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IMMA - Irish Museum of Modern Art IMMA is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art.
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IMMA is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art and is the home of the National Collection. In addition to the collection IMMA presents a dynamic and changing programme of exhibitions from Irish and International Artists, and complimentary education and family programmes throughout the year. During your visit donโ€™t forget to check out the IMMA shop and the Cafรฉ, both located in the original basement of the RHK.

24/06/2026

Listen now to episode 2 of our new Earth Rising Podcast Series ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

How can art and technology respond meaningfully to ecological crisis?

In this episode, artist john gerrard (.inst ) reflects on the role of digital and computational media in an era of planetary breakdown. Drawing on recent works, the talk explores how tools such as simulation, networks and screens might be used not as spectacle, but as sites for ethical and imaginative response. Recorded live at Earth Rising, this lecture, followed by an in conversation with , Head of Programming at IMMA, invites listeners to sit with complex questions about scale, responsibility, and artistic practice today.

Drawing on recordings from Earth Rising 2025, this new podcast opens up the conversations, ideas and moments that unfolded across the festival weekend. The series brings together talks and discussions exploring climate, culture and collective action, alongside sound bites captured across the festival campus, from quiet reflections to shared moments of energy and debate.

Listen now via the link in our bio!

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๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Join us at IMMA this Pride Month for a vibrant programme of events celebrating cultural exchange, creativity, inclu...
23/06/2026

๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Join us at IMMA this Pride Month for a vibrant programme of events celebrating cultural exchange, creativity, inclusion, and community. Donโ€™t miss our highlights of the month below.๏ฟฝ

๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘„๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”
๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘– 27 ๐ฝ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘’ / 6โ€“8.30๐‘๐‘š / ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘
In this workshop, Finn will guide participants through the radical, playful world of zine-making as a tool for q***r expression. Through collage, storytelling and creative experimentation, participants will discover how zines can challenge norms and celebrate identity. No prior art experience is needed, just bring your curiosity and imagination.

๐‘‚๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ต๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐พ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘› ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘› / ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ 
๐‘†๐‘ข๐‘› 29 ๐ฝ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘’ / 2โ€“3๐‘๐‘š / ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ (๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก)
๏ฟฝImmerse yourself in a sonic kaleidoscope of planetary octave tones, bird song, underwater recordings, quartz singing bowls and more. Blending the celestial and terrestrial, this outdoor sound bath invites participants to lie back, breathe deeply and experience a restorative journey through sound, vibration and connection.

๐ผ๐‘€๐‘€๐ด ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘  - ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’: ๐‘‰๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๏ฟฝ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘  9 ๐ฝ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ฆ / 6โ€“8๐‘๐‘š / ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘
To coincide with Trans and Intersex Pride Week IMMA welcomes back our collaborative partners ShoutOut for an evening celebration of trans joy. In this edition Trans Pride: Visions we invite special guests to reflect on the power and agency of performance in bringing trans stories to life.

๐Ÿ’ซ Discover more at imma.ie/whats-on/pride-at-imma/

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1: Pride at IMMA
2: Explore Q***r Expression through Playful Zine-Making
๏ฟฝ3: Outdoor Sound Bath with Karen Donnellan
4: ShoutOut Flag and Pride march. Image courtesy of ShoutOut

23/06/2026

As we near the closing of the exceptional exhibition, Cecilia Vicuรฑa: Reverse Migration, a Poetic Journey, we are taking a look back to the exhibitionโ€™s special opening night which featured captivating singing from and moving recitations by poet James Oโ€™Hern from their poetry book Mapping the Silence.

Vicuรฑa is internationally celebrated for her ground-breaking multidisciplinary practice, where visual art, poetry, sound, and performance meet to explore urgent questions of ancestry, ecological crisis, and collective survival.

Watch the full video now on our YouTube channel here https://youtu.be/YH0GiIdsfP0 or via the link in our bio!

Reverse Migration, a Poetic Journey runs until Sunday 5 July, 2026.

We are excited to unveil a striking new mobile artwork on the streets of Dublin, in partnership with the National Transp...
22/06/2026

We are excited to unveil a striking new mobile artwork on the streets of Dublin, in partnership with the National Transport Authority (NTA).

