Culture Ireland

🎬 Eoghan Ryan will present two films, 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘪𝘨𝘴 and 𝘈 𝘚𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, on 31 May, 2026 at 19:00 at Filmtheater Kriterion, and will be followed by a conversation with the artist.

Eoghan Ryan’s films depart from specific moments and movements in the history of Ireland: the mutations of contemporary right-wing nationalism (𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘪𝘨𝘴) and the post-Brexit moment of the early 2020s (𝘈 𝘚𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦). His films often deploy found and borrowed footage, fast-paced editing, and elements of puppetry, horror or propaganda, as a critical gateway into the ways in which conflict is shaped by popular media and remote spectatorship.

𝘈 𝘚𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 premiered in 2021 at the Open Studios of the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam during Ryan’s residency, and it has been shown various times ever since. The Kriterion screening is the Dutch premier of 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘪𝘨𝘴, Ryan’s latest film, which was commissioned in 2025 for the 41st EVA International – Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art.

This screening and conversation event with Eoghan Ryan is presented as part of the exhibition project 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴, a collaboration between de Appel and EVA International.

☘️ Supported by Culture Ireland.

For more information - www.eva.ie

EVA International - Ireland's Biennial of Contemporary Art

Paul Regan & Marianne Marcote will be performing a new sonic work “Monitor” at Starptelpa Performance Festival Riga, St. Saviour’s Anglican Church!

Culture Ireland are thrilled to be proving support to this amazing duo as they bring their talents to Latvia! 🥳 🎉

The very best of luck to Aidan Connolly and Éanna Drury showing off all their talents at Tionòl Francesco Brazzo in Northern Italy 🎵 🎵

The duo’s approach combines deep respect for historical styles with contemporary artistic expression and we are thrilled to be able to support 🥳 🥳

🤩 We are delighted to support Avril Corroon for the group exhibition “Flare Up”, at Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, London.

Avril works with sculpture, installation, moving-image, performance, and social practice. Her work examines inequity and how architecture manifests governance and gaps for resistance.

Flare-Up will be the first institutional exhibition in London to bring together UK-based and international visual artists whose work engages with the poetics and aesthetics of illness, disability, neurodivergence and Deafness. Presenting work by nineteen artists across Goldsmiths CCA, the exhibition brings together sculpture, installation, painting, film, poetry, music and performance as tools of expression and activism.

Co-curated by Natasha H***e and Mariana Lemos.

📅 21 May–16 Aug 26

📍 Goldsmiths CCA

ℹ️ https://goldsmithscca.art/exhibition/flare-up/

🎶 The 2026 Chris Langan Irish Music Weekend will kick off THIS WEEKEND, with support from Culture Ireland!

The Chris Langan Irish Traditional Music Weekend was created to commemorate the well known Rush uilleann piper and pipe maker Chris Langan, who lived in Toronto for his adult year, fostering a community of musicians that continues today.

Now in its 34th year, the weekend continues to showcase the best Irish traditional musicians every year, welcoming people to enjoy the music, learn new music, and as Chris always said "move your fingers".

This annual Festival in Toronto hosts concerts & workshops, featuring some of the finest Irish music artists and teachers from around the world. There is a stellar line up of local and international guests planned, that is sure to be a weekend to remember!

📅 22nd - 24th May

📍 TRANZAC Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto.

🎟️ Get your tickets by here - https://chrislangan.ca/

Chris Langan Traditional Irish Music Weekend (Toronto)

✨ Trí-Fábrica is a visually captivating contemporary vertical dance performance that originated on an old Portuguese military factory.

Three presences occupy the verticality of a wall marked by the history of work and control. Tri-Fabrica transforms architecture into a field of tension, revealing through vertical dance gestures of resistance, effort and liberation.

✨ Through transmission, echoes of past and present lives inhabit the dancer's bodies as they animate the building. The building transforms into a place of shifting power and perspective as stories of resilience, location and connection unfold through the lens of the female body - magnifying the architecture and history of the city.

Audiences will be invited to reimagine everyday streetscapes, questioning what it is to exist in relation to gravity, our environment, and each other. Blending physicality with magic realism, the dancers tune in to the memories seeped in the walls beneath them.

ℹ️ Trí-Fabrica at https://www.imaginarius.pt/

📅 21-23 May 2026

📍Imaginarius - Public Space Performing Arts Festival, Santa Maria da Fair, Portugal

🤩 Supported by Culture Ireland

🎶 Recognised as a purveyor of dreamier pop with folky leanings, Brigid Mae Power is bringing her distinctive voice to Norway and Denmark this month.

Brigid is an Irish singer-songwriter known for her unique blend of folk and modern pop and engaging live performances.

Culture Ireland are thrilled to support this tour and there is still time to catch a performance 🤩

ℹ️ Click here for more - www.brigidmaepower.com

📖 Starting today, the writers behind Banshee Press will host a showcase of their poetry and prose at Solas Nua in conjunction with Georgetown University and NYU DC!

Join Solas Nua for any or all of the three events with Bebe Ashley, Eimear Ryan, and Jessica Traynor from - an award winning independent Irish publisher. These writers will read their work, discuss what makes Ireland a great place for the writing scene, and host a workshop for writers beginning or refining their craft.

❤️ Proudly supported by Culture Ireland

All events are free with registration 👇

🎟️ Learn more and sign up here - https://www.solasnua.org/

Banshee Lit

🎭✨ We are proud to support the award winning show 'Chicken', by Eva O'Connor and Hildegard Ryan, at the Canada Ireland foundation in Toronto, Canada 🐔🎤

This multi-award-winning solo show follows Don Murphy - proud Irish man, hopeless ketamine addict and one of his generation’s greatest actors. He also happens to be a chicken.

From May 21st to 24th 2026, immerse yourself in this bold and powerful performance 🌍❤️

For more information - https://www.canadairelandfoundation.com/cif_event/chicken/