Something new for Malahide Castle as six contemporary artists join together in an exhibition within the environs of the medieval castle.
This exhibition reckons with how contemporary Ireland views monuments as sites of memory, histories and past lives.
The art of six contemporary Fingal artists can be found through the halls of Malahide Castle this autumn. Sculptures on vacant surfaces, installations in ante rooms, audio pieces in empty turrets and graphic illustrations invoking messages in forgotten corners. Their work interrogates the transition of Malahide Castle from a private family home to a public attraction fifty years ago.
The show, curated by Eamonn Maxwell, responds to the space and reflects on the veil as a permeable threshold between past and present, interior and exterior, monument and fragment. Each artist engages with Malahide Castle as a site of layered histories, colonial entanglements, domestic memory, botanical transformation, and embodied inheritance. The works move across domestic rooms, transitional spaces, a sound-led chamber, and a ruined church creating a sequence that moves from the atmospheric to the political, textual, devotional, temporal and sculptural. The works deal with the visible and obscured, the incidental and the deliberate, the sacred and profane.
An exhibition of artworks by six contemporary Fingal artists on display throughout Malahide Castle. To view the exhibition please join us on a guided tour of the castle or book here for one of the free events scheduled throughout the exhibition.
This exhibition is funded by Fingal County Council, Culture Ireland and the Department of Culture, Communication and Sport to celebrate Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union and to mark fifty years of Malahide Castle being open to the public.
Artists:
- Susan Buttner
- Ann Ensor
- Elaine Grainger
- Michelle Hall
- Deborah Hewson
- Laura Skehan
Curated by
Eamonn Maxwell
Event details
Free Late-Night Events & Special Programs
Join us on selected Tuesdays (and Culture Night) for a series of exclusive late-night performances, artist talks, and guided tours.
Please note: Admission to late-night events is free, but advance digital booking is required due to limited room capacity.
Location: Malahide Castle & Gardens
Date: From 29th August to 22nd November 2026
Age Suitability: 14+
Booking Required: [email protected]
| Date | Event Description | Presenter / Artist |
| Tue, 8th Sep | Performance Art Feature | Elaine Grainger |
| Fri, 18th Sep | Culture Night Guided Exhibition Tour | Cathal Dowd Smith |
| Tue, 22nd Sep | Curator’s Tour & Artist Q&A | Eamonn Maxwell & Deborah Hewson |
| Tue, 13th Oct | Artist’s Talk & Exhibition Tour | Ann Ensor |
| Tue, 20th Oct | Artist’s Talk & Exhibition Tour | Laura Skehan |
| Tue, 3rd Nov | Artist’s Talk & Exhibition Tour | Michelle Hall |
| Tue, 17th Nov | Artist’s Talk & Exhibition Tour | Susan Buttner |
| Sun, 22nd Nov | Exclusive Live Performance | Tadhg Kinsella |
| Mon, 23rd Nov | Closing Night Exhibition Tour | Cathal Dowd Smith |
