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45 exhibitions / events • 30 venues

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opening Thursday 15 May
Vision – SETU BA Hons. Degree Show | Wexford Arts Centre 
 Cornmarket, Wexford | opening Thursday 15 May | to 2025-06-04
Vision – SETU BA Hons. Degree Show

Wexford Arts Centre
Cornmarket, Wexford
opening Thursday 15 May
Conrad Frankel: Spring Opens Forever in Eternity | Olivier Cornet Gallery 
 3 Great Denmark Street Dublin 1 | opening Thursday 15 May | to 2025-06-08
Conrad Frankel: Spring Opens Forever in Eternity

Olivier Cornet Gallery
3 Great Denmark Street
Dublin 1
from Saturday 17 May
MPDA Degree Show 2025 | RUA RED 
 South Dublin Arts Centre Tallaght, Dublin 24 | from Saturday 17 May | to 2025-05-24
MPDA Degree Show 2025

RUA RED
South Dublin Arts Centre
Tallaght, Dublin 24
from Saturday 17 May
Kerry Guinan: Distance is a Measure of Closeness | Ormston House 
 9-10 Patrick Street Limerick City | from Saturday 17 May | to 2025-07-26
Kerry Guinan: Distance is a Measure of Closeness

Ormston House
9-10 Patrick Street
Limerick City
Next week and after
opening Saturday 24 May
Kian Benson Bailes: Culchie boy, I love you / Grá mo chroí thú, mo chábóigín féin | Mermaid Arts Centre 
 Main Street, Bray Co. Wicklow | opening Saturday 24 May | to 2025-07-12
Kian Benson Bailes: Culchie boy, I love you / Grá mo chroí thú, mo chábóigín féin

Mermaid Arts Centre
Main Street, Bray
Co. Wicklow
from Monday 26 May
Resolve 25 | Royal Hibernian Academy 
 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2 | from Monday 26 May | to 2025-06-03
Resolve 25

Royal Hibernian Academy
15 Ely Place, Dublin 2
from Monday 26 May
195th RHA Annual Exhibition | Royal Hibernian Academy 
 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2 | from Monday 26 May | to 2025-08-03
195th RHA Annual Exhibition

Royal Hibernian Academy
15 Ely Place, Dublin 2
from Friday 30 May
Timelines: Growth and Catastrophe | Wexford Arts Centre 
 Cornmarket, Wexford | from Friday 30 May | to 2025-07-11
Timelines: Growth and Catastrophe

Wexford Arts Centre
Cornmarket, Wexford
from Saturday 31 May
Eddie Kennedy: Lines of Engagement – Recent Paintings | The Source Arts Centre 
 Thurles Co Tipperary | from Saturday 31 May | to 2025-06-28
Eddie Kennedy: Lines of Engagement – Recent Paintings

The Source Arts Centre
Thurles
Co Tipperary
Closing
closing Friday 16 May
Ground | Green On Red Gallery 
 Spencer Dock Park Lane, Dublin 1 | closing Friday 16 May | to 2025-05-16
Ground

Green On Red Gallery
Spencer Dock
Park Lane, Dublin 1
closing Saturday 17 May
Nathalie Du Pasquier: Saint Fairy Anne | Kerlin Gallery 
 Anne's Lane South Anne Street, Dublin 2 | closing Saturday 17 May | to 2025-05-17
Nathalie Du Pasquier: Saint Fairy Anne

Kerlin Gallery
Anne's Lane
South Anne Street, Dublin 2
closing Saturday 17 May
Louise Neiland: Nowhere, Now, Here | Taylor Galleries 
 16 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 | closing Saturday 17 May | to 2025-05-17
Louise Neiland: Nowhere, Now, Here

Taylor Galleries
16 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
closing Sunday 18 May
Brian Maguire: La Grande Illusion | Hugh Lane Gallery 
 Parnell Square North Dublin 1 | closing Sunday 18 May | to 2025-05-18
Brian Maguire: La Grande Illusion

Hugh Lane Gallery
Parnell Square North
Dublin 1
closing Sunday 18 May
Lawrence Abu Hamdan: Walled Unwalled | Hugh Lane Gallery 
 Parnell Square North Dublin 1 | closing Sunday 18 May | to 2025-05-18
Lawrence Abu Hamdan: Walled Unwalled

Hugh Lane Gallery
Parnell Square North
Dublin 1
closing Sunday 18 May
Bafushia (a physically bound process of forward movement) | Hugh Lane Gallery 
 Parnell Square North Dublin 1 | closing Sunday 18 May | to 2025-05-18
Bafushia (a physically bound process of forward movement)

