Temple Bar Gallery + Studios

05/08/2026

📣The moment has finally arrived! We are thrilled to announce the 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 for 𝗗𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿!

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲
🔗 Visit our website: https://www.templebargallery.com/news/open-call-artist-book-submissions-for-dublin-art-book-fair-2026
📑Download and carefully read the Application Overview before filling out submitting your online application form.
❓There is an accompanying FAQ document to help you in your application.

📆 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝟬𝟱 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝟭𝟮𝗽𝗺

Each year, the artist book section at DABF features books made by contemporary artists, designers, writers, and others, who experiment with the medium of the book and its potential for artistic expression.

Through the open call, DABF hosts an impressive selection of exceptional artist books, both printed and handmade, displaying a versatility in which the book form is celebrated, transforming the Fair into a space for creativity.

This year’s Fair is guest curated by writer, curator, and editor Nathan O'Donnell.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬? 𝐖𝐞’𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬!

We are pleased to launch a new application process and and online form for the DABF Open Call for Artist Book Submissions. We hope that this will make applying to DABF an easier and more-user friendly experience.

Alongside the online form, we have included two documents to help you with any queries in submitting your application: An Application Overview Document and a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Document. These are designed to help you in your application so please download and read both documents before completing the application form online.

We look forward to receiving your application.

DABF is proudly sponsored by Henry J LyonsArchitects, and supported by Dublin City of Literature. TBG+S is funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and Dublin City Council.

01/07/2026

📶 Now live on the website: Exhibiting artist 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗼 𝗟ó𝗽𝗲𝘇 in conversation with TBG+S Communications Manager Sadbh O'Brien.

Read the full interview → https://www.templebargallery.com/whats-on/watch-listen-read/interview-vanessa-donoso-lopez-in-conversation-with-sadbh-obrien

Reflecting on her material research and the history of clay, alongside her interest in the psychological hypothesis of 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, Vanessa Donoso López discusses how she sees her installations as tangible expressions of her lived experience, and as sites of growth, transformation, and transition.

“In terms of communication, clay is so generous. I love the way anywhere I go I can find it either in nature or buy it easily. It’s cheap, accessible. People love working with it. I think it has something to do with our ancestry, with the experience of manipulating something that comes from earth. Because of this, I like organising gatherings around clay. It doesn’t matter if people come from different cultures, or if verbal communication is limited, because through clay a different kind of communication emerges.”
—Vanessa Donoso López, Interview with Sadbh O’Brien

ꜱᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀᴛᴇ

𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗼 𝗟ó𝗽𝗲𝘇’s exhibition (𝘖 -𝘖 -𝘖) takes place at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios 24 July — 20 September 2026, with an opening reception Thursday 23 July, 6–8pm.

The exhibition is supported by an Arts Council Project Award.

Donoso López holds a Three Year Studio Membership at TBG+S. Her recent solo exhibitions include: dlr LexIcon Library and Cultural Centre, Dún Laoghaire (2025); Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin (2011–2022); Galeria Herrero de Tejada, Madrid (2021); Candyland, Stockholm (2017); The LAB, Dublin (2016); Limerick City Gallery (2015).

29/06/2026

📣 TBG+S is pleased to present this year's programme for 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿! A four-day programme of workshops and projects devised by artists 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶, 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹 and Kathy Tynan.

📅 9–12 July 2026
⏰ Thurs–Sat: 11am–5pm, Sun: 12–4pm
📌 TBG+S
🎟️ Free Workshops
☀️ Drop in anytime and take part

ℹ️ Explore the full programme and reserve tickets →
https://www.templebargallery.com/whats-on/events/gallery-take-over

Formerly known as Summer School, Gallery Take Over invites the public to come into the Gallery make art and try new creative activities with the supportive Gallery team on hand. Or you can book a workshop with one of the artists and help them transform the Gallery into a collaborative creative space.

Gallery Take Over is open to all to visit, try something new, make art, and chat with artists and the Temple Bar Gallery + Studios team. No experience required, suitable for all new to, or curious about, contemporary art.

𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶’s artworks narrate without explaining, drawing on architecture, materiality, gentleness, humour and play to provoke an encounter with his work and the stories that inhabit it. He is currently on a residency at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios.

𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹 is a socially engaged and collaborative artist. Their work takes the form of installation, performance, participation, community building, advocacy, and creative social spaces.

𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗧𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗻 is a Dublin-based artist who primarily works in paint. Her paintings often depict particular details of urban and domestic scenes. Her direct and energetic approach to the painted surface favours liveliness over correctness of representation.

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Design: Alex Synge, The First 47

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15/06/2026

Do you regularly attend our free exhibitions, talks and events? Have you enjoyed learning a skill at one of our workshops? Help us continue our work by buying a ticket to the TBG+S Summer Party!

The ticket, starting from €10, covers entry, food and entertainment. There will be a DJ set by special guests Chairperson of the board Richard Lyons and board member Joe Prendergast. We will be serving NoMoooo Burgers and plant-based sausages from Thank Plants, alongside refreshments from Whiplash Beer and SynerChi Kombucha.

All ticket holders + Supporters in attendance will be automatically added into a raffle to win prizes, including a limited edition baseball cap by Léann Herlihy, TBG+S Brian Fay Tote Bag, and artist books.

Become a Supporter and attend for free, or we've designed a tiered ticketing system to allow attendees to pay what they can afford. Tickets include food, drink and entertainment. Prices start at €10 (for artists/unwaged), we recommend people pay €15 but those who wish to pay more can.

Tickets here: https://www.templebargallery.com/whats-on/events/tbg-s-summer-party-2026

All proceeds from this event and Supporter sign ups go towards our mission and the development of artists.

Free for Supporters, the TBG+S Summer Party is an annual event and fundraiser in support of the work we do sustaining artists in Dublin City Centre.

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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Temple Bar Gallery + Studios is a leading artists’ studio complex and contemporary art gallery in Dublin City Centre.