3 Days, 36 Galleries, 55 Events, One Weekend to Discover Great Art in Dublin Galleries
25, 26, 27 November 2016
Following a phenomenally successful inaugural year, Dublin Gallery Weekend is set to return even bigger in 2016 with more galleries taking part. The visual arts festival will be taking place in Dublin from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 November 2016. Over one weekend, 36 art galleries across the city invite visitors old and new to experience the exciting and inspiring art on offer in Dublin art galleries. A series of special events, including exhibition openings, artist and curator talks, walking tours, late openings and workshops will take place over the weekend, and almost everything will be free of charge.
The wide range of events and exhibitions for all ages will be taking place across Dublin city in galleries such as IMMA, MART Gallery, Douglas Hyde, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Gallery of Photography, RHA, Project Arts Centre, Kerlin Gallery, NCAD Gallery, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane and many more featuring a range of Irish and international artists. Walking tours will showcase the cultural highlights of areas such as Trinity, Parnell Square, Monto, The Coombe, Merrion Square, St. Stephens Green and Temple Bar.
Highlights include the exhibition opening of a new film work by Irish born artist and Turner Prize 2014 winner Duncan Campbell at IMMA, Family Club at The Lab with artists’ Bethan Parkes and Natalie Anderson, and an Artist Talk featuring Mary Cremin in conversation with Barbara Knezevic in Temple Bar Gallery and Studios. Print enthusiasts can look forward to the Halftone Print Fair which runs all weekend at The Library Project As well as this a host of workshops, open studios, exhibiton launches and artists talks are taking place at galleries throughout the city.
To navigate around the diverse and exciting range of participating galleries and exhibitions and to find out what events are on offer, pick up a copy of the Dublin Gallery Map in November in one of over 50 locations throughout the city or log on to www.dublingalleryweekend.ie.
Dublin Gallery Weekend is kindly supported by the Arts Council, Failte Ireland, Culture Ireland and Dublin City Council.
3 days, 36 galleries, 55 events, one weekend to discover great art in Dublin galleries with Dublin Gallery Weekend.
Dublin Gallery Weekend:
When: Friday 25th, Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th November 2016
Where: 36 Galleries across Dublin
NOTES FOR EDITORS
TOURS
FRIDAY
3.00pm – 4.00pm
Parnell Square Tour
Meeting point: Hillsboro Fine Art
Continuing to Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane and Olivier Cornet Gallery
Free Event, all welcome
SATURDAY
1.00pm – 2.20pm
The Coombe Tour
Meeting point: Kevin Kavanagh
Continuing to Gallery Zozimus, Cross Gallery, NAG Gallery and Pallas Projects
Free event, all welcome
3.00pm – 5.00pm
Temple Bar Tour
Meeting point: Project Arts Centre
Continuing to Gallery of Photography, The Library Project, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Graphic Studio Gallery
Free event, all welcome
4.00pm – 5.30pm
Merrion Square Area Tour
Meeting point: Science Gallery
Continuing to The Oriel Gallery and National Gallery of Ireland
SUNDAY
11am – 1pm
MONTO What are you looking at? Tour of MONTO art spaces
Meeting point: The LAB Gallery
Continuing to ArtBox, Oonagh Young Gallery and Fire Station Artists’ Studios workshop.
