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Irish Diaspora and the World of Window Display: The international impact of Irish men and women in the early days of window display professionalism

09 September 2021

Kerry Meakin delivers a talk on the impact of the Irish diaspora on the international world of display from 1900-1935.

Battle Fields or Research Laboratories: Women, art and design in early 20th century Ireland

19 August 2021

Róisín Kennedy delivers a talk on the work and ideas of Irish women artists of the early 20th century, including Sarah Purser, Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett.

Lucy McKenzie in conversation with curator Pádraic E. Moore

12 August 2021

Artist Lucy McKenzie takes part in an online conversation with Curator Pádraic E. Moore on the occasion of her solo exhibition, Tour Donas.

Family Studio Visit and Workshop: Intentional Bodies

12 June 2021

For Cruinniú na nÓg 2021, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios studio artist Lynda Devenney invites you for a behind the scenes visit to her studio. Lynda and her family will then present a fun workshop Intentional Bodies.

From the Studios: Rajinder Singh and Áine Byrne 'The Headcoils of a Ban'

08 June — 10 July 2021

Sikh member of the Reserve is banned from wearing turban
- August 13, 2007 - Independent.ie

Badge of distinction: Meet the first Sikh in the Garda Reserves
- January 23, 2021 - The Irish Times

Agitation Co-op Artists in Conversation

03 June 2021

Michele Horrigan, Catriona Leahy, Laurie Robins, Libita Sibungu, the four exhibiting artists in our exhibition Agitation Co-op, discuss themes and ideas relating to their individual practices, and shared areas of research.

From the Studios: Eve O'Callaghan
'Allotment'

17 May — 20 June 2021

Eve O’Callaghan was awarded the TBG+S Recent Graduate Residency in 2019. As her residency came to an end in March 2021, Eve made an exhibition in her TBG+S studio and conducted this interview with Programme Curator, Michael Hill.

Agitation Co-op Exhibition Preview

11 May — 10 July 2021

Agitation Co-op is an exhibition that investigates the subject of landscape from a range of vantage points; not only social and political ideologies but also, mapping and topography. The exhibition includes artworks by Michele Horrigan, Catriona Leahy, Laurie Robins, and Libita Sibungu.

Sculpturally Speaking: A live talk with artist Niamh O'Malley and Ireland at Venice Curatorial Team, Clíodhna Shaffrey and Michael Hill

24 April 2021

Artist, Niamh O’Malley and the Ireland at Venice Curatorial Team, Clíodhna Shaffrey and Michael Hill, reflect on various aspects of sculpture.

From the Studios: Lynda Devenney ‘the cicada stops singing and then flies away’

11 March — 22 April 2021

Temple Bar Gallery + Studios presents Lynda Devenney's the cicada stops singing and then flies away, as the fourth edition of From the Studios, an online series of work by our studio artists.

Sean Edwards: Maelfa screening

16 December 2020 — 30 January 2021

To mark the original opening date of Sean Edwards’ exhibition, and to coincide with the artist’s new solo-show at Bluecoat, Liverpool, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios is pleased to host an online screening of Edwards’ film Maelfa (2011) until Saturday, 30 January 2021. Temple Bar Gallery + Studios is looking forward to continuing work with Sean Edwards to produce a new exhibition in Summer 2021.

In Conversation: The Medium and the Message

03 December 2020

Can a website be an exhibition? How does a designer approach a book or a website project differently from an artist? When does the medium become the message?

In Conversation: Hans Ulrich Obrist on Édouard Glissant with Alice Rawsthorn

02 December 2020

Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Alice Rawsthorn, discuss the works and life of Édouard Glissant, poet, philosopher, public intellectual, and curator, the importance of reading and books, Hans Ulrich Obrist’s curatorial work, and his favourite authors.

Talk: Renata Pekowska for the National Irish Visual Arts Library - Judge by the cover - book as object and artwork

01 December 2020

When we think of a book, we think of the familiar codex form with pages, spine and text or images. But what else can a book be? Many visual artists create book-objects, conjuring strangeness out of the familiar form.