Taking place over the August Bank Holiday we are celebrating the creative potential of our surroundings, our city, and our streets…on the doorstep of the Hugh Lane Gallery. Through an exciting and family friendly programme of live music by incredibly talented musicians and performers, artist-led art workshops including life drawing and printmaking; Poetry bursts in collaboration with Poetry Ireland; face painting, street spectacle, storytelling, quiet and sensory spaces, illustrated talks and tours, HLG goodie bag spot prizes and more, we encourage you to take the time to look around yo

The summer sun is out, and with it comes the return of SO Fine Art Editions’ highly anticipated annual Summer Show. Celebrating the lightness of the season and the joy of discovery, this group show brings together a vibrant array of contemporary artworks, featuring fine art prints, paintings, ceramics and photography. This year, we’re delighted to welcome several new and exciting artists into the fold, joining a diverse line-up of established names and emerging talent. The exhibition presents a unique opportunity to acquire work from artists you’ve long admired, or to fall in love wit

Four astronauts and an AI software interface are cooped up in the cabin of a space-craft for nine months on a mission to Mars. As they journey across the vast abyss of space, tensions rise, relationships are tested, and seasons of Real Housewives are watched and re-watched. Arriving on the red planet, they confront isolation, sinister ideologies, the prospect of alien life, and a vibe shift toward corporate authoritarianism. MARS is an opera about space colonisation, reactionary futurism, pronatalism, the madness of hustle culture, and the unsettling futures encroaching on our present.