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Francis Bacon: A Terrible Beauty celebrates the centenary of Francis Bacon's birth in 63, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin. This exhibition comprising paintings, drawings, photographs, unfinished works and slashed canvases will offer the viewer an astonishing new look at Francis Bacon, the great figurative painter of the 20th century. It will provide an opportunity to reappraise his oeuvre through the selected paintings, several of which haven’t been on public exhibition for many years. The mastery of Francis Bacon is revealed through these works and will be fully supported by an extensive and previously unseen selection of items from Bacon’s Studio. Following on the donation of the Studio to the Hugh Lane by John Edwards in 1998, the 7,000 plus items retrieved from the studio were archived by The Hugh Lane. Francis Bacon’s Studio has been on permanent exhibition at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane since 2001. It is acknowledged as one of the most pioneering and successful realisations of preserving and displaying an artist’s studio and contents. The database is unprecedented, documenting every item retrieved, thus providing fascinating insights into Bacon’s working processes. The exhibition is co-curated by Barbara Dawson and Martin Harrison. It will be accompanied by a richly illustrated catalogue that will present important new research on the artist. Francis Bacon: A Terrible Beauty is one of the major European cultural events of 2009. The exhibition will tour to Compton Verney, Warwickshire, England, in 2010. For further information see: www.hughlane.ie

t: + 353 1 222 5550 e: info.hughlane@dublincity.ie

For further information see: www.wexfordvisualarts.com Wexford born photographer Conor O'Leary undertook a specific body of work with a small group of travelers living two miles outside New Ross, Co. Wexford. It was through work in photography and audio recordings that it became apparent to the artist that these communities live in isolation, which is partly self imposed but also in response to how they are perceived from the settled communities. Conor O'Leary is currently based in London, where he will be studying for a MA in photojournalism at the University of Westminster, London in 2010. He graduated with a BA (Hons) in Photojournalism, Swansea Metropolitan University in 2009.

For further information see: www.royalhibernianacademy.ie

“A lot of the Press Releases you read for art exhibitions these days, tell you all sorts of things about what you can expect to see in the upcoming show. These more often than not consist in making references to the references that can be found in the work. You go there, expecting all sorts of things and then you come across the work...........and the rest is up to you. With this press release I hope to avoid any crossed wires or disappointment due to differences between the work and what these words say the work would do. So I will list some things that you definitely will not find in the exhibition. Understanding, meaning or a new lifestyle choice. For further information see: http://www.rhagallery.ie/index.html

Róisin Lewis exhibits work from an ongoing project Lesser Trefoils, inspired by the research of Nathaniel Colgan. In 1893 the Irish botanist asked people from all over Ireland to send him “genuine Shamrock” and he identified those samples that were sent to him. His results included Lesser trefoil plants, White clover, Red Clover, Black Medick and Wood Sorrel. Lewis is engaged in an ongoing process, gathering trifoliate seedlings as she travels and documenting their growth over months, as they become mature “Shamrocks”. The arrangement of leaves in the Sycamore series, is inspired by fragments of antique lace and printed textiles. Leaves gathered along the R497 are used to construct a landscape.

The Butler Gallery is delighted to present a multi-media exhibition by Aideen Barry. The Morphology of the Other addresses a sense of fear of impending futuristic doom. The exhibition evokes the threat of what we humans might eventually morph into - creatures devoid of compassion and empathy. Barry’s inherent rebellion is targeted against the society in which we live, challenging our progress and lack of, and encouraging responsibility towards a ‘new world’ attitude. Barry’s philosophical interests lie with “the uncanny”. She frequently plays with the notion of the subverted female character in her film and performative works, referring to hysterical female creatures in Irish Gothic literature. This interest in the Gothic is a constant in Barry’s work, combining nightmare with humour, having the effect of equally enticing and repelling the viewer. For further information see: www.butlergallery.com

Opening reception Wednesday January 27th 6.30-8.30pm. Guest speaker: Olive Braiden, Human Rights Commissioner. A percentage of exhibition sales will be donated in support of Women’s Aid Kindly sponsored by photographer David Monahan and the Sycamore Part-sponsored by Mercury Framing Supported by the Brazilian Embassy and Joe Stanley, director of the art programme at the Sycamore. Lourdes Viso and Róisín Russell are delighted to present an exhibition of works by international Brazilian artist Beth Moysés, whose work has never before been exhibited in Ireland. Her video piece Gotejando (Dripping) and photographs from the performance Mosaico branco por 60 mulheres (White mosaic by 60 women) will be on show at the Sycamore in Dublin. Moysés has exhibited widely across the Americas, in Spain and China; recently this includes Veiled Recollections a performance at the International Day of Non Violence Against Women, Shanghai, China (2008), And Pass, a performance at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain (2008), Lecho Rojo, a performance at the ARCO Art Fair 2008 in Madrid, Spain with the Galeria Fernando Pradilla and Between-Reds at the Galeria Adora Calvo in Salamanca, Spain (2007). Her work features in numerous collections, including those of the Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander, Spain, the Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia, Spain, the 21C Museum, Kentucky, USA, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Madrid, Spain and the Museu de Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo, Brazil. In 1996 she was awarded an Acquisition Prize from UNAMA in Belém, Brazil.

