VAN May/June 2026 issue foregrounds visual art projects, events, and exhibitions taking place across Ireland and internationally. Among feature articles for this issue, Maeve Connolly considers the value and achievements of Pallas Projects/Studios, as the organisation celebrates 30 years, Séamus McCormack discusses New Contemporaries, a UK-based organisation supporting emerging and early-career artists for over seven decades, and Rachael Gilbourne interviews Alberta Whittle on the occasion of ‘Fisherwoman, Fisherwoman’, her two-person exhibition with Camille Souter at IMMA.
Several columns for this issue foreground access, with Áine O’Hara outliningthe importance ofdigital access for those managing chronic illness, and Miguel Amado highlighting the need for inclusive curatorialmethods to work with disabled, D/deaf, and neurodivergent artists.
In Focus explores the theme of Island Landscapes: Andrew Duggan, Sophie Fetokaki, and Seán Ó Dálaigh, report on their current project, Planetary Archipelagos; Mary Flanagan discusses a residency and exhibition undertaken by Jo Killalea on Inis Meáin; while Sinéad McCormick discussesthe evolution of the BAVA Programme on Sherkin Island.
This issue also includes timely coverage of recent exhibitions nationwide: Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh at An Gailearaí in Donegal; Michael Corrigan at SO Fine Art Editions in Dublin; Andy Parsons at Queens Street Studios in Belfast; Helen O’Leary at The Dock in County Leitrim; Hilary Kinahan at Esker Arts Centre in Tullamore; ‘MOTH’, a group exhibition at Backwater Artists Studio in Cork; Lauren Gault’s ‘bone stone voice alone’ at Dundee Contemporary Arts; and Bryony Dunne’s ‘The trackmaker was a sluggish mover’ at the Irish Architectural Archive in Dublin.
Out Now | May June 2026 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