Hugh Lane Gallery
Parnell Square North
Dublin 1
closing Wednesday 21 May
Sonia Caldwell: Athmhúscail (Reawake) | Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre 
 Skibbereen, Co Cork | closing Wednesday 21 May | to 2025-05-21
Sonia Caldwell: Athmhúscail (Reawake)

Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre
Skibbereen, Co Cork
closing Wednesday 21 May
Valerie Mulvin: The Reason of Towns | Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre 
 Skibbereen, Co Cork | closing Wednesday 21 May | to 2025-05-21
Valerie Mulvin: The Reason of Towns

Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre
Skibbereen, Co Cork
Continuing
until Friday 23 May
David Parnell: I Want to Ask A Question | Roscommon Arts Centre 
 Circular Road Roscommon Town | until Friday 23 May | to 2025-05-23
David Parnell: I Want to Ask A Question

Roscommon Arts Centre
Circular Road
Roscommon Town
until Saturday 24 May
The Project Twins: Fighting Games | Garter Lane Arts Centre 
 O'Connell Street Waterford | until Saturday 24 May | to 2025-05-24
The Project Twins: Fighting Games

Garter Lane Arts Centre
O'Connell Street
Waterford
until Saturday 24 May
John Short: Horizons | Solomon Fine Art 
 Balfe Street, Dublin 2 | until Saturday 24 May | to 2025-05-24
John Short: Horizons

Solomon Fine Art
Balfe Street, Dublin 2
until Sunday 25 May
40 x 40 | Limerick City Gallery 
 Pery Square, Limerick | until Sunday 25 May | to 2025-05-25
40 x 40

Limerick City Gallery
Pery Square, Limerick
until Wednesday 28 May
Mary Clarke: Melting, Moving, Mesmerising | Toradh2 Gallery 
 Kells Courthouse Headfort Road, Kells Co. Meath | until Wednesday 28 May | to 2025-05-28
Mary Clarke: Melting, Moving, Mesmerising

Toradh2 Gallery
Kells Courthouse
Headfort Road, Kells
Co. Meath
until Friday 30 May
Feá McCoy: What Remains Absent | Solstice Arts Centre 
 Navan, County Meath | until Friday 30 May | to 2025-05-30
Feá McCoy: What Remains Absent

Solstice Arts Centre
Navan, County Meath
until Friday 30 May
Barbara Knežević: The Iron Gates (Gvozdene Kapije) | Solstice Arts Centre 
 Navan, County Meath | until Friday 30 May | to 2025-05-30
Barbara Knežević: The Iron Gates (Gvozdene Kapije)

Solstice Arts Centre
Navan, County Meath
until Saturday 31 May
The 1980s: a return to painting | Hillsboro Fine Art 
 49 Parnell Square West Dublin 1 | until Saturday 31 May | to 2025-05-31
The 1980s: a return to painting

Hillsboro Fine Art
49 Parnell Square West
Dublin 1
until Saturday 31 May
Bealtaine Exhibition 2025 | Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre 
 Skibbereen, Co Cork | until Saturday 31 May | to 2025-05-31
Bealtaine Exhibition 2025

Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre
Skibbereen, Co Cork
until Sunday 1 June
Kate McElroy: Residency & Exhibition | Triskel Arts Centre 
 14A Tobin Street, Cork City | until Sunday 1 June | to 2025-06-01
Kate McElroy: Residency & Exhibition

Triskel Arts Centre
14A Tobin Street, Cork City
until Thursday 5 June
Pascal Ungerer: Other Ground | The LAB 
 Foley Street, Dublin 1 | until Thursday 5 June | to 2025-06-05
Pascal Ungerer: Other Ground

The LAB
Foley Street, Dublin 1
until Saturday 7 June
Take Hold | CCA 
 5-7 Artillery Street Derry~Londonderry | until Saturday 7 June | to 2025-06-07
Take Hold

CCA
5-7 Artillery Street
Derry~Londonderry
until Saturday 7 June
Stuart Calvin: Stay a While | Golden Thread Gallery 
 23-29 Queen Street Belfast BT1 6EA | until Saturday 7 June | to 2025-06-07
Stuart Calvin: Stay a While

Golden Thread Gallery
23-29 Queen Street
Belfast BT1 6EA
until Saturday 7 June
John Rainey: Decoys and Ghosts | Golden Thread Gallery 
 23-29 Queen Street Belfast BT1 6EA | until Saturday 7 June | to 2025-06-07
John Rainey: Decoys and Ghosts

