Ulster Museum - National Museums Northern Ireland

A New Order - 20th Century Irish Art

Time/Date - Friday 3 December - Sunday 1 May

This exhibition contains many of the most important and best-loved works in the Ulster Museum collection of twentieth-century Irish art. The arrangement is based on the themes of Figure, Place and Imagination.

These themes overlap and a fourth grouping has also emerged: artists who were born or have worked in the north of Ireland.

During the closure of the Ulster Museum, new acquisitions have entered the collection. Most notable are two major works by Willie Doherty, Apparatus, a series of forty photographs of Belfast and Ghost Story, a powerful video installation first shown at the Venice Biennale in 2007.

This exhibition is in Art 2 and is free to the public, booking in advance is not necessary.

Image caption: The Three Dancers (1945) by John Luke 1906-75 © National Museums Northern Ireland 2010, click image to enlarge.

Useful links:

Download the National Museums Northern Ireland Events and Exhibitions brochure detailing most activities at our four museums from January to June 2011 (PDF 2MB).
Ulster Museum opening times and Google maps journey finder
Link to Ulster Museum Art Collections.

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