Join WE ARE HERE exhibiting artists Ursula Burke & Tom Fitzgerald as they discuss, The Brazen Head (2016) and Black Rainbow (1980), both on loan from the Collection of the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon part of the exhibition, and their wider practice, live on Zoom from Norway & Ireland, Wednesday April 6th, 7pm. Ursula Burke is an Irish artist who […]

Join WE ARE HERE exhibiting artist Brian Maguire Saturday March 26th, 12:30pm, whose work Children and Self (Remembering), 1986 is on loan from Collection of the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, for this gallery talk on his practice exploring painting and content, fiction and reality, and considering works which were based on events in Mexico, Syria, and […]

On the occasion of the WE ARE HERE exhibition, join exhibiting artists Samson Kambalu and Luke Fowler as they discuss their works and artistic processes via Zoom. Samson Kambalu is exhibiting I Take the Stairs to 1952, Cathedral, Superfly, I Take My Place in History, (2016), Single Channel SD 4:3 Video Colour, No SoundCourtesy of the artist, Kate MacGarry, […]

Join us on the final days of Nano Reid ADAMANTINE & discover more about Nano Reid’s early & late years through two informative walking tours About this event Explore more about artist Nano Reid and her life with community historian Brendan Matthews, as he takes you through some of the streets and lanes of the […]

Join poet, Leeanne Quinn for this zoom talk which will focus on her engagement with Reid and will explore the different versions of Reid that she has encountered in recollections, remembrances and representations of her. Leeanne Quinn’s debut collection of poetry, Before You, was published by Dedalus Press in 2012 and highly commended in the […]

Nano Reid was often a painter among writers in Dublin during the crucial decades of her artistic career from the 1930s to the 50s. Her apartments in Pembroke Street and Fitzwilliam Square became a focal point for poets and authors, along with other artists. Major literary figures championed her painting including Liam O’Flaherty, Seán O’Faoláin, […]

Soaring across the Drogheda skyline the Boyne Viaduct was designed by Sir John Macneill from 1844 and constructed between 1851 and 1855. Born in Co. Louth, Macneill was one of the most prominent railway engineers of the nineteenth century and was engineer in chief of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway. He introduced the principles of […]

Presented within the context of Nano Reid ADAMANTINE, join American-born artist Jo Baer who has also been inspired by the landscape of the Boyne Valley. Baer arrived in Ireland in 1975 where she became chatelaine of the unheated 37-room Smarmore Castle in County Louth. Until her departure in 1982, she furthered her move away from […]

NOTE: COVID Certificate will be required in order to attend Join us for an evening of Irish Traditional Music on Wednesday December 29th at 3pm on the occasion of Nano Reid’s ADAMANTINE for the premier performance of Long Woman’s Grave – a brand new collaboration between three well-loved names in Irish Traditional Music – Nuala […]

Friday, 10th December 2021 11:00 – 12:00 GMT Join a lively and reflective discussion on Drogheda-native, adamantine, Nano Reid with artist Claire Halpin, in a participant-centred session, its ambition to create inclusive discussion around artwork. Using Visual Thinking Strategies, the session is more a discussion where you can offer your opinion in what is going […]