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Isabel Nolan to represent Ireland at the 2026 Venice Biennale
Isabel Nolan to represent Ireland at the 2026 Venice Biennale
2026

The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media, Catherine Martin T.D. has announced the selection of artist, Isabel Nolan, with Georgina Jackson and The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art as the curator, to represent Ireland at the 61st Venice Art Biennale in 2026.

Isabel Nolan in 13th Liverpool Biennale: Bedrock
Isabel Nolan in 13th Liverpool Biennale: Bedrock
7 June – 14 September 2025

Isabel Nolan has been invited to participate in the 13th Liverpool Biennale, curated by Marie-Anne McQuay.

Kathy Prendergast in Land
Kathy Prendergast in Land
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 8 November 2024 – 16 February 2025

Kathy Prendergast is exhibiting as part of Land, an exhibition centred on works that engage, unsettle and prompt debate around ideas of land.

Dublin Gallery Weekend at Kerlin Gallery
Dublin Gallery Weekend at Kerlin Gallery
8–10 November 2024

Opening hours and gallery events

Kites Above the Castles
Kites Above the Castles
Wilton Park, Dublin D02 FX04 8–23 November 2024

Siobhán Hapaska and Justin Fitzpatrick are both exhibiting as part of Kites Above the Castles, specially curated for Dublin Gallery Weekend by Patrick T. Murphy (curator and Director of the Royal Hibernian Academy).

Justin Fitzpatrick in conversation with Thomas Conchou
Justin Fitzpatrick in conversation with Thomas Conchou
Dublin Gallery Weekend 8 November, 5pm

At 5pm on Friday 8 November, Justin Fitzpatrick will appear in conversation with Thomas Conchou, curator and director of the Centre d’art contemporain de La Ferme du Buisson.

Dublin Gallery Weekend
Dublin Gallery Weekend
Across Dublin 8–10 November 2024

Dublin Gallery Weekend returns for its second year with an ambitious international programme of contemporary art exhibitions and events taking place across the city.

Gerard Byrne &  Judith Wilkinson, On Television, Beckett
Gerard Byrne & Judith Wilkinson, On Television, Beckett
Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany 19 October 2024 – 12 January 2025

The exhibition On Television, Beckett is a project of the artist Gerard Byrne and the curator and Beckett expert Judith Wilkinson. 

Sean Scully: A romantic geometry of colors
Sean Scully: A romantic geometry of colors
Pompidou Centre, Paris 14 October 2024 – 24 February 2025

Sean Scully  A romantic geometry of colors is a new solo exhibition at Centre Pompidou, Paris. It spans his career from the early 1970s to his most recent works.

Willie Doherty, Remnant
Willie Doherty, Remnant
Matts Gallery, London, UK 9 October – 10 November 2024

Willie Doherty's solo exhibition Remnant travels to Matts Gallery, London. The exhibition presents a series of black and white photographic prints and a multi-channel 4K video layered with an ambient soundtrack and a spoken word voiceover performed by Stephen Rea.

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain in Lahore Biennale
Ailbhe Ní Bhriain in Lahore Biennale
Lahore, Pakistan 5 October – 8 November 2024

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain will exhibit in the 3rd Lahore Biennale, LB03: Of Mountains and Seas, curated by John Tain.

Brian Maguire, La Grande Illusion
Brian Maguire, La Grande Illusion
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin 3 October 2024 – 23 March 2025

In Autumn 2024, Hugh Lane Gallery is organising a major exhibition of the work of Brian Maguire.

Zhou Li in 2nd Wuhan Biennale
Zhou Li in 2nd Wuhan Biennale
Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan, China 1 October 2024 – 31 May 2025

Zhou Li will exhibit as part of the 2nd Wuhan Biennale.

Siobhán Hapaska in Great Women Sculptors
Siobhán Hapaska in Great Women Sculptors
Phaidon 24 September 2024

Siobhán Hapaska is featured in Phaidon's landmark new book Great Women Sculptors, published 24 September 2024.

Gerard Byrne, Jielemeguvvie guvvie sjisjnjeli – Film inside an image
Gerard Byrne, Jielemeguvvie guvvie sjisjnjeli – Film inside an image
Towner Eastbourne, UK 21 September 2024 – 21 April 2025

Gerard Byrne’s Jielemeguvvie guvvie sjisjnjeli – Film inside an image (2015–16) will be presented at Towner for the first time since it was acquired for the Towner Collection through Art Fund’s Moving Image Fund.

Sam Keogh, The Hunters Enter the Woods Cartoon
Sam Keogh, The Hunters Enter the Woods Cartoon
ADA Projects, Rome, Italy 20 September – 2 November 2024

Sam Keogh’s solo exhibition The Hunters Enter The Woods Cartoon is at ADA Projects, Rome from 20 September – 2 November 2024.

Culture Night at Kerlin Gallery
Culture Night at Kerlin Gallery
Book Bonanza: Night Call Edition Friday 20 September, 4–9pm

BOOK BONANZA ⭐️ LILIANE TOMASKO BOOK LAUNCH ⭐️ COCKTAILS BY MOTH ⭐️ MUSIC ⭐️ OMAKASE BOOK GIVEAWAYS ⭐️ INFORMAL TOURS ⭐️ LATE VIEW

Nathalie Du Pasquier & Olivier Mosset, 1+1=3
Nathalie Du Pasquier & Olivier Mosset, 1+1=3
Kunsthaus Centre d’art Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland 15 September – 24 November 2024

Nathalie Du Pasquier and Olivier Mosset present a two-person exhibition at Kunsthaus Biel, infusing their shared interest in the history of the avant-garde with a playful spirit.

Beyond the Line: Stefan Gierowski and Sean Scully
Beyond the Line: Stefan Gierowski and Sean Scully
Fundacja Stefana Gierowskiego, Warsaw, Poland 14 September – 24 November 2024

Stefan Gierowski (1925–2022) and Sean Scully (b. 1945) come together for a two-person exhibition, curated by Joachim Pissarro.

Liliane Tomasko in conversation with Kelly Grovier
Liliane Tomasko in conversation with Kelly Grovier
Kerlin Gallery 12 September 2024, 5pm

To launch her new solo exhibition at Kerlin Gallery, Liliane Tomasko will appear in conversation with poet, historian and cultural critic Kelly Grovier.

Liam Gillick in 15th Gwangju Biennale
Liam Gillick in 15th Gwangju Biennale
Gwangju, South Korea 7 September – 1 December 2024

Liam Gillick is in the 15th Gwangju Biennale, Pansori: a soundscape of the 21st century, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud.

Gerard Byrne, Kathy Prendergast in Pruːf
Gerard Byrne, Kathy Prendergast in Pruːf
The Library Project, Dublin 5–28 September 2024

Gerard Byrne and Kathy Prendergast are both exhibited in Pruːf, a group exhibition curated by Sarah Pierce at the Library Project in Temple Bar. 

Marcel Vidal in other voices
Marcel Vidal in other voices
The River Studio, Thomastown, Ireland 11–18 August 2024

Marcel Vidal is exhibiting alongside Ella Bertilsson, Helena Gorey and Bernadette Kiely as part of other voices, curated by Eamonn Maxwell. The exhibition coincides with Kilkenny Arts Festival and Thomastown Creative.

Sean Scully, Away from the Sea
Sean Scully, Away from the Sea
He Art Museum, Shunde, China 2 August – 27 October 2024

From 2 August to 27 October 2024, the He Art Museum (HEM) will present Sean Scully’s solo exhibition “Away from the Sea” featuring 40 paintings and sculptures created since the 1960s, tracing the artist’s practice that spans over half a century.

Nathalie Du Pasquier, La Galerie
Nathalie Du Pasquier, La Galerie
Villa Noailles, Hyères, France Summer 2024

Villa Noailles, an iconic Modernist house in the South of France, presents a small exhibition by Nathalie Du Pasquier in collaboration with Mutina and Bob Carrelage.

