About the Exhibitions Database

The NIVAL Exhibitions Database has been compiled to improve public access to the Library's extensive collection of files documenting art and design exhibitions in Ireland.  The files contain catalogues, press material and ephemera on more than 10,000 solo and group exhibitions from the period 1900 to the present.

The Exhibitions Database is a reference resource providing basic details on Irish exhibitions including title, date, venue, and artists represented.  A visit to the library is recommended to researchers seeking a comprehensive view of the actual files.

  • Title: Dock Discourse.
  • Reference Code:IE/NIVAL EXB/13221
  • Variant Names: 2010 126 Galway; exh: 'Dock Discourse.'
  • Date: 2010
  • Group Type: Group

Scope and Content:

A four week exhibition, installation and discussion event project, around the changing nature of the Galway Docks. Intiated and curated by local architet Aoife Considine, this multi-disciplinary project engages with artists, thinkers and the general public to comment and question the nature of the change occurs in and around the Docks in Galway. The works are concerned with environmental change, development processes, the role of the artist in the changing city along with considering the spaces, structures and inhabitants of this part of the city and waterfront.