DABF25 Talk | NIVAL, Collective Artist Books
08 December 2025, 5-6pm
Join Ruth Hallinan from the National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) to explore collaborative Artist Books from their collection.
Events Archive
DABF25 Book Launch | Sarah Pierce: Scene of the Myth
06 December 2025, 5-6pm
Nathan O'Donnell and Sarah Pierce will reflect on the affinities, migrations, communities, and legacies that shape and thread through the newly published Sarah Pierce: Scene of the Myth
DABF25 Publisher's Talk | Beyond Caring: Para-hosting as Curatorial Escape
06 December 2025, 2-3pm
Curator, artist and writer and Artistic Director of PUBLICS Dr. Paul O’Neill and educator and editor Dr. Gerrie van Noord discuss and read from their collaborative publishing practice.
DABF25 Workshop | Zine-Making with Mel Galley
05 December 2025, 11:30am
Join artist and writer Mel Galley for this adult workshop and make a zine inspired by queer culture and ecologies.
DABF25 Zine Launch | There's no such thing as a house plant, and by the way nature is super Queer
05 December 2025, 2pm
Join artist and educator Louis Haugh as he introduces the zine There's no such thing as a house plant, and by the way nature is super Queer.
DABF25 Publisher's Talk | Adania Shibli and Tamara Sampey-Jawad, Fitzcarraldo Editions
05 December 2025, 4-5pm
Join Palestinian author Adania Shibli and Fitzcarraldo Editions Associate Publisher Tamara Sampey-Jawad in conversation with DABF Guest Curator Dr. Selina Guinness.
DABF25 | HeART of Gaza
04 — 13 December 2025
HeART of Gaza will sell and showcase a selection of prints from it's international travelling exhibition of children's art at DABF in aid of art workshop and therapeutic assistance provision for the children of Gaza.
DABF25 x NIVAL | Group pages
04 — 13 December 2025
The National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) have a creative corner at this year's DABF where you can take time to join the ‘Flock’ and create a page for an artist book anytime throughout the Fair.
DABF25 Commission: Austin Hearne, 'Terrible Certainty'
04 — 13 December 2025
For DABF25: Flock, Austin Hearne’s commissioned artwork takes us on a tangent, reminding us of the importance of subcultures, where people flock to find solace.
DABF25: Omitted Provisions
04 — 13 December 2025
A print installation designed to accompany the collaborative publication, State, in Relation, on view in the Atrium for the duration of Dublin Art Book Fair.
DABF25 Curator's Talk | Cowboys & Shepherds, Fieldwork & Studio
04 December 2025, 5-6pm
Artists and farmers Orla Barry and Miriam O’Connor discuss art and agriculture with DABF Guest Curator Dr. Selina Guinness and artist and agriculturalist Adam Stead.
DABF25 Workshop | Collaborate with NIVAL on an artist book
04 December 2025, 1-2.30pm
Be a part of the National Irish Visual Arts Library’s collection in this workshop to make a collaborative artist book.