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: What will survive of us is love.
  • Reference Code:IE/NIVAL EXB/11880
  • Variant Names: 2011 Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin; exh: 'What will survive of us is love.'
  • Date: 2011
  • Group Type: Solo

Scope and Content:

Coyle's first solo show since the 1980’s, this exhibition focuses on a selection taken from his recent paintings. In these works, John Coyle continues with ideas that are central to his practice, namely a concern for the spatial organisation of his compositions and to paint what is ‘under his nose’. What will survive of us is love is the last line in Philip Larkin’s poem An Arundel Tomb – the poem can be read as a consideration on time, mortality and the limits of earthly love.