaton’s streetscape over the decades, The Auld Town is a community-led walk to remember the past communities of Askeaton that shaped its daily life, humour and shared stories.

Beginning at the town’s new park Radharc an Chaisleáin, join for an informative evening of conversation and joviality in one of Ireland’s oldest towns – legend has it Askeaton was founded by Gared, an ancient chieftain who had, in his earlier days, fought alongside Finn McCool and the Fianna.

‘This England’ is a new book by Dublin documentary photographer Barry Delaney launching on June 23 at Ferry Terminal, Dun Laoghaire on the 10 year anniversary of Brexit.
Barry spent many trips travelling throughout provincial parts of Britain during the Brexit years documenting life in its towns and cities, and in particular the people.
The forward to the book is by Dublin author Ronan Hession.

An Instrument So Powerful, an exhibition of paintings by artist Lee Hamill, is an exploration through the history of Irish politics and television. Over the course of the 20th and 21st centuries television has played a vital role in our social infrastructure, in the family home, in the quiet moments of individuals, and the everyday interactions between people. It has formed a vital part of the culture of our nation, has been the arena for many of the most memorable moments of Irish politics.

Slow down & reconnect through gentle creative Eco Art Therapy experience each Wednesday in June, 2pm to 4pm. Come to one, two, three or all!

Part of Askeaton’s WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 2026.

Visit Askeaton’s new public library with writer Iarlaith Ní Fheorais, Askeaton’s Valerie Murphy, healthcare activist and founder of Valerie’s Breast Care, and Eilionóir Flynn, professor at the School of Law and Law Institute for Lifecourse and Society at University College Galway.

As part of her ongoing research into disability, health and medicine, Iarlaith Ní Fheorais’ new publication ‘There’s a Tunnel Under Ballybrit Business Park’ explores access to public healthcare in Ireland; a country that also profits as a key location for the global medical technology industry.
Published by Askeaton Contemporary Arts

Black Noise celebrates the African diaspora and wider Black communities across Ireland, while recognising the strength that comes from shared experience and collective support. Inspired in part by the spirit of AfroPunk, the exhibition explores how creativity can bring people together during moments of uncertainty and social fracture.
Bringing together artists working across different backgrounds and mediums, the exhibition sees art as a space for connection, resistance, and self-definition. Black Noise is about being seen, heard, and supported on our own terms.

Part of Askeaton’s WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 2026.

Join Tom Cassidy of Fola Archaeology and Heritage Services for an illustrated talk on the life and history of the Second World War in West Limerick.

For many years, Tom has researched pillboxes in the Askeaton hinterland. Small defence structures made from mass concrete found throughout the area, pillboxes were built in the 1940s as guard posts, allowing Irish soldiers to watch over strategic positions in the event of military invasion on the Shannon Estuary.

In light of current debates about Ireland’s neutrality, these structures remain as a poignant reminder of the threat and pervasiveness of war today.

Join us at the International Centre for the Image to mark the launch of a new publication by Setanta Books, Stray Sod by artist Maria Lax, who will be joined in conversation by Jonny Dillon, Interim Director of the National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin.

Stray Sod investigates the phenomenon of the same name in Irish folklore: enchanted patches of earth that will lead astray whoever steps on them. Inspired by first-hand accounts found in the National Folklore Collection, Maria Lax reimagines rural Irish landscapes through this otherworldly lens.

Tickets are free, booking required.

To book, click here.

Cairde Visual / Hamilton Gallery Award Winner 2025 & recent NCAD Dublin graduate. Root Fall traces shifting boundaries and sites of interruption, where in-between spaces hold material resonance, revealing transformation, tension, and embedded memory.

SO Fine Art Editions are pleased to present Cut Flowers by Oisín Byrne, an Irish artist, writer and filmmaker based in London. This new series of screenprints continues his exploration of scale, bold colour, floral form, gesture and the passing of time, and will also open at Connolly, London, on 1 May 2026.

This event is part of the new citywide initiative ‘Dublin by Dusk’ and is kindly supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.

Exhibition continues from 04/06/26.

