Belfast Art Gallery Walking Tour

07/05/2026

May Late Night Art walking tour exhibitions visited : Alice McTear at Belfast Print Workshop 'Re/Collection'. Belfast Exposed Photography Gallery Papersleeves at Oh Yeah Music Centre, Michelle Williams Gamaker 'Strange Evidence', Kwok Tsui 'Many Moons Ago', Dawn Richardson/Chad Alexander 'Dungannon Tropicana' at The MAC, various artist makers at CRAFT NI Gallery, Anna Vidamour 'Anima' at University of Atypical for Arts and Disability, Leanne McClean 'The Colours Inbetween' at The Engine Room Gallery

06/05/2026

Late Night Art Belfast

06/05/2026

Tomorrow Late Night Art Belfast

Late Night Art May is this Thursday the 7th. Join us on the Art Gallery Walking Tour to visit many new art exhibitions including Michelle Williams Gamaker's 'Strange Evidence' at The Mac.
Williams Gamaker revisits the life of Merle Oberon to expose the racial politics of early cinema and examines how Oberon’s mixed heritage was erased under the pressures of Hollywood’s racial hierarchies.

Strange Evidence is a genre bending Body Horror/Film Noir, focusing on 1930s screen star and Academy Award nominee Merle Oberon, who kept her mixed Sri Lankan, Indian and British heritage secret to protect her industry status, passing as white until her death in 1979. Under the guardianship of Alexander Korda’s London Films, as a contracted star she became its resident so-called “exotic” playing stereotypical roles.

Together with the Studios, Merle falsified her past claiming she was born in Tasmania to British parents. She also controlled how she was photographed, relying on make-up, lighting, dermabrasion and skin-bleaching procedures, which caused cosmetic poisoning and allergic reactions.

Williams Gamaker’s project sensitively approaches Oberon’s story, exploring self-censorship, racial stigma and trauma, looking with nuance at complex decisions shaped by racial prejudice and restrictive conditions of labour, which still impact screen artists today.

During this exhibition the gallery will become a hybrid installation/working film studio, with the set of this new film serving as the focal point of the exhibition.

All welcome on the tour, message me for more info. Tour starts at 7pm Thursday May 7th from the front steps of Saint Anne's Cathedral.

29/04/2026

Late Night Art May is this Thursday the 7th. Join us on the Art Gallery Walking Tour to visit many new art exhibitions including Michelle Williams Gamaker's 'Strange Evidence' at The Mac.
Williams Gamaker revisits the life of Merle Oberon to expose the racial politics of early cinema and examines how Oberon’s mixed heritage was erased under the pressures of Hollywood’s racial hierarchies.

Strange Evidence is a genre bending Body Horror/Film Noir, focusing on 1930s screen star and Academy Award nominee Merle Oberon, who kept her mixed Sri Lankan, Indian and British heritage secret to protect her industry status, passing as white until her death in 1979. Under the guardianship of Alexander Korda’s London Films, as a contracted star she became its resident so-called “exotic” playing stereotypical roles.

Together with the Studios, Merle falsified her past claiming she was born in Tasmania to British parents. She also controlled how she was photographed, relying on make-up, lighting, dermabrasion and skin-bleaching procedures, which caused cosmetic poisoning and allergic reactions.

Williams Gamaker’s project sensitively approaches Oberon’s story, exploring self-censorship, racial stigma and trauma, looking with nuance at complex decisions shaped by racial prejudice and restrictive conditions of labour, which still impact screen artists today.

During this exhibition the gallery will become a hybrid installation/working film studio, with the set of this new film serving as the focal point of the exhibition.

All welcome on the tour, message me for more info. Tour starts at 7pm Thursday May 7th from the front steps of Saint Anne's Cathedral.

02/04/2026

April Showers! Here are the lovely exhibitions we visited tonight. Belfast Print Workshop for Mia Stewart 'Dérive'. University of Atypical for Arts and Disability for Paul Moore's Intangible Bodies, The Engine Room Gallery for The Irish Palette, Digital Arts Studios (DAS) Blink, Belfast Exposed Photography Gallery, CRAFT NI Gallery, Gormleys Gallery at The Merchant Hotel.

29/03/2026

Late Night Art April is tonight Thursday evening the 2nd!
The art gallery walking tour starts at 7pm from the front steps of Saint Anne's Cathedral. All welcome, message for more details.

06/03/2026

■ The next tour is on Thurs April 2nd. ■

Lots to see during March Late Night Art Belfast . The tour walked first to the Art Gallery in the new University of Ulster building on York St, for a beautiful exhibition of paintings 'Shapes of Change' by father and son painters Joseph McWilliams (1938-2015) and Simon McWilliams.
Onwards to CRAFT NI Gallery on Royal Avenue to view work by many local artists as well as a solo exhibition by Sarah Cathers 'Material Alchemy'.
Along the street to University of Atypical for Arts and Disability where we saw Paul Moore's installation 'Intangible Bodies'. Around the corner onto Lower North Street and into The Engine Room Gallery for their Winter Group Show. Belfast Exposed Photography Gallery on Lower Donegall St was our next stop for an exhibition of photography by Trisha Morrissey and Peter Richards. In the packed Beanbag Cinema at the back of the gallery, Belfast Film Festival were screening 'At The Seams' a programme of moving image work by women, in celebration of International Womens Day. Strolling on we arrived at the Belfast Print Workshop on Waring Street to see a show by Hannah McMurray, as well as many prints for sale by the various artists who belong to the workshop. Lastly at five minutes to nine we crossed the street and into The Merchant Hotel for a look at some paintings by various artists in the Gormleys Gallery space.
Thanks to everyone who came out for the walking tour. The next one will be on the first Thursday in April. Hopefully see you there.

01/03/2026

Tonight Thursday 5th of March is Late Night Art Thursday, and the Art Gallery Walking Tour will be visiting several exhibitions including 'The Shapes of Change', work by father and son painters Joseph McWilliams & Simon McWilliams at the University of Ulster Gallery. Join me in front of Saint Anne's Cathedral for 7pm start.
All Welcome, cash or paypal, dm for more info.

16/02/2026

Next Late Night Art is March 5th. The Art Gallery Walking Tour will start at 7pm from the front of Saint Anne's Cathedral.

Image: Small sculpture of found objects by Sara Falloon at the Engine Room.Gallery.

06/11/2025

November's tour of Late Night Art, we visited Riddel's Warehouse for Aoife Dunne's installation 'Obsidian' produced by Digital Arts Studios (DAS), Vault Artist Studios 'All Welcome' work by 40 artists, Belfast Print Workshop for 'Ephemeral', prints by 2nd year students from the Belfast School of Art, The MAC, a retrospective show of paintings by the late William McKeown, also at the Mac 'Last Act' by Marie Hanlon and Rhona Clark, PS² Danstopia, Reuben Brown, Fashion in a phone box by Rachel Lucrezia McComb, Belfast Exposed Photography Gallery Aneta Grzeszykowska, Catalyst Arts Nonstick Frying Pan, CRAFT NI Gallery for the Christmas Bauble Show, 2 Royal Avenue 'Theres always the weather' an exhibition of paintings by artist Keith Ayton until the end of November.
The next Art Gallery Tour will be the first Thursday in February 2026. Until then, merry christmas and a happy new year. Susan 🙂