Best Art Galleries In Dublin Near Me

4worldlovers: Culchie boy, I love you / Grá mo chroí thú, mo chábóigín féin – Kian Benson Bailes

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We stand boldly at the centre of contemporary arts practice in Ireland. We believe fundamentally in the transformative power of art, and that the artistic community can be a powerful and profound force for change.

For over 50 years, Project has been a home, hub and hive for adventurous artists, audiences, thinkers and strategists. What began in 1966 as a small artist-led collective is now evolving into Ireland’s national centre for the contemporary arts.

Project is deeply invested in the development of artists and leading on conversations around the development of art-forms and the cultural sector. As a non-profit organisation, we rely greatly on the contributions of individuals, corporations and foundations. Now, more than ever we need your support.

4worldlovers: The RHA is Ireland’s powerhouse of the Arts, steered by an artist-run academy of our time.

Our mission is to support artists. We stage free public exhibitions and provide artist-led training in the visual arts.

4worldlovers: We would like to take this opportunity to thank our audience and supporters, and the incredible interdisciplinary team of artists, researchers, technologists and experts from Ireland and abroad that helped bring our exhibitions to life.

We would also like to thank the Science Gallery Dublin team whose hard work, know-how and unwavering commitment over the last 14 years helped ignite curiosity where science and art collide for over three million visitors.

“This weekend, the doors will close on the final exhibition at Science Gallery Dublin as we currently know it.

However, that will not be the end of the gallery story.

Looking back, the gallery has been wonderful, but it has had problems in recent years. Unfortunately, in its present form, with its substantial and growing debt, it cannot overcome those problems. The current operational model has run its course.

The gallery needs to be totally reimagined and work very differently from the way it does now. Closing the gallery affords us the time to address the problems and build a new, exciting and sustainable way forward.

Colleagues and students across Trinity are eager to be involved, as are many of the long-time friends and supporters of the gallery. We can also count on widespread public support, as well as the wisdom and support of Science Gallery International.

Over the past months we have also had excellent engagement with multiple Government departments who have come together in a very collaborative manner and pledged support for our future ambitions.

None of what I have said above takes from the fact that the gallery has been a source of delight and inspiration since it opened in 2008. We are proud to have inspired other cities around the world to adopt our vision to showcase research and ideas from science and technology in exciting new ways.

4worldlovers:
Current exhibition: Arbour Essences in Anthropocene Dublin - Four new visions for our urban forests, a show curated by Olivier Cornet and Paddy Woodworth, featuring work by Annika Berglund, Hugh Cummins, Eoin Mac Lochlainn and Yanny Petters. Offical opening at 2:30pm on Sunday 14 May 2023. Guest speaker: Pádraic Fogarty, ecologist and environmental scientist. All welcome.


Previous exhibition: Safe Harbour, an exhibition by Nickie Hayden in collaboration with Robert Russell.

Located at 3 Great Denmark Street in the Parnell Square Cultural Quarter, the heart of Georgian Dublin, the Olivier Cornet Art Gallery is today one of Ireland's most dynamic contemporary fine art galleries.

We represent accomplished and exciting contemporary Irish artists and other European and international visual art practitioners, working in a variety of media such as paintings, sculpture, ceramics, photography, fine art prints, digital art and installations.

Our space is situated on the ground floor of a beautiful Georgian building, recently refurbished and once the town residence of The Lord Norbury. It comprises two large rooms: one for temporary art exhibitions, the other a storage area where our visitors can browse through over 250 artworks by our represented and invited artists. All artworks are available for purchase and prices start at 125 Euro for unframed fine art prints for instance. Gift vouchers are available too.

At our independent contemporary Irish art gallery, sometimes referred to as The OCG, we host solo art exhibitions and curate themed group shows known for their quality and originality.

We also organise unique exhibition-related events, in collaboration with other top contemporary arts centres, reputable curators, innovative cultural workers and other leading protagonists of Ireland's rich artistic landscape (such as musicians, poets and storytellers) in Dublin's city centre and beyond: Co. Laois, Limerick, Belfast, Wexford (Galway and Cork next, maybe?).

As a commercial / private art gallery, we promote and sell contemporary fine art but we also take great pride in making sure that all our visitors and clients always enjoy their experience and are given the space and the time to get to know the work of our artists.

Check out the Exhibitions page for more information on our current show and upcoming art exhibitions in 2023.

You'll find our News page quite informative as well with our latest blog posts, articles and tweets.

You can also have a look at our Films page which contains links to a selection of clips, videos and short films featuring our artists, previous art exhibitions, informal panel talks, online presentations and recorded live-streamed events.

Our Links page contains useful and reliable references about the arts in our area (Dublin 1), in the capital city and in Ireland in general.

How about starting a collection of contemporary Irish art? Our artists' works have joined great public and corporate collections, such as the collections of The National Museum of Ireland, The National Gallery of Ireland and the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in Dublin. Visit our page Public & Corporate Art Collections to see a few examples of paintings and of other types of artwork that feature in those prestigious art collections.

In May 2020, in a changed world, we launched a new feature on this website: a 3D Virtual Space for online art exhibitions. The space offers more than a traditional 'viewing room': It allows visitors to take a virtual tour of a show from the comfort of their home when they cannot come to the gallery.

In Febuary 2022, we started adding works to an Online Stockroom where you can see and buy a selection of works from our substantial inventory in our storage area at the gallery. We appreciate any feedback as we build this page.

When you get to know us a bit better, you might even decide to join CAIRDE, our patron's scheme at the gallery.