Our City Expert's Tips

This is a great exhibition space and a really good place to start if you want to immerse yourself in nanscent Irish talent. Watch for the Irish Art College's graduation shows in the summer. You'll see the cream of the crop's work on display--most of which is also for sale.

Gourmet / Connoisseur
Grab a bite at the delicious restaurant and wine bar Ely Wine bar, just down the road. You can get 150 wines by the glass and meat is sourced from the family organic farm in Co Clare.

Artsy
Since the 19th century, the Academy's annual exhibition was a platform through which many conventional artists could sell their work. In 1943, a modernist movement spearheaded by artists such as Louis Le Brocquy and Mainie Jellett founded the Irish Exhibition of Living Art as an alternative for work which was unacceptable to the annual exhibitions of the Royal Hibernian Academy.

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