Gallery sights in Ireland
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Gallery of Photography
Ireland’s premier photographic gallery, this place has ever- changing exhibits, often with Irish themes, including photographs of Dublin in the ‘rare auld times, ’ as per the popular Dublin ditty.
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Kenny Gallery
Established in 1968, West Ireland's first gallery displays an exceptional collection of Irish art in a higgledy-piggledy terrace house. Look out for work by up-and-coming Galway artists, including Charlotte Kelly's abstract landscapes, Kieran Tuohy's bog-oak sculptures (crafted from bog-oak roots preserved in the oxygen-resistant turf for thousands of years), Jennifer Cunningham's prints and Liam Butler's welded copper.
All works are for sale, but even if you're not here to buy, Kenny's offers a glimpse into the future of Galweigan art. Proprietor Tom Kenny is a fount of information on the local scene.
Kenny's also trades antiquarian books online, including many Irish-lang…
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Limerick City Gallery of Art
Limerick's excellent gallery was undergoing refurbishments at the time of writing, but should have reopened in all its glory by the time you're reading this. Among its permanent collection of traditional paintings from the last 300 years are works by Sean Keating and Jack B Yeats. Check out Keating's atmos pheric Kelp Burners and Sir John Lavery's Stars in Sunlight; both infuse their subjects with inner light and a certain joy. The gallery also stages changing exhibitions of often pseudo-scandalous works and is the home of ev+a, a long-running city-wide contemporary annual art exhibition. Check the website for dates.
The gallery is beside the peaceful People's Park, at the…
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Rha Gallagher Gallery
Established in 1823, the Royal Hibernian Academy has five galleries in a large modernist space. Three of the galleries are dedicated to curated exhibits featuring a range of Irish and international visual art, while the ground-floor Ashford Gallery promotes the work of Academy members and artists who haven’t yet secured commercial representation, and the Dr Tony Ryan Gallery has private and public collections.
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Douglas Hyde Gallery
This is one of those marvellous galleries that seems to have escaped the public radar, partly because of its location tucked away on campus at Trinity. Its ambitious contemporary program sticks firmly in the cutting-edge camp and exhibitions here are often ‘enhanced’ with film, live music or performance-driven sideshows.
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Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland
The gallery at this headquarters is host to specialist exhibitions that will excite anyone with an interest in building design. Irish and international shows have ranged in topic from ethnic minority architecture to Irish footpaths. The institute’s own awards show reflects the changing face of Irish building.
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Temple Bar Gallery & Studios
TBG has contemporary, thoughtful exhibits in a variety of media from a broad range of local and international artists. Set up in 1983 as an artist-run space, the gallery provides affordable studios and presents interesting shows from emerging painters, sculptors and mixed-media artists.
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Cork Vision Centre
There’s a model exhibition at the Cork Vision Centre – literally. A huge and intriguing model of the city and its surrounds dominates the centre of this old church. Special exhibits include local art and engaging historical photographs.
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McGilloway Gallery
A commercial gallery that provides a showcase for the best of contemporary Irish art, the McGilloway sells work by local artists and stages around half a dozen exhibitions each year.
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ev+a
The Limerick City Gallery of Art is the home of ev+a, a long-running city-wide contemporary art exhibition held each spring.
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