The mythical island of Hy-Brasil lies hidden somewhere off the West coast of Ireland. But, for one day every seven years, Hy-Brasil reveals itself. These photographs were taken
on that day, on the shores of an island that does not exist.
Made with a hand-made glass pinhole camera, the images in Isle of the Blest depict an Irish
landscape laden with time, mythology, and power.
photography. The final images, also printed on glass panels, sit unobtrusively on the wall, only
revealing themselves when one leans in and looks through the fog.

Curated by Benjamin Stafford

Official Reception Friday 1st May, 2.30pm

KCAT is a multi-disciplinary arts centre located in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, supporting inclusive arts practices, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2025.
Here, things are not easily categorised or separated from each other; common songbirds sit alongside five-legged cats, which sit alongside distant countries, rural landscapes, intimate portraits, and science-fiction worlds. These exist in the minds of some of the artists, but the ongoing success and resilience of KCAT shows that with work, dedication, and care, sometimes other worlds can become real.

Official opening Saturday 4th April at 3pm by Carmel Duffy, Athlone Arts & Tourism Manager

Pause is a body of work by Hilary Kinahan, a visual artist based in the Midlands working from her home studio. The exhibition responds to recent bog fires and their impact on the local landscape, documenting the scorched land through painting and printmaking.

Created as a meditative series, the works invite viewers to slow down and reflect. The series includes sonographs of birdsong, signalling renewal and the gradual return of life to the damaged boglands.

Runs until Saturday 27th June

You are invited to the opening of “Lost Moments” – an exhibition by LORRAINE WHELAN
Launched by Eamon Colman, Aosdana Member
Sunday, June 7th 2026 3pm to 5pm
Viewing Times, Tuesdays to Saturdays: 10 am to 4pm
(Runs until Saturday, June 27th )

Lorraine is an Irish-Canadian writer and artist. Her prose, poetry, and art criticism has appeared in Ireland, Canada, USA, Luxembourg and online. This exhibition of Paintings and Prints can be considered as an archive of memory the works are based on.

Rooted in the local context of Clare as the ‘Banner County’, banners, flags, and textile works also have wider associations. They connect the local and the global, the historical and the contemporary. The exhibition features loans from the Arts Council Collection, Clare Museum, Galway City Museum, and works by artists Áine Phillips & the Dún Emer Eastside Collective, Asbestos, Christina Bennett, Louis le Brocquy, Michelle Malone, Seamus Nolan, and Rachel Fallon.
Curated by Aoife Byrne.
Launching Friday 22nd May at 7pm, All Welcome.

Cecilia Danell
The Upside Down World

Opening Reception Thursday 28 May at 5:30pm

28 May – 27 June 2026
Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

“Last year, during a forest walk in her homeland of Sweden, Danell encountered a lake from her childhood. It was uncharacteristically still. Mesmerised by its reflection and an uncanny sense of doubling, it became the seed and the title painting of the show. These large-scale works ask us to look anew at what’s familiar, at what we think we know about everything we encounter.”

Extract from an accompanying text written by Sinéad Gleeson

Open
Tuesday to Saturday 11am -5pm

Neil Shawcross is well known for his love of books, with a long running series of paintings based on the covers of the iconic penguin books. This exhibition features a selection of these works from across the years. This festival of books and art, includes the covers of well-known classics by Emily Bronte and Andy Warhol and others.

Eminent Authors – An Exhibition by Neil Shawcross RHA RUA MB

Late Night Opening: WED 3rd June from 6 to 8pm

‘‘a dreamers dream’ is a two-week solo drawing residency by Niamh Clarke at The Kiosk Space, where the gallery will function as an active studio. Throughout the residency, Niamh will create time-intensive drawings while working from a drawing station set up in the space. Literature plays a significant role in Niamh’s practice, and a small reading room will be installed in the gallery, featuring a selection of much-loved books, references, and sources of inspiration that have long informed and continue to shape her practice.

Visitors are encouraged to drop in, chat with Niamh, browse the reading room, and perhaps exchange book recommendations.

King Billy Was A Slave Trader is an exhibition of work by Julie Corcoran based on research begun during her two week artist residency at the Bristol Folkhouse Darkroom in January, supported by Cavan Arts Office.
This groundbreaking exhibition will shed new light on recent evidence uncovered about King Billy’s role as governor of the Royal African Company (RAC) following a transfer of shares from Edward Colston and asks that the OPW update visitor information at the Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre to reflect this.