1.00pm – 3.00pm
Trinity Area Tour
Meeting point: Douglas Hyde
Continuing to So Fine Art Editions, Kerlin Gallery, Solomon Fine Art and Gallery X
3.00pm – 5.00pm
Temple Bar Tour
Meeting point: Project Arts Centre
Gallery of Photography, The Library Project, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Graphic Studio Gallery
Free Event, all welcome
3.15pm – 5.15pm
St. Stephens Green Area Tour
Meeting point: Doorway gallery
Continuing to Molesworth Gallery, Oliver Sears Gallery and RHA
Free Event, all welcome
EVENTS
FRIDAY
The Library Project
11.00am – 6.00pm
Halftone Print Fair
Free exhibition, workshops, talks
Visit halftone.ie for more details and bookings
Oliver Sears Gallery
1.00pm
Lunchtime talk with sculptor Jason Ellis who will discuss new work in his exhibition entitled ‘Old Anatomy’
Free event, all welcome
Kevin Kavanagh
1.00pm
Artist Talk: Robert Armstrong
Free event, all welcome
MART Gallery
1.00pm – 3.00pm
Ask the Artist Anything
Informal gallery tours with Occupy Space Artists
Free Event, all welcome
Kerlin Gallery
5.00pm – 7.00pm
Late opening and welcome drinks
Join us for a refreshing beverage and late viewing of our current exhibition
Free Event, all welcome
Hillsboro
6.00pm – 8.00pm
Exhibition launch: Now & Then
A number of artists will be present to discuss their work with visitors
Free Event, all welcome
ArtBox
Time TBC
Launch: Screening of new work by Sonia Shiel
See website for details artboxprojects.wordpress.com
So Fine Art Editions
6.00pm – 8.00pm
Exhibition launch: Collector
Artists include: Dan Baldin, Sam Le Bas, James Earley, Conor Harrington, Dave White, Tom French, Schoony, Cyrcle and more…
Free Event, all welcome
Pallas Projects/Studios
6.00pm – 8.00pm
Exhibition launch: Periodical Review 20/16
Curated by Sarah Glennie, Declan Long, Jenny Haughton & Brian Duggan
Free Event, all welcome
IMMA
6.30pm – 8.00pm
Exhibition Opening: Duncan Campbell, Emily Jacir Europa
Join us for the opening of two exhibitions, a new film work by Irish-born artist Duncan Campbell (Turner Prize 2014) and Europa the first survey exhibition of Palestinian artist Emily Jacir’s work in Ireland. Also open on the night two IMMA Collection exhibitions.
Free Event, all welcome
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
Late opening until 8.00pm
The LAB
Late opening until 8.00pm
SATURDAY
Olivier Cornet Gallery
Times TBC
Series of talks: various aspects of gardening
Check website for further details www.oliviercornetgallery.com
ArtBox
Screenings of new work Sonia Shiel
For times visit artboxprojects.wordpress.com
IMMA
All day event
IMMA Symposium
Marking the culmination of a year of commemorations in Ireland this symposium will addresses key questions on the artists’ role and influence in re-imagining the state
Admission €5, booking required, visit www.imma.ie
The Library Project
11.00pm – 6.00pm
Halftone Print Fair
Free exhibition, workshops, talks
Visit halftone.ie for more details and bookings
The LAB
10.30am and 2.30pm
Family Club @ The LAB with artists’ Bethan Parkes and Natalie Anderson
Children and parents will be encouraged to explore the exhibition and play ideas and materials
Free event, all welcome
11.00am – 1.00pm
Look Club: A new way of looking, a new way of thinking
Lively discussion for adults and older children facilitated by Liz Coman
Free event, all welcome
Project Arts Centre
12.00pm – 6.00pm
Durational Performance by Megan Kennedy
Free event, all welcome
Kerlin Gallery/Douglas Hyde Gallery
12.00pm
Tour of works by Kathy Prendergast beginning at Kerlin Gallery and continuing to the Douglas Hyde Gallery
Free event, all welcome
Hillsboro
12.00pm – 2.00pm
Artists from the current exhibition Now & Then will be present to meet visitors and talk about their work
Free event, all welcome
NGI
12.30pm
Gallery tour
Free event, all welcome
Green On Red Gallery
1:15pm
Talking in Parentheses, Part II
A conversation between Damien Flood and James Merrigan, discussing Flood’s exhibition A Root That Turns As The Sun Turns
Free event, booking recommended, email info@greenonredgallery.com
2.00pm – 3.00pm
…followed by a ‘Listening Party’; a selection of music chosen by Flood that inspired and influenced his painting.
