The Hunt Museum Exhibition Listings 2026

The Inaugural Hunt Museum Open Submission Exhibition 2025

Showing until 28 February 2026

Temporary Exhibition Gallery, Hunt Museum

The Hunt Museum launched its first-ever Hunt Open Submission Exhibition in December 2025, a major new initiative celebrating contemporary Irish and international art. The exhibition reflects the museum’s renewed commitment to supporting living artists and encouraging dialogue between historic collections and contemporary practice. Showcasing a dynamic range of painting, sculpture, mixed media and digital art. The exhibition features both established and emerging artists, including Robert Ballagh, Robert Ryan, Tom Prendergast, Tina O’Connell, Heather Hughes, Ciara Connolly, Blaise Smith, Olga Anacka and many more.

To learn more, please visit huntmuseum.ie

Hunt Contemporary Exhibition 

Patrick Redmond

14 March – 11 April 2026

Temporary Exhibition Gallery, Hunt Museum

The Hunt Museum will welcome Patrick Redmond as the first solo exhibitor of 2026. Redmond lives and teaches in Co. Wexford. He uses traditional modes of representation to create figurative paintings that have the potential to embody a multiplicity of interpretations.

Our, Óir, Ore

23 April – 20 September 2026

Hunt Museum

Our, Óir, Ore explores the enduring power and meaning of precious metals in shaping identity, belief and connection from prehistoric times to the twentieth century. Drawing together remarkable artefacts from the Shannon and Limerick region, including outstanding gold, silver and bronze objects from the Hunt Collection, the exhibition reveals a landscape rich in artistic skill, innovation and international exchange. The exhibition explores the expression of power, prayer, trade and prestige, through iconic artefacts inviting visitors to rediscover Limerick’s place in national and global history. This exhibition will see the top second floor of the Hunt Museum undergo a new visual and object layout design.

OUR: Conversations with the Collection

23 April – 20 September 2026

Temporary Exhibition Gallery, Hunt Museum

Planned to run in tandem with Our, Óir, Ore this summer, OUR: Conversations with the Collection focuses on the ‘Our’ element of the Hunt Collection. The exhibition explores how objects hold 

meaning through dialogue between contemporary art and historical artefacts. Using the innovative museographic concept Twin Souls, it creates new relationships between artworks and collection objects. Contemporary Irish artists animate the collection through a series of vignette-style displays that juxtapose past and present. Inspired by Trove (Dorothy Cross and the National Museum of Ireland, 2015), the exhibition invites audiences to consider what emerges when historical and contemporary works share space.

Hunt Contemporary Exhibition

Philip Moss 

Temporary Exhibition Gallery, Hunt Museum

Philip Moss will exhibit at the Hunt Museum in the latter half of the year. Moss is an artist unafraid to engage with the political, often exploring themes of personal and societal injustice through his powerful work. At the heart of his practice is the belief that art should be more than decorative, it should provoke thought, challenge perspectives, and invite meaningful reflection from the viewer.

Second Annual Hunt Open Submission Exhibition 2026

26 November 2026 – 21 February 2027 

Temporary Exhibition Gallery, Hunt Museum

This will be the second year of the Hunt Open Submission Exhibition. Applications for submissions will open in the late Spring and will be advertised on huntmuseum.ie.