Northern Ireland Photographic Association – Annual Exhibition
Founded in 1967, The Northern Ireland Photographic Association (NIPA), is committed to the advancement of photography in all its forms, for and on behalf of its member societies, groups and associated bodies. The NIPA print exhibition brings together the best of local club photography.
This exhibition, consisting of approximately 100 prints, is selected from over 500 entries, from members of the 24 local camera clubs that form NIPA . Selection is made by three distinguished photographers. Subject matters vary, from landscape to portrait, sport to architecture and nature, guaranteeing there will be something to excite everyone!

linn gallery is delighted to present ‘Beauty and The Fool’, a captivating new exhibition of paintings and sculpture by artist Eugene de Leastar. The exhibition opens on Friday, 5th June at 6pm on the first floor of The Narrow Space, 14 Mitchell Street, Clonmel.

Running until 27th June, this intimate collection brings together a striking series of portraits, nudes, and sculptures in bronze and terracotta.

Working between Chioggia, a coastal town south of Venice and on the foothills of Slievenamon, Co. Tipperary, Eugene de Leastar’s latest work explores the idea of beauty, alongside the archetype of the fool as jester and truth teller.

Part of Askeaton’s WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 2026.

Our annual Open Day celebrates the work of 2026’s artists-in-residence and our wider community who contribute to cultural life in Askeaton. A reception at Askeaton Community Hall will be followed by a guided tour.
Max Guy travels to live and work in Askeaton thanks to a new artist residency exchange programme with Hyde Park Arts Centre in Chicago.
Kate O’Shea is a socially-engaged artist whose DIY ethos spans printmaking, the creation of archiving, large-scale installations, performance, and publishing.
Meet David Beattie, Allan Hughes, Anne Cleary and Dennis Connolly, and we introduce new long-term artist-in-residence Rónán Ó Raghallaigh.

Exhibition continues from 04/06/26.

In the light of the new NI laws and campaign supporting action against Violence Against Women and Girls. Lise McGreevy showcases her new collection depicting the preciousness of all females, old and young alike. Her muse being to showcase females as precious, nurturing and beautiful entities. This collection of real life women of all ages emphasis that we are all priceless like precious stones.

Exhibition continues from 04/06/26.

‘Silent Earth’ is a solo show from environmental artist Vernon Carter at Engine Room Gallery.

Exhibition runs from the 4th of June to the 27th of June 2026.

Over the last three years, Chris Finnegan has been developing his visual art studio practice alongside his practice working collaboratively with young people in Cork.

His residency in Triskel Sample Project Space will be composed of collaborative workshops and studio production. Groups of young people (ranging from early years children through to 8-12 year-olds) will be invited into the space for workshops where they will play with materials, objects and the space to create sculpture and other interventions. Chris will develop the imagery and objects produced in them for public exhibition.

Curated by Megs Morley, produced by Tracy Bass

‘UnWorlding’ explores wildness, the untamed, the feral and the unruly—not as chaos, but as a force that resists systems of control. Bringing together film, photography and sculptural installations incorporating readymade objects, the exhibition assembles figures, landscapes and sites where this wildness persists: in terrains marked by colonial violence, in the unruly geographies of queer desire, and in forms of life that exceed the boundaries imposed by the human.

Funded by an Arts Council Visual Arts Project Award

‘Nostalgism’ is Rebecca Moccia’s new multidisciplinary project exploring nostalgia as a characteristic of contemporary anxiety, and its instrumentalisation through neoliberal socio-economic systems. Setting aside sentimentality, Moccia exposes how nostalgia is exploited to govern and direct emotions by evoking an idealised past and driving nationalistic and ideological interests.

Every Thursday evening we host free events in our galleries as part of ‘Gallery Lates’, part of Galway City Council’s Night-Time Economy Action Plan.

Ranging from curator talks, tours, family friendly workshops and multilingual events, Galway Arts Centre has developed a programme aiming to open our doors to more people to experience our contemporary art exhibitions in informal and enjoyable ways as part of ‘Gallery Lates’.

Please see link www.galwayartscentre.ie/whats-on/ for ‘Gallery Lates’ and extended public programme of events for our current exhibition ‘UnWorlding’.

