RHA Gallery
@rha-arts.bsky.social
One of Dublin's leading public art galleries. Founded in 1823. Our galleries are open Tuesday – Sunday. See rhagallery.ie for opening hours.
15 Ely Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
15 Ely Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
Ending this Sunday at the RHA – a series of charcoal drawings by Lelia Henry explores the intelligence, memory, and emotional presence of trees, inspired by the groundbreaking research of forest ecologist Suzanne Simard.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ending this Sunday at the RHA – a series of charcoal drawings by Lelia Henry explores the intelligence, memory, and emotional presence of trees, inspired by the groundbreaking research of forest ecologist Suzanne Simard.
View & purchase work rhagallery.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room...
View & purchase work rhagallery.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room...
We're accepting first round entries for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition, in association with McCann FitzGerald.
See rhagallery.ie/rha-annual for application details.
#RHAAnnual #RHA196 #McCannFitzGerald #GoFurther
Image - Ros Kavanagh Photography.
See rhagallery.ie/rha-annual for application details.
#RHAAnnual #RHA196 #McCannFitzGerald #GoFurther
Image - Ros Kavanagh Photography.
December 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We're accepting first round entries for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition, in association with McCann FitzGerald.
See rhagallery.ie/rha-annual for application details.
#RHAAnnual #RHA196 #McCannFitzGerald #GoFurther
Image - Ros Kavanagh Photography.
See rhagallery.ie/rha-annual for application details.
#RHAAnnual #RHA196 #McCannFitzGerald #GoFurther
Image - Ros Kavanagh Photography.
A R C H I P E L A G O, a major exhibition of Irish photography at the RHA, ends THIS Sunday.
It's a collaboration between the RHA’s exhibition department and the artist-led @islandphotogroup.bsky.social
Read more at rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
#RHAGallery #ArchipelagoShow #IrishPhotography
It's a collaboration between the RHA’s exhibition department and the artist-led @islandphotogroup.bsky.social
Read more at rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
#RHAGallery #ArchipelagoShow #IrishPhotography
December 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A R C H I P E L A G O, a major exhibition of Irish photography at the RHA, ends THIS Sunday.
It's a collaboration between the RHA’s exhibition department and the artist-led @islandphotogroup.bsky.social
Read more at rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
#RHAGallery #ArchipelagoShow #IrishPhotography
It's a collaboration between the RHA’s exhibition department and the artist-led @islandphotogroup.bsky.social
Read more at rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
#RHAGallery #ArchipelagoShow #IrishPhotography
@colindavidsonart.bsky.social - Stranger
O’hUiginn Gallery
Until 25 January 2026
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Gallery opening hours:
Tues – Sat: 11 – 17
Sun: 12 – 17
Wed Late Opening: 11 – 19
Video: Barry Lynch.
#RHA #RHAGallery #ColinDavidsonStranger #ArtsCouncilSupported #ArtsIreland
O’hUiginn Gallery
Until 25 January 2026
💻 rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
Gallery opening hours:
Tues – Sat: 11 – 17
Sun: 12 – 17
Wed Late Opening: 11 – 19
Video: Barry Lynch.
#RHA #RHAGallery #ColinDavidsonStranger #ArtsCouncilSupported #ArtsIreland
December 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
@colindavidsonart.bsky.social - Stranger
O’hUiginn Gallery
Until 25 January 2026
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Gallery opening hours:
Tues – Sat: 11 – 17
Sun: 12 – 17
Wed Late Opening: 11 – 19
Video: Barry Lynch.
#RHA #RHAGallery #ColinDavidsonStranger #ArtsCouncilSupported #ArtsIreland
O’hUiginn Gallery
Until 25 January 2026
💻 rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
Gallery opening hours:
Tues – Sat: 11 – 17
Sun: 12 – 17
Wed Late Opening: 11 – 19
Video: Barry Lynch.
#RHA #RHAGallery #ColinDavidsonStranger #ArtsCouncilSupported #ArtsIreland
We are now accepting first round entries for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition, in association with McCann FitzGerald.