Golden Thread Gallery
23-29 Queen Street
Belfast BT1 6EA
until Sunday 8 June
Marianne Keating: An Ciúnas / The Silence | Limerick City Gallery 
 Pery Square, Limerick | until Sunday 8 June | to 2025-06-08
Marianne Keating: An Ciúnas / The Silence

Limerick City Gallery
Pery Square, Limerick
until Sunday 8 June
Stephanie Deady, Fionna Murray, Sarah O’Brien, Richard Proffitt: BOW | Limerick City Gallery 
 Pery Square, Limerick | until Sunday 8 June | to 2025-06-08
Stephanie Deady, Fionna Murray, Sarah O’Brien, Richard Proffitt: BOW

Limerick City Gallery
Pery Square, Limerick
until Sunday 8 June
David Fox: Urban Fingerprint | GOMA Gallery of Modern Art 
 6 Lombard Street Waterford | until Sunday 8 June | to 2025-06-08
David Fox: Urban Fingerprint

GOMA Gallery of Modern Art
6 Lombard Street
Waterford
until Sunday 15 June
In Celebration of International Women’s Day 2025 | Butler Gallery 
 Evans’ Home John’s Quay, Kilkenny | until Sunday 15 June | to 2025-06-15
In Celebration of International Women’s Day 2025

Butler Gallery
Evans’ Home
John’s Quay, Kilkenny
until Sunday 22 June
Vanessa Donoso López: A rock can hurt you, a rock can open a nut | Municipal Gallery 
 dlr LexIcon Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin | until Sunday 22 June | to 2025-06-22
Vanessa Donoso López: A rock can hurt you, a rock can open a nut

Municipal Gallery
dlr LexIcon
Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
until Sunday 22 June
Eimear Walshe: VASSALDOMS UNITED | Luan Gallery 
 Athlone, Co. Westmeath | until Sunday 22 June | to 2025-06-22
Eimear Walshe: VASSALDOMS UNITED

Luan Gallery
Athlone, Co. Westmeath
until Saturday 28 June
Fergus FitzGerald: Geography Is Important | SIRIUS 
 The Old Yacht Club Cobh, Co. Cork | until Saturday 28 June | to 2025-06-28
Fergus FitzGerald: Geography Is Important

SIRIUS
The Old Yacht Club
Cobh, Co. Cork
until Sunday 20 July
Paul Bokslag: Through Line | Butler Gallery 
 Evans’ Home John’s Quay, Kilkenny | until Sunday 20 July | to 2025-07-20
Paul Bokslag: Through Line

Butler Gallery
Evans’ Home
John’s Quay, Kilkenny
until Wednesday 30 July
Bacon’s Portraits of Women: Moraes, Belcher and Rawsthorne | Hugh Lane Gallery 
 Parnell Square North Dublin 1 | until Wednesday 30 July | to 2025-07-30
Bacon’s Portraits of Women: Moraes, Belcher and Rawsthorne

Hugh Lane Gallery
Parnell Square North
Dublin 1
until Saturday 2 August
Noémie Goudal: Tilt | The Dock 
 St. George's Terrace Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim | until Saturday 2 August | to 2025-08-02
Noémie Goudal: Tilt

The Dock
St. George's Terrace
Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim
until Sunday 21 September
Staying with the Trouble | IMMA 
 Royal Hospital, Kilmainham Dublin 8 | until Sunday 21 September | to 2025-09-21
Staying with the Trouble

IMMA
Royal Hospital, Kilmainham
Dublin 8
until Sunday 28 September
Ailbhe Ní Bhriain: The Dream Pool Intervals | Hugh Lane Gallery 
 Parnell Square North Dublin 1 | until Sunday 28 September | to 2025-09-28
Ailbhe Ní Bhriain: The Dream Pool Intervals

Hugh Lane Gallery
Parnell Square North
Dublin 1
until Sunday 26 October
Kith & Kin: The Quilts of Gee’s Bend | IMMA 
 Royal Hospital, Kilmainham Dublin 8 | until Sunday 26 October | to 2025-10-26
Kith & Kin: The Quilts of Gee’s Bend

IMMA
Royal Hospital, Kilmainham
Dublin 8
until Sunday 6 February 2028
IMMA Collection: Art as Agency | IMMA 
 Royal Hospital, Kilmainham Dublin 8 | until Sunday 6 February 2028 | to 2028-02-06
IMMA Collection: Art as Agency

IMMA
Royal Hospital, Kilmainham
Dublin 8
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