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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
17 February – 3 June 2024
Dorothy Cross and Kathy Prendergast are both in A Matter of Time, a major group exhibition at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork from 17 February – 3 June 2024.
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
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
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.
Siobhán Hapaska's solo exhibition at The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Medici Lion, has been reviewed by Frieze.
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.
Kerlin Gallery wishes all its friends and colleagues a restful holiday period.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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, 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
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.
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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.
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
26 April 2023
Nathalie Du Pasquier is interviewed by The Financial Times ahead of her solo exhibition at Pace, London.
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
Hanover Square, London
18 April 2023
Sean Scully has unveiled a major new public sculpture in Hanover Square, London.
Merlin James
New publication
2023
We are delighted to announce the publication of a landmark new book by Merlin James.
Isabel Nolan in ArtReview
Interview
April 2023
Isabel Nolan is interviewed by Martin Herbert for the April issue of ArtReview.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
29 November – 3 December 2022
Kerlin Gallery will take part in 2022's edition of Art Basel Miami Beach.
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
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
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)
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
Pinacoteca Agnelli, Turin, Italy
1 November 2022
New installation in Pinacoteca Agnelli’s Lingotto building, a former car factory in Turin.
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
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)
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
Kerlin Gallery
15 October – 19 November 2022
Willie Doherty presents a new solo exhibition of black and white photography at Kerlin Gallery.
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
The Glebe Gallery, Donegal, Ireland
From 11 September
Solo exhibition of later paintings by Stephen McKenna.
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
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
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
CCA Andratx, Mallorca
29 July – 24 September 2022
Group exhibition by Aleana Egan, Fergus Feehily, Martin Healy and Caoimhe Kilfeather.
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
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
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.
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.
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'
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.
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.
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.
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
29 March 2022
A Max De Vos is a novel by Liam Gillick.
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
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.
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
26 February 2022
Mark Francis’s new monograph collects over a decade of work by the internationally acclaimed artist.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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'
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
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
Künstlerhaus, Bremen
8 May – 29 August 2021
Aleana Egan presents 'small field', a solo exhibition at Künstlerhaus, Bremen.