RHA Gallery

John O'Reilly | 11 February - 15 March 2026 Routes incorporated into the M50's design to enable pedestrian access over or under its constant torrent of roaring traffic. The paintings present the quiet and stillness of pedestrian spaces within n...

John O’Reilly – Walkways of the M50
RHA Ashford Gallery
Until 15 March

View and purchase work from this exhibition here: rhagallery.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room...

#RHA #RHAGallery #WalkwaysOfTheM50 #ArtsCouncilSupported #ArtsIreland

Join artist John O’Reilly in conversation with Ciara McGonigal, architect and director of Studio And on Wednesday 4th March. They’ll explore O'Reilly's practice and his current show Walkways of the M50. Wed 4 March, 5.30–6.30pm. Free, all welcome, no booking required. Image: John O’Reilly, Off Dunsink Lane, 2026. Oil on canvas, 40 x 60cm. Image courtesy of the artist.

Join artist John O’Reilly in conversation with Ciara McGonigal, architect and director of Studio And here in the RHA on Wednesday 4th March. They’ll explore O'Reilly's practice and his current show at the RHA, Walkways of the M50.

Wed 4 March, 5.30–6.30pm

Free, all welcome, no booking required.

An Insight Into Sasha Sykes' New Exhibition At The RHA Gallery - The Gloss Magazine Sasha Sykes’ “Filial Love” at the RHA Gallery will interest lovers of art, gardening and craft and will run until March 26

The Gloss magazine recently featured Sasha Sykes talking about her work and current RHA exhibition Filial Love.

Sasha Sykes – Filial Love
Until 29 March

Opening hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 11am–5pm; Wednesday 11am–7pm; Sunday 12–5pm.

Read more at thegloss.ie/an-insight-i...

🚨 Today is the last chance to send in first round entries for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition, in association with McCann FitzGerald – applications close at 11.59pm! 👀

Apply at rhagallery.ie/rha-annual

#RHAAnnual #RHA196 #McCannFitzGerald #GoFurther

#RHA #RHAGallery #KeyLearnings #HennessyCraigAward #HomanPottertonPrize #FionaMcDonald #InhaleExhale #WalkwaysOfTheM50 #JohnOReilly #SashaSykes #FilialLove #ArtsCouncilSupported #ArtsIreland

Now showing –

Key Learnings from Cross-Market Synergetic Alignment, to 19 April
Hennessy Craig & Homan Potterton Awards, to 29 March
Fiona McDonald, Inhale Exhale - Ecologies that Refuse to Behave, to 29 March
John O’Reilly, Walkways of the M50, to 15 March
Sasha Sykes, Filial Love, to 29 March

Listen back to @rteradio1.bsky.social's Arena programme from Wednesday evening, where Jess Fahy, a regular contributor, discusses the new line-up of exhibitions at the RHA, with host @rickoshea.bsky.social.

📻 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Why not visit us today – we’re open from 12 – 5pm.

🗣️ It's almost the last chance to send in first round entries for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition, in association with McCann FitzGerald - applications close on Monday at 11.59pm.

Apply at rhagallery.ie/rha-annual

#RHAAnnual #RHA196 #McCannFitzGerald #GoFurther

An image of the Atrium wall of the RHA during last year's Annual Exhibition with a woman looking at a sea of small paintings. The text advertises the fact that there are only FOUR days left to send in first round entries for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition, in association with McCann FitzGerald. Photo - Ros Kavanagh.

The countdown is on! There are only FOUR days left to send in first round entries for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition, in association with McCann FitzGerald.

📌 See rhagallery.ie/rha-annual – next Monday is the last date for submissions.

#RHAAnnual #RHA196 #McCannFitzGerald #GoFurther

A photograph of the Key Learnings from Cross-Market Synergetic Alignment exhibition at the RHA. Join Mags Harnett for a Slow Looking Tour of the show this Sunday 22 February, 12.30 – 1.30pm. Free, booking at https://rhagallery.ie/events/public-events/slow-looking-art-tour-2/

Join us this Sunday for a Slow Looking Tour with artist and guide Mags Harnett that encourages participants to look at art for a little longer, allowing us to familiarise ourselves with the works in greater detail.

Sun 22 Feb, 12.30 – 1.30pm.

Free, booking at rhagallery.ie/events/publi...

Only 6 days left to apply to be in this year's Annual Exhibition. Image: Ros Kavanagh Photography.

Time is ticking with just six more days to send in first round entries for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition, in association with McCann FitzGerald.

Apply here: rhagallery.ie/rha-annual

#RHAAnnual #RHA196 #McCannFitzGerald #GoFurther

Photo: Ros Kavanagh Photography.

Asha Murray, one of the nine artists featured in our new exhibition Key Learnings from Cross-Market Synergetic Alignment, recently spoke on her local radio station, Clare FM.

Asha Murray, one of the nine artists featured in our new exhibition Key Learnings from Cross-Market Synergetic Alignment, recently spoke on her local radio station, @clarefmradio.bsky.social.

Listen back to the interview at www.clare.fm/podcasts/sha...

Nathalie Weadick, Interim Director of the RHA - RHA Gallery The President and Members of the Academy are delighted to welcome Nathalie Weadick as the new Interim Director of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts. Nathalie is a highly respected cultural strategis...

The President and Members of the Academy are delighted to welcome Nathalie Weadick as the new Interim Director of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts.

Learn more about Nathalie: rhagallery.ie/news/nathali...

Photo: Paul Sherwood.

