Dublin will be transformed into a city-wide canvas this November, as Dublin Gallery Weekend 2025 floods streets, laneways, and cultural landmarks with contemporary art, experimental performance, and creative energy from Thursday November 6 to Sunday November 9. Presented by Ireland’s Contemporary Art Gallery Association (CAGA), and produced by SoSimpatico, the weekend is set to be the country’s largest showcase of visual culture: a bold celebration of Ireland’s contemporary art scene.
More than 40 galleries, cultural institutions, creative spaces and artist studios across the capital will unite to present brand new exhibitions featuring work from over 100 of Ireland’s most exciting contemporary artists. From painting to sculpture, installation to performance, digital art to street work, the programme spans the full spectrum of artistic practice. Audiences can expect provocative debuts from rising stars, stellar new work from established icons, favourite masters up close and personal, and personal encounters with legendary mavericks.
With more than 60 free events, Dublin Gallery Weekend invites everyone, from seasoned collectors to curious explorers, to join in. The programme includes behind-the-scenes studio tours and artist meet-and-greets; gallery brunches, curated art trails and late-night socials, talks, workshops, and neighbourhood art events. It’s an open invitation: from morning to late night, Dublin will buzz with creativity, colour, and connection.
Just some of the featured artists and creators include Isabel Nolan, Corban Walker, Geraldine O’Neill, Patrick Graham, Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh, David Eager Maher, Sara Baume & Mollie Douthit, Alan Butler, Mary A. Fitzgerald, Niall Naessens, Cecily Brennan, Frank Sweeney, Yoko Akino, Ciarán Ó Dochartaigh, Alice Rekab, Kate McDonagh, Richard Gorman, Alice Maher, Farouk Alao, Thaís Muniz, Hugh Cummins, Mary A. Fitzgerald, Nickie Hayden, Miriam McConnon, Yanny Petters, Kelly Ratchford and Deirdre Breen.
The backbone of Dublin Gallery Weekend is the programme of exhibitions across CAGA’s member galleries. This year, highlights include: Green on Red Gallery – Alan Butler: Donkey Fever; Hillsboro Fine Art – Patrick Graham: Gilboa Iris; Kerlin Gallery – Isabel Nolan: Look at the Harlequins!; Kevin Kavanagh – Geraldine O’Neill: Flicker, Flicker; Molesworth Gallery – Sara Baume & Mollie Douthit: Holding Space; Oliver Sears Gallery – David Eager Maher: Empire; Olivier Cornet Gallery – Group Exhibition: An Ode to Giants; SO Fine Art Editions – Group Exhibition: Kwaidan – Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn; Solomon Fine Art – Corban Walker: RESIST and Taylor Galleries – Group Exhibition: 25@TG. Details of all galleries, artists and their exhibitions, as well as a host of special gallery events and workshops for all ages, can be found now on dublingalleryweekend.ie
The Guinness Storehouse continues its 25th anniversary celebrations with These Walls, a creative platform to commission and showcase ambitious contemporary art. Launching as part of Dublin Gallery Weekend 2025, These Walls: Landmarks will present newly commissioned works by Hazel O’Sullivan and Niall de Buitléar within the Storehouse’s awe-inspiring central atrium. Alongside, the Storehouse will host a special programme of walking tours and Rising Conversations, a creative breakfast talk overlooking Dublin from the Gravity Bar.The Irish Museum of Modern Art will present Reverse Migration, a Poetic Journey, the first solo Irish exhibition by legendary Chilean artist, poet and activist Cecilia Vicuña which will open alongside the launch of Dublin Gallery Weekend on Thursday November 6. World renowned Ireland-based Japanese artist Atsushi Kaga comes to The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art with Just Another Human Experience, a solo commissioned installation that will transform Gallery 1 into a temple invoking the four seasons. The National Gallery of Ireland will continue their major Picasso: From the Studio exhibition, in collaboration with the Musée national Picasso-Paris, as well as an exquisite exhibition by French glassmaker Maurice Marinot entitled Maurice Marinot – On Paper, In Glass. At the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts A Walk in the Sublime will be an exhibition by Niall Naessens.
Temple Bar Gallery+Studios will host an exhibition by Frank Sweeney entitled Go Ye Afar, while at Project Arts CentreCiarán Ó Dochartaigh will present his exhibition Vague Symptom Clinic. The LAB Gallery will host Snáithe, an exhibition by Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh, and Dublin City Council Culture Company will host a series of guided gallery tours across the weekend.
Dublin Gallery Weekend has become a landmark in Ireland’s cultural calendar, a moment when artists, audiences, galleries and creative spaces converge to celebrate Ireland’s vibrant and dynamic contemporary art scene. It is an opportunity not only to see world-class art, but to experience firsthand the energy of Dublin city alive with fresh ideas, new perspectives, big conversations, and authentic connections.
The programme, artists, galleries, and events are available to explore in detail at dublingalleryweekend.ie, and many additional galleries and spaces, exhibitions and very special events will be announced weekly in the lead-up to the weekend. Follow along at #DGW2025 for news, highlights, and behind-the-scenes glimpses as we build up to the biggest, most exciting weekend of Irish contemporary visual art the city has ever seen. The majority of events are free of charge, while a number of free events will require tickets. A small number of events will have an entry charge. These ticket links, both free and to purchase, will be at the Dublin Gallery Weekend website.
Dublin Gallery Weekend 2025 is made possible by the generous support of Clinch, Ballymore and Guinness Storehouse, with Ogier, Crowe, Ivaro, Finlay Mulligan and Dean Hotel Group, and Dublin City Council Culture Company, Dublin City Council and Culture Ireland. With thanks to Media Partners The Irish Times, The Art Newspaper and RTÉ Supporting the Arts. Additional thanks to Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland.