Join us next summer for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition featuring painting, print, sculpture, drawing, photography, mixed media and architectural models. 1/
Join us next summer for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition featuring painting, print, sculpture, drawing, photography, mixed media and architectural models. 1/
December 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We are now accepting first round entries for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition, in association with McCann FitzGerald.
Join us next summer for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition featuring painting, print, sculpture, drawing, photography, mixed media and architectural models. 1/
Join us next summer for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition featuring painting, print, sculpture, drawing, photography, mixed media and architectural models. 1/
Join guide Jonathan Carroll this Saturday for the last of this year's First Day at the RHA tours.
First Day at the RHA - Saturday 13 December, 12 – 1pm.
The tour is free and no booking is required.
More info: rhagallery.ie/events/publi...
#RHA #RHAGallery #FirstDayAtTheRHA #ArtTour
First Day at the RHA - Saturday 13 December, 12 – 1pm.
The tour is free and no booking is required.
More info: rhagallery.ie/events/publi...
#RHA #RHAGallery #FirstDayAtTheRHA #ArtTour
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Join guide Jonathan Carroll this Saturday for the last of this year's First Day at the RHA tours.
First Day at the RHA - Saturday 13 December, 12 – 1pm.
The tour is free and no booking is required.
More info: rhagallery.ie/events/publi...
#RHA #RHAGallery #FirstDayAtTheRHA #ArtTour
First Day at the RHA - Saturday 13 December, 12 – 1pm.
The tour is free and no booking is required.
More info: rhagallery.ie/events/publi...
#RHA #RHAGallery #FirstDayAtTheRHA #ArtTour
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Your idle listening for this weekend could be any of these from Arena this week...
We spoke to David Freyne about Eternity, @colindavidsonart.bsky.social talked about his new "paintings you can walk around" at the @rha-arts.bsky.social...
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We spoke to David Freyne about Eternity, @colindavidsonart.bsky.social talked about his new "paintings you can walk around" at the @rha-arts.bsky.social...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Your idle listening for this weekend could be any of these from Arena this week...
We spoke to David Freyne about Eternity, @colindavidsonart.bsky.social talked about his new "paintings you can walk around" at the @rha-arts.bsky.social...
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We spoke to David Freyne about Eternity, @colindavidsonart.bsky.social talked about his new "paintings you can walk around" at the @rha-arts.bsky.social...
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Listen back to @colindavidsonart.bsky.social’s recent interview with @rickoshea.bsky.social on the @rteradio1.bsky.social Arena arts programme.
Colin was discussing his work, Stranger, now showing at the RHA – find their chat here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22565221
Colin was discussing his work, Stranger, now showing at the RHA – find their chat here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22565221
Stranger - Colin Davidson
Colin Davidson discuss Stranger, his new exhibition at the RHA.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Listen back to @colindavidsonart.bsky.social’s recent interview with @rickoshea.bsky.social on the @rteradio1.bsky.social Arena arts programme.
Colin was discussing his work, Stranger, now showing at the RHA – find their chat here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22565221
Colin was discussing his work, Stranger, now showing at the RHA – find their chat here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22565221
Creative Coffee event with Mick O’Dea PPRHA at the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar on the 13th December.
Event | Creative Coffee with Mick O’ Dea at The Linenhall Arts Centre
Creative Coffee is a monthly event for artists interested in connecting with others, in a relaxed and welcoming space. Artists of all disciplines and interests are invited to attend.
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Creative Coffee is a monthly event for artists interested in connecting with others, in a relaxed and welcoming space. Artists of all disciplines and interests are invited to attend.
visualartists.ie/events/event...
Event | Creative Coffee with Mick O’ Dea at The Linenhall Arts Centre
Creative Coffee is a monthly event for artists interested in connecting with others, in a relaxed and welcoming space. Artists of all disciplines and interests
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December 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Creative Coffee event with Mick O’Dea PPRHA at the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar on the 13th December.