Jan Pleitner, Land in Sicht
Jan Pleitner, Land in Sicht
Kurhaus Dangast, Varel, Germany 12 July – 8 September 2024

Jan Pleitner presents Land in Sicht (Land in Sight), a new exhibition of small, abstract-psychedelic sea and landscape paintings at Old Kurhaus Dangast, a historic spa house on the North German coast.

Sean Scully, Broadway Shuffle
Sean Scully, Broadway Shuffle
Broadway Mall, New York, USA From 12 July 2024

Sean Scully: Broadway Shuffle, presented by the Broadway Mall Association, is a public art project opening on 12 July. The exhibition presents seven large-scale sculptures at seven locations along Broadway, New York.

Willie Doherty, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain in SUSPENSE
Willie Doherty, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain in SUSPENSE
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland 10 July – 15 September 2024

Willie Doherty and Ailbhe Ní Bhriain are exhibited as part of SUSPENSE at The Ulster Museum's collection. SUSPENSE presents highlights from the museum's collection, one of the most important collections of twentieth-century and contemporary art in the UK and Ireland. 

Aleana Egan and Isabel Nolan, Material Flux
Aleana Egan and Isabel Nolan, Material Flux
Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland 29 June – 11 August 2024

Aleana Egan and Isabel Nolan present a two-person exhibition that leans into the special character of Highlanes Gallery.

Sam Keogh in The Paper Biennial 2024
Sam Keogh in The Paper Biennial 2024
Museum Rijswijk, The Netherlands 23 June – 17 November 2024

Sam Keogh’s ‘The Unicorn is Killed and Brought to the Castle Cartoon’ (2023) will be exhibited as part of the Paper Biennial 2024, to include a performance by the artist during the biennial’s opening event.

Sean Scully, Blur The Edges, Love One Another
Sean Scully, Blur The Edges, Love One Another
Château d’Oiron, Deux-Sèvres, France 23 June – 6 October 2024

Presented by Le Centre des Monuments Nationaux, Sean Scully's solo exhibition Blur The Edges, Love One Another is at Château d’Oiron, a 17th-century castle in Western France, from 23 June until 6 October 2024.

Dorothy Cross in Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood
Dorothy Cross in Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood
Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, UK 22 June – 29 September 2024

Dorothy Cross is in the Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood. Having opened at Arnolfini, Bristol, the exhibition now travels to Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), Birmingham, followed by Millennium Gallery, Sheffield and Dundee Contemporary Arts in 2024/25.

Sean Scully
Sean Scully
Église Saint-Nicolas de Caen 21 June — 29 September 2024

For Normandie Impressionniste, Sean Scully presents a spectacular intervention of large-format paintings and monumental sculptures in Saint-Nicolas, a Romanesque church in Caen, France.

Isabel Nolan and William McKeown in Take a Breath
Isabel Nolan and William McKeown in Take a Breath
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin 14 June 2024 – 17 March 2025

Isabel Nolan and William McKeown both have artworks on display as part of the Irish Museum of Modern Art's major curated exhibition Take a Breath.

Sam Keogh, The Hunters Enter The Woods Cartoon
Sam Keogh, The Hunters Enter The Woods Cartoon
St Chads Projects, London, UK 1–15 June 2024

Sam Keogh's solo exhibition The Hunters Enter The Woods Cartoon is at St Chads Projects, Kings Cross, London from 1–15 June.

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, An Expe­ri­ment with Time
Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, An Expe­ri­ment with Time
Kunsthal Gent, Ghent, Belgium 31 May – 31 December 2024

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain's solo exhibition An Expe­ri­ment with Time explo­res our cur­rent rela­ti­ons­hip with past and futu­re, which has been dee­ply dis­rup­ted by the urgent cli­ma­te thre­at, mass extinc­ti­on and pan­de­mic.

Zhou Li, Four Seasons
Zhou Li, Four Seasons
Jebum-Gang Art Center, Lhasa, Tibet 25 May – 15 September 2024

Zhou Li's first solo exhibition in Tibet, Four Seasons, has opened at the Jebum-gang Art Center in Lhasa.

Dorothy Cross in conversation with Niall MacMonagle
Dorothy Cross in conversation with Niall MacMonagle
Kerlin Gallery Thursday 23 May, 5pm

Ahead of the opening reception for her new solo exhibition Veins of Other, Dorothy Cross will appear in conversation with arts writer Niall MacMonagle.

Liam Gillick in Survival in the 21st Century
Liam Gillick in Survival in the 21st Century
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany 18 May – 5 November 2024

Liam Gillick is exhibiting as part of SURVIVAL IN THE 21st CENTURY, an exhibition developed by Georg Diez and Nicolaus Schafhausen in close cooperation with the Deichtorhallen.

Sean Scully, UNINSIDEOUT
Sean Scully, UNINSIDEOUT
The Museum of Fine Arts – Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 17 May – 1 September 2024

Sean Scully's solo exhibition UNINSIDEOUT is now open at The Museum of Fine Arts – Hungarian National Gallery, and includes significant donations to the museum collection. It follows Scully's major retrospective Passenger at the museum in 2020.

Liam Gillick in 6th Mardin Bienali
Liam Gillick in 6th Mardin Bienali
Mardin, Turkey 10 May – 10 June 2024

Liam Gillick's video piece The Sleepwalker, 2021 is exhibited as part of Further Away, the 6th Mardin Biennial.

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain in Innsbruck International 2024
Ailbhe Ní Bhriain in Innsbruck International 2024
Biennial 3–26 May 2024

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain is exhibiting as part of Innsbruck International, a contemporary biennial of the arts that invites international artists to use Innsbruck’s historical and contemporary venues to present visual art, film, sound, performance and installation.

Liam Gillick in 24/7: Work between meaning and imbalance
Liam Gillick in 24/7: Work between meaning and imbalance
Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria 1 May 2024 – 19 January 2025

Liam Gillick's installation The hopes and dreams of the workers as they wandered home from the bar (2005) is exhibited as part of 24/7: Work between meaning and imbalance, Kunsthaus Graz.

Sean Scully, Géographies
Sean Scully, Géographies
Ludwig Museum, Koblenz 28 April – 16 June 2024

The Ludwig Museum in Koblenz shows 35 paintings, plus watercolours, pastels and drawings by Sean Scully. Géographies focuses on the artist’s life stages and travels. It’s about places where he lives and works, and those which particularly inspired him.

Liam Gillick in No Ghost Just A Shell
Liam Gillick in No Ghost Just A Shell
Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea 23 April – 4 August 2024

Liam Gillick is exhibiting as part of No Ghost Just A Shell, an exhibition about the historic project by Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno in 1999, currently at Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea.

Willie Doherty, Remnant
Willie Doherty, Remnant
Solstice Arts Centre, Navan 13 April – 8 June 2024

Remnant investigates the interconnectedness of place, time, and memory.

Richard Gorman, Elizabeth Magill, Brian Maguire and Sean Scully in Sacred Trust: Donations and their Legacy
Richard Gorman, Elizabeth Magill, Brian Maguire and Sean Scully in Sacred Trust: Donations and their Legacy
The Hugh Lane, Dublin From 10 April

A strong history of philanthropy is celebrated at The Hugh Lane Gallery. Works by Richard Gorman, Elizabeth Magill, Brian Maguire and Sean Scully are exhibited alongside the museum's founding donation, which includes works by Manet, Monet, Degas, Corot and Courbet.

Nathalie du Pasquier in Fortuna
Nathalie du Pasquier in Fortuna
MRAC Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée, Serignan, France 6 April – 22 September 2024

Nathalie Du Pasquier has made a site-specific wall painting as part of Fortuna, an exhibition of 25 artists at MRAC Serignan.

Liliane Tomasko in Risky Business: A Painter's Forum
Liliane Tomasko in Risky Business: A Painter's Forum
Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, USA 30 March – 4 May 2024

Liliane Tomasko is exhibiting in Risky Business: A Painter's Forum at Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles.

