If you have any queries, please direct them to Kate McBride, Academy Registrar at kate@rhagallery.ie
We would like to thank all artists who submitted for this year's Annual Exhibition.
#RHAAnnual #RHA195 #GoFurther
The first round digital selection for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition, in association with McCann FitzGerald, is now complete. Artists can check the status of their application on their OESS (Open Exhibition Submission and Selection system) account.
The first round digital selection for the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition, in association with McCann FitzGerald, is now complete.
Artists can check the status of their application on their OESS (Open Exhibition Submission and Selection system) account.
We’re open until 5pm today, 11am–5pm Saturday, and 12–5pm Sunday
Video: Barry Lynch
#RHA #RHAGallery #KeyLearnings
#HennessyCraigAward #HomanPottertonPrize
#FionaMcDonald #InhaleExhale #WalkwaysOfTheM50 #JohnOReilly #SashaSykes #FilialLove #RHACollection #ArtsCouncilSupported #ArtsIreland
Now showing ⤵️
Key Learnings from Cross-Market Synergetic Alignment, to 19 April
Hennessy Craig & Homan Potterton Awards, to 25 March
Fiona McDonald, Inhale Exhale - Ecologies that Refuse to Behave, to 25 March
John O’Reilly, Walkways of the M50, to 15 March
Sasha Sykes, Filial Love, to 29 March
Fiona Mc Donald, Inhale Exhale – Ecologies That Refuse to Behave
Petronella Brown and O'hUiginn Galleries
Until 29 March
Read more at rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...
Video: Barry Lynch.
#RHA #RHAGallery #RHALearn #FionaMcDonald #InhaleExhale #ArtsCouncilSupported #ArtsIreland
Sasha Sykes In-conversation with Seán Kissane
RHA Friends Room
Wednesday 11 March, 1–2pm
Free, all welcome, no booking required.
rhagallery.ie/events/publi...
Image: Sasha-Sykes at work in her studio. Photo, Rory Moore.
#RHA #RHAGallery #SashaSykes #FilialLove #ArtsCouncilSupported #ArtsIreland
Key Learnings from Cross-Market Synergetic Alignment
RHA Gallagher Gallery
Until 19 April
Video: Barry Lynch.
#RHA #RHAGallery #KeyLearnings #ArtsCouncilSupported #ArtsIreland
Asha Murray 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
Apply here rhagallery.ie/events/maste...
Learn more at rhagallery.ie
#RHA #RHAGallery #KeyLearnings
#HennessyCraigAward #HomanPottertonPrize
#FionaMcDonald #InhaleExhale #WalkwaysOfTheM50 #JohnOReilly #SashaSykes #FilialLove #RHACollection #ArtsCouncilSupported #ArtsIreland
Visit the RHA this weekend – we’re open from 11am–5pm Sat and 12–5pm Sun. Now on ⤵️
Key Learnings from Cross-Market Synergetic Alignment
Hennessy Craig & Homan Potterton Awards
Fiona McDonald, Inhale Exhale - Ecologies that Refuse to Behave
John O’Reilly, Walkways of the M50
Sasha Sykes, Filial Love
Image: Fiona McDonald, Cloud Chamber (868MHz Transmitter), 2026, Ultraviolet grow light, electronics, custom software, LoRa radio, acrylic enclosure, linear actuator, CO₂ sensor, circulation fans, 14 segment display, living sphagnum capillifolium (red bog-moss). Photography Mark Steadman.
Join poet Jessica Foley with artist Fiona McDonald here tomorrow for a somatic writing workshop in response to McDonald’s RHA show, Inhale Exhale: Ecologies that Refuse to Behave.
Saturday 28 February, 3.30–5pm
Cost: €15
Book now at www.eventbrite.ie/e/slow-looki...
Recent work describes walks around monolithic infrastructures designed to accommodate vehicles, with their collages of ever-changing urban textures.
John O’Reilly – Walkways of the M50
Until 15 March
View and purchase work here: rhagallery.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room...
John O'Reilly, The Royal Canal, 2026. Oil on canvas, 50 x 100cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
John O'Reilly, Abandoned Road, 2026. Oil on canvas, 50 x 85cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
John O'Reilly, Lehaunstown Lane, 2026. Oil on canvas, 100 x 140cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
As a former graffiti artist, John Reilly’s early subjects included non-pedestrian restricted areas he often painted graffiti in, especially the railway and abandoned sites. 🧵
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.
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...
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…
