RHA Ashford Gallery – Hennessy Programme In the exhibition entitled Land Marks, Smith considers the infrastructure and material fabric of public space; the spaces and structures we habitually traverse and use; how this impacts on the quality and reach of our lives and on the effectiveness of our cities and neighbourhoods. She is concerned with the […]

The RHA Gallery presents a new body of work by Cork-based sculptor Alex Pentek, titled Folded Space. This site-specific series of artworks, which has been created for the foyer and atrium of the RHA is inspired by Pentek’s long-time interest in origami. Origami informs his work on a practical and philosophical level, as well as an ongoing […]

Charles Harper RHA came of age as an artist in 1960s Ireland, a time of political turmoil in the north, reactionary politics in the south, sexual repression and a dominant conservative Catholic Church. Harper’s early works from the period addressed the issues of the day and cast his quest to explore in paint issues of […]