Sean Scully in Celestial Mechanics: Form and Future in the Work of Gerhard Richter and Sean Scully
Sean Scully in Celestial Mechanics: Form and Future in the Work of Gerhard Richter and Sean Scully
Asia Society Hong Kong Center, Hong Kong 24 March – 12 April 2024

Two-person exhibition by Gerhard Richter and Sean Scully. Curated by esteemed art historian Joachim Pissarro, this groundbreaking exhibition will unfurl in conjunction with Art Basel Hong Kong over two venues: The Asia Society and Ben Brown Fine Arts, both in Hong Kong.

Aleana Egan, Second-hand
Aleana Egan, Second-hand
Lismore Castle Arts, Ireland 23 March – 19 May 2024

Aleana Egan's solo exhibition Second-hand opens at St Carthage Hall, Lismore Castle Arts on 23 March 2024.

Siobhán Hapaska in LOEWE Crafted World
Siobhán Hapaska in LOEWE Crafted World
Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shangai 22 March – 5 May 2024

Siobhán Hapaska's Repressed Apple is exhibited as part of Crafted World, a major travelling exhibition by Loewe.

Justin Fitzpatrick, Ballotta
Justin Fitzpatrick, Ballotta
La Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel, France 17 March – 28 July 2024

Justin Fitzpatrick's first institutional solo exhibition in France, Ballotta, opens at La Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel on 17 March.

Callum Innes, Cadmium Orange Red Violet Lamp Black
Callum Innes, Cadmium Orange Red Violet Lamp Black
Kode, Bergen, Norway 15 March – 28 April 2024

Callum Innes's solo exhibition at Kode, Bergen will include a permanent new installation on the museum's façade.

Sam Keogh, Pages from The Hunters Enter the Woods Cartoon
Sam Keogh, Pages from The Hunters Enter the Woods Cartoon
Well Projects, Margate, UK 9 March – 14 April 2024

Solo exhibition of drawing, painting, collage and performance by Sam Keogh.

Dorothy Cross in Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood
Dorothy Cross in Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood
Arnolfini, Bristol 9 March – 26 May 2024

Dorothy Cross is in the Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood. Opening at Arnolfini, Bristol on 9 March, the exhibition will travel to Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), Birmingham; Millennium Gallery, Sheffield and Dundee Contemporary Arts in 2024/25.

Nathalie Du Pasquier, Arrangements 1993-2023
Nathalie Du Pasquier, Arrangements 1993-2023
Hôtel des Arts, Toulon, France 8 March – 27 April 2024

Nathalie Du Pasquier presents a new solo exhibition of drawings, Arrangements 1993-2023, at the Hôtel des Arts in Toulon.

Isabel Nolan Book Launch
Isabel Nolan Book Launch
Studio 6, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin Thursday 7 March, 6:30pm

Isabel Nolan, A delicate bond which is also a gap launches in Studio 6, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, on Thursday 7 March from 6pm. During the event, Nolan will appear in conversation with Francis Halsall, writer, lecturer and co-director of Masters Programs: Art in the Contemporary World, NCAD, Dublin. 

Samuel Laurence Cunnane Artist Walkthrough
Samuel Laurence Cunnane Artist Walkthrough
Kerlin Gallery Saturday 2 March, 11:30am

Join Samuel Laurence Cunnane for an informal walkthrough of his new exhibition.

Elizabeth Magill in Faraway So Close
Elizabeth Magill in Faraway So Close
New Risen, Connecticut, USA 24 February – 23 March 2024

Elizabeth Magill is in Faraway So Close, a group exhibition at the roaming Connecticut gallery New Risen.

Dorothy Cross & Kathy Prendergast in A Matter of Time
Dorothy Cross & Kathy Prendergast in A Matter of Time
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork 17 February – 3 June 2024

Dorothy Cross and Kathy Prendergast are both in A Matter of Timea major group exhibition at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork from 17 February – 3 June 2024.

Dorothy Cross in Cave Fascination
Dorothy Cross in Cave Fascination
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany 10 February – 9 June 2024

Dorothy Cross is in the curated group exhibition Faszination Höhle or Fascination of Caves at the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen.

Willie Doherty in Art in Democracy
Willie Doherty in Art in Democracy
European Parliament, Strasbourg 7 February – 18 September 2024

Willie Doherty is in Art in Democracy, a new exhibition at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Sam Keogh, Lagos Biennale 2024
Sam Keogh, Lagos Biennale 2024
Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island, Nigeria 3–10 February 2024

Sam Keogh is in the 4th Lagos Biennale. Themed REFUGE, Lagos Biennial 2024 addresses the concept of the nation-state and critically reflects on the exhibition site, Tafawa Balewa Square.

Richard Gorman, Living through paint(ing)
Richard Gorman, Living through paint(ing)
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce & Museo d'Arte Orientale E. Chiossone, Genoa, Italy 25 January – 5 May 2024

Richard Gorman's acclaimed solo exhibition Living through Paint(ing) travels to Villa Croce & Museum E. Chiossone, Genoa in 2024. Now extended to 5 May 2024.

Siobhán Hapaska's solo exhibition at The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Medici Lion, has been reviewed by Frieze.

Zhou Li, Rose of Light
Zhou Li, Rose of Light
Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning 13 January – 13 March 2024

Zhou Li's solo exhibition Rose of Light will open at Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning on 13 January. 

Christmas Opening Hours
Christmas Opening Hours

Kerlin Gallery wishes all its friends and colleagues a restful holiday period.

Sean Scully & Oisin Scully Reading Events
Sean Scully & Oisin Scully Reading Events
IMMA, Dublin & Tales for Tadpoles, Bray Saturday 16 December

Sean & Oisin Scully will launch their children's book Jack The Wolf in Ireland with two special events on Saturday 16 December.

The 13th edition of Dublin Art Book Fair will take place from 7–17 December at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. Ireland’s leading art book fair, it will include publications by five Kerlin Gallery artists: William McKeown, Merlin James, Dorothy Cross, Richard Gorman and Sean Scully.

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain in Formes de la ruine
Ailbhe Ní Bhriain in Formes de la ruine
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon, France 1 December 2023 – 3 March 2024

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain's two large-scale Jacquard tapestries Intrusions I and Intrusions II are included in Formes de la ruine, a major group exhibition at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon.

Samuel Laurence Cunnane in Radical Archaeologies
Samuel Laurence Cunnane in Radical Archaeologies
Glucksman, Cork 1 December 2023 – 10 March 2024

Samuel Laurence Cunnane's work is featured in Radical Archaelogies: Unearthing Landscape in Contemporary Irish Art, curated by Chris Clarke and Fiona Kearney in collaboration with Dr. Benjamin Gearey (Dept of Archaeology, UCC) at GLUCKSMAN, Cork.

Dorothy Cross, William McKeown in Other Worlds
Dorothy Cross, William McKeown in Other Worlds
Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny 1 December 2023 – 3 February 2024

Dorothy Cross and William McKeown are both exhibiting as part of Other Worlds, an examination of artistic responses to the natural environment. The exhibition takes place at Regional Cultural Centre Letterkenny until 3 February 2024.

Siobhán Hapaska, Medici Lion
Siobhán Hapaska, Medici Lion
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin 30 November 2023 – 10 March 2024

Siobhán Hapaska's first institutional solo exhibition in the Republic of Ireland will take place at The Douglas Hyde Gallery.

Liliane Tomasko, The Artist's Eye
Liliane Tomasko, The Artist's Eye
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin 30 November 2023 – 10 March 2024

Liliane Tomasko is the subject of a solo exhibition in The Douglas Hyde's Gallery 2, part of the ongoing series The Artist's Eye.

Callum Innes in conversation with Fiona Bradley
Callum Innes in conversation with Fiona Bradley
Dublin Gallery Weekend Friday 10 November 2023, 5pm

Callum Innes will appear in conversation with Fiona Bradley, Director of Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh on Friday 10 November at 5pm. The event is part of the programme for the inaugural Dublin Gallery Weekend. 

Dublin Gallery Weekend
Dublin Gallery Weekend
10–12 November

The Contemporary Art Gallery Association is pleased to announce the first edition of Dublin Gallery Weekend, to take place on Friday 10th – Sunday 12th November 2023.

