EVA is delighted to announce the programme and opening events for the 41st EVA International—Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art.
The 41st EVA International features a “Guest Programme” curated by Eszter Szakács in collaboration with the EVA team, including a number of new commissions and presentations by Irish and international artists. Titled It Takes a Village, the programme borrows from the proverb “It takes a village to raise a child” to focus on ideas of collaborative partnership, social justice and historical repair. Featured artists include Noor Abuarafeh, Reza Afisina, Marwa Arsanios, Ana Bravo-Pérez, Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty, Family Connection (Glenda Martinus, Rudsel Martinus, Jörgen Gario, and Quinsy Gario), damdam (a collective of collectives), Ciarán Ó Dochartaigh, Yazan Khalili, Anikó Loránt, Naeem Mohaiemen, Eoghan Ryan, and Eimear Walshe. Programme partnerships include OFF-Biennale Budapest (Gypsy Criminals and Gideon Horváth) and Ormston House, Limerick (Bíodh Orm Anocht, feat. Seán Hannan, Laura Ní Fhlaibhín, Ciarán Ó Dochartaigh, and Kiera O’Toole).
This will be presented alongside a series of EVA Platform Commissions that build upon ideas and definitions of access, selected by Iarlaith Ní Fheorais and Roy Claire Potter. Featured artists include Éireann and I (Joselle Ntumba and Beulah Ezeugo), Bridget O’Gorman, Colm Keady-Tabbal, Olivia Normile, and Lyónn Wolf (in partnership with El Reid Buckley and Dyke Nite).
Presented across diverse venues in Limerick city, and through a number of local and international partnerships — from fishmongers, to community networks, to other biennial organisations — the 41st EVA International invites thinking, from many different perspectives, about the ways in which we might contribute to a more shared and equitable future.
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