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Everyone Should Have a Home

From Friday 18 September to Wednesday 28 October 2026.

Avril Corroon, Adrian Duncan, Kevin Higgins, John Lalor, Niamh McGuinne, Clara McSweeney, Conchúir Ó hÁrgáin, Trá Pháidín, Eva Richardson McCrea, School of Thought (Augustine O’Donoghue et Conor McCabe), Mary-Ruth Walsh

A bed to sleep in, a roof over one's head, these are basic needs. Ensuring that everyone has a sustainable place to call “home,” where they can rest and build their lives, is both an ethical and an economic necessity. CCI’s new exhibition features work by ten contemporary artists that explores the Irish context: delapidated or poorly constructed housing and an ongoing housing crisis are weighing heavily on a population known for its natural hospitality… to the point of giving momentum to far-right agitation. Sculpture, film, photography, cheeses cultivated from mould, doormats bearing political discussion-starters, references to Jonathan Swift’s "A Modest Proposal" - the great satirist’s response to overcrowding in Dublin’s 18th century tenements - but also proposals for innovative 21st-century housing that combines respect for the environment and its inhabitants.

© Alexandra de Cossette

Gulliver 300

From Friday 18 September to Friday 13 November 2026.

CCI & Marsh's Library

On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the publication of Gulliver’s Travels, the CCI is partnering with Marsh’s Library in Dublin to present the exhibition Gulliver 300 in our Old Library. This collaboration highlights the richness and universal reach of Jonathan Swift’s work through a selection of early editions, objects, and documents from both institutions. Imagined as both a heritage and contemporary experience, the exhibition will also be extended online with a bilingual virtual version, providing access to numerous digital resources (digitised editions, illustrations, podcasts and videos), allowing visitors to explore the modern relevance and lasting influence of this major work of Irish literature.

© Damien Boisson-Berçu

Portrait of an Irish collector

Opening night on Thursday 12 November

From Friday 13 November to Sunday 20 December

As part of the PhotoSaintGermain festival, the CCI in collaboration with the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) are delighted to present a selection of photographs from the renowned collection of Dr David Kronn.

A medical geneticist and longtime supporter of photography Dr David Kronn, originally from Dublin, began his collection in New York in the early 1990s. What began as a reflection of classic 20th century developments soon began to encompass practitioners and subjects that have more recently burgeoned to worldclass recognition such as Evelyn Hofer, Graciela Iturbide, Daido Moriyama, Malick Sidibe, Zanele Muholi, Pieter Hugo, Doug Dubois, Tomoko Sawada, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg. Alongside are exciting developments in Irish contemporary photographic practice by artists including Alice Maher, Anna Rackard, Amelia Stein, Paul Seawright, Donovan Wylie, David Farrell, Conor Horgan to name but a few. Dr Kronn’s ambition is to establish a worldclass photographic collection as part of the National Collections of Ireland at IMMA. He continues to develop his pledged collection which currently stands at 1200 works approximately.

Curator : Christina Kennedy