3 Star Hotel Galway City Centre
Art Galleries
The Kenny Gallery
The gallery organises some eighteen solo and group exhibitions each year, including retrospectives, and we actively promote emerging talent. Over the years we have showcased the work of emerging Irish artists, many of whom have become household names. The works of Jack Yeats, Paul Henry, Sean Keating, George Campbell, Louis le Brocquy, Andy Warhol, Salvador Dalí Sidney Nolan and many others have gone through the doors of Kennys. In addition, we have an ongoing everchanging group show of several hundred works - oils, watercolours, sculpture, stained glass, ceramics, photography and graphics.
In recent years, the gallery has been commissioned by private individuals, companies and public institutions to decorate their homes and premises with art. A member of our consultation team can visit your home or place of business and advise on a stylish artistic layout to suit your environment. Our time, advice and proposals are entirely free of charge.
Dolan Art House
Irish Art Auctions have been a Dublin and London phenomenon and to a lesser degree Belfast and Cork, with few, if any, art auctions beyond these cities. Recognising this gap and aware of the rich artistic culture of Galway, Dr. Niall Dolan established Dolan's Art Auction House.
The auctions will introduce a wide range of contemporary, 20th Century and Victorian art to the market in Galway and the West of Ireland.
It has always been remarkable, at the Dublin and London Art Sales, that a very large proportion of Irish Art depicts life in the West of Ireland. Over the years, so many of our great Irish artists have sought inspiration from the people and landscape of the West. The establishment of Dolan's Art Auction House will draw important Irish Art back to the West of Ireland and enrich the cultural heritage of the West.
G126
In the last ten years a diverse and internationally significant visual arts scene has emerged in Ireland. It is in this development that 126 plays an important role as the only permanent space in Galway that allows artists to experiment and take risks with their practice.
126 is Galway's and the west of Ireland’s first artist-led exhibition space. 126 was established in 2006 by local artists in their own living room as a response to the urgent need for more non-commercial gallery spaces in Galway. We then shifted locations to a white-cube space and invited local artists to form a Board based on the successful democratic style of Catalyst (Belfast) and Transmission (Glasgow). And this year 126 has again relocated to a larger, more prominent space in the city centre.
Galway Arts Centre
Manages two buildings both located in the city centre:The Arts Centre at Number 47 Dominick Street is a 3,000 sq ft gallery, showing national and internationl contemporary arts. The gallery is open from Monday – Saturday 10am - 5:30pm. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. This building also hosts a wide range of activites from classes in art, writing and photography to workshops in drama, music and voice.
Norman Villa Gallery
Located in Lower Salthill, Galway Norman Villa Gallery specialises in contemporary Irish paintings, sculpture, prints and ceramics.The Gallery occupies a period townhouse with tall bright beautifully proportioned rooms. To the rear of the house is a courtyard and walled garden used for showing sculptor.
Quadrangle Gallery
The University Art Gallery is located in the Quadrangle and hosts a variety of visually stimulating exhibitions during the academic year. The venue promotes emerging Galway and national artists as well as touring exhibitions from international embassies, cultural organisations and educational institutions. Students, staff and the wider community are invited to visit the gallery and enjoy its varied visual programme.
The Arts & Theatre office will run a number of lunchtime and evening art classes with tutor Marina Wild, at the Art Room, upstairs in Áras na Mac Léinn, this Autumn / Winter.
Commencing the week of October 11 and ending the week of November 29 for staff, students and the general public. All are welcome.
The Fishery Tower
We are a heritage organization which undertakes projects that make a real and appreciable difference to the attractiveness of Galway as a place to live and work in, or to visit.
Galway Civic Trust has completed more than 50 projects since it was founded in 1992. Our work ranges from small-scale tasks such as the erection of plaques and the floodlighting of O'Brien's Bridge, to large-scale projects like the restoration of the Mutton Island Lighthouse and Keeper's Cottages.
This site is designed to establish an online presence for our organisation and to keep the public informed by our on-going programme of activities throughout Galway City and its environs.
The White Room
Established in 1999, The White Room is a close-knit, family-run custom picture framing business. Over 30 years of combined experience provides our framers with the ability to recognize and demand the highest standards in customized framing, and it is this dedication to excellence that has helped us maintain a loyal client base from both the private and commercial sectors. This year, The White Room has gone green in order to contribute to a more environmentally friendly community.
Janet Vinnell Gallery
Welcome to the Irish and Celtic online art gallery of Janet Vinnell, with artwork in oils, pastel and watercolour, bringing to life much of the beautiful scenery in the West of Ireland, in and around Galway City and County. Just a few of the remarkable presentations of Irish art Janet creates can be viewed in this online Irish art gallery.
Rare Irish Landscapes, Irish cultural artwork, and rare depictions of the Irish way of life come alive under the skilled hand of Janet Vinnell, presented here for your pleasure!
Artspace Studios Ltd
Artspace Studios is an artist's collective where artists share studio space and exhibit together. Based in Galway, Artspace has 13 studios with over 15 artists presently working from 2 locations in the city.
Funded mainly by the Arts Council and Galway Corporation, Artspace has maintained it's standard of professionalism whilst driving forward with new and exciting projects and exhibitions since it was established in 1986.