Liam Gillick in the 14th Shanghai Biennale
Liam Gillick in the 14th Shanghai Biennale
Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China 9 November 2023 – 31 March 2024

Liam Gillick is included in the 14th edition of the Shangahi Biennale, 'Cosmos Cinema'.

Sean Scully in Artists Choose Parrish Part III
Sean Scully in Artists Choose Parrish Part III
Parrish Art Museum, New York, USA 29 October 2023 – 18 February 2024

Sean Scully is exhibiting as part of Artists Choose Parrish Part III, part of the museum's 125th anniversary celebrations.

Dorothy Cross in The Recent, Talbot Rice Gallery
Dorothy Cross in The Recent
Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh 28 October 2023 – 17 February 2024

Dorothy Cross is exhibiting as part of The Recent at Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh. The Recent takes us into a conceptual world of geological, evolutionary, human and environmental time, exploring what art can do to stretch the human imagination, and situate our actions and impact in a deeper, future-oriented timeframe. 

Liliane Tomasko in TWO x TWO
Liliane Tomasko in TWO x TWO
TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art 21 October 2023

Liliane Tomasko's painting PORTRAIT OF THE SELF (PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK) has been selected by Howard Rachofsky for the OWNitNOW section of the fundraiser auction TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art.

Sean Scully, Géographies
Sean Scully, Géographies
Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain, Brest, France 20 October 2023 – 13 January 2024

Passerelle Centre d'art contemporain presents the first solo exhibition by Sean Scully in Brittany.

Sam Keogh, The Unicorn is Killed and Brought to the Castle Cartoon
Sam Keogh, The Unicorn is Killed and Brought to the Castle Cartoon
Guts Gallery, Berlin, Germany 1–15 October 2023

Sam Keogh's large-scale figurative collage The Unicorn is Killed and Brought to the Castle Cartoon is the subject of a solo exhibition at Guts Gallery in Berlin,

Dorothy Cross in Reimag(in)ing the Victorians
Dorothy Cross in Reimag(in)ing the Victorians
Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, UK 23 September 2023 – 7 January 2024

Work by Dorothy Cross will be included in Reimag(in)ing the Victorians, an exhibition curated by art historian Isobel Elstob at Djangoly Gallery, Nottingham.

Pop-up Bookshop
Pop-up Bookshop
Culture Night 22 September, 4–8pm

On Culture Night, Kerlin Gallery will host a pop-up bookshop filled with monographs, exhibition catalogues and postcard sets from gallery artists.

Gerard Byrne in Le temps de Giacometti (1946–1966)
Gerard Byrne in Le temps de Giacometti (1946–1966)
Les Abattoirs, Musée - Frac Occitanie Toulouse, France 22 September 2023 – 21 January 2024

Gerard Byrne's sculpture Construction V (based on Giacometti), 2006, is included in Le temps de Giacometti (1946–1966) at Les Abattoirs, Toulouse.

Liliane Tomasko in Austria–Germany Painting 1970 to 2020
Liliane Tomasko in Austria–Germany Painting 1970 to 2020
Albertina Modern, Vienna, Austria 6 September 2023 – 21 January 2024

Liliane Tomasko has three large paintings in the exhibition Austria-Germany Painting 1970 to 2020 at Vienna's Albertina Modern.

Mark Francis, Phillip Allen in 8am in London, Midnight in LA
Mark Francis, Phillip Allen in 8am in London, Midnight in LA
Thames-Side Studios 30 September – 15 October 2023

Phillip Allen and Mark Francis both have work in this exhibition pairing artists based in London with their counterparts in Los Angeles.

Merlin James, Some Steps
Merlin James, Some Steps
Kunstsaele, Berlin, Germany 16–29 September 2023

This exhibition is intended to be both a small survey of, and an introduction to, some of the themes and images that have remained consistent in Merlin James’s practice from the 1980s until the present, tracing how these recur and transform.

Dorothy Cross KINSHIP talk
Dorothy Cross KINSHIP talk
Clifden Arts Festival, Connemara, Ireland Saturday 16 September 2023, 3pm

Dorothy Cross will discuss her ongoing project KINSHIP, the return of a mummified body to Egypt, at Clifden Arts Festival on 16 September. The event will take place at the Station House Theatre at 3pm.

Dorothy Cross, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Isabel Nolan in Following Threads
Dorothy Cross, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Isabel Nolan in Following Threads
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork 9 September 2023 – 28 January 2024

Works by Dorothy Cross, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, and Isabel Nolan are included in Following Threads, an exhibition of textile-based work at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. 

Dorothy Cross in RHA West
Dorothy Cross in RHA West
Ballina, Connemara, Ireland 8 September – 20 October 2023

Dorothy Cross's iconic 1993 sculpture Udder Chair will be included in RHA West, an exhibition celebrating the 200th anniversary of the RHA.

On 31 August, Sam Keogh will stage a performance in his ongoing exhibition at Primary, Nottingham, The Unicorn is Killed and Brought to the Castle Cartoon.

Brian Maguire in Converge 45
Brian Maguire in Converge 45
Biennial, Portland, USA From 24 August 2023

Brian Maguire is included in Converge 45, a biennial exhibition in Portland, Oregan presented by guest curator Christian Viveros-Fauné.

Andy Fitz in Move – Set – Move
Andy Fitz in Move – Set – Move
The Complex, Dublin, Ireland 19 August – 2 September 2023

Three-person exhibition by Andy Fitz, Lucy Andrews and Katie Watchorn

Guggi, Memory to Form
Guggi, Memory to Form
Château La Coste, Aix-en-Provence, France 19 August – 24 September 2023

This exhibition of new sculpture and painting by Irish artist Guggi explores the complexities of the human experience and the artist’s personal memories through interpretations of the humble vessel.

Brian Maguire artist talk
Brian Maguire artist talk
Kunsthall 3,14, Bergen, Norway 17 August, 7pm

Brian Maguire will discuss his ongoing solo exhibition law of the land with the artist and professor Jeremy Welsh.

Andy Fitz, Dorothy Cross in The Art of Sport
Andy Fitz, Dorothy Cross in The Art of Sport
Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland 12 August – 8 October 2023

Andy Fitz and Dorothy Cross are both included in The Art of Sport at Butler Gallery, Kilkenny. Curated by Anna O'Sullivan.

Willie Doherty, Paul Seawright in Landscape Trauma
Willie Doherty, Paul Seawright in Landscape Trauma
Centre for British Photography, London, UK 8 June – 24 September 2023

Works by Willie Doherty and Paul Seawright are included in Landscape Trauma, Centre for British Photography, London.

Liam Gillick in Vilnius Biennale of Performance Art 2023
Liam Gillick in Vilnius Biennale of Performance Art 2023
Vilnius, Lithuania 23 July – 6 August 2023

Liam Gillick will take part in Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art (VB23), a new and ongoing international event dedicated to contemporary performance art.

Brian Maguire in Then I laid the floor
Brian Maguire in Then I laid the floor
Triskel Arts Centre 15 July – 30 September 2023

Brian Maguire is part of a three-person exhibition alongside James Concagh and Robert Chase Heishman, Then I laid the floor.

 

 

Sam Keogh, The Unicorn is Killed and Brought to the Castle Cartoon
Sam Keogh, The Unicorn is Killed and Brought to the Castle Cartoon
Primary, Nottingham, UK 7 July – 2 September 2023

A solo exhibition by Sam Keogh will relaunch the programme of Primary, Nottingham.

Sean Scully, Arles Nacht Vincent
Sean Scully, Arles Nacht Vincent
Collection Lambert, Avignon, France 1 July – 15 October 2023

To celebrate the artist’s donation of Arles Nacht Vincent (2015) to the Centre National des Arts Plastiques for permanent inclusion in the Collection Lambert, the Avignon-based institution is presenting a series of four paintings on canvas, from July 1 to October 15.

Marcel Vidal in MAKING ART: Sculpting
Marcel Vidal in MAKING ART: Sculpting
Draíocht, Dublin, Ireland 28 June – 14 October 2023

Marcel Vidal is featured in MAKING ART: Sculpting, an exhibition exploring expanded notions of sculpture from four mid-career Dublin-based artists.

