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The Office of Public Works (OPW), in partnership with the Department of Finance (DoF), is delighted to present Connections. This exhibition is the latest in the cross-border series of contemporary art exhibitions, it will be exhibited at Down Arts Centre from 10 April to 3 May 2025. The tour will continue in the Braid Museum in Ballymena from 13 May to mid-June 2025.
The exhibition explores the theme of connections – the ways in which artworks relate to each other linking and joining ideas and themes. This exhibition illustrates work in painting, photographs, prints and sculpture.
The exhibition features 63 artworks by 60 artists. It is accompanied by a free catalogue.
Featured artists: Neisha Allen, Elisabeth Banim, Alicia Boyle, Sara Brown, Cecilia Bullo, Ursula Burke, Sam Byrne, Maud Cotter, Erin Cummins, Samuel Laurence Cunnane, Gerry Davis, Rita Duffy, Cara Dunne, Esko, Martin Gale, Cara Gribben, Noel Hensey, Diane Henshaw, Carol Hodder, Dee Hurley, Myra Jago, Desmond Kenny, Neil Kerr, Roisin Lambert, Melanie le Brocquy, Cristín Leach, Alison Lowry, Eva Lynch, Alan Magee,
Ciaran Magill, Mervyn Marshall, Trevor McElnea, Valerie Giannandrea McKeag, Cian McLoughlin, Josie McMorrin, Grace McMurray, Tadgh McSweeney, Simon McWilliams, Andrew Nally, Peter Neill, Sorche Ní Ríain, Veronica Nicholson, David Otruba, Jack Pakenham, Michael Power, Jane Prendergast, Selena Quilligan, Gail Ritchie, Stuart A. Robinson, Katherine Sankey, Matthew Smyth, Elizabeth Taggart, Lucy Turner, Peter B. Waddell, Samuel Walsh, Minghui Wang, Catherine Ward, Dianne Whyte, Lena Willryd, Alice Wyatt.