2026 Shortlisted Artists:

Maya Brezing · Mantas Poderys · Matthew Stickland · Liam Murray · Salvatore of Lucan · Owen de Forge · Manar Mervat Al Shouha · Eileen Leonard Sealy · Conor O’Connell · Daniel Coleman

#RHA #RHAGallery #HennessyCraigAward #HomanPottertonPrize

Both awards, the largest awards for painters in Ireland, were announced at a ceremony held at the RHA Gallery, on Thursday 12 February. An exhibition of work by the ten shortlisted artists continues at the RHA until 29 March.

Pictured, clockwise from top left: Eileen Leonard Sealy, Daniel Coleman, Conor O’Connell, and Manar Mervat Al Shouha.

The Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts is delighted to announce that Eileen Leonard Sealy and Daniel Coleman have been awarded the Hennessy Craig Award 2026 and Manar Mervat Al Shouha and Conor O’Connell have been awarded the Homan Potterton Award, 2026. 🧵

🖥️ rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...

Warmest congratulations to Dorothy Cross on her recent election as Saoi of Aosdána!

This honour truly reflects the searching commitment and creative force of Dorothy Cross and the esteem in which she is held.

In celebration, here are some of the artist’s exceptional works in the collection…

A photo of the RHA Atrium wall covered in works of art during last year's annual exhibition. Photo: Ros Kavanagh Photography.

There are just EIGHT days left to send in first round entries for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition, in association with McCann FitzGerald.

Apply here: rhagallery.ie/rha-annual – Monday 23 February is the last date for submissions.

#RHAAnnual #RHA196 #McCannFitzGerald #GoFurther

#RHA #RHAGallery #KeyLearnings
#HennessyCraigAward #HomanPottertonPrize
#FionaMcDonald #InhaleExhale
#WalkwaysOfTheM50 #JohnOReilly
#SashaSykes #FilialLove
#ArtsCouncilSupported #ArtsIreland

Key Learnings from Cross-Market Synergetic Alignment, to 19 April
Hennessy Craig & Homan Potterton Awards, to 29 March
Fiona McDonald, Inhale Exhale - Ecologies that Refuse to Behave, to 29 March
John O’Reilly, Walkways of the M50, to 15 March
Sasha Sykes, Filial Love, to 29 March

A big thank you 👏 to everyone who turned out in very inclement weather yesterday for the opening of our new season of exhibitions at the RHA.

Why not make a date with us this Valentine’s Day 💞 weekend – we’re open from 11am - 5pm Saturday, 12 - 5pm Sunday.

rhagallery.ie

Now showing 👇

Dorothy Cross RHA. Photo, Tony Maxwell.

L-r: President Connolly, Dorothy Cross RHA and Arts Council Chair, Maura Mc Grath. Photo, Tony Maxwell.

President of Ireland Catherine Connolly presided at a ceremony at the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social yesterday to mark the election of Dorothy Cross RHA as Saoi of Aosdána.

Read more: artscouncil.ie/news/preside...

Irish Times video of yesterday’s ceremony: www.irishtimes.com/video/video/...

Asha Murray | Tufting Masterclass - RHA Gallery

2/ Apply here: rhagallery.ie/events/maste...

#RHA #RHALearn #AshaMurray #KeyLearnings

A photo of Asha Murray beside some of her tufting artwork. Her Tufting Masterclass runs from Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 March, 10am – 5pm.

1/ Asha Murray, whose work features in Key Learnings from Cross-Market Synergetic Alignment (opening tomorrow) presents a two-day tufting masterclass for artists who are interested in expanding their practice through fine art textiles.

Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 March
10am – 5pm
Cost: €160

📌 Must end this Sunday - don't miss the last weekend to view Eimearjean McCormack's show at the RHA. Remember, you can view and purchase work from the exhibition anytime at this link: rhagallery.ie/events/exhibitions/eimearjean-mccormack-survey-series

Sasha Sykes, Filial Love - RHA Gallery

Filial Love is an intimate exhibition from Sasha Sykes that brings together sculpture, video and wall-mounted works to explore nature through the lens of familial bonds.

Sasha Sykes – Filial Love
RHA Friends Room
13 February – 29 March

Read more at rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...

Image: John O’Reilly, Off Dunsink Lane, 2026, Oil on canvas, 40 x 60cm, Photography John O’Reilly. Image courtesy of the artist.

In this compelling body of new work, Walkways of the M50, John O’Reilly turns his attention to the routes incorporated into the motorway’s design to enable pedestrian access over or under its constant torrent of roaring traffic.

RHA Ashford Gallery
13 Feb – 15 Mar

💻 rhagallery.ie/events/event...

Key Learnings from Cross-Market Synergetic Alignment - RHA Gallery

Key Learnings from Cross-Market Synergetic Alignment presents nine artists whose practice incorporates commodity culture, taking in branding, mass-market imagery, retail style, the domestic, advertising and packaging

RHA Gallagher Gallery
13 Feb – 19 Apr

Learn more at rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...

Eimearjean McCormack | 8 January - 8 February 2026 In this ongoing body of work, McCormack is interested in how repetition can evoke the dissolution of memory and how art can function as a record of both the process and the minds reflection. This evol...

Eimearjean McCormack - Survey Series

Ashford Gallery
Until 8 February

View and purchase work from the exhibition here: rhagallery.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room...

Accompanying the larger prints in her current RHA show, is a series of black-and-white ink sketches and scans created using Risography. This imagery shifts between closely observed moments of reflection and broader glimpses of transient beauty, capturing impressions that might otherwise disappear.