23/10/2026
๐๐ค๐ข๐ก๐ข๐ค๐จ ๐๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ (๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐)
๐๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข, ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, 1969
Archival pigment inkjet print, Hahnemรผhle Photo Rag Baryta 315gsm
61 x 43cm
On loan from Photo Museum Ireland
From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, renowned Japanese war photographer Akihiko Okamura (1929-1985) created a remarkable and largely unseen body of work in Ireland, North and South. Unlike other representations of Derry at that time, Okamuraโs photographs are almost all in colour.
๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐
Focusing on representations of the Irish border in painting, print, photography, film, mixed-media and popular culture, as well as objects and ephemera; this exhibition explores how artists have reacted and responded to the border since 1922.
This exhibition will show communities on both sides of the border, and how the division of the country has impacted on the counties and region in a range of unique ways, moving away from stereotypical and clichรฉd depictions of the region.
Highlanes Municipal Art Galleryโs location as a cultural institution in Drogheda, within the border county of Louth, and the North East of the island, has ideally positioned it to draw on artistic partnerships and local contacts, networks and institutions for this major exhibition, to reveal a cultural response to the over one-hundred year old boundary. The gallery was developed in a cross-border capital project, and 2026 marks the twentieth anniversary of its founding.
Co-curated by Dr Orla Fitzpatrick and Aoife Ruane, the exhibition presents work by thirty artists including Array Collective, Kathleen Bridle, John Byrne, Garrett Carr, Krass Clement, Megan Doherty, Willie Doherty, Ciarรกn Dunbar, David Farrell, Kevin Fox, T.P. Flanagan, Ruth Gonsalves Moore, Anthony Haughey, Jeremy Henderson, Sean Hillen, Dorothy Hunter, Ben Malcolmson, Mairรฉad McClean, Maurice MacGonagle, F.E. McWilliam, William Monk, Locky Morris, Brian Newman, Kate Nolan, Dickey O'Rorke, Tony O'Shea, Akihiko Okamura, Dermot Seymour, Constance Short, Donovan Wylie drawn from public and private collections from Ireland and Northern Ireland, and from artistsโ studios.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ - ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐:๐๐๐๐ฆ - ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ.
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaรญon Visit Louth Visit Drogheda LoveDrogheda Ireland's Ancient East Discover Boyne Valley Creative Ireland Louth Louth County Council
Photo Museum Ireland