Free event, booking recommended, email info@greenonredgallery.com
MART Gallery
1.00 – 3.00pm
Ask the Artist Anything
Informal gallery tours with Occupy Space Artists
Free Event, all welcome
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
1.30pm
Artist Talk: Mary Cremin in conversation with Barbara Knezevic
Free admission, booking essential, visit www.templebargallery.com to book your place
NGI
1.30pm
Christmas on Merrion Square family tour
Free event, all welcome
So Fine Art Editions
2.00pm – 3.00pm
Artist talk: James Earley
Free event, booking essential, please email info@sofinearteditions.com
Science Gallery
2.00pm – 3.50pm
Hostile Architecture Scavenger Hunt
Scour the city of Dublin for intended and unintentional acts of Hostile Architecture, as part of our exhibition DESIGN AND VIOLENCE.
Free event, all welcome
RHA
2.00pm – 4.00pm
RHA Art Cart
Family event facilitated by 2 artists
Free event, all welcome
Time TBC
Childrens workshop with Amanda Coogan
Free event, early arrival recommended as places are limited
Times TBC
Open Studios: Visit our artists in residence
Free event, all welcome
Pallas Projects
2.00pm
Exhibition floor talk with curators of Periodical Review 20/16
Free event, all welcome
The LAB
2.30pm
Family Club @ The LAB with artists’ Bethan Parkes and Natalie Anderson
Children and parents will be encouraged to explore the exhibition and play ideas and materials
Free event, all welcome
Mother’s Tankstation
3.00pm
Introductory talk and walk through Yuri Pattison’s solo exhibition
Free event, all welcome
The LAB
3.00pm – 5.00pm
Live performance with exhibiting artist Suzanne Walsh
Free event, all welcome
MART
4.00pm – 5.00pm
Workshop: Ways to look at Contemporary Art with Occupy Space artists Ciaran Nash & Kate McElroy
Free workshop, early arrival recommended
Gallery X
Late opening until 8.00pm
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
Late gallery opening until 8.00pm
6.00pm – 8.00pm
Dublin Gallery Weekend Social
Join us for drinks in the Atrium of TBG+S (entrance: through the gallery)
Free event, all welcome
SUNDAY
ArtBox
Screenings of new work by Sonia Shiel
For times visit artboxprojects.wordpress.com
The Library Project
11.00am – 6.00pm
Halftone Print Fair
Free exhibition, workshops, talks
Visit halftone.ie for more details and bookings
Olivier Cornet Gallery
12.00pm – 5.00pm
All day food tasting event
Visitors will taste some lovely homemade dishes, with vegetables and fruit from the exhibiting artist’s garden.
Free event, all welcome
Kerlin Gallery
12.00pm
Coffee Social
Free event, all welcome
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
12.00pm
Sundays@Noon Concert Series
Fionnuala Moynihan performs Clementi piano sonatas
Free event, early arrival recommended
RHA
2.00pm – 4.00pm
RHA Art Cart Family event facilitated by 2 artists
Free event, all welcome
MART Gallery
1.00pm – 3.00pm
Ask the Artist Anything Informal gallery tours with Occupy Space Artists
Free Event, all welcome
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
2.00 – 4.00pm
Drop-in family activities for all ages
Exploring different contemporary art practices, responding to our Collections and Exhibitions programme.