Andy Fitz, Stumped! Again!
Andy Fitz, Stumped! Again!
Kunstverein Göttingen, Germany 24 June – 6 August 2023

Andy Fitz presents their first institutional solo show in Germany.

Brian Maguire, law of the land
Brian Maguire, law of the land
Kunsthall 3,14, Bergen, Norway 16 June – 27 August 2023

Solo exhibition by Brian Maguire, presenting two bodies of work made in the US: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (M&MIP), and The Remains, Arizona.

Sam Keogh, The Unircorn Surrenders To A Maiden Cartoon
Sam Keogh, The Unircorn Surrenders To A Maiden Cartoon
Plaza Plaza, London 10 June – 7 July 2023

The Unicorn Surrenders To A Maiden Cartoon is a solo exhibition by Sam Keogh presenting an installation of large-scale figurative collage.

Nathalie Du Pasquier, paintings of things. paintings as objects
Nathalie Du Pasquier, paintings of things. paintings as objects
Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark 9 June – 3 September 2023

Nathalie Du Pasquier’s solo exhibition paintings of things. paintings as objects opens at Kunsthal Aarhus on 9 June.

Merlin James & Victoria Morton
Merlin James & Victoria Morton
Book & Edition Launch Thursday 1 June, 5pm

Join us in Kerlin Gallery at 5pm on Thursday 1 June for the launch of a new publication by Merlin James, and an edition by Victoria Morton.

The event will be followed by an opening reception for the artists’ two-person exhibition, Double Shuffle.

Jaki Irvine & Locky Morris billboard
Jaki Irvine & Locky Morris billboard
Void Offsites, Derry 22 May – 4 June

In conjunction with their collaborative exhibition at Void, Derry, Jaki Irvine & Locky Morris present Re_sett_ing_s_Knots as a billboard display located at Strand Road & Garden City, Derry.

Dorothy Cross, Richard Gorman and Marcel Vidal all have work in the 193rd RHA Annual Exhibition.

Samuel Laurence Cunnane and Ailbhe Ní Bhriain in THIS RURAL
Samuel Laurence Cunnane and Ailbhe Ní Bhriain in THIS RURAL
Lismore Castle Arts, Ireland 20 May – 16 July 2023

Samuel Laurence Cunnane and Ailbhe Ní Bhriain are both included in THIS RURAL, curated by Miriam O’Connor & Paul McAree.

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain on RTÉ The Works Presents
Ailbhe Ní Bhriain on RTÉ The Works Presents
RTÉ One 18 May 2023

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain was interviewed by John Kelly on RTÉ One’s culture series The Works Presents.

Liam Gillick is interviewed about his current exhibition Filtered Time at the Pergamonmuseum in Berlin for the May issue of e-flux. 

Jan Pleitner, Jenseits der Leere (Beyond the Emptiness)
Jan Pleitner, Jenseits der Leere (Beyond the Emptiness)
Kunsthalle Emden, Germany 6 May – 17 September

Jan Pleitner has a solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Emden, Germany, which includes an ambitious new large-scale painting in the atrium, and as well as a tent roof outside the museum.

Liam Gillick and Hito Steyerl, However Many Times We Ran The Model The Results Were Pretty Much The Same
Liam Gillick and Hito Steyerl, However Many Times We Ran The Model The Results Were Pretty Much The Same
Roddino, Piedmont, Italy From 22 April 2023

A new site-specific and collaborative artwork by Liam Gillick and Hito Steyerl in the village of Roddino, Italy.

Brian Maguire in Bodywork
Brian Maguire in Bodywork
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork 28 April – 7 August 2023

Brian Maguire has two paintings included in Bodywork, an exhibition highlighting the crucial relationships between contemporary art practice and the body.

Nathalie Du Pasquier in The Financial Times
Nathalie Du Pasquier in The Financial Times
26 April 2023

Nathalie Du Pasquier is interviewed by The Financial Times ahead of her solo exhibition at Pace, London.

Elizabeth Magill in Arcadia for All? Rethinking Landscape Painting Now
Elizabeth Magill in Arcadia for All? Rethinking Landscape Painting Now
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds, UK 26 April – 29 July 2023

Elizabeth Magill is included in a new survey exhibition rethinking the ways in which artists approach landscape painting.

Sean Scully, Smaller Than The Sky
Sean Scully, Smaller Than The Sky
Houghton Hall, Norfolk, UK 23 April – 29 October 2023

Sean Scully will take over the grounds, galleries and historic interiors of Houghton Hall in Norfolk, presenting sculpture, painting and works on paper.

Sean Scully, Landline
Sean Scully, Landline
Hanover Square, London 18 April 2023

Sean Scully has unveiled a major new public sculpture in Hanover Square, London.

Merlin James
Merlin James
New publication 2023

We are delighted to announce the publication of a landmark new book by Merlin James. 

Isabel Nolan in ArtReview
Isabel Nolan in ArtReview
Interview April 2023

Isabel Nolan is interviewed by Martin Herbert for the April issue of ArtReview.

Aleana Egan, Repeating Song
Aleana Egan, Repeating Song
Kerlin Gallery 14 April – 20 May 2023

Kerlin Gallery is pleased to announce Repeating Song, an exhibition of new work by Aleana Egan.

Liliane Tomasko in The Brooklyn Rail
Liliane Tomasko in The Brooklyn Rail
Interview & Cover April 2023

Liliane Tomasko is interviewed by Phong H. Bui for the cover story of The Brooklyn Rail April 2023.

Jaki Irvine in Dublin Sound Lab
Jaki Irvine in Dublin Sound Lab
Project Arts Centre, Dublin 12 April 2023

The premiere performance of Jaki Irvine's Re_sett_ing_s (for live mixed chamber ensemble and live video/VJ) will take place as part of Dublin Sound Lab, a showcase as part of Music Current Festival 2023.

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain in Hollow Earth: Art, Caves and the Subterranean Imaginary
Ailbhe Ní Bhriain in Hollow Earth: Art, Caves and the Subterranean Imaginary
Glucksman, Cork 7 April – 9 July 2023

Work by Ailbhe Ní Bhriain is included in Hollow Earth: Art, Caves and The Subterranean Imaginary, a major thematic exhibition which brings together a wide range of responses to the image and idea of the cave. 

Liam Gillick, Filtered Time
Liam Gillick, Filtered Time
Pergamonmuseum 6 April – 15 October 2023

A trans-historical, site-specific presentation by Liam Gillick throughout the halls of the Pergamonmuseum.

Painter to Painter: Diana Copperwhite & Liliane Tomasko
Painter to Painter: Diana Copperwhite & Liliane Tomasko
Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda (via Zoom) 5 April 2023, 3pm

Liliane Tomasko will appear in conversation with Diana Copperwhite as part of Highlanes Gallery's ongoing 'Painter to Painter' series of talks.

Brian Maguire in The Irish Times
Brian Maguire in The Irish Times
'The Clock Winds Down: Brian Maguire's powerful portrayal of a world under attack' 2 March 2023

Brian Maguire was interviewed by John Burns for a full-page feature in The Irish Times.

Hannah Fitz in Frieze
Hannah Fitz in Frieze
'The Expressionist Furniture of Hannah Fitz' 21 February 2023

Hannah Fitz's exhibition at Kerlin Gallery has been reviewed by Frank Wasser for Frieze Magazine.

Isabel Nolan, 499 seconds
Isabel Nolan, 499 seconds
Château La Coste, Aix-en-Provence, France 13 March – 4 June 2023

Château La Coste is delighted to announce a solo exhibition ‘499 seconds’ by the multi-disciplinary Irish artist, Isabel Nolan, to include paintings, sculpture and a large new tapestry.

Richard Gorman, Living through paint(ing)
Richard Gorman, Living through paint(ing)
The Hugh Lane, Dublin 9 March – 20 August 2023

The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin presents Living through paint(ing), Richard Gorman’s first museum solo show in his hometown.

