Kunstverein Aughrim

Kunstverein Aughrim is a curatorial production office for contemporary art projects, located on the ground floor of a townhouse in the village of Aughrim, County Wicklow. It is Ireland's first art initiative based on the European model of a kunstverein (from the German word kunst meaning ‘art’ and verein meaning ‘club’ or ‘association’) and is part of the franchise established by Kunstverein in Amsterdam, with sisters in Milan, New York and Toronto.

The mission of Kunstverein Aughrim is to develop curatorial collaborations with artists to support the artistic process of creating new work, and to bring audiences as close to the creative process as possible. Kunstverein Aughrim accompanies the practices of three artists annually, across multiple projects, underwriting the development of new artistic methodologies specific to each artist. Designed to bridge the gap between artistic practice and public presentation in contemporary visual art in Ireland, Kunstverein Aughrim acts as a commissioning, development and production agency for new artistic productions, supporting, mentoring, promoting and representing the artists with whom it works, seeking to develop opportunities for patronage, collaboration and engagement from an early phase of the creative process, through to the presentation stage. At the core of Kunstverein Aughrim’s ideology is a commitment to performativity, a belief in the necessity of art, and a desire to create the potential for extraordinary encounters with artistic practice.

Kunstverein Aughrim is supported by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and Wicklow County Council.

We are currently open to visitors by appointment from 10am – 5pm Thursday to Sunday. Please contact office@kunstverein.ie should you wish to schedule a visit.