The Irish Association of Art Historians and Artefact: Journal of the Irish Association of Art Historians in-conjunction with Trinity Irish Art Research Centre are holding a symposium to showcase current research on a variety of subjects in Art History & Visual Culture in Ireland. The event takes place on 15th November 2025 from 10am – 3:00pm. This talk is presented as part of the Irish Association of Art Historians annual Symposium. Free, advance booking essential.
Irish Association of Art Historians- Annual Symposium
15 November 2025, 09.30am-3pm
See the full list of papers being presented here IAAH TLRH poster 2025
2pm ‘Dublin should certainly see Bacon’s work’: The 1965 Francis Bacon exhibition at the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art with Jessica O’Donnell
Drawing on original archival material researched by Jessica O’Donnell and recently published in her article in Artefact, the Journal of the Irish Association of Art Historians (IAAH), this talk will bring to light a hitherto unexplored but fascinating moment in the artistic and cultural life of Dublin in the mid way point of the 1960s by recounting how the first ever exhibition of Francis Bacon’s paintings in Dublin came to fruition and how the exhibition was received in the city of his birth.
Free, advance booking essential.
Location: Trinity Long Room Hub, D2.