Artist in conversation with Patrick Murphy (Director of the the RHA): Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 7-8pm. For further information see: www.greenonredgallery.com

Nano Reid and Gerard Dillon is the first exhibition to examine the influences, affinities and contrasts between the output of these two major Irish artists. Featuring works from public and private collections throughout Ireland, including many seldom seen in public, the exhibition includes Dillon’s enchanting portrait of Reid, Nano’s Dream Castle (Collection, National Gallery of Ireland), and paintings by both artists created during the periods that they spent together in Drogheda and Connemara. While the reputations of Reid and Dillon have grown in recent years, there has been little in-depth research into their work and no exploration of their how their relationship influenced their art. By exploring their shared interest in Celtic art and mythology, Drogheda and the Boyne, the landscape and inhabitants of the west of Ireland and urban scenes of everyday life, as well as their forays into illustration and their artistic experiments influenced by international Modernism, this exhibition revaluates the oeuvres of these two important artists and reveals how their shared influences, inspirations and experiences helped to change their art and, ultimately, the shape of Irish art history.

For further information email: femcwilliam@banbridge.gov.uk ot tel: +44 (0) 28 4062 3322

This exhibition of contemporary art will be opened on Wedsnesday 3 February from 6-8pm by the Director of Visual Artists Ireland, Noel Kelly. Tondo is an artist's collective whose members include Gerard Cox, Lioubov Kadyrova, Eoin Mac Lochlainn and Eve Parnell. This inaugural exhibition by the art group includes drawing, painting, sculpture and installation and investigates various aspects of the legacy of Pádraig Pearse and its relevance in the present day.Opening hours: Monday to Thursday: 10.00am -8.00pm. Friday and Saturday: 10.00am -5.00pm. Sundays: Closed

Following on from Spatial Notions (2005) and eyed (2007), Dermot Seymour continues to delve into his fascination with gazes, whether they are emanating from animals or the pages of newspapers and magazines. It’s said that Seymour paints humans and animals in a realist style, but perhaps that’s being too picky. The faces – scrubbed raw by the artist’s brush; metamorphosised in a mutated wide angle – are not by and large conferred status by virtue of their species. Rather, the nomenclature is as ambiguous and fantastical as ever. For more information see www.kevinkavanaghgallery.ie or call (0)1 475 9514

A hauntingly atmospheric picture of night time Vienna emerges from Eithne Jordans most recent paintings, as she continues to explore some of the hidden and forgotten spaces in Europes great cities. Exhibition Preview: 10th February from 6-8pm. For more information please see www.rubicongallery.ie

To launch the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Alliance Française in Dublin, a collection of acclaimed work by the important Irish artist Seán Hillen will be shown for the first time in Dublin since the 1990’s. Best known for his ‘Irelantis’ series, where competing myths and visions cohabit a deliciously witty montage, Hillen is one of the most significant artists of his generation. Admission free. Opening: Thursday 11 February at 6:30pm. Other opening hours: Monday – Friday 8.30am-7.30pm. Saturday 8.30-1.30pm. For more information visit www.alliance-francaise.ie.

Much anticipated second solo exhibition in Dublin of one of Britain's foremost painters. Born in Hartlepool in 1936, though now living in London, Maurice Cockrill is one of the most protean, original and important artists working today. Very much a 'painter's painter', not for him the easy path of repeating that which works well; his innovative painting has a unique energy, and it is always evolving and challenging. Cockrill's wonderful, sensuous work is included in important public and private collections worldwide. For more information please contact (0) 18788242 or see www.hillsborofineart.com.

Reception Thursday 11 February, 6-8pm. For more information see website www.crossgallery.ie

Reception Thursday 11 February, 6-8pm. For more information see website www.crossgallery.ie

Over the past eighteen months Walters has been developing a project entitled PLACE situated in Gorey, Co. Wexford; taking on a disused shop to create an intimate gallery/studio integrating a functioning shop. This came about through a need to find a new model to both live and sustain herself as an artist. For her solo show, Walters is transporting the entire shop from Gorey to Wexford Arts Centre. The installation will be a fully interactive and operational space while in parallel the vacated shop space in Gorey will become a working studio, alongside a live video feed of the relocated shop in Wexford. This action, while questioning the current economic climate and pressure ensued on the arts by commerical demands, forcibly and directly melds together two worlds which traditionally and in their purist forms are held at arms length, that of art and fashion, art and commerce. For more information see www.wexfordvisualarts.com.

For more information see www.imma.ie or contact (0) 1 612 9900

For more information see www.imma.ie or contact (0) 1 612 9900

The Exhibition will be opened by Ruairi Quinn TD on Thursday, February 18th at 8 p.m.

John McAtamney continues to be one of the gallery's most dynamic young artists. This exhibition is the culmination of the last 18 months output by this hugely popular surrealist. For more information please see: www.emergallery.com or contact 028 9077 8777.

