Green On Red Gallery
The Green On Red Gallery began in 1992 and has since become one of Ireland’s most dynamic and exciting galleries. We represent some of the best contemporary work on the market, both Irish and international. The programme is based on 10-11 solo exhibitions and 1-2 group or thematic exhibitions per year. Green On Red participates annually in international art fairs and the gallery’s artists regularly exhibit abroad in both private and public venues. Please refer to our news page to find out more…
Along with our programme of exhibitions at home and abroad, the gallery offers a consultancy service tailored to individual needs:
• Building individual private collections
• Consulting with companies and organisations to supply artwork for their collections
• Finding the right piece for a particular location
• Advising on outdoor or public art projects
Graphic Studio Gallery
Graphic Studio Gallery was opened in 1988 with great vision on behalf of the Directors to protect and ensure the long-term success of Graphic Studio Dublin. It showcases up to 11 national and international fine art print exhibitions each year, as well as hosting talks and print demonstrations. Graphic Studio Gallery also participates in art fairs both in Ireland and abroad. Graphic Studio Gallery represents all of the studios members, as well as 100 other fine art printmakers from Ireland and abroad.
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Image: Geraldine O'Reilly: Walking the floors, etching, 34x28.5 cm
Kevin Kavanagh
Kevin Kavanagh is one of the Ireland's premier galleries showing Irish and international contemporary art. Founded in 1998, in 2008 the gallery moved to a 135m² space on Chancery Lane designed by architect Philip Crowe. It represents both established and emerging artists from Ireland and abroad. The gallery’s annual programme consists of 8 solo and 1 curated group show as well as special events, screenings, performances and participation at international art fairs.The gallery has published over 30 books on Irish art.
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Image: Amanda Coogan
LAB, The
The LAB was established by Dublin City Council in 2005 as a municipal arts hub, housing gallery, rehearsal and incubation spaces for a range of art forms. The LAB Gallery supports emerging art practices and delivers a year round programme of free events for all ages. In addition to Dublin City Council, the LAB Gallery is supported by the Arts Council.
Exhibitions are selected from proposals and by direct invitation usually eighteen months in advance. We actively encourage collaboration across art forms and work with artists who are motivated by a strong line of enquiry. In line with the Dublin City Council Arts Plan, our focus is on working with artists at critical points in the development of their practice, providing a first solo show or an opportunity for a more established artist to try out something new for example. Artists such as Vera Klute, Lee Welch and Bea McMahon had their first solo shows at the LAB. We also commission new writing with every exhibition and develop carefully curated events and education programmes to provide spaces to look closer, share, enjoy, play, chat, experiment and critically debate art and the ideas inherent in the exhibitions.
We would like to acknowledge the support of our key partners including GradCAM on a range of conferences and events; Create, NCAD, iadt and DIT on the Create Learning Development Programme, and in 2015, UCD Art in Science. In 2016 our key partners include the National Gallery of Ireland and National Museum of Ireland. Since 2008 we have hosted an MA programme from iadt, previously MAVIS and since 2014, Art Research Collaboration. A key programme at the LAB is our involvement in the arts education Project 20/20.
The Library Project
Initiated in 2011 by Claudi Nir and Ángel Luis González Fernández, from PhotoIreland, the first phase of ‘The Library Project’ sets out to offer the public an on-going collection of the latest photobooks, magazines and zines, produced by independent publishing companies, well-established, large publishing houses and self published. In 2012, the collection was expanded with the efforts of Arcangela Regis, and in 2013, with the support and passion of Steven Maybury, Katie Mooney-Sheppard, Gill Thorpe, Sinéad Corcoran, Nigel Payne, and Lorna Murphy.
The curated selection holds already over 900 items from 180 publishers worldwide, and welcomes everyone, both individuals and organisations, to contribute to and enjoy this unique public resource library.
The curated selection holds already over 900 items from 180 publishers worldwide, and welcomes everyone, both individuals and organisations, to contribute to and enjoy this unique public resource library.
National Photographic Archive
The photographic collections of the National Library of Ireland are housed in the National Photographic Archive in the Temple Bar area of Dublin. The Archive building incorporates a substantial storage area, controlled by an air plant system, together with darkrooms, and a conservation area. The provision of a Reading Room, an Exhibition area and a small retail space combine to enhance access to the collections.
Access to the NPA reading room is by appointment only on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Readers who wish to make an appointment should phone 01 6030370 or 01 6030374; or email npaoffice@nli.ie.
Kerlin Gallery
Kerlin Gallery was established in Dublin in 1988 with a programme of national and international contemporary art. The current gallery space, which was designed by John Pawson in 1994, has a total of 335 square meters / 3600 square feet on two floors and is situated in the centre of the city just off the main Grafton Street thoroughfare.
Draíocht
Located in the heart of Dublin 15, Draíocht is an arts centre steadfastly committed to serving its local community and influencing arts practice far beyond.
Located in the heart of Dublin 15, Draíocht is an arts centre steadfastly committed to serving its local community and influencing arts practice far beyond. Its development was instigated by a passionate cohort of people from within this unique community, with its rich tradition of drama and musical theatre and fast-growing young and culturally diverse population. Their vision and determination was rewarded when Draíocht opened in 2001, a purpose-built space with two theatres, two galleries, an artist’s studio, a workshop space and a café.
With an eclectic but high-quality programme that includes performance, visual arts and music from both up-and-coming and established artists, we now welcome over 50,000 people of all ages, stages, interests and abilities a year.
We are delighted that some of those who visit us may be coming to an arts event for the very first time. Our belief in the transformative power of the arts means that we place a lot of emphasis on encouraging and enabling the participation of those who may not have had prior opportunity to see or experience the arts. Another key area of focus is children and young people, as we seek to respond to and engage our community’s distinctively young demographic. Our unique Children’s Charter sets out our promise to the children and young people we serve.
We work closely and collaboratively with local, national and international artists and organisations who share our commitment to and ambition for these areas of work and ways of working. We nurture and support their practice and in doing so enrich our own. With a growing track record of success, we regularly share our experience of working at the heart of an urban community with others and take time to learn how others do it too.