Gerard Byrne at IMMA (Dublin)
THROUGH THE EYES: Gerard Byrne
Irish Museum of Modern Art
27 July – 31 October 2011
Ireland
Out of the Dark Room at IMMA (Dublin)
Out of the Dark Room: works from The David Kronn Collection
Irish Museum of Modern Art
20 July – 9 October 2011
A new exhibition drawn from a collection of more than 450 photographs brought together by the Irish-born American collector David Kronn opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday 20 July 2011. Out of the Dark Room: works from The David Kronn Collection comprises 165 photographs from the collection, which ranges in content from 19th-century Daguerreotypes to the 20th-century photography of Edward Weston and August Sander and works from award- winning contemporary photographers, such as the husband and wife team of Nicolai Howalt and Trine Søndergaard, and the Japanese photographer Asako Narahashi.
Barrie Cooke at IMMA (Dublin)
Barrie Cooke
Irish Museum of Modern Art
15 June -18 September 2011
A wide-ranging survey of the work of the distinguished artist Barrie Cooke, organised to mark his 80th birthday, opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) on Wednesday 15 June 2011. Entitled simply Barrie Cooke, the exhibition comprises some 70 paintings and sculptures, from the Sheila-Na-Gig images and the Perspex bone boxes of the 1960s and 1970s to the nudes which have formed a constant mode of expression in his practice. Works are drawn from the Museum’s own significant holding of Cooke’s oeuvre, as well as from public and private collections.
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (Dublin)
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
Irish Museum of Modern Art
6 April – 26 June 2011
Masterpieces of the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, presents the iconic paintings of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, the two central figures of Mexican Modernism. Few artists have captured the public’s imagination with the force of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954) and her husband, the Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera (1886 – 1957).
Les Levine at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (Dublin)
Mindful Media: Works from the 1970s
Irish Museum of Modern Art
23 March 2011 – 12 June 2011
An exhibition of works donated to the Irish Museum of Modern Art by Dublin-born artist Les Levine, opens to the public at IMMA on Wednesday 23 March 2011. Mindful Media: Works from the 1970s comprises two portfolios of etchings and photographic works mixing text and image to reinforce the artist’s belief that social and political problems are valid concerns for art.
Philip Taaffe at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (Dublin)
Philip Taaffe: Anima Mundi
Irish Museum of Modern Art
23 March 2011 – 12 June 2011
A survey exhibition of the work of the Irish-American artist Philip Taaffe, one of the most significant painters working in America today, opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) on Wednesday 23 March 2011.
Romuald Hazoumè at IMMA (Dublin, Ireland)
Romuald Hazoumè
Irish Museum of Modern Art
9 February – 15 May 2011
An exhibition of the work of Romuald Hazoumè, one of Africa’s most acclaimed and original artists, opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday 9 February 2011. Winner of the prestigious Arnold-Bode Prize at documenta 12 in 2007, Hazoumè was born and continues to live in the Republic of Benin and his work is deeply rooted in the culture and traditions of West Africa. His practice also constitutes a powerful commentary on modern-day life in the area and on the West’s outdated perceptions of Africa.
The Moderns at IMMA (Dublin, Ireland)
The Moderns: The Arts in Ireland from the 1900s to the 1970s
Irish Museum of Modern Art
20 October 2010 – 13 February 2011
A major exhibition examining the development of modernity in 20th-century Ireland through the visual arts, and other art forms, opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday 20 October 2010. The Moderns: The Arts in Ireland from the 1900s to the 1970s is one of the most ambitious exhibitions ever undertaken by the Musuem, comprising some 250 works by more than 180 artists, writers, film-makers, architects, designers and composers.
Graphic Studio at IMMA (Dublin, Ireland)
Graphic Studio: 50 Years in Dublin
Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
8 September 2010 – 3 January 2011
An exhibition featuring a wide cross-section of prints by some 30 leading Irish and international artists, created over the past 50 years, opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday 8 September 2010. Graphic Studio: 50 Years in Dublin celebrates the 50th anniversary of Ireland’s first printmaking studio with a particular focus on their distinctive Visiting Artists Programme. The show also highlights the studio’s establishment by five members who, through innovation and progressive thinking, made Ireland a centre of world class printmaking.
American Post-War Art at IMMA (Dublin, Ireland)
American Post-War Art: The Novak/O’Doherty Collection
Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
8 September 2010 – 27 February 2011
An exhibition of 76 artworks by many of America’s leading post-war artists gifted to the IMMA Collection by art historian Barbara Novak and artist Brian O’Doherty / Patrick Ireland opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday 8 September 2010.
Carlos Garaicoa (Dublin, Ireland)
Carlos Garaicoa
Irish Museum of Modern Art
10 June – 5 September 2010
An exhibition by one of Cuba’s leading contemporary artists Carlos Garaicoa, whose work explores the social fabric of our cities through the examination of its architecture, opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Thursday 10 June 2010.
Ferran Garcia Sevilla (Dublin)
Ferran Garcia Sevilla
Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
10 June – 5 September 2010
An exhibition by Ferran Garcia Sevilla, a leading Spanish artist whose career has embraced many of the most influential art movements of the past 40 years, opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Thursday 10 June 2010. Ferran Garcia Sevilla presents 42 paintings in the artist’s characteristically eclectic style, which draws on influences as diverse as his travels in the Middle East, philosophy, Eastern cultures, comic books and urban graffiti.