To coincide with Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw’s exhibition, The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present an online Artist Talk with renowned artist, Tom Burr. The conversation will be live cast on our YouTube channel on Monday 18 September from 6.00 pm. No booking is required and everyone is welcome.
Art & Ideas
Art presents us with new perspectives on the world we live in and brings about a better understanding of ourselves and each other. Explore the fascinating ideas behind our programmes, hear more from the artists we work with and discover new ways of engaging with art.







Artist Talks

The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present a walk-through of the exhibition The Rise and The Fall where artist Liz Magor and our Director, Dr Georgina Jackson, discuss some of the themes, subject matter, histories and ideas of the work on show. Listen to the recording from the link in this section.
An Artistic Eye
How do you become and artist? What is the best thing about being an artist? What do you all day?
In this series of videos these questions and more are asked of artists Dorothy Cross, Atsushi Kaga, Sam Keogh, Alice Rekab, Eva Rothschild, Bassam Al-Sabah, Sibyl Montague, Áine McBride, Isabel Nolan, Garrett Phelan, and Marcel Vidal.

As part of our An Artistic Eye Series we asked Bassam Al Sabah: how do they become and artist? What is the best thing about being an artist? What do they all day?

As part of our An Artistic Eye Series we asked Alice Rekab: how do they become and artist? What is the best thing about being an artist? What do they all day?
Response Series
The Response Series generates collaborations between experts, researchers, and artists not only across disciplines but also across methodologies and approaches to research and practice, with a view to creating new experiences and forms of knowledge. Click here for a full list of our Response Series.

Caoimhe Kilfeather creates places of reflective presence; they are sparsely appointed with crafted objects that are charged with thoughts and associations. Her installations don’t draw attention to themselves, but they are nonetheless possessed of quiet strength and confidence.

As part of our Response Series Musician Alon Benjamini has created the musical piece Golden Retriever: A musical response to Uri Aran’s exhibition Take This Dog for Example. In this new composition, certain parts are directly influenced by specific pieces within the exhibition, while others are inspired by the emotions and visions evoked by the exhibition as a […]
Screening Series
The Screening Series brings together works by artists and filmmakers who seek to challenge the conventions of the moving image and to examine its evolving role. Click here for a full list of our Screenings.

The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present the eighth of the screenings of Art from the African Diaspora as part of Alice Rekab’s multi-platform project FAMILY LINES. Aiming to platform the voices of Black artists and artists of colour and to represent intergenerational legacies of self-representation in the production of film, writing and visual art, Alice […]

The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present the seventh of the screenings of Art from the African Diaspora as part of Alice Rekab’s multi-platform project FAMILY LINES: Petname: Momma . Me Mudder . Sis . Brodder . Sweetie . Carmen . Plummy by Holly Graham (2014). A brother nicknamed ‘Brother’ A sister referred to as ‘Momma’ A […]
Music Sessions
The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present a new series of Music Sessions with an emphasis on artistic practices that blur and break traditional genre boundaries through music. The programme supports and commissions new work, inviting artists to create new and fun engagements through music.

The Douglas Hyde will host Skin&Blister at the gallery on Thursday 9 March for an experimental electronic dance night as part of our Music Sessions series. Skin&Blister is a platform that supports female, trans, and non-binary DJs and creatives, fostering safe and progressive dance floors across Dublin. Skin&Blister have handpicked a promising line-up, including Ruby […]

LIVE DANCE YOUR WAY TO THE 4TH SIGNAL was the first of a new series of Music Sessions with an emphasis on artistic practices that blur and break traditional genre boundaries through music. The programme supports and commissions new work, inviting artists to create new and fun engagements through music. The session was live streamed […]
First Thursdays
Through this new series of late openings, the gallery becomes a space for hosting unexpected, experimental practices across multiple art forms from live music and expanded cinema to performance and spoken word.

The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present a new performance by artist Isadora Epstein as part of our First Thursday series. Through this new series of late openings, the gallery becomes a space for hosting unexpected, experimental practices across multiple artforms from live music and expanded cinema to performance and spoken word. Join us each First […]

The Douglas Hyde is delighted to present a new music session where artist Bill Harris will host an experimental electronic dance night as part of our First Thursday series. Through this new series of late openings, the gallery becomes a space for hosting unexpected, experimental practices across multiple artforms from live music and expanded cinema […]
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