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Past Exhibitions

Take Care To Leave A Trace at Luan Gallery

Friday 16th February – Thursday 18th April 2024 Take Care To Leave A Trace at Luan Gallery posted: Feb 13

Featuring the work of selected recent graduates: Peter Bjoerk, Aoife Ní Dhuinn, Laura Grisard, Shane Malone-Murphy, Aisling McConville, and Patsy Tyrrell, TAKE CARE TO LEAVE A TRACE offers insight into the practice of emerging Irish artists working across mediums such as sculpture, performance, film, photography, and drawing.

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Upcoming Exhibitions

Apocalypse Anxieties at Luan Gallery

Saturday 27th April – Friday 27th June 2024 Apocalypse Anxieties at Luan Gallery posted: Feb 23

Apocalypse Anxieties — an exhibition at the end of the world — responds thematically, aesthetically, and affectively to an underground “nuclear bunker” installed by the Irish Government under Custume Barracks, Athlone during the Cold War.

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Past Exhibitions

Sa Lár; A Westmeath Artists Awards Group Exhibition

Thursday 30th November 2023– Thursday 8th February 2024 Sa Lár; A Westmeath Artists Awards Group Exhibition posted: Nov 17

Luan Gallery in collaboration with Westmeath Arts Office presents SA LAR, a Westmeath Artists’ Awards Exhibition featuring works by thirty Westmeath artists selected by guest Curator, Emer McGarry, Director of The Model, Sligo. Exhibition continues until Thursday 8th February.

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Past Exhibitions

Symbols of Subject: An Exhibition of work from TUS Midlands Midwest Modern Irish Art Collection

Tuesday 12th September – Thursday 16th November 2023 Symbols of Subject: An Exhibition of work from TUS Midlands Midwest Modern Irish Art Collection posted: Sep 12

An Exhibition of works from the Technological University of the Shannon’s Modern Art Collection. The autumn group exhibition at Luan Gallery presents work from renowned Irish artists on loan from the TUS Modern Art Collection.

Official Opening: 6pm on Wednesday 20th September. Exhibition runs: Tuesday 12th September – Thursday 16th November.

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Past Exhibitions

Athrú, an Invocation at Luan Gallery

Friday 7 July – Sunday 3 September 2023 Athrú, an Invocation at Luan Gallery posted: Jun 29

Summer Group Exhibition at Luan Gallery that explores themes of climate change, sustainability, Irish ecology, and postcolonialism.


Exhibiting artists: Mark Clare, Teresa Dillon, and Rosie O’Reilly - Curated by Aoife Banks. Exhibition runs from Saturday 8th June – Sunday 3rd September. Official opening night: Friday 7th July, from 6pm to 8pm with Guest Speaker, Sarah Searson.

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Past Exhibitions

PORTALS at Luan Gallery

29 April – 22 June 2023 PORTALS at Luan Gallery posted: Apr 19

PORTALS is a group exhibition that delves into playful dreamscapes and journeys across fictional realms. PORTALS will be launched by Miriam Mulrennan, Arts Officer, Westmeath County Council, on Saturday 29th April at 2:00pm. All are welcome to attend. 

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Past Exhibitions

At The Gates of Silent Memory by Clare Langan

Saturday 18th February – Thursday 20th April 2023 At The Gates of Silent Memory by Clare Langan posted: Dec 13

At The Gates of Silent Memory Solo Exhibition by Clare Langan; curated by Eamonn Maxwell. A major exhibition of rarely seen photographs by one of Ireland’s most important artists. Saturday 18th February – Thursday 20th April

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Past Exhibitions

Westmeath Artists’ Awards Exhibition marks the ten-year anniversary of Luan Gallery.

Westmeath Artists’ Awards Exhibition marks the ten-year anniversary of Luan Gallery. posted: Dec 07

Luan Gallery opened its doors to the public 10 years last week. This milestone anniversary was marked with the official opening of the inaugural Westmeath Artists’ Awards Exhibition last Thursday evening, 1st December.  

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Past Exhibitions

NIGHTSCAPES and MIDDEN exhibitions opening at Luan Gallery

Saturday 1st October – Sunday 20th November 2022 NIGHTSCAPES and MIDDEN exhibitions opening at Luan Gallery posted: Sep 26

Saturday 1st October – Sunday 20th November 2022<

NIGHTSCAPES by Swiss-Italian photographer Ugo Ricciardi is an exhibition of photographic, large-scale prints, and video works from Ricciardi’s ongoing Nightscapes project.

MIDDEN comprises a captivating series of new and existing works in painting, print, sculpture, installation, and video projection by Edmondson, Martin, and McGuinne, working collaboratively as the Midden Collective.  

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Past Exhibitions

Breaking Borders at Luan Gallery

Saturday 2 July – Sunday 25 September 2022 Breaking Borders at Luan Gallery posted: Jun 28

Luan Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition Breaking Borders featuring artists Nicola Anthony, Trudi van der Elsen, Bernadette Hopkins, Benedict Hutchinson, Myra Jago, Vukašin Nedeljković, and Beata Piekarska Daly. The exhibition continues until Sunday 25th September.

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