Give yourself a moment of calm in the busy December period and join us this Sunday for a tour of Here and There by Sarah McEneaney with artist and guide Mags Harnett, that encourages participants to look at art for a little longer.
Free, booking required: rhagallery.ie/events/publi...
Free, booking required: rhagallery.ie/events/publi...
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Give yourself a moment of calm in the busy December period and join us this Sunday for a tour of Here and There by Sarah McEneaney with artist and guide Mags Harnett, that encourages participants to look at art for a little longer.
Free, booking required: rhagallery.ie/events/publi...
Free, booking required: rhagallery.ie/events/publi...
📻 Tune in to @rteradio1.bsky.social from 7pm this evening to hear Colin Davidson on the Arena arts programme.
Marking his first Dublin exhibition in seven years, Belfast-born artist Davidson has unveiled Stranger, an innovative collection of three-dimensional works.
🖥️ rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
Marking his first Dublin exhibition in seven years, Belfast-born artist Davidson has unveiled Stranger, an innovative collection of three-dimensional works.
🖥️ rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
📻 Tune in to @rteradio1.bsky.social from 7pm this evening to hear Colin Davidson on the Arena arts programme.
Marking his first Dublin exhibition in seven years, Belfast-born artist Davidson has unveiled Stranger, an innovative collection of three-dimensional works.
🖥️ rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
Marking his first Dublin exhibition in seven years, Belfast-born artist Davidson has unveiled Stranger, an innovative collection of three-dimensional works.
🖥️ rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
Now showing at the RHA:
RDS Visual Art Awards, to 25 January
Lelia Henry, Conversations with Trees, to 21 December
Alex de Roeck, Debt Wish, to 21 December
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RDS Visual Art Awards, to 25 January
Lelia Henry, Conversations with Trees, to 21 December
Alex de Roeck, Debt Wish, to 21 December
rhagallery.ie
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Now showing at the RHA:
RDS Visual Art Awards, to 25 January
Lelia Henry, Conversations with Trees, to 21 December
Alex de Roeck, Debt Wish, to 21 December
rhagallery.ie
RDS Visual Art Awards, to 25 January
Lelia Henry, Conversations with Trees, to 21 December
Alex de Roeck, Debt Wish, to 21 December
rhagallery.ie
This weekend at the RHA ⤵️
RDS Visual Art Awards 2025
A R C H I P E L A G O, Island Photographers Group
Colin Davidson, Stranger
Sarah McEneaney, Here and There
Lelia Henry, Conversations with Trees
Alex de Roeck, Debt Wish
Open Saturday 11am–5pm, Sunday 12–5pm.
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RDS Visual Art Awards 2025
A R C H I P E L A G O, Island Photographers Group
Colin Davidson, Stranger
Sarah McEneaney, Here and There
Lelia Henry, Conversations with Trees
Alex de Roeck, Debt Wish
Open Saturday 11am–5pm, Sunday 12–5pm.
💻 rhagallery.ie
November 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This weekend at the RHA ⤵️
RDS Visual Art Awards 2025
A R C H I P E L A G O, Island Photographers Group
Colin Davidson, Stranger
Sarah McEneaney, Here and There
Lelia Henry, Conversations with Trees
Alex de Roeck, Debt Wish
Open Saturday 11am–5pm, Sunday 12–5pm.
💻 rhagallery.ie
RDS Visual Art Awards 2025
A R C H I P E L A G O, Island Photographers Group
Colin Davidson, Stranger
Sarah McEneaney, Here and There
Lelia Henry, Conversations with Trees
Alex de Roeck, Debt Wish
Open Saturday 11am–5pm, Sunday 12–5pm.
💻 rhagallery.ie
A R C H I P E L A G O, a major exhibition of Irish photography at the RHA, runs until 21 December.
Curated by RHA Curator Davey Moor, it features seventeen artists, whose practice spans the myriad of themes that concern lens-based culture in Ireland today.
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Curated by RHA Curator Davey Moor, it features seventeen artists, whose practice spans the myriad of themes that concern lens-based culture in Ireland today.
