Temple Bar Gallery + Studios

21/05/2026

Join us as we celebrate 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, Ireland’s national festival celebrating the arts and ageing.

We are hosting a range of events, from visual art and improv workshops, a new photo series exploring older migrants’ relationships with Dublin city, tours and talks.

ꜱᴄʜᴇᴅᴜʟᴇ
𝙀𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩: 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙉𝙖𝙢𝙚
→ A visual arts showcase explores older migrants’ relationships with Dublin city.

📅 Thurs 28 – Sun 31 May | Gallery Hours

𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙥 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙
→ A fun and practical workshop with Dublin Comedy Improv founding member Michelle Read

📅 Thurs 28 May| 11am–2pm

𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙋𝙖𝙘𝙚 & 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚: 𝘼 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜
→ Sara Baume, Laura Fitzgerald, Geraldine O’Neill, and Pat Murphy discuss a lifetime of making art and navigating life as an artist.

📅 Thurs 28 May| 12–11.15pm

𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚: 𝙎𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙅𝙤𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙙
→ TBG+S Paul Robinson Studio Award recipient Joanne Reid leads a sculpture workshop on how still life can relate to sculptural practice.

📅 Fri 29 May| 11:30am–1pm

𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙏𝙤𝙪𝙧: 𝙍𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙘𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙖, 𝙉𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙢
→ An informal conversation-based tour of the exhibition 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘮 by artist Rebecca Moccia

📅 Fri 29 May| 2–3pm

🎟️ Book Required | Tickets in link in bio



𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 is Ireland’s national festival celebrating the arts and ageing. The festival is run by Age & Opportunity, the national organisation working to enhance wellbeing for older people through participation in sport and physical activity, arts and creative engagement, personal development, community collaboration and active citizenship.

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13/05/2026

Temple Bar Gallery + Studios and Bétonsalon are pleased to announce Alexandre Caretti as the inaugural recipient of the TBG+S and Bétonsalon Dublin/Paris Residency Exchange 2026.

Read the full press release in both English and French: https://shorturl.at/ZbJaD

Alexandre Caretti is the inaugural recipient of the TBG+S and Bétonsalon Dublin/Paris Residency Exchange 2026, a new opportunity in partnership with the Embassy of France in Ireland, Dublin City Council and the Embassy of Ireland France - Ambassade d'Irlande en France. The residency exchange is an annual award that supports a visual artist living or working in France to spend two months living in Dublin to work from a studio at TBG+S. TBG+S looks forward to welcoming Caretti, who will begin his residency in June 2026. In return, a Dublin-based artist will spend time focusing on artistic research in Bétonsalon, Paris, October–November 2026. The recipient will be announced following selection through an open call process.

Alexandre Caretti’s work often forms an ambiguous and equivocal narrative that emerges from a focus on intimate doubts, fuelled by contemporary political questions such as the economy, work, love, and the art world’s ecosystems.

Caretti’s practice recently has focussed on the intimate and political relationships which exist within Europe and how they inform cultural identities. Having explored the European Central Bank in Frankfurt and the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Caretti continues his research in Ireland, which will host the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July–December 2026.

Alexandre Caretti: “I'm glad that my journey across Europe can find its way to Ireland, which will host the next presidency of the EU Parliament Council. This will be my first step on Irish soil. To put words on my intuitions, there's something between shamrocks, stars and heaven that I need to dig into deeper, because behind these often hide a lot more ambivalent stories. Behind the shamrock that we see in every souvenir shop lies the history of Ireland; behind the corporate tax haven, a not-so-blissful system; and behind the stars of the EU, a mixed feeling made of utopia and deceptions. I am grateful as the residency will allow me to build on my existing work to strengthen my ongoing project around hopes and disillusions that revolve around a shared European identity."

Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TBG+S) and Bétonsalon are pleased to announce Alexandre Caretti as the inaugural recipient of the TBG+S and Bétonsalon Dublin/Paris Residency Exchange 2026.

07/05/2026

📣 Temple Bar Gallery + Studios would like to congratulate Studio and Board member 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻 on 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬, her commission for the 61st International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia.

The Venice Art Biennale is the most important global platform for the exhibition of visual arts involving the public, members of civil society, individuals and institutions. It offers a unique opportunity for Irish artists to engage with international audiences. TBG+S wishes Nolan, curator Georgina Jackson, The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art, and producer Cian O’Brien, the best of luck with their presentation and wish them success with this significant achievement.

The exhibition is commissioned by Culture Ireland in partnership with the The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and is on view at the Irish Pavillon, 09 May – 22 November 2026.

Responding to this year’s theme, 𝘐𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘒𝘦𝘺𝘴 – selected by the late Koyo Kouoh, curator of La Biennale, the Irish Pavilion is entitled 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬 and emerges from Nolan’s examination of the fifteenth-century Venetian printer Aldus Manutus and his creation of the paperback. Nolan’s work varies from monumental to intimate in scale, allowing the audience to vacillate between wonder and unease, and grounding us in the artist’s question of “how to love a tumultuous world, an indifferent universe, and humans that are so often awful to each other.”