Jaki Irvine, Re_sett_ing_s
Jaki Irvine, Re_sett_ing_s
Void Gallery, Derry 7 March – 3 June 2023

Jaki Irvine & Locky Morris, Re_sett_ing_s is a collaborative two-person exhibition at Void Gallery, Derry. 

Brian Maguire, The Clock Winds Down
Brian Maguire, The Clock Winds Down
Kerlin Gallery 3 March – 6 April 2023

Kerlin Gallery is pleased to announce The Clock Winds Down, an exhibition of new paintings by Brian Maguire.

Siobhán Hapaska in Trickster Figures
Siobhán Hapaska in Trickster Figures
MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK 4 February – 7 May 2023

Trickster Figures presents the next chapter in the story of British sculpture, bringing together a selection of work by eleven contemporary artists.

Liliane Tomasko, Name Me Not
Liliane Tomasko, Name Me Not
Centro De Arte Caja De Burgos (CAB) 3 February – 28 May 2023

Name Me Not, a solo exhibition of recent paintings by Liliane Tomasko, will open in February at El Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Burgos, Burgos, Spain.

Dorothy Cross, Kinship
Dorothy Cross, Kinship
2023

Kinship is the act of returning a mummified body of a man to Egypt. It follows in a line of large-scale projects created by Dorothy Cross over the past three decades.

Aleana Egan, Samuel Laurence Cunnane in BEADS
Aleana Egan, Samuel Laurence Cunnane in BEADS
Stations, Berlin 29 January – 12 March 2023

Artists: Dorje de Burgh, Samuel Laurence Cunnane, Aleana Egan, Louise Hopkins, Seda Mimaroğlu, Cecilia Szalkowicz

 

Hannah Fitz, Lookieloo
Hannah Fitz, Lookieloo
Kerlin Gallery 20 January – 25 February 2023

Kerlin Gallery is pleased to announce Lookieloo, an exhibition of new work by Hannah Fitz.

Zhou Li in Greater Than Abstraction
Zhou Li in Greater Than Abstraction
Bund Art Center, Shanghai 18 December 2022 – 16 April 2023

Artists: Chen Wenji, Chen Yufan, Ding Yi, Huang Yuanqing, Liang Quan, Tan Ping, Wang Yi and Zhou Li. Curated by Cui Cancan. 

Zhou Li in 9th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture
Zhou Li in 9th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture
Shenzhen 10 December 2022 – 12 March 2023

Titled 'Urban Cosmologies', the 9th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture explores ways in which cities can achieve regenerative and balanced development. 

Reflections on Stephen McKenna
Reflections on Stephen McKenna
8 December, 6pm

Patrick Murphy, Director of the RHA, and artists Merlin James and Isabel Nolan will come together to share memories and insights into the enduringly fascinating artist Stephen McKenna, paying tribute to his long and illustrious career.

Art Basel Miami Beach
Art Basel Miami Beach
29 November – 3 December 2022

Kerlin Gallery will take part in 2022's edition of Art Basel Miami Beach.

Stephen McKenna, the sixties
Stephen McKenna, the sixties
Kerlin Gallery 25 November – 14 January 2023

Kerlin Gallery is delighted to present an exhibition of rarely-seen early works by Stephen McKenna. Painted in the 1960s, when the artist was in his 20s and living in London, the works in this exhibition result from a decade of remarkable creative freedom.

Isabel Nolan
Isabel Nolan
Void, Derry, Northern Ireland 19 November – 18 Feburary 2023

Solo exhibition comprising paintings, drawings and objects, reflecting Nolan’s ongoing interest in modes of human organisation, the shifting status of artefacts and images over long periods of time.

Sean Scully, Passenger
Sean Scully, Passenger
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia 16 November 2022 – 12 March 2023

Large-scale retrospective presenting sixty-four of Sean Scully’s seminal artworks – canvases, works on paper, photographs, and sculptures – showing a cross-section of the past 50 years of the artist’s work. 

Sam Keogh, splinter (e01)
Sam Keogh, splinter (e01)
Berlin, Germany 11 November

Group project with Beth Collar, Peli Grietzer, Sam Keogh, Yves Mettler, Sunny Puder, Theodore Cale Schafer, Oli Surel and Titre Provisoire. Curated by Oli Surel.

Liam Gillick, La Pista 500
Liam Gillick, La Pista 500
Pinacoteca Agnelli, Turin, Italy 1 November 2022

New installation in Pinacoteca Agnelli’s Lingotto building, a former car factory in Turin.

Jaki Irvine, Re_sett_ing_s
Jaki Irvine, Re_sett_ing_s
The Complex, Dublin 29 October – 10 November 2022

Two-person exhibition by Jaki Irvine and Locky Morris.

Exhibition walkthrough with Willie Doherty & Declan Long
Exhibition walkthrough with Willie Doherty & Declan Long
CAGA Open Night Thursday 27 October, 6pm

Join Willie Doherty on a walkthrough of his current exhibition IS AND IS NOT with Declan Long, critic, lecturer and author of Ghost-haunted land: Contemporary art and Post-Troubles Northern Ireland. An open, conversational format reflecting on this new series of black and white photographs and the broader concerns of Doherty’s practice.

Kathy Prendergast, Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945
Kathy Prendergast, Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945
The New Art Gallery, Walsall 21 October 2022 – 16 April 2023

This major touring exhibition challenges the male-dominated narratives of post-war British sculpture by presenting a diverse and significant range of ambitious work by women.

Liam Gillick, A Variability Quantifier (The Fogo Island Red Weather Station)
Liam Gillick, A Variability Quantifier (The Fogo Island Red Weather Station)
The National Gallery of Canada | Fogo Island Arts | World Weather Network October 2022 – October 2026

Liam Gillick’s A Variability Quantifier (The Fogo Island Red Weather Station), 2022 is an artwork intended to function as an operational weather station for Fogo Island. It gathers local weather data and is a place for education, reflection, and discussion. 

Willie Doherty, IS AND IS NOT
Willie Doherty, IS AND IS NOT
Kerlin Gallery 15 October – 19 November 2022

Willie Doherty presents a new solo exhibition of black and white photography at Kerlin Gallery.

Booksale Bonanza
Booksale Bonanza
23–24 September 2022

On Culture Night, Kerlin Gallery launches a Booksale Bonanza—turning the gallery into a pop-up bookshop for two consecutive days. 

Stephen McKenna, Cassiopeia
Stephen McKenna, Cassiopeia
The Glebe Gallery, Donegal, Ireland From 11 September

Solo exhibition of later paintings by Stephen McKenna.

Dorothy Cross in Tangible Nothing
Dorothy Cross in Tangible Nothing
Ruby City, San Antonio, Texas 8 September 2022 – 30 April 2023

Ruby City's Tangible/Nothing is a new installation of its permanent collection galleries, featuring approximately 40 works by national and international artists including Dorothy Cross.

Sean Scully, Material World
Sean Scully, Material World
Thorvaldsen’s Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark 2 September 2022 – 5 March 2023

Sean Scully is creating large-scale, site-specific sculptures specifically for the museum in his first ever Danish solo show.

Dorothy Cross, Kathy Prendergast in Bones in the Attic
Dorothy Cross, Kathy Prendergast in Bones in the Attic
The Hugh Lane, Dublin 11 August – 30 October

Bones in the Attic is an inter-generational exhibition comprising the work of eleven Irish artists, each exploring recurring and ongoing societal issues affecting women.

Aleana Egan, Yūgen
Aleana Egan, Yūgen
CCA Andratx, Mallorca 29 July – 24 September 2022

Group exhibition by Aleana Egan, Fergus Feehily, Martin Healy and Caoimhe Kilfeather.

Dorothy Cross, Performing PAC: Take me to the place I love
Dorothy Cross, Performing PAC: Take me to the place I love
Padliglione d'Arte Contemporanea (PAC), Milan, Italy 12 July – 11 September

Work by Dorothy Cross is included in PAC Milano’s exhibition PERFORMING PAC: Take me to the place I love. 

