For Culture night 2023 the Arts Council will once again proudly showcase a selection of works recently added to its extensive Visual Art Collection.

The Arts Council Collection was established in 1962 and now comprises almost 1,350 works of modern and contemporary Irish art. This year we are delighted to once again welcome audiences to the Arts Council buildings on Merrion Square, Dublin to engage with some our most recent acquisitions.

Works by many of Ireland’s leading artists will be shown on the night including pieces by: Elizabeth Cope, Miriam De Búrca, Mollie Douthit, Justin Fitzpatrick, Marie Holohan, Helen Hughes, Catriona Leahy, Jialin Long, Kevin Mooney, Doireann Ni Ghrioghair, Emma Roche, Mark Swords, Amna Walayat and Orla Whelan.

As well as this glimpse into the Arts Council Collection for Culture Night, artworks can be seen all year round throughout the country as part of exhibitions and long term loans in public buildings such as hospitals, universities and schools.

Please visit our website www.artscouncil.ie to learn more about the Collection and to view further works online.

• Elizabeth Cope Last Picnic on London City Island 2020  Oil on Canvas 185 x 212cm.
• Miriam de Búrca Dolan Cillin Sample I 2017 Ink on paper vellum 30.5 × 43.5 cm
• Miriam de Búrca Dolan Cillin Sample II 2017 Ink on paper vellum 30.5 × 43.5 cm
• Miriam de Búrca Anatomy of Chaos II: The Legacy of Madness 2018 Ink drawing on man-made vellum 60.5 × 76 cm
• Mollie Douthit No one is sitting in your chair 2021 Oil on canvas          34 × 29 cm
• Mollie Douthit Video City 2021 Oil on canvas 27 × 21 cm
• Mollie Douthit Below deck 2021 Oil on canvas 27 × 21 cm
• Justin Fitzpatrick Photon pump 2021 Oil on canvas, oak frame 113 x 73 x 3 cm
• Marie Holohan Hook Lighthouse 2021 Acrylic on Canvas, 80 x 80cm
• Helen Hughes Mazda 34J 2021 Bronze, acrylic polyurethane enamel 36 × 21 × 11 cm
• Jialin Long Untitled 2020 Archival pigment print on cotton rag paper          52 x 150cm
• Catriona Leahy Metabolic Rift 2020 24 individual silver gelatin prints on resin coated paper, walnut frame with non-reflective glass. 280cm X 180cm
• Kevin Mooney Beast 2020 Oil, distemper and acrylic on jute 115 × 135 cm
• Doireann Ní Ghrioghair Deflated Capital VI 2017 Plaster and pigment           105 x 35 x 60cm
• Doireann Ní Ghrioghair Deflated Capital VII 2017 Plaster and pigment           105 x 20 x 20cm 
• Emma Roche Mid-Day Feed 2022 Knitted acrylic paint on wooden panels 78 x 42 x 2 cm
• Emma Roche Essential Worker 2022 Acrylic paint on rug canvas 42.5 x 78 x 2 cm
• Mark Sword Important Dinosaurs In My Life 2020 Various materials on board 200 × 157 cm
• Amna Walayat In the Name of Shame Series  2021 Tea wash, pencil, Water Colour and Gouache, Neem rung (half tone) on Wasli paper. 46 x 36 cm
• Orla Whelan Against a Melancholy Moment (or Magic Carpet) 2020 Acrylic paint on plywood 240 x 140 x 4.5cm