Free Event, all welcome
IMMA
2.00pm – 4.00pm
Family Workshop
Explore IMMA’s galleries with your family and experience artworks from the current exhibitions. Children and grown-ups can get creative making artworks together in the gallery
Free, drop-in event, all welcome
NGI
2.30pm
Family tour
Free Event, all welcome
3.00pm
Lecture: Pointillism: Seurat and the Avant Garde
Free admission, all welcome
MART
4.00pm – 5.00pm
Live performances by artists Ciaran Nash & Kate McElroy of Occupy Space
Performances will contain nudity
Free event, all welcome
Extra Sunday Openings
Gallery X
10.00am – 8pm
Kevin Kavanagh
11.00am – 4.00pm
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
12.00pm – 8.00pm
Kerlin Gallery
12.00pm – 4.00pm
So Fine Art Editions
2.00pm – 5.00pm
Graphic Studio Gallery
2.00pm – 5.00pm
Exhibitions Running During Dublin Gallery Weekend
Hillsboro Fine Art
Now & Then
25 November – 23 December 2016
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
Michael Kane
Until 15 January 2017
The Metronome Bursts of Automatic Fire Seep through the Dawn Mist like Muffled Drums and We Know It for What It Is, Sven Augustijnen
Until 22 January 2017
Collection of modern and contemporary art, Francis Bacon’s Studio, Sean Scully Room and Harry Clarke Stained Glass
Ongoing
Olivier Cornet Gallery
Seeds of Life, Adrienne Symes
13 November – 11 December 2016
The Lab
A Different Republic, Aideen Barry, Amanda Coogan, Corban Walker, Suzanne Walsh, curated by Firestation Artists Studios and Arts & Disability Ireland
16 November 2016 – 4 February 2017
Oonagh Young Gallery
See website for exhibition listings
ArtBox
See website for exhibition listings
Green On Red Gallery
A Root That Turns As The Sun Turns, Damien Flood
Taylor Galleries
Group Show of Gallery Artists
Solomon Fine Art
Winter Group Show
25 November 2016 – 28 January 2017
So Fine Art Editions
The Idea of North, Gallery Artists
25 November 2016 – 26 January 2017
Kerlin Gallery
Kathy Prendergast
28 October – 10 December
RHA
Echoes and Reflections, David Crone RHA (Gallery I)
ZXX, John Cronin (Galleries II & III)
RHA Members’ Exhibition (RHA Ashford gallery)
Driven by Distraction, Diana Copperwhite RHA (RHA Foyer & Atrium)
15 November – 21 December 2016
Douglas Hyde
Josef Sudek (Gallery 1)
Kathy Prendergast (Gallery 2)
17 November 2016 – 1 February 2017
Science Gallery
Design and Violence
14 October 2016 – 25 January 2017
National Gallery of Ireland
Eclectic Images: Recent Acquisitions 2011-16, the Brian Lalor collection
Until 7 December 2016
Creating History: Stories of Ireland in Art
Until 15 January 2017
The Hennessy Portrait Prize
26 November 2016 – 26 March 2017
Molesworth Gallery
Francis Matthews
3 – 29 November 2016
Origin Gallery
See website for exhibition listings
The Oriel Gallery
Norman Teeling
November 2016
Oliver Sears Gallery
Jason Ellis
20 October – 1 December 2016
Gallery X
El Corazón y la Muerte
Until 27 November 2016
Doorway gallery
Gary Devon
10 November – 1 December 2016
Project Arts Centre
The Wild
11 November – 28 January 2017
Gallery of Photography
Prix Pictet: Global photography prize
25 November 2016 – 22 January 2017
The Library Project
HALFTONE Print Fair
24 – 27 November 2016
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
Exquisite tempo sector, Barbara Knezevic
25 November 2016 – 28 January 2017
Graphic Studio Gallery
Maser: Solo Presentation of New work
10 November – 3 December 2016
Ellis King gallery
See website for exhibition listings
NCAD Gallery
See website for exhibition listings
Kevin Kavanagh
Robert Armstrong and Anna Bjerger
17 November – 17 December 2016
Gallery Zozimus
Reeling in the Years, Cynthia Moran-Killeavy
Until 5 December
Pallas Projects
Periodical Review 20/16, Curated by Sarah Glennie, Declan Long, Jenny Haughton & Brian Duggan
25 November 2016 – 21 January 2017
Cross Gallery
Felim Egan
10 November – 3 December 2016
NAG Gallery
Kohei Nakata
10 – 29 November 2016
IMMA
The Plough and other starts, Invited Curator Kate Strain
Until January 2017
Historica – Republican Aesthetics, Invited Curator Sumesh Sharma
Until January 2017
If the Ground Should Open…, Jaki Irvine
Until January 2017
IMMA Collection Freud Project 2016 – 2021
Until October 2017
Emily Jacir Europa
Until 5 February 2017
Duncan Campbell
25 November 2016 – April 2017
IMMA Collection A Decade
Until Summer 2017
Hennessy Art Fund for IMMA Collection
Until Summer 2017
Mother’s Tankstation
Yuri Pattison
9 November – 22 December 2016
MART Gallery
We Occupy Space
16 – 27 November 2016