Kathy Prendergast, Earth: Digging Deep in British Art 1781-2022
Kathy Prendergast, Earth: Digging Deep in British Art 1781-2022
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK 9 July – 11 September 2022

Work by Kathy Prendergast is included in Earth: Digging Deep in British Art 1781-2022, a major exhibition spanning four centuries of artwork.

Gerard Byrne, Willie Doherty & Paul Seawright, PhotoIreland 2022
Gerard Byrne, Willie Doherty & Paul Seawright, PhotoIreland 2022
Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland 7 July – 28 August

Works by Gerard Byrne, Willie Doherty & Paul Seawright are included in PhotoIreland 2022, the biggest ever edition of the annual photography exhibition.

Liliane Tomasko, S P E L L O F T H E W O O D
Liliane Tomasko, S P E L L O F T H E W O O D
Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda 2 July – 20 August 2022

For this solo exhibition, Liliane Tomasko presents two new large, frieze-like wall paintings, S P E L L and W O O D, made specifically for the unique space of Highlanes, together with a series of new smaller oil-based works on paper, a floor work entitled Magic Carpet, made of wool and fabric, from 2016, and two large works on linen from 2016 and 2018.

Sean Scully, A Wound in a Dance with Love
Sean Scully, A Wound in a Dance with Love
Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna (MAMbo), Bologna, Italy 22 June – 9 October 2022

Large-scale retrospective of works by Sean Scully.

Guggi, A Retrospective
Guggi, A Retrospective
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France 17 June – 24 July

Opening on Bloomsday, renowned artist Guggi celebrates CCI’s 20th birthday with a retrospective of works spanning three decades. 

Zhou Li, Water and Dreams
Zhou Li, Water and Dreams
Château La Coste, Aix-en-Provence, France 12 June – 31 August

L'eau et Le Rêve, or Water and Dreams, is a solo exhibition of paintings by Zhou Li.

Jan Pleitner, Temperatures of Time
Jan Pleitner, Temperatures of Time
Ludgerikirche Norden, Ostfriesland Biennale, Germany 4–25 June 2022

For the inaugural Ostfriesland Biennale in Northwest Germany, Jan Pleitner presents an exhibition of nine paintings along with sculptural elements (or ‘stones’) in various sizes in a medieval church, Ludgerikirche Norden.

'Abstraction seemed a dust bowl, but Sean Scully made it bloom again'
'Abstraction seemed a dust bowl, but Sean Scully made it bloom again'
The Washington Post 27 May 2022

Review of Sean Scully's retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art by Philip Kennicott for The Washington Post.

Sean Scully, Painting and Sculpture
Sean Scully, Painting and Sculpture
Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, Toruń, Poland 13 May – 11 September 2022

Sean Scully retrospective and first exhibition in Poland.

Zhou Li, Tracing Peach Blossom Spring
Zhou Li, Tracing Peach Blossom Spring
Pingshan Art Museum, Shenzhen, China Opening 24 April 2022

Solo project by Zhou Li, responding to Tao Yuanming's The Peach Blossom Spring from the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Marcel Vidal, GENERATION2022: New Irish Painting
Marcel Vidal, GENERATION2022: New Irish Painting
Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland 23 April – 10 July

New work by Marcel Vidal is included in GENERATION2022: New Irish Painting.

Sean Scully, The Shape of Ideas
Sean Scully, The Shape of Ideas
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA 10 April – 31 July 2022

The Shape of Ideas is a solo exhibition by Sean Scully at Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Liam Gillick, Color as Program
Liam Gillick, Color as Program
KAH, Bonn, Germany 8 April – 7 August 22

Co-curated by guest curator Liam Gillick.

Sean Scully, Song of Colors
Sean Scully, Song of Colors
Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany 3 April – 7 August

Sean Scully solo exhibition at Langen Foundation, Neuss.

Jan Pleitner, Temperatures of Time
Jan Pleitner, Temperatures of Time
2 April

Jan Pleitner’s new publication gives an overview of the artist’s career to date, bringing together 15 years of artworks and exhibitions.

Liam Gillick, Project Palace, a centenary
Liam Gillick, Project Palace, a centenary
Bozar, Brussels, Belgium 1 April – 21 July 2022

Group exhibition marking the centenary of Bozar, Brussels.

Liliane Tomasko, Evening Wind
Liliane Tomasko, Evening Wind
Edward Hopper House, Nyack, New York, USA 1 April – 24 July 2022

Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center announces a new exhibition ‘Evening Wind’ by contemporary painter Liliane Tomasko.

Liam Gillick, A Max De Vos
Liam Gillick, A Max De Vos
29 March 2022

A Max De Vos is a novel by Liam Gillick. 

Kathy Prendergast, Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945
Kathy Prendergast, Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945
The Box, Plymouth, UK 26 March – 5 June 2022

Work by Kathy Prendergast will be included in Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945, a touring exhibition starting at The Box and  The Levinsky Gallery at the University of Plymouth.

Mark Francis, Re-Echo
Mark Francis, Re-Echo
Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto, Italy 26 March – 29 May 2022

Mark Francis’s first solo exhibition in an Italian public museum, Re-Echo presents 15 works made between 2021 and 2022.

Brian Maguire, In the Light of Conscience
Brian Maguire, In the Light of Conscience
Missoula Art Museum, Montana, USA 18 March – 13 August 2022

Brian Maguire solo exhibition at Missoula Art Museum, Montana.

William McKeown
William McKeown
Château La Coste, Aix-en-Provence, France 13 March – 1 May 2022

Château La Coste presents an exhibition of works paintings by William McKeown, curated by Jonathan Anderson and featuring a work by Kazunori Hamana. 

Mark Francis
Mark Francis
26 February 2022

Mark Francis’s new monograph collects over a decade of work by the internationally acclaimed artist. 

Dorothy Cross, Crossing
Dorothy Cross, Crossing
16 February 2022

Crossing is a visual retrospective spanning over 35 years of work by artist Dorothy Cross, published by Dürer Editions.

Elizabeth Magill, Bringing to Light
Elizabeth Magill, Bringing to Light
Towner, Eastbourne, UK 12 February - 22 May 2022

Elizabeth Magill's Overhead III is included in Bringing to Light at Towner Eastbourne, curated by artist and guest curator Jananne Al-Ani.

Paul Winstanley, A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920 – 2020
Paul Winstanley, A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920 – 2020
Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK 24 February - 5 June 2022

Paul Winstanley at Whitechapel Gallery, 'A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920 – 2020'.

Aleana Egan, Sampler
Aleana Egan, Sampler
Void, Derry, Northern Ireland 29 January - 26 March 2022

Aleana Egan presents a solo exhibition of new sculpture and painting at VOID, Derry.

Brian Maguire, Isabel Nolan, Odysseys
Brian Maguire, Isabel Nolan, Odysseys
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland 22 January - 3 April 2022

Brian Maguire and Isabel Nolan at Crawford Art Gallery, 'Odysseys', curated by Flicka Small and Michael Waldron.

Merlin James with Gracie DeVito and Gabriel de la Moro
Merlin James with Gracie DeVito and Gabriel de la Moro
The Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts, USA 19 January - 4 March 2022

Merlin James at The Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts.

aemi & IFI present: So, what did you do today? Films selected by Isabel Nolan
aemi & IFI present: So, what did you do today? Films selected by Isabel Nolan
Irish Film Institute, Dublin 12 January 2022

Curated by artist Isabel Nolan for aemi and coinciding with ‘Spaced Out’, Nolan’s exhibition of new rugs and paintings at Kerlin Gallery, ‘So, what did you do today?’ is a programme of short films that illuminates aspects of Nolan’s work in drawing, sculpture, tapestry and the moving image.

Sam Keogh, Rethinking Nature
Sam Keogh, Rethinking Nature
Museo Madre, Naples, Italy 17 December 2021 - 2 May 2022

Sam Keogh's 'The Island' (2021) included in Rethinking Nature, curated by Kathryn Weir with associate curator Ilaria Conti at Museo Madre, Naples.

Sean Scully, Passenger
Sean Scully, Passenger
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece 16 December 2021—13 February 2022

Almost ten years after Doric, the exhibition that introduced the art of Sean Scully to Greece, the Benaki Museum presents a major retrospective of the eminent artist’s work, Passenger.