💻 rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A R C H I P E L A G O, a major exhibition of Irish photography at the RHA, runs until 21 December.
Curated by RHA Curator Davey Moor, it features seventeen artists, whose practice spans the myriad of themes that concern lens-based culture in Ireland today.
💻 rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
Curated by RHA Curator Davey Moor, it features seventeen artists, whose practice spans the myriad of themes that concern lens-based culture in Ireland today.
💻 rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
Colin Davidson refers to these monumental figures as ‘3D paintings’, or ‘paintings you can walk around’, for, not merely sculptures with painted surfaces, they appear as sculptures crafted, not from clay or wax, but from paint. /1
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Colin Davidson refers to these monumental figures as ‘3D paintings’, or ‘paintings you can walk around’, for, not merely sculptures with painted surfaces, they appear as sculptures crafted, not from clay or wax, but from paint. /1
⏳ Deadline for applications to the Piercetown Residency – 4pm this Friday! Details ⤵️
The Piercetown Residency, administered by the RHA School, is awarded annually to an artist working primarily in the medium of paint.
Applications are now open for the 2025-26 residency, which commences this December. Closing date: 28 November at 4 pm.
Full details: rhagallery.ie/residencies-...
Applications are now open for the 2025-26 residency, which commences this December. Closing date: 28 November at 4 pm.
Full details: rhagallery.ie/residencies-...
The Piercetown Residential Studio Award - RHA Gallery
Applications Now Open The Piercetown Residency, administered by the RHA School, is awarded annually to an artist working primarily in the medium of paint. Generously donated by artist Peter Curling, t...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
⏳ Deadline for applications to the Piercetown Residency – 4pm this Friday! Details ⤵️
Join us THIS EVENING for an in-conversation with artist Lelia Henry and Tom Gorman, the resident ecologist at Westport House, as he shares insights into an exciting woodlands restoration project currently underway on the estate. /1
Lelia Henry and Tom Gorman in-conversation
Wed, 26 Nov, 5.30pm
Lelia Henry and Tom Gorman in-conversation
Wed, 26 Nov, 5.30pm
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Join us THIS EVENING for an in-conversation with artist Lelia Henry and Tom Gorman, the resident ecologist at Westport House, as he shares insights into an exciting woodlands restoration project currently underway on the estate. /1
Lelia Henry and Tom Gorman in-conversation
Wed, 26 Nov, 5.30pm
Lelia Henry and Tom Gorman in-conversation
Wed, 26 Nov, 5.30pm
Alex de Roeck’s new exhibition, Debt Wish, examines an indulgence in wellness and self-optimisation in a culture where lifestyle, value and identity are endlessly renewed, quantified and consumed.
Learn more at rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
Learn more at rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
Alex de Roeck, Debt Wish - RHA Gallery
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November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Alex de Roeck’s new exhibition, Debt Wish, examines an indulgence in wellness and self-optimisation in a culture where lifestyle, value and identity are endlessly renewed, quantified and consumed.
Learn more at rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
Learn more at rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
Our new season of exhibitions now showing at the RHA ⤵️
RDS Visual Art Awards, to 25 Jan
Colin Davidson, Stranger, to 25 Jan
Sarah McEneaney, Here and There, to 25 Jan
Lelia Henry, Conversations with Trees, to 21 Dec
Alex de Roeck, Debt Wish, to 21 Dec 🧵
RDS Visual Art Awards, to 25 Jan
Colin Davidson, Stranger, to 25 Jan
Sarah McEneaney, Here and There, to 25 Jan
Lelia Henry, Conversations with Trees, to 21 Dec
Alex de Roeck, Debt Wish, to 21 Dec 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Our new season of exhibitions now showing at the RHA ⤵️
RDS Visual Art Awards, to 25 Jan
Colin Davidson, Stranger, to 25 Jan
Sarah McEneaney, Here and There, to 25 Jan
Lelia Henry, Conversations with Trees, to 21 Dec
Alex de Roeck, Debt Wish, to 21 Dec 🧵
RDS Visual Art Awards, to 25 Jan
Colin Davidson, Stranger, to 25 Jan
Sarah McEneaney, Here and There, to 25 Jan
Lelia Henry, Conversations with Trees, to 21 Dec
Alex de Roeck, Debt Wish, to 21 Dec 🧵
Join us for an A R C H I P E L A G O exhibition tour this Sunday with artist and guide Mags Harnett.
