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21st June 2026
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Featured Listing
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Exhibitions & Events - Connaught
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 | Date: 26/06/2026 - 22/08/2026
Location: Aran Islands, Teach Nan Phaidi Restaurant Gina O'Connor is delighted to present her solo exhibition Lá Breá Álainn (Lovely Fine Day) at Teach Nan Phaidi Restaurant on Inis Mór Island, County Galway. This exciting collection of oil paintings by West of Ireland artist Gina O’Connor is a celebration of a typical Irish Lá Breá Álainn. This exhibition showcases Gina’s dynamic style, inspired by her exhilarating experiences in Inis Mór and Connemara. The winds, colours and light of the West have a tossing-and-turning effect on the human soul, and it is with great joy that Gina recreates this in her paintings. Fáilte, tar isteach and enjoy the sceitiminí (excitement) of Gina's exhibition. | Read more →
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Exhibitions & Events - Leinster
 | Date: 23/06/2026
Location: Dun Laoghaire , Ferry Terminal 'This England' is a new book by Dublin documentary photographer Barry Delaney launching on June 23 at Ferry Terminal, Dun Laoghaire on the 10 year anniversary of Brexit. Barry spent many trips travelling throughout provincial parts of Britain during the Brexit years documenting life in its towns and cities, and in particular the people. The forward to the book is by Dublin author Ronan Hession. | Read more →
 | Date: 25/06/2026
Location: Dublin, International Centre for the Image Join us at the International Centre for the Image to mark the launch of a new publication by Setanta Books, Stray Sod by artist Maria Lax, who will be joined in conversation by Jonny Dillon, Interim Director of the National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin. Stray Sod investigates the phenomenon of the same name in Irish folklore: enchanted patches of earth that will lead astray whoever steps on them. Inspired by first-hand accounts found in the National Folklore Collection, Maria Lax reimagines rural Irish landscapes through this otherworldly lens. Tickets are free, booking required. To book, click here. | Read more →
 | Date: 25/06/2026 - 30/06/2026
Location: Dublin, RICHMOND ROAD STUDIOS PHIBSBORO TOWER LEVEL 4 The House of Complex (The Necromancer), first solo show in Dublin by Lana Zubović, opens on Thursday, June 25th, 6 - 8:30 pm, in Richmond Road Studios. Lana is the recipient of the RRS Recent Graduate Award 2026 and is a multidisciplinary artist working across drawing, printmaking, painting, installation, performance, and video. She received her Master's degree in Fine Arts from NCAD. Thursday, 25/06/26, Opening + Long Day At The Office: RRS event|6 - 8:30 pm Saturday, 27/06/26, Artist Talk: Lana Zubović and Aoife Ward |1 - 2 pm Runs until Tuesday, 30/06/26|2 pm Open by appointment. Please contact: lana.z...@gmail.com @krvna_grupaaplus | Read more →
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 | Date: 22/06/2026 - 05/07/2026
Location: Bray, Signal Arts Centre Mary Butler’s most recent works include assemblages, sculptures, collages, and arrangements, all deeply rooted in her commitment to sustainability. She creates pieces, almost exclusively from recycled materials—wood, textiles, and paper, allowing the materials themselves to guide her process. Her practice reflects the tactile honesty of analogue making; each piece emerges through the interaction of physical materials, intentional processes, and natural progressions. | Read more →
 | Date: 24/06/2026 - 18/07/2026
Location: Dundalk, An Táin Arts Centre This playful, embodied art-based research moves through muscle, skin and memory to explore how gender identity, self-expression and self-actualization are experienced among individuals practicing recreational pole dancing in Ireland. Here, pole dancing becomes a site of discovery, creation and expression of both the individual and collective socio-political self. The solid and the ephemeral dance together through sculpture, words, images, light, sound and colour. The exhibition is accompanied with live performance art. This art-based research is funded by Research Ireland's Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme. Opening Launch Wednesday 24th June 7pm. | Read more →
 | Date: 27/06/2026 - 22/08/2026
Location: Drogheda, Droichead Arts Centre Bridge Street Studios celebrates 30th Anniversary with 'The Things That Matter Most are the Things that can’t be Seen'. Nestled in a historic 250-year-old grain store, Bridge Street Studios has been a nurturing ground for both emerging and established artists for 30 years. As one of the oldest and largest independent artistic collectives in Ireland, the Studios have been an integral part of the town's creative fabric since their formation in 1996. The 'The Things that Matter Most are the Things That Can't Be Seen' exhibition features the works of eight artists and craftspeople all based in Bridge Street Studios, including Orlaith Cullinane, Rachel Tinniswood, Mary Cowan, Suzanne Carroll, Caóilfíonn Murphy O'Hanlon, Orla Barry, Sarah McKenna, and Fiona Quigley. | Read more →
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Exhibitions & Events - Munster
 | Date: 23/06/2026 - 01/07/2026