As a Six Year Studio Member and longstanding Board member, Nolan has made many contributions to TBG+S. In addition to Nolan’s representation, TBG+S would like to congratulate valued Studio member 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗻, Irish artist 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗿 and studio alumnus 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻 on their inclusion in 𝘐𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘒𝘦𝘺𝘴. 👏

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Images:
1. Isabel Nolan in her studio at TBG+S
2–8. Isabel Nolan, 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬, 2026. Installation view at the Pavilion of Ireland, 61st International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, 2026. Photo: Mark Blower. Courtesy the artist and Kerlin Gallery, Dublin.

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05/05/2026

📩 Join us for the opening reception of 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗰𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗮's new multi-channel video work and sculptural installation, 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘮, Thursday 14 May 2026, 6–8pm.

The exhibition explores nostalgia as a characteristic of contemporary anxiety, and its instrumentalisation through neoliberal socio-economic systems. This research continues from Moccia’s long-term work, 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, which similarly investigates the political context of psychological and emotional states of being. The origins of nostalgia mirror the emergence of Western modernisation and the onset of the Industrial Revolution. Its connection to feelings of homesickness began to also represent a longing across physical and temporal spaces for those separated from their homelands through migration, labour and military service. Setting aside sentimentality, Moccia exposes how nostalgia is exploited to govern and direct emotions by evoking an idealised past and driving nationalistic and ideological interests.

Read more → https://www.templebargallery.com/exhibitions/rebecca-moccia-nostalgism

𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗰𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗮’s recent exhibitions include Panorama, Pozzuoli (2025); Italian Pavilion, 15th Gwangju Biennale (2024); Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon (2024); Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Guarene (2023); Mazzoleni, Turin (2023); ICA Milano (2023); Jupiter Woods, London (2022). Rebecca Moccia is an inaugural PhD Researcher in Visual Arts and Creative Practices at Naples Academy of Fine Arts, and Co-founder of Art Workers Italia.

This exhibition is in partnership with Careof, Milan. Moccia’s new moving image work is produced by Careof, in collaboration with TBG+S, Collezione Agovino, WHITESPACE projects / napoli, Istituto Italiano Di Cultura - Dublino.

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Image: Rebecca Moccia, 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘮 (detail), 2026. Still from multi-channel video. Courtesy of the artist.

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02/05/2026

Now available to read online: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘆‘s written response to 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻‘s exhibition 𝘓𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘭𝘢.

This short story of a strange but ultimately joyful mythological occurrence explores themes of motherhood and ecofeminism, creating a moment of hope in an otherwise disconnected, decaying post-industrial world.

🔗read the full piece in the link in bio

𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘆 is a short story writer and novelist and TBG+S Commissioned Writer 2026. Her fiction has been published in The Stinging Fly, The Dublin Review and Granta, and has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In 2020, her collection of short stories, Modern Times, was published by The Stinging Fly Press, Dublin, and by W&N, London. Her debut novel Breakdown was published by W&N in January 2024. In 2026, she works on a novel based on the months Oscar Wilde spent in Naples following his release from prison in 1897.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗕𝗚+𝗦 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 aims to expand ideas around writing about art by inviting Irish writers to create a series of pieces inspired by the exhibitions at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. Since 2015, TBG+S has commissioned innovative Irish writers to respond to each of the exhibitions in the gallery programme, producing a library of thought-provoking written pieces. Printed copies of the these writings are available in the gallery of are available to download from the website.

It is the last weekend to see 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻‘s exhibition 𝘓𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘭𝘢 closing, Sunday 03 May.

30/04/2026

It was wonderful visiting the Embassy of Ireland, Great Britain to discuss the success of Faigh Amach, a partnership with Southwark Park Galleries and Culture Ireland.

This partnership brought together three artists selected through an open call process: Ella Bertilsson, Kathy Tynan, Emily Waszak; resulting in the group exhibition Faigh Amach at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. At. the end of the exhibition, Emily Waszak was invited to present their first international solo exhibition at SPG Lake Gallery in April 2026.

Thank you to our partners, exhibiting artists, and to Judith Carlton and Charlotte Baker of Southwark Park Gallery for all that was involved!

29/04/2026

📣 We are delighted to announce the open call for a new 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆: TBG+S and Bétonsalon Dublin/ Paris Residency Exchange 2026

𝗧𝗕𝗚+𝗦 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕é𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻/ 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
🇫🇷 Two-month accommodation
🗓️ 01 October–30 November
💰 €5,000 Stipend
🧑‍💻 Development⁠ Artistic Research
🏫 Institutional Support⁠

⏰ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: Friday 29 May, 5pm

Apply Now → https://www.templebargallery.com/news/open-call-tbg-s-and-b%C3%A9tonsalon-dublin-paris-residency-exchange-2026

The TBG+S and Bétonsalon Dublin/ Paris Residency Exchange 2026 is an annual award that supports a visual artist living or working in Dublin to spend time focusing on artistic research in Paris. The residency is hosted by Bétonsalon — centre for art and research, which is located within the Université Paris Cité. The organisation is one of the earliest organisations in France to recognise art’s position at the crossroads of various fields of research, linking artistic practices to their cultural contexts, and asserting feminist and decolonial positions. The exchange also supports French artists to live in Dublin and work from a studio at TBG+S.