Art in Motion: Routes and Roots by artist Alberta Whittle (Alberta Whittle )has been developed in collaboration with poetโ€ฏDagogoโ€ฏHart (Dagogo Hart Dagogo )and community writers group The Poetry Vigilantes, part of Dublin 8โ€™s Fatima Groups United ( ).โ€ฏ

The vibrant artwork wrapsโ€ฏone of TFIโ€™s (TFI Smarter Travel )buses, transforming a familiar everyday bus into a moving canvas. Across the bus the artwork displays fragments of an original poem created by The Poetry Vigilantes working with Whittle and Hart. The poetry is combined with imagery in Whittleโ€™s signature style, featuring the hands of the community participantsโ€ฏand yarrow, aโ€ฏperennialโ€ฏwildflowerโ€ฏnative toโ€ฏIreland.โ€ฏ

The bus will operate across several routes of the TFI network in Dublin, bringing a burst of creativity to the capital.

Make sure to watch out for the bus in your area ๐ŸšŒ

New research by five National Cultural Institutions reveals the economic and social impact of Irelandโ€™s National Cultura...
19/06/2026

New research by five National Cultural Institutions reveals the economic and social impact of Irelandโ€™s National Cultural Institutions.

The report by Irelands main collecting cultural institutions - IMMA, National Museum of Ireland, National Library of Ireland ๐Ÿ“š, ,
and Crawford Art Gallery - highlights the full scale of their contribution that includes:

๐Ÿ”นโ‚ฌ209m in economic output
๐Ÿ”น3.5 million visitors
๐Ÿ”น2,300 full-time equivalent jobs
๐Ÿ”นโ‚ฌ135m to national Gross Value Added

The impact goes beyond numbers outlining the importance of the NCIs work in:
๐Ÿ”นSocial cohesion
๐Ÿ”นWellbeing
๐Ÿ”นEducation
๐Ÿ”นDemocratic engagement

Read the full report at the link in our bio.

๐Ÿ“ธ Photo by Mark Stedman

Weโ€™re delighted to present our second Dublin by Dusk event at IMMA, taking place next Thursday 25 June. See details of o...
18/06/2026

Weโ€™re delighted to present our second Dublin by Dusk event at IMMA, taking place next Thursday 25 June. See details of our evening programme below:

๐ƒ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฌ
4โ€“5.45๐‘๐‘š / ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘œ ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ก / ๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’, ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›
We invite you to visit our Dwell Here Open Studios where you can meet our Dwell Here residents and take a stroll along Studio Street to explore the residents working and living at IMMA.

๐ˆ๐Œ๐Œ๐€ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ: ๐€๐€ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Žโ€™๐๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ
6โ€“7.30๐‘๐‘š / ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’โ€™๐‘  ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› / ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘
Join us for a special IMMA Talks event celebrating the career of the internationally renowned artist AA Bronson, in conversation with artist and curator Paul Oโ€™Neill. Together they will discuss collective practice, artistic self-organisation, Bronsonโ€™s roles in General Idea, Art Metropole and Printed Matter, and his impact on contemporary art and artist-run culture. This rare discussion with AA Bronson will survey his enduring influence as an artist, healer, curator, educator and ally.

This talk is presented in association with Paul Oโ€™Neill Archive at IMMA, and as part of Pallas 30, a programme of exhibitions, commissions, events and collaborations celebrating 30 years of the artist-run space Pallas Projects/Studios. Supported by Dublin City Council, The Arts Council, and Dublin by Dusk series of events at IMMA.

Dublin by Dusk is a new city wide initiative that invites you to experience Dublin city late on the last Thursday of every month. For more details visit imma.ie/whats-on/dublin-by-dusk/

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1: AA Bronson, Photo by Mark Krayenhoff van de Leur
2: Paul O'Neill, photo by Aman Askarizad
3: Dwell Here Summer Assembly 2025, photo by Lucy Jorgensen
4: Paul Oโ€™Brien, Dwell Here One Year Resident 2026, Open Studios. Photo by Louis Haugh

18/06/2026

Something unique is coming soon to your daily commute! Art in Motion: Routes and Roots is a creation by artist Alberta Whittle (.mongrel ), developed in collaboration with poet Dagogo Hart () and community writers group Fatima Groups Unitedโ€™s The Poetry Vigilantes ( ). Together, they have created an artwork that will wrap a Transport for Ireland (TFI ) bus transforming it into a vibrant moving canvas. Art in Motion bus will operate across the TFI network in Dublin bringing a burst of creativity to the capital.

