Visual Arts

John Minihan in Conversation

Presented in partnership with the Consulate General of Ireland, New York

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Details

FREE (reservations strongly encouraged)
Date(s)

Tue, Jun 30, 2026

6:00pm - 8:15pm

Contact

boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
888-616-0274

Location

Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue
New York, NY 10019

Overview

Gallery viewing, Library // 6pm–7pm

Conversation and Q&A, JL Greene Theatre // 7pm–8:15pm

Few photographers have captured Ireland with the intimacy, dignity, and artistry of Cork-born John Minihan. Over a career spanning more than five decades, Minihan has created some of the most iconic photographic portraits of our time, from Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney to ordinary people whose faces and stories became part of Ireland’s visual memory. His work bridges worlds: rural and urban, famous and unknown, Irish and international.

In 2008, he was commissioned to photograph To Love Two Countries, a landmark project documenting the Irish experience in America. Over the years, his lens has captured not only literary giants and world-renowned artists, but also members of the NYPD, Irish immigrants, workers, musicians, and communities whose lives helped shape the city itself.

This year, as the National Gallery of Ireland mounts a retrospective marking Minihan’s 80th birthday, we are celebrating his extraordinary contribution to photography, Irish cultural life, and transatlantic artistic exchange.

John Minihan will be joined in conversation by Rachael Gilkey (Irish Arts Center) and Sarah McAuliffe (curator of Irish Art (Post 1900), National Gallery of Ireland), followed by a Q&A.

Please join us before the event, from 6pm in the Library, to view the exhibition.

Copies of the accompanying publication of the same title will be available for purchase before and after the event.

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Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Brandt Jackson Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; the Irish Institute of New York; the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater; the MacMillan Family Foundation; Bloomberg Philanthropies; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; the Covillo Lynch Foundation; M&T Bank; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; the British Council; the St. Patrick's Day Foundation, NYC; the Hyde and Watson Foundation; the H.W. Wilson Foundation; the Tara Circle, Inc; the Manhattan Tourism Foundation; the Harkness Foundation for Dance; and thousands of generous donors like you.

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