She’ll encourage participants to look at art for a little longer allowing them to not only see more but to familiarise themselves with the works in greater detail.
Free, booking required 👇
She’ll encourage participants to look at art for a little longer allowing them to not only see more but to familiarise themselves with the works in greater detail.
Free, booking required 👇
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Join us for an A R C H I P E L A G O exhibition tour this Sunday with artist and guide Mags Harnett.
She’ll encourage participants to look at art for a little longer allowing them to not only see more but to familiarise themselves with the works in greater detail.
Free, booking required 👇
She’ll encourage participants to look at art for a little longer allowing them to not only see more but to familiarise themselves with the works in greater detail.
Free, booking required 👇
A new exhibition opening next week at the RHA presents a series of charcoal drawings by Lelia Henry that explore the intelligence, memory, and emotional presence of trees, inspired by the groundbreaking research of forest ecologist Suzanne Simard.
Read more at rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
Read more at rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A new exhibition opening next week at the RHA presents a series of charcoal drawings by Lelia Henry that explore the intelligence, memory, and emotional presence of trees, inspired by the groundbreaking research of forest ecologist Suzanne Simard.
Read more at rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
Read more at rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
Niall Naessens’s exhibition, A Walk in the Sublime,
An Adventure in 21st Century Romanticism, ends this Sunday.
Developing his own brand of Irish Romanticism, originating from the ideas of Edmund Burke, he enquires into our emotional connection with the world. 🧵
An Adventure in 21st Century Romanticism, ends this Sunday.
Developing his own brand of Irish Romanticism, originating from the ideas of Edmund Burke, he enquires into our emotional connection with the world. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Niall Naessens’s exhibition, A Walk in the Sublime,
An Adventure in 21st Century Romanticism, ends this Sunday.
Developing his own brand of Irish Romanticism, originating from the ideas of Edmund Burke, he enquires into our emotional connection with the world. 🧵
An Adventure in 21st Century Romanticism, ends this Sunday.
Developing his own brand of Irish Romanticism, originating from the ideas of Edmund Burke, he enquires into our emotional connection with the world. 🧵
Sarah McEneaney’s paintings are autobiographical narratives. Working from drawings, memory, observation, imagination, and photographs, the artist creates detailed and highly coloured works that weave together personal experience and universal themes. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sarah McEneaney’s paintings are autobiographical narratives. Working from drawings, memory, observation, imagination, and photographs, the artist creates detailed and highly coloured works that weave together personal experience and universal themes. 🧵
Marking his first Dublin exhibition in seven years, Belfast-born artist Colin Davidson unveils Stranger, an innovative collection of three-dimensional works that redefine the possibilities of paint as a sculptural medium.
Colin Davidson - Stranger
O’hUiginn Gallery
21 November – 25 January 2026 🧵
Colin Davidson - Stranger
O’hUiginn Gallery
21 November – 25 January 2026 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Marking his first Dublin exhibition in seven years, Belfast-born artist Colin Davidson unveils Stranger, an innovative collection of three-dimensional works that redefine the possibilities of paint as a sculptural medium.
Colin Davidson - Stranger
O’hUiginn Gallery
21 November – 25 January 2026 🧵
Colin Davidson - Stranger
O’hUiginn Gallery
21 November – 25 January 2026 🧵
Join us for a weekend of events based around A R C H I P E L A G O, a major exhibition of Irish photography at the RHA. The show features seventeen artists, whose practice spans the myriad of themes that concern lens-based culture in Ireland today. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Join us for a weekend of events based around A R C H I P E L A G O, a major exhibition of Irish photography at the RHA. The show features seventeen artists, whose practice spans the myriad of themes that concern lens-based culture in Ireland today. 🧵