Kerlin Gallery are pleased to announce the exhibition ‘POOL’ by Dorothy Cross & William McKeown. 'POOL’ is an exhibition of works by two artists, whose work manifests in very different forms but who nevertheless share similar sources of reference and inspiration. In this case it is the human biological affinity to water that provides the common ground; from such actions as sitting in a bath, drinking a glass of water, diving into a pool or sitting on the shore looking at the ocean. This elemental relationship has historically been at the heart of each artist’s practice and on this occasion has resulted in a wonderfully poetic body of work employing a diverse range of mediums; from the delicate watercolours on paper of McKeown to Cross’s suspended shark skin gilded inside with 21 carat gold. For more information please see www.kerlin.ie or contact 01 670 9093.

Parnell's exhibition focuses on the resilient delicacy of natural structures and conveys the wonderful strangeness of the tiny worlds so close to usand yet so alien. Following numerous successful exhibtions, including her most recent show with her artist collective, Tondo, in the Pearse Library, The Mill Gallery is delighted to play host to another exhibition by artist. Almost 3 years ago Parnell unveiled, 'Irish Skies' at the Mill Theatre, this new body of work will trace for development since 2007 offer the viewer an insight into her latest source of inspiration. For further information see: www.milltheatre.ie

Exhibition to be opened by Detlef Moller (Lawyer and Patron of the Arts, Germany) on 20 February at 7pm. For more information please see: www.cavanacorgallery.ie.

Parnell's exhibition focuses on the resilient delicacy of natural structures and conveys the wonderful strangeness of the tiny worlds so close to us and yet so alien. Parnell has had numerous successful exhibtions, including her most recent show with her artist collective, Tondo, in the Pearse Library, Pearse St., Dublin. The Mill Gallery is delighted to play host to another exhibition by artist. Almost 3 years ago Parnell unveiled, 'Irish Skies' at the Mill Theatre. This new body of work will trace her development since 2007 and offer the viewer an insight into her latest source of inspiration. For further information see: www.milltheatre.ie

Reception Thursday 25 February from 6 - 9pm. For more information contact gallery@queenstreetstudios.net or 00 44 (0)28 90 24 31 45

In association with Damien Matthews Fine Art. For more information please see www.molesworthgallery.com or call (0) 1 679 1548

For more information see www.butlergallery.com or contact (0) 56 776 1106.

Reception Friday 5 March 6 - 8pm. For more information see www.crossgallery.ie or contact (0) 1 473 8978

Reception Friday 5 March 6 - 8pm. For more information see www.crossgallery.ie or contact (0) 1 473 8978

For more information see www.jorgensenfineart.com or contact (0) 1 66 19 758 / 9.

A survey exhibition of sculpture by Gibbons from the last 20 years. Large early works in rusted and painted steel up to contemporary portraits in stainless steel as featured in his current exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery. Born in County Clare in 1949, Gibbons has been based in London for over 30 years. His work is included in important collections across the world including: Arts Council, England; Edmonton Art Gallery, Canada; Modern Art Centre / Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal; Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona, Spain; Tate Gallery, London; Contemporary Irish Arts Society, Dublin; Office of Public Works (OPW), Ireland; Nograd History Museum, Hungary; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England; Museum of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic. A hardback publication with an essay by Paul Moorhouse will accompany the exhibition. For more information contact (0) 18788242 or see www.hillsborofineart.com.

This exhibition is a remarkable departure for Mick O’Dea and yet it is also a journey all the way back to his childhood home in Ennis, where, as a boy he played toy soldiers in the family bar in the unlikely shared company of ex-British service men who had fought in WW2 and Old IRA veterans. For the old men who had fought in real zones of combat, the boy’s plastic tanks and guns became tangible examples of what equipment had worked or hindered their own intricately remembered army manoeuvres. Forty years later, the artist recalled: “In my father's pub the ex-British army men were rank and file rather than commanders, though when it came to giving me advice about how to lay out my plastic solders they took on the role of commanders.”[i] For Mick O’Dea, the childhood military toys would inform two decades of his visual art practice. The ‘hand of god’ and the hand of the painter moving soldiers around abstract dislocated games of war. For more information see www.kevinkavanaghgallery.ie

All lectures take place at 8pm in The Stella Maris Seafares Club, Beresford Place, Dublin 1

It is difficult to believe that this is the first solo exhibition in Dublin by this hugely acclaimed Welsh painter. Shani Rhys James is an artist whose quality as a painter outshines all that is fashionable and transient in contemporary art. Born in 1953 in Melbourne, Australia, she has since childhood lived in Wales and is undoubtedly the most exciting and critically acclaimed Welsh painter of her generation. A Jerwood Prize (UK's most prestigious prize for painting) winner in 2003, she has also won the Hunting Prize, National Portrait Award, Mostyn Open, the Gold Medal at the National Eisteddfod and was made an MBE in 2006. In 2007 she received The Glyndwr Award, presented by MOMA for her outstanding contribution to Welsh Art. A hardback publication will accompany the exhibition. For more information contact (0) 18788242 or see www.hillsborofineart.com.

All lectures take place at 8pm in The Stella Maris Seafares Club, Beresford Place, Dublin 1