The Gallery

Limerick City Gallery of Art: curating and celebrating artistic creativity, past, present and future.

Limerick City Gallery of Art is one of the leading contemporary art galleries in Ireland and home to an important collection of Irish 18th to 21st century art in all media, amounting to over 831 works. LCGA also holds the National Collection of Contemporary Drawing and the Michael O’Connor International Poster Collection consisting of over 2800 works of international design.

 LCGA aims to: 

• Provide an innovative exhibition programme, which offers regional, national and international artists the opportunity to experiment, develop and display their work.
• Acquire, conserve, research, communicate and exhibit the Permanent Collection, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment.       
• Deliver a high quality public service for local communities, national and international visitors to participate in and to enjoy exciting cultural experiences.

LCGA hosts the e v+ a International (Exhibition of Visual+ Art) - inviting a leading international curator to select from an open submission and invited artists to exhibit throughout Limerick City.  Contact eva at info@eva.ie

The gallery has a strong educational ethos and programmes a range of free contextual and family events to complement each exhibition season.

The Gallery is housed in a two storey building with 650 square metres of exhibition space in eleven white cube spaces of varying dimensions and one large historic gallery displaying the gallery’s Permanent Collection. A major renovation during the 1990s upgraded the existing Carnegie Building and included the addition of the South Gallery, a purpose built 10 x 10 metre white cube space.

Limerick City Gallery of Art is fully accessible with a ramp at the front entrance, wide doorways, a lift and disabled toilet facilities.