Location: Cork, MTU Gallery ‘The Heavenly (In)Visibles' is Patsy Atkinson’s MA by Research final exhibition in which she materialises Mary Oliver's deep reverence for the natural world and her gentle call to notice nature with wonder. In keeping with Oliver’s contemplative creative processes, Patsy uses slow, meditative and nature-based processes, including ecoprinting, paper-making, monoprinting and plant-based natural dyeing. | Read more →
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 | Date: 23/06/2026
Location: Askeaton, RADHARC AN CHAISLEÁIN Part of Askeaton's WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 2026. Charting the changes of Askeaton’s streetscape over the decades, The Auld Town is a community-led walk to remember the past communities of Askeaton that shaped its daily life, humour and shared stories. Beginning at the town’s new park Radharc an Chaisleáin, join for an informative evening of conversation and joviality in one of Ireland’s oldest towns – legend has it Askeaton was founded by Gared, an ancient chieftain who had, in his earlier days, fought alongside Finn McCool and the Fianna. | Read more →
 | Date: 24/06/2026
Location: Askeaton, Askeaton Library Part of Askeaton’s WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 2026. Visit Askeaton’s new public library with writer Iarlaith Ní Fheorais, Askeaton’s Valerie Murphy, healthcare activist and founder of Valerie’s Breast Care, and Eilionóir Flynn, professor at the School of Law and Law Institute for Lifecourse and Society at University College Galway. As part of her ongoing research into disability, health and medicine, Iarlaith Ní Fheorais’ new publication 'There’s a Tunnel Under Ballybrit Business Park' explores access to public healthcare in Ireland; a country that also profits as a key location for the global medical technology industry. Published by Askeaton Contemporary Arts | Read more →
 | Date: 25/06/2026 - 30/08/2026
Location: Limerick, Limerick City Gallery of Art Limerick City Gallery of Art is delighted to present ‘Quantum Listening’ by Trudi van der Elsen, a contemporary multi-media artist, originally from the Netherlands and now based in the West of Ireland. ‘Quantum Listening' the title given to a body of work by Trudi van der Elsen that explores the relationship between the human body and the wider world, and the invisible frequencies that connect them. Working across painting, photography, video and performance, the artist weaves together forms of matter, agency, subjectivity and objectivity. | Read more →
 | Date: 25/06/2026
Location: Askeaton, Askeaton Community Hall Part of Askeaton’s WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 2026. Join Tom Cassidy of Fola Archaeology and Heritage Services for an illustrated talk on the life and history of the Second World War in West Limerick. For many years, Tom has researched pillboxes in the Askeaton hinterland. Small defence structures made from mass concrete found throughout the area, pillboxes were built in the 1940s as guard posts, allowing Irish soldiers to watch over strategic positions in the event of military invasion on the Shannon Estuary. In light of current debates about Ireland’s neutrality, these structures remain as a poignant reminder of the threat and pervasiveness of war today. | Read more →
 | Date: 27/06/2026
Location: Askeaton, Askeaton Community Hall Part of Askeaton’s WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 2026. Our annual Open Day celebrates the work of 2026’s artists-in-residence and our wider community who contribute to cultural life in Askeaton. A reception at Askeaton Community Hall will be followed by a guided tour. Max Guy travels to live and work in Askeaton thanks to a new artist residency exchange programme with Hyde Park Arts Centre in Chicago. Kate O'Shea is a socially-engaged artist whose DIY ethos spans printmaking, the creation of archiving, large-scale installations, performance, and publishing. Meet David Beattie, Allan Hughes, Anne Cleary and Dennis Connolly, and we introduce new long-term artist-in-residence Rónán Ó Raghallaigh. | Read more →
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Exhibitions & Events - Northern Ireland
 | Date: 25/06/2026 - 25/07/2026
Location: 11-13 Bloomfield Avenue, QSS MIDDEN collective are Sarah Edmondson, Mary Martin and Niamh McGuinne – who together focus on the interpretation of evidence, creating decidedly unscientific work combining fact with fiction to create new narratives. Opening Thursday 25 June, 6-8:30pm. | Read more →
 | Date: 25/06/2026 - 25/07/2026
Location: 11-13 Bloomfield Avenue, QSS Paper Palace brings together works on and off paper, exploring everything that is painted, printed, or pressed. Considering works on paper and printmaking as an expanded, interdisciplinary field where artists meet at the intersection of painting, sculpture, and installation. Paper Palace is anchored in a community of practice, including artists, graduates, and staff connected to Belfast School of Art, celebrating the exchange of shared knowledge across generations and ongoing experimentation. This exhibition celebrates printmaking as a living, interdisciplinary, and inventive medium. Invited Artists: Majella Clancy, Pauline Clancy, Gerry Devlin, Kathryn Graham, Ria Czerniak Le-Bov, Late Bill Penney, Anushiya Sundralingham, Adam McIlwaine, Nicole Hastings, Lydia Bell, Wilhelmina Covington, Mia Stewart, Anna Brown and, Alyssa Donaghy . | Read more →
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Exhibitions & Events - Rest of Ulster
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Exhibitions & Events - Other
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