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Kerlin Gallery

Coordinates:53°20′26″N6°15′34″W/ 53.340689°N 6.259553°W/53.340689; -6.259553
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Kerlin Gallery
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Complete Bin Development 2013, byLiam Gillick,at the gallery
Kerlin Gallery is located in Central Dublin
Kerlin Gallery
Location within Central Dublin
Established1988(1988)
LocationAnne's Lane, South Anne Street,Dublin,Ireland
Coordinates53°20′26″N6°15′34″W/ 53.340689°N 6.259553°W/53.340689; -6.259553
TypeContemporary art gallery
DirectorDavid Fitzgerald, Darragh Hogan, John Kennedy
OwnerCo-ownership by David Fitzgerald, Darragh Hogan, John Kennedy, andPaddy McKillen[1][2]
Public transit accessStephen's GreenLuasstop (Green Line)
College Green bus stops
Websitekerlin.ie

Kerlin Galleryis a contemporary commercial art gallery inDublin,Ireland.

History[edit]

Originally opened in 1988,[3]the gallery's current space was designed in 1994 by architectJohn Pawson.[4]It is located in central Dublin and has 3,600 square feet of gallery space spread over two floors.[4]In 2015, theArtnetwebsite included the gallery in a list of "Europe’s Top 55 Galleries".[5]David Fitzgerald, Darragh Hogan, and John Kennedy are the gallery's directors.[6]

In 2018, the gallery donated a number of works to theIrish Museum of Modern Art.[2][7]

Selected exhibitions[edit]

Kerlin Gallery programs eight exhibitions annually, predominantly solo exhibitions by gallery artists with occasional curated group exhibitions and solo exhibitions by invited artists.[citation needed]Curated group exhibitions includeNewfound Landscape(1998), withUta Barth,Oliver Boberg,Walter Niedermayer, and Esko Manniko;Kin,withJohn Currin,Cheryl Donegan,Ellen Gallagher,andSean Landers,andArchitecture Schmarchitecture(2003) withIsa Genzken,Liam Gillick,Roger Hiorns,Jim Lambie,Sarah Moris, andThomas Scheibitz.[8]

In 2019, the gallery organisedShadowplaywithWillie Doherty,Aleana Egan,Liam Gillick,Siobhán Hapaska,andCallum Innes.[9]The title is derived fromthe song of the same nameonJoy Division'sUnknown Pleasuresalbum.[6]In 2021, it presented a solo exhibition by the influential conceptual artistLawrence Weiner.[10]

Publications[edit]

The gallery has previously published exhibition catalogues and artist monographs.[citation needed]In 2023, it published monographs on the Welsh artistMerlin Jamesand the Northern Irish painterWilliam McKeown.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^"McKillen's Art Work".thephoenix.ie.Phoenix Magazine. 7 March 2019.Retrieved7 January2020.
  2. ^ab"McKillen's gallery draws €1m tax break for donating art to Imma".thetimes.co.uk.The Times. 10 March 2019.Retrieved7 January2020.
  3. ^"Kerlin Gallery Celebrates 30 Years".dublintown.ie.4 January 2018.Retrieved7 January2020.
  4. ^abReyburn, Scott (1 December 2017)."Dublin Has a 'Grass-Roots' Gallery Weekend. How Much Can It Grow?".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved19 November2019.
  5. ^"Europe's Top Galleries To Know, Part 2".Artnet News.23 July 2015.Retrieved16 January2020.
  6. ^ab"Artsdesk: In The Shadows - Shadowplay at the Kerlin Gallery".totallydublin.ie.21 August 2019.Retrieved16 January2020.
  7. ^"Kerlin Gallery".occula.Retrieved7 January2020.
  8. ^"Architecture Schmarchitecture - Exhibitions - Kerlin Gallery".kerlingallery.Retrieved29 October2019.
  9. ^"Shadowplay".artforum.Retrieved16 January2020.
  10. ^"Lawrence Weiner".artforum.Retrieved19 December2023.

External links[edit]

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