UachtarARTS annual group exhibition is the first show of OCAP’s 2026 Summer Arts Programme. Both OCAP and uachtarARTS are delighted to announce that the guest speaker for the opening night is President Catherine Connolly. The opening is by invitation only.
This year the 40+ members will be exploring how the native language is intertwined with our identity, our heritage and the landscape. Each member will express this topic in their individual manner, also by those born in different countries and who now have made Ireland their home.
The show will feature a variety of mediums and also a number of accordion books created by the groupmembers.

Exhibition continues from 12/06/26.

Ár dTeanga – Ár nDúchas is the title of the uachtarARTS Group Exhibition in the Oughterard Courthouse Gallery. Opened by President Catherine Connolly on Friday 12th of June, which was a truly memorable event.
The exhibition shows how our Mother Tongue carries memory, culture, place, and belonging. The language connects us to family, landscape and history. In Ireland, language also shapes the landscape itself. A total of 46 uachtarARTS members are featured in the show, all working around this topic in a variety of mediums.

Ár dTeanga – Ár nDúchas is open until June 28th, and a show not to be missed. All Welcome.
(Image: Cat Coogan – Anáil)

Exhibition continues from 02/04/2026.
O! O! Monsters is a wonderful exhibition of sculptural textile art that will appeal to all ages. Angell is a strikingly original and hard-working artist who has exhibited internationally.

AFFA, a new Foundation for Arts in Athenry has chosen Laura Angell as their first artist to represent. The large Georgian building suits the Monsters perfectly. The Monsters inhabit the whole building. Children and adults can encounter them everywhere and enter a crazy fun world.
Free Entry.
Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:30 to 16:30, until June 30th.

As Above, So Below explores painting as both material and metaphor. Built through layers, staining, transparency, and accumulation, the pigment spreads, settles, erodes, and condenses into abstract forms that suggest shifting relationships between atmosphere, landscape, and the body.

Drawing on organic, cellular, and meteorological structures, the paintings examine processes of transformation and exchange. Mineral-like surfaces and suspended gestures evoke systems that feel simultaneously microscopic and cosmic, bodily and environmental.

Exhibition continues from 25/04/26

Colin McGookin: Expulsion from Paradise – A Modern Twist on a Classical Piece
For over forty years Colin McGookin has centred his art around conveying traditional mythologies rooted within a Northern Irish perspective. His artwork conveys an ongoing exploration of mythology, identity and the human condition. Millennium Court are delighted to have on display this innovative new exhibition, in which McGookin reimagines the story of Adam and Eve, through a contemporary lens. Visitors can expect a thought-provoking journey through paradise, exile, conveying the reality of the world that we inhabit today.

Exhibition continues from 18/06/26.

Des Murphy and James Flanagan present a two-person exhibition at TØN Gallery in Dublin’s Temple Bar drawing on their lived experience of homelessness. The culmination of their collaboration with artist Mark Redden, Home is Where the Art Is questions traditional notions of who is an artist and the place of art in contemporary society. Guided by Joseph Beuys’ conviction that “Everyone is an artist”, this exhibition recognises Murphy and Flanagan not only as advocates but as artists reshaping our culture and their personal narratives. Murphy and Flanagan are ambassadors for Focus Ireland’s Lived Experience Ambassador Programme (LEAP).

The House of Complex (The Necromancer), first solo show in Dublin by Lana Zubović, opens on Thursday, June 25th, 6 – 8:30 pm, in Richmond Road Studios. Lana is the recipient of the RRS Recent Graduate Award 2026 and is a multidisciplinary artist working across drawing, printmaking, painting, installation, performance, and video. She received her Master’s degree in Fine Arts from NCAD.

Thursday, 25/06/26, Opening + Long Day At The Office: RRS event|6 – 8:30 pm
Saturday, 27/06/26, Artist Talk: Lana Zubović and Aoife Ward |1 – 2 pm
Runs until Tuesday, 30/06/26|2 pm

Open by appointment. Please contact:
lana.zubovic@gmail.com
@krvna_grupaaplus

‘The Heavenly (In)Visibles’ is Patsy Atkinson’s MA by Research final exhibition in which she materialises Mary Oliver’s deep reverence for the natural world and her gentle call to notice nature with wonder.

