DABF25 Curator’s Opening Talk | Flock
04 December 2025, 5-6pm
Join Dublin Art Book Fair’s Guest Curator Dr. Selina Guinness as she introduces this year’s theme, Flock.
17 September 2025, 11:30am
Enjoy an afternoon of art in the city. We will introduce you to exhibitions and arts organisations in Temple Bar which you can later explore at your own pace.
Meet at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios for an introduction to the group exhibition Faigh Amach with exhibiting artists Ella Bertilsson, Kathy Tynan and Emily Waszak. We will go next door to The Library Project to hear about Black Church Print Studios' exhibition the soft fall of the land, curated by Ciara Hickey featuring artists Bassam Issa Al-Sabah, Sighle Bhreathnach-Cashell, Chloe Brenan, Aisling Conroy, Grace Ryan and Soft Fiction Projects. We will finish at Project Arts Centre for an introduction to Jenny Brady's film The Glass Booth / An Both Gloine.
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios is a leading artists’ studio complex and contemporary art gallery supporting the development of artists and the creation of art.
Project Arts Centre is a centre for artists, arts workers and audiences of all ages, with a programme of visual and performing arts in two theatre spaces and a gallery, including space for the development of new work.
Black Church Print Studio is an artists’ collective that supports and promotes the development of contemporary art practice through the medium of printmaking.
Event location and tour route information: A member of our team will be present to welcome you at our street-facing Gallery. We will walk approximately five minutes between each venue. The walk will be through a busy pedestrianised area with mixed cobbled and accessible pathways. All locations are accessible at ground floor level. The introductions will be standing but with seating available on request. The venues are varied according to each exhibition and may include sound, moving images, artificial or dimmed lighting. For further information on accessibility please contact Learning + Public Engagement Curator Órla Goodwin.
04 December 2025, 5-6pm
Join Dublin Art Book Fair’s Guest Curator Dr. Selina Guinness as she introduces this year’s theme, Flock.
05 — 14 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.
05 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.