Patricia Hurl: Irish Gothic

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Curated by Johanne Mullan

Irish Gothic is a major retrospective spanning 40 years of painting from Patricia Hurl, one of Ireland’s most accomplished and respected artists. The show, whose works center around the experiences of Irish women and themes of loss, pain, frustration, loneliness and strength, debuted at IMMA in 2023 and comes to IAC as a limited-time theatre installation and full-season, building-wide exhibition.

Fall 2025 marks the start of a six-year partnership between Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Ireland’s leading visual arts institution, and Irish Arts Center. From now to 2031, IAC will present three exhibitions from IMMA’s permanent and special collections, beginning with Patricia Hurl’s Irish Gothic.

Patricia Hurl: Irish Gothic consists of an installation in the theatre during the month of September, and alongside it, a building-wide installation that runs from September through the end of the year. We encourage you to visit in September as the works contained in the theatre installation will be on display for a limited time only.

Copies of a full color publication to accompany Irish Gothic—including contributions from Jennifer Higgie, Catherine Marshall, Fionna Barber, Patricia Hurl, and Johanne Mullan, and designed by Oonagh Young—will be available for purchase during gallery hours at the Irish Arts Center box office.

Scroll down for gallery hours and featured Irish Gothic events. All events and gallery hours are free. Reservations are encouraged.

THEATRE INSTALLATION

September 5–27

HOURS
Monday–Friday // 2pm to 8pm
Saturday and Sunday // 1pm to 5pm

RESERVE

If you would like to view the works outside of these hours, please email rachael@irishartscenter.org.

BUILDING-WIDE EXHIBITION

September 5–December 12

HOURS
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays // 6pm to 8pm
September 22–November 12*

Saturdays // 1pm to 5pm
October 4–December 12*

*The exhibition will not be open on September 28, November 11 and 29

RESERVE

If you would like to view the works outside of these hours, please email rachael@irishartscenter.org.

PAST EVENTS

IRISH GOTHIC OPENING RECEPTION

September 5 // 6pm

Celebrate the opening of Irish Gothic with artist Patricia Hurl and curator Johanne Mullan.

MEET THE CURATOR

September 6 // 2:30pm

Join curator Johanne Mullan, Irish Museum of Modern Art, for a talk and an intimate tour of Patricia Hurl: Irish Gothic. Attendees are welcome to view the exhibition before or after the event and within gallery hours, from 1pm to 5pm.

MEMBERS' EXCLUSIVE: PRIVATE TOUR AND RECEPTION
With Johanne Mullan, curator at the Irish Museum of Modern Art

September 6 // 4pm

Irish Arts Center Membership and Claddagh Circle Members are invited to join us for a private gallery tour of Patricia Hurl: Irish Gothic. The tour will be led by curator of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Johanne Mullan. The tour and reception are free to all members with RSVP.

SCREENINGS OF DAWN TO DUSK

September 12–14

Friday // 6pm to 8pm
Saturday and Sunday // 1pm to 5pm

Run time: 35 mins

During gallery hours across the second weekend of the exhibition, Therry Rudin’s film Dawn to Dusk will be screened on loop in the studio. 

The film observes and documents the artists’ collective Na Cailleacha (from the Irish word cailleach meaning a witch or a divine hag), formed during 2020 to explore being female, older, and hopefully wiser. Including Rudin herself and Patricia Hurl as founding members, Na Cailleacha are six visual artists, one jazz musician, and a curator-writer in their 70s and 80s who came together on a collective residency in Ballinglen, Co. Mayo to explore their attitudes to ageing, their bodies, their place in the artworld, and how they relate to culture and heritage as older women.

Irish Arts Center Exhibition Team:

Rachael Gilkey, Director of Programing and Education 
Kestrel Wolgemuth, Associate Director of Programming
Mac Smith, Director of Production
Thomas Short, Stage Supervisor
Manuel da Silva, Production Manager and Lighting Supervisor 
Installation Team: Peter Lopez, Michael Harbeck, Kiel Fuller, Jason Collins
Andy O’Reilly, Artist Services Manager
Zohra Coday, Program Associate
Anah Klate, Audience Services Manager
Audience Services Team: Stephen Peterson, Colleen Litchfield, Sarah Jack, Anne Marie Mascia, Michael Lester, Francis Rosario, Anne Rutter

Presented with generous support from Culture Ireland.