Developed through a series of poetry workshops, the bus artwork is inspired by themes explored in the exhibition โ€˜Fisherwoman, Fisherwomanโ€™. During the workshops, led by Whittle and Hart, participants from The Poetry Vigilantes composed original poetry responding to the exhibition and their own lived experiences. These poetic fragments will appear across the bus wrap design, celebrating community voices and the power of poetry and art to connect and inspire.

Stay tuned for more!

Itโ€™s the final week to apply to our Dwell Here 2027 Residency Programme at IMMA.We are thrilled to welcome applications ...
16/06/2026

Itโ€™s the final week to apply to our Dwell Here 2027 Residency Programme at IMMA.

We are thrilled to welcome applications for the third year of IMMAโ€™s Dwell Here Residency Programme which supports practices working in visual arts, design, architecture, curation, and related humanities fields.

Successful applicants will pursue independent research aligning with the indicative themes and all residents will participate in research assemblies scheduled throughout the year, further information is set out in the Dwell Here Open Call brief.

Dwell Here is comprised of three different residency opportunities, which include:๏ฟฝ
๐Ÿ”ธOne Year Residency (studio & accommodation)๏ฟฝ
๐Ÿ”ธOne Year Studio Residency (no accommodation) ๏ฟฝ
๐Ÿ”ธOne Month Residency (shared studio & accommodation)

Closing date for applications: Monday 22 June 2026

Discover more about IMMAโ€™s Dwell Here programme and how to apply at imma.ie/residency-programme/open-calls

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12/06/2026

Today we are highlighting artist Nigel Rolfeโ€™s ( )โ€™Living Archiveโ€™ as part of International Archive Week.

The Living Archive presents a glimpse into Nigel Rolfeโ€™s early groundbreaking work from the 1970sโ€“90s. It is the ongoing residue of his lifelong search and excavation, to make a contribution, as a process of actioning the here and now.

Rolfeโ€™s is a nomadic practice, working in various locations, indoors and out in the world, always moving on. As in the visual arts, it puts forward images made in their moment of doing, either in the landscape of the wider world or caught and shared before an audience by the human gaze. The essence of Nigel Rolfeโ€™s works is in how they stand witness in their moment of being and doing.

The ongoing Living Archive project builds on two years of collaboration between IMMA, Nigel Rolfe, and Dr Paula Fitzsimons ( ), supported by a Digital Project Grant from the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

The Living Archive is now showing as part of the exhibition IMMA Collection: Art as Agency and we were excited to chat with Nigel to learn more about his archive.

Join us this June for a vibrant selection of free events as part of our Summer at IMMA programme. Swipe through for some...
09/06/2026

Join us this June for a vibrant selection of free events as part of our Summer at IMMA programme. Swipe through for some of our highlights this month!

Don't miss the captivating performance of Alberta Whittleโ€™s โ€˜RESETโ€™ performed by Mele Broomes. Get creative in drawing workshops inspired by Cecilia Vicuรฑaโ€™s current exhibition at IMMA. Celebrate Pride at IMMA with an inclusive Irish Dancing Workshop and playful zine-making workshop exploring q***r expression, and an immersive outdoor Sound Bath.

Join us for our second Dublin by Dusk event where we invite you to visit our Dwell Here Open Studios to discover residents currently working and living at IMMA, as well as a special IMMA Talks event with renowned artist AA Bronson and artist and curator Paul Oโ€™Neill.

Visitors can also enjoy our regular lunchtime and evening yoga classes in the Formal Gardens, as well as our biodiversity tours exploring the flora and fauna across the IMMA grounds.

๐Ÿ’ซ Explore the full Summer at IMMA programme at imma.ie

๐Ÿ“ธโ€จ2: Alberta Whittle, RESET, 2020 (still). Video (Original shooting format: 4K, 2K and HD), 32 minutes. Co-produced and co-commissioned by Frieze and Forma for the Frieze Artist Award 2020. Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
3: AA Bronson, Then and now. Photo by Mark Krayenhoff van de Leur.โ€จ4: Dwell Here Summer Assembly, photo by Lucy Jorgensenโ€จ6: In the Moment Workshop, photo by Lucy Jorgensenโ€จ7: Installation view of Cecilia Vicuรฑa:โ€ฏReverse Migration, a Poetic Journey. Photo by Ros Kavanagh

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