In keeping with Oliver’s contemplative creative processes, Patsy uses slow, meditative and nature-based processes, including ecoprinting, paper-making, monoprinting and plant-based natural dyeing.

A drop in becoming is a living exhibition, transforming over the course of a month in response to the temporal world we inhabit. Featuring the works of Annie Hogg and Theo Hynan-Ratcliffe, sculptures dissolve, absorb, and digest in an ever-changing encounter. The artists employ sustainable techniques and hand-harvested materials in intimate communication with their natural surroundings that question our changing relationship to the earth. Audiences are invited to become participants in the gallery space as the works engage all five of their senses.

Rachel Burke’s solo exhibition presents a new body of work tracing the river as it flows into the city, expanding her ongoing fascination with water, line, and layered imagery.

Curated by Shane Gallagher as part of a dynamic summer programme funded by Kilkenny Arts Office and Creative Ireland, the show launches with a public opening from 5 to 8pm on the 20th of June and runs through July 3.

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with Cultúrlann Sweeney is delighted to present ‘Meascra” an exhibition by West Clare Artist Collective.

The West Clare Artist Collective are Caroline Lernihan, Áine Rynne, Ceri Garfield and Claire Frawley. Following on from their first exhibition together in Clare Museum, “Fite Fuaite – Connections with Land, Nature and One Another,” they now present “Meascra,” at Cultúrlann Sweeney.

“Meascra,” will showcase a variety of drawings, paintings and prints, giving a broad representation of the work of the four artists.

Launch: Fri 29 May, 5pm
Inaugurated by Cherry Smyth

Two Singers One Song is an exhibition and artistic collaboration featuring painting and drawing by Jackie Askew and sculpture by Sheila Vollmer. Grounded in their shared language of abstraction, the exhibition highlights the relationship between their artwork and creative processes: ‘Each of our respective art practices is distinct in its unique use of abstract construction, made independently in our studios. Yet, there is a clear sense of harmony in our visual languages that unites our work’.

The exhibition SONANCE brings together a series of abstract works on Japanese paper, canvas and wood through which the artist explores states of transition. The sources of the paintings include references to ancient geological maps, the edges of seascapes, exposing the layers of the Anthropocene and human displacement. An engagement with realms of deep time informs the imagery, transforming the invisible and the imagined into a resonant visual language. McDonald’s paintings combine intense sequences of oil paint with natural materials such as iron-rich oxides, cinnabar, malachite and plaster, producing works charged with movement, sound, and rhythm.

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with the Edna O’Brien Library in Scariff is delighted to present “Generations” bringing together the work of Deirdre Grimes, a painter, and her daughter Eibhlín, a ceramist. Generations highlights the dynamic between two artists working in close proximity, revealing how they influence and inspire one another while maintaining their own unique visual languages.

This is the first solo exhibition by renowned artist, poet and activist Cecilia Vicuña in Ireland. For this exhibition Vicuña’s delves into themes of ancestry, ecological urgency, and the interconnectedness of humanity inspired by the discovery of her ancient ties to Ireland.

Exhibition continues from 06/03/2026.

The Living Ginger brings together a range of Jack Butler Yeats’s watercolours from 1895 to 1910, a formative period when his vivid sense of character and everyday life was emerging through dynamic, spirited compositions. The title comes from a phrase Yeats once used to describe the vitality he believed that all great painting should possess. That lively undercurrent gives these early works their enduring charge.

Axis Ballymun is delighted to announce the upcoming exhibition of paintings by Aisling Coughlan called We Are Her Continuation. The exhibition traces the slow disappearance of her mother through dementia. Working across painting, film, and sound, this body of work bears witness to love, loss, and the subtle erosion of identity over time. Rather than depicting illness directly, the works hold space for slowness, tenderness, and grief. The title draws on a Buddhist understanding of continuation: that we carry forward those who have shaped us, not only biologically, but through care, teaching, humour, and love. 

Exhibition continues from 24/04/2026.

A former Irish National Foresters club in Dungannon, County Tyrone transforms into a multicultural community hub, revealing the untold stories of a town shaped by migration, identity, rumours, and chicken.

Set around Tropicana Café on Scotch Street, beside Dungannon bus station, this film frames a single building as a living record of the town.