William McKeown by Bryan Martin
William McKeown by Bryan Martin
The Brooklyn Rail 10 December 2021
Sean Scully, Liliane Tomasko in 'Andy Warhol to Cecily Brown from the Collections of the Albertina Museum'
Sean Scully, Liliane Tomasko in 'Andy Warhol to Cecily Brown from the Collections of the Albertina Museum'
Albertina Museum, Vienna 12 December 2021 - 20 February 2022

Sean Scully and Liliane Tomasko are included in 'Andy Warhol to Cecily Brown from the Collections of the Albertina Museum'.

Remains by Brian Maguire review — stark images of a world on the move by Cristín Leach
Remains by Brian Maguire review — stark images of a world on the move by Cristín Leach
The Times 26 November 2021
Jaki Irvine, Star (1994) and Sweettooth (1993)
Jaki Irvine, Star (1994) and Sweettooth (1993)
aemi, online screening 10 November 2021 - January 2022

One of Ireland’s most highly regarded artists working in video installation, photography, music composition and writing, this aemi screening presentation draws attention to an early phase of Irvine’s career when she was making single channel work on analogue film. Introductory text by Gwen Burlington.

What Will You Do with the Days? An Interview with Sam Keogh by Frank Wasser
What Will You Do with the Days? An Interview with Sam Keogh by Frank Wasser
Flash Art 23 November 2021
Solar Attraction: Interview with Isabel Nolan by Brian McAvera
Solar Attraction: Interview with Isabel Nolan by Brian McAvera
Irish Arts Review 20 November 2021
Brian Maguire: 'There were images I couldn’t use, they were just too frightening' by Marc O'Sullivan Vallig
Brian Maguire: 'There were images I couldn’t use, they were just too frightening' by Marc O'Sullivan Vallig
Irish Examiner 9 November 2021
Elizabeth Magill, TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art
Elizabeth Magill, TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art
The Rachofsky House, Dallas, Texas 23 October 2021

We are pleased to announce Elizabeth Magill's participation in the 2021 TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art Auction at The Rachofsky House, Dallas.

Aleana Egan, Feeling of Knowing
Aleana Egan, Feeling of Knowing
The Complex, Dublin 16 - 28 October 2021

Aleana Egan presents new site-specific work for group exhibition 'Feeling of Knowing' at The Complex, Dublin.

Paul Seawright, Beasts of Burden
Paul Seawright, Beasts of Burden
Belfast Exposed Photography 7 October - 23 December 2021

Belfast Exposed presents a solo photographic exhibition ‘Beasts of Burden’ which showcases new photographic works by Paul Seawright taken in Rwanda. This insightful exhibition will be showcased as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival 2021.

Dorothy Cross, Aleana Egan, The Museum of Ancient History
Dorothy Cross, Aleana Egan, The Museum of Ancient History
UCD Classical Museum, University College Dublin 4 October - 10 December 2021

Dorothy Cross and Aleana Egan feature work in 'The Museum of Ancient History', a site-responsive exhibition that places artworks by six contemporary artists in dialogue with a collection of ancient artefacts from the Classical world.

Marcel Vidal, Wayward Eye
Marcel Vidal, Wayward Eye
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin 30 September — 13 November 2021

Marcel Vidal's DEFENDER (2021) included in group exhibition 'Wayward Eye' at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios.

Isabel Nolan, We Are The Makers: Episode Three
Isabel Nolan, We Are The Makers: Episode Three
25 September - 27 November 2021

Isabel Nolan speaks with Dónal Dineen for Episode Three of 'We Are The Makers', with particular emphasis on the making of her latest exhibition, A Delicate Bond Which is Also a Gap, at Solstice Arts Centre in Navan.

Sam Keogh, Sated Soldier, Sated Peasant, Sated Scribe
Sam Keogh, Sated Soldier, Sated Peasant, Sated Scribe
Goldsmiths CCA, London, UK 17 September –12 December 2021

Running across the basement galleries of the Goldsmiths CCA, Sam Keogh presents a performance, installation of ceramic sculptures and collaged paintings on paper, that draw on pre-modern motifs and myths of abundance.

Brian Maguire, Remains
Brian Maguire, Remains
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland 17 September 2021 - 9 January 2022

'Remains', a major museum show of the 'Arizona' paintings and other recent works opens at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. The exhibition is accompanied by a new publication.

Sam Keogh, Trouble in Outer Heaven: Portable Ops Plus
Sam Keogh, Trouble in Outer Heaven: Portable Ops Plus
Southwark Park Galleries, London 15 September – 31 October 2021

Sam Keogh presents a new performance and work for the group show ‘Trouble In Outer Heaven: Portable Ops Plus’, which focuses on the influence and fan cultures of ‘Metal Gear Solid’, one of the most popular video game franchises of all time.

Elizabeth Magill, Unsettling Landscapes: The Art of the Eerie
Elizabeth Magill, Unsettling Landscapes: The Art of the Eerie
St Barbe Museum + Art Gallery 11 September 2021 – 4 January 2022

Elizabeth Magill presents 'Outlying (2)' as part of the group exhibition 'Unsettling Landscapes: The Art of the Eerie' at St. Barbe Museum + Art Gallery.

Merlin James, Mixing It Up: Painting Today
Merlin James, Mixing It Up: Painting Today
Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, UK 9 September – 12 December 2021

Merlin James will have a dedicated room of paintings in the survey of contemporary painting, ‘Mixing It Up: Painting Today' at the Hayward Gallery, London.

Liliane Tomasko, Morpheus
Liliane Tomasko, Morpheus
Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen Magdeburg, Germany 7 September 2021 - 23 January 2022

'Morpheus' brings together recent work by Liliane Tomasko at the Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen Magdeburg, Germany.

Liliane Tomasko and Sean Scully: From The Real
Liliane Tomasko and Sean Scully: From The Real
Newlands House Gallery, Petworth, England 24 July to 10 October 2021

From The Real: Liliane Tomasko and Sean Scully is an exhibition of two painting shows in one, presenting the artists' work side by side at Newlands House Gallery, Petworth, England.

Isabel Nolan, A delicate bond which is also a gap
Isabel Nolan, A delicate bond which is also a gap
Solstice Arts Centre, Navan 3 July – 28 August 2021

Solstice Arts Centre open a significant exhibition of work by Isabel Nolan. ‘A delicate bond which is also a gap’ ranges across a vast span of time beginning with woven images of the 40,000 year old sculpture “Löwenmensch” and concluding with an ambitious, specially commissioned tapestry depicting the disintegration of the sun. The exhibition includes new textile work, sculptures, drawings, painting and text.

Sean Scully, The Shape of Ideas
Sean Scully, The Shape of Ideas
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas 20 June - 10 October 2021

Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas, organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, features the artist’s most significant works and examines his contribution to the development of abstraction over a span of nearly five decades.

Willie Doherty, WHERE
Willie Doherty, WHERE
Ulster Museum, Belfast 4 June - 12 September 2021

Willie Doherty, Where comes from Fondazione Modena Arti Visive to Ulster Museum supported by the British Council, as part of the “Being Present” UK/Italy Season 2020. The exhibition offers an overview of Doherty’s career through photographic and video works focused on the theme of borders, from the works of the 90s to a new video installation commissioned for the occasion. The exhibition is curated by Daniele De Luigi and Anne Stewart. 

Jaki Irvine, ro' ro'
Jaki Irvine, ro' ro'
The Bower Gallery, London 20 May - 11 July 2021

ro’ ro’ is new work by Jaki Irvine and a companion piece to an immersive 13-channel video and sound work, Ack Ro’, showing concurrently at Frith Street Gallery, London. 

Sean Scully, Eleuthera
Sean Scully, Eleuthera
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 11 May - 27 June 2021

Sean Scully's 'Eleuthera' series shown for the first time in Ireland at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.

Aleana Egan, small field
Aleana Egan, small field
Künstlerhaus, Bremen 8 May – 29 August 2021

Aleana Egan presents 'small field', a solo exhibition at Künstlerhaus, Bremen.