Highlanes Gallery to go on Dublin tour!

HIGHLANES Gallery’s Drogheda Municipal Art Collection is set to go on view in early October in Dublin’s Royal Hibernian Academy (right).

The Collection of art which dates as far back as the middle of the 18th Century to contemporary times, was developed first in 1946 by artist Bea Orpen, her husband, businessman, Terry Trench, and the then Drogheda Corporation.

Over 30 works from the impressive collection have been selected including the work of Drogheda’s most famous artist, Nano Reid, 19th century ‘greats’ like Mary Swanzy and Nora McGuinness, and more recent work by internationally renowned, and Co Louth-based artists, Jackie Nickerson, and Anthony Haughey.

The exhibition, which will go on display in the Tony Ryan Room at the Royal Hibernian Academy, on Ely Place, just off St Stephen’s Green, for the autumn, will officially open at 6pm on Wednesday 4th of October, which coincidentally is Highlanes Gallery’s 11th Birthday, and many staff, board, friends and supporters of the municipal art gallery will be travelling to the opening.

The Royal Hibernian Academy is one of Ireland’s principal public arts organisations, it has a proud history of promoting the visual arts in Ireland since 1823, exhibiting contemporary Irish and international artists.

Highlanes Gallery earlier this year was one of four museums in Ireland to receive the highest honour from the Heritage Council of Full Museum Accreditation. The exhibition continues at the RHA until Sunday November 19. RHA and Highlanes Gallery’s respective directors, Patrick Murphy and Aoife Ruane have made the selection, and this autumn, Highlanes will present a lecture outlining and exploring artists in the DMAC who were and are part of the prestigious academy.