Director's Cut, selected works from the Permanent Collection 2015-2025

Over the last ten years 2015 -2025, Limerick City Gallery of Art has acquired several works of art mainly from exhibitions that have been held here over that period.  The exhibition also includes work donated to the Collections by both artists and collectors for which we are very thankful.

15 August - 30 November 2025

Limerick City Gallery of Art

image of a number of artworks displayed in gallery space for the exhibition
Installation view of Director's Cut exhibition

Director's Cut, selected works from the Permanent Collections

To mark the retirement of the current Director, Úna McCarthy we have selected a number of works for this exhibition, Director’s Cut.  The eclectic range of work, which focuses primarily on painting but also includes sculpture, drawings and ceramics.  A significant number of works are by locally based artists who sit cheek by jowl with national and international artists.

Exhibition in the East Gallery features a selection of works by 72 Artists from the LCGA Collections including: Aideen Barry; Vivienne Bogan; Mary Bourke, Jamie Burke; Thomas Brezing; Mike Byrne; David Clarke; Sian Costello, Bernadette Cotter; Séan Cotter;  Paddy Crichley; Caoimhe Dalton, Gerry Davis; Naomi Draper; Gabhann Dunne; Samuel Erenberg;  Brian Fay; Tom Fitzgerald; Martin Folan; Marie Foley; Hazel Gardner, Mark Garry; Robin Gossip, Sheenagh Geoghegan; Helena Gorey; Anita Groener; Marie Hanlon; Ronnie Hughes; Eithne Jordan; Molly Kane, Ramon Kassam;  Arno Kramer; Vera Klute; Joe Lane; Gillian Lawler, Maggie Madden, Elizabeth Magill; Donncha MacGhabhann, Brian MacMahon; Niamh McCann, Edward McGuire; Sinead McKillican; Austin McQuinn; Nick Miller;

Stephen Murphy; Mary Nagle; Áine Nic  Giolla Coda; Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh; Mariela Neudecker; Tina O'Connell; Marcus O'Mahony,  Martin Parr; Tom Prendergast; Richard Proffitt; Mary Ryan Robert Ryan; Shell/Ter Artist Collective (S/TAC); Jim Sheehy, John Shinnors, Maighread Tobin; Clodagh Toomey; Trudi van der  Elsen; Lorraine Wall; Ursula Walsh née Brick; Mary Ruth Walsh; Casey Walshe;

Herbert Gallery: Some more favourites from the Director’s Cut, featuring:  Suzanne Anderson, Anne Brennan, Margaret Clarke, Barrie Cooke, E.M. Dickey, Henri Hayden, Grace Henry, Christine Mackey, Alice Maher, David Nash, Nano Reid, Oliver Sheppard, Camille Souter, Mary Swanzy, Unknown.

The Mushroom Book by John Cage/Lois Long/Alexander M. Smith.

 

The print portfolio from Hollander Print Workshop New York, produced in the 1960’s & 1970’s with a display of prints compiled by Jim Sheehy, as a master printmaker, teacher, and artist, LCGA is indebted to his generosity over the last 30 years.  

The prints are by leading American artists from the 1960’s & 1970’s,  featuring prints by:  William Gropper, Ben Kamihara, Walasse Ting, Sam Francis, Robert Raushenberg, John Cage, Ulfert Wilke, Lila Katzen, Jacques Lipchitz, Jasper John, Fred Genis, Saul Steinberg, Don Nice, Robert Morris, Mark Tobey, James Rosenquist, Peter Takel, Irwin Hollander, Robert Motherwell, Robert Indiana, Richard Anuszkiwics, Joseph Pla-Narbona, Jean-Michel Folon, Maryan s. Maryan (Pinchas Burstein), Robert Baemier.

In 2025 LCGA is celebrating this significant anniversary and are more committed to being an organization that is relevant and Still….Making a Difference

Queries to artgallery@limerick.ie

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