The awarded artist will have time to develop research, engage with an international art scene, build professional networks, engage with a community of French and international resident artists, and visit museums, galleries and other cultural organisations in a major European city.

This is a new opportunity in partnership with the Ambassade de France en Irlande, Dublin City Arts Office and the Embassy of Ireland France - Ambassade d'Irlande en France.

Temple Bar Gallery + Studios invites applications from visual artists for a new opportunity in partnership with the Embassy of France in Ireland, Dublin City Council Arts Office and the Embassy of Ireland, France.

24/04/2026

🔵🎾🔵 Just dropped! Léann Herlihy's striking 𝙊𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙍𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙎 cap is now available to buy online! 🔵🎾🔵

What's more, if you are one of the first five to make an online purchase, you will receive 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝙊𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙍𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙎 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗴. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 €𝟯𝟬 | 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽

🔗 https://shop.templebargallery.com/products/leann-herlihy-on-the-ropes-2026?variant=57028742906187

🌱 100% Organic Cotton
📐 One Size (Adjustable)
💚 Embroidered in Ireland
✏️ Each cap comes with pencil inscribed with the words 'Bounce Back!' and a custom-designed, 3D-printed pencil holder!

Specially designed for Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Léann Herlihy's striking 𝘖𝘕 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘙𝘖𝘗𝘌𝘚 cap blends archival fragments, female wrestling messaging and noughties emoticons as a symbolic embracing of collapse as a force for change. The artist encourages the wearer to hold space for the transformative power of collapse, a position which counters the modern-day neoliberal narrative that we all must be 'resilient', and simply 'bounce back' through labour to meet the daily demands. 𝘖𝘕 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘙𝘖𝘗𝘌𝘚 celebrates the great number of strained bodies, and those who resist flexibility, in favour of challenging the status quo and shattering a system which never served us.

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𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂!

A big thank you to everyone who came to the launch of 𝘖𝘕 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘙𝘖𝘗𝘌𝘚, and for making it such a successful evening. With special thanks to Léann Herlihy, for their hard work and dedication in making it all happen. Thank you to 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗼𝗻, who skilfully guided attendees through the process of screen printing their own custom 𝘖𝘕 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘙𝘖𝘗𝘌𝘚 tote bags. And finally, a thank you to the wonderful Black Church Print Studio and 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗖𝗵𝗶 𝗞𝗼𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗮 for their kind and generous support of the event.

🔵🎾🔵🎾🔵🎾🔵🎾🔵🎾🔵🎾🔵🎾

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📸 Sadbh O'Brien

14/04/2026

We're thrilled to announce the launch of 𝙊𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙍𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙎, a new cap designed by artist and studio member 𝗟é𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗵𝘆 for TBG+S.

ʟᴀᴜɴᴄʜ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛ
📅 Wed 22 April | 6–8pm
📌 Studio 1, TBG+S
🎟️ Admission Free
🎨 Screenprinting + Rehydration 🥤
https://www.templebargallery.com/whats-on/events/launch-event-leann-herlihy-on-the-ropes

Celebrate with us and be the first to buy a cap, screenprint a limited edition tote bag, and enjoy some rehydration.

The concept behind the cap is inspired by Herlihy's own artistic practice. Herlihy pulls references from unarchived fragments, found at the back of storage rooms, or virtually spiralling down the threads of online forums as they scavenge for remnants of those who have been deliberately or accidentally excluded from society.

Alongside the nostalgic naughties shrug emoticon, the cap features snippets of text pulled from the female wrestling magazine 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺: 𝘈 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘵 where women's sexuality was deployed as a combative tool to patriarchal resistance. The cap comes with a pencil engraved with the words '𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞!' and a custom-designed, 3D-printed pencil holder inspired by those commonly found on construction workers' hard hats.

Through these elements Herlihy encourages the wearer to hold space for the transformative power of collapse, a position which counters the modern-day neoliberal narrative that we all must be 'resilient', and simply 'bounce back' through labour to meet the daily demands. 𝘖𝘕 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘙𝘖𝘗𝘌𝘚 celebrates the great number of strained bodies, and those who resist flexibility, in favour of challenging the status quo and shattering systems.

​ᴘʀɪᴄᴇ ʟɪꜱᴛ
🧢 Buy a cap €30
🛍️ Screenprint a tote €10
🧢 Cap + Tote: €35 🛍️

Proceeds go to supporting our mission to sustain visual arts practices and free public programming in Dublin City Centre.

Special thanks to Black Church Print Studio + 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗖𝗵𝗶 𝗞𝗼𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗮.



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Images:
1+ 8: Graphics by Léann Herlihy
2–7: Léann Herlihy, 𝘖𝘕 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘙𝘖𝘗𝘌𝘚, 2026. Photos: Sadbh O'Brien

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Join us at the launch of ON THE ROPES, a new cap designed by visual artist and studio member Léann Herlihy for Temple Bar Gallery + Studios.