The Glucksman

The Glucksman Award-winning contemporary art museum on University College Cork campus.
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The Glucksman is situated in the
picturesque lower grounds of University
College Cork’s historic campus. The
stunning contemporary architecture is a hive
of cultural activity that includes display spaces, lecture facilities, a riverside restaurant and gallery shop.

Upcoming gallery closureAs part of the Irish presidency of the council of the European Union, the Glucksman will be clos...
24/06/2026

Upcoming gallery closure

As part of the Irish presidency of the council of the European Union, the Glucksman will be closed along with UCC's Main Campus next week from Wednesday July 01 to Friday July 03. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

The Glucksman will reopen to the public at our regular business hours of 11am to 5pm on Saturday July 04 and Sunday July 05.

University College Cork

We had such a beautiful day yesterday in the sunshine installing two of Laura Ní Fhlaibhín’s sculptures outside at ce...
23/06/2026

We had such a beautiful day yesterday in the sunshine installing two of Laura Ní Fhlaibhín’s sculptures outside at centre’s pond and garden centre and Roots cafe of Horizons ☀️

Two of the sculptures from an casadh, a bio-sculptural installation commissioned by the Glucksman and Cork Midsummer Festival and hosted Elizabeth Fort Cork in June were repurposed to become planters with Ruithéal rí (Herb Robert) - you can visit one planter yourself in the colourful gardens near Roots Coffee House 🌸 with some of the most beautiful views of Cork City.

Alongside these planters the most important collaborator of an casadh - the earthworms 🪱 - were also donated to Bonnington Training Centre at Horizons Cork, in a purpose built wormery made by Donal O’Leary of Waste Down Cork.

The Bonnington Training Centre (BTC) is a specialized educational and life-skills facility located in Montenotte, Cork. It is operated by Horizons (formerly known as the Cope Foundation), an organization that supports children and adults with intellectual disabilities and autism. The centre is highly focused on the environment and proudly holds an official Green Campus Flag.

Huge thank you to Olivia, Orla and all of the staff and students at Horizons for working with us, and for such a warm and welcoming day ✨

Follow the link in our bio to find out more about an casadh 🔗

Applications to makers for our Craft + Design Fair 2026 are now open!The Glucksman Craft + Design Fair will take place ...
19/06/2026

Applications to makers for our Craft + Design Fair 2026 are now open!

The Glucksman Craft + Design Fair will take place from 6 - 8 November 2026, showcasing high quality Irish craft and design in the beautiful setting of the gallery’s award-winning exhibition spaces. Over one weekend in November, we invite makers and designers to showcase the best in Irish design, and encourage visitors to buy and give Irish this Christmas.

Over 50 selected makers will showcase their imaginative work in textiles, jewellery, print, ceramics, stationary, furniture, glass, woodturning and other craftwork. Held in the award-winning setting of the gallery’s bright and airy exhibition spaces, the Glucksman Craft + Design Fair emphasises sustainably made items to suit all ages, budgets and style.

Applications are now open and will be accepted until 5pm, on 31 July 2026. Head to the link in our bio to fill in our application form. For queries about the application process, please contact [email protected]

Images by Clare Keogh



University College Cork | The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

We were delighted to welcome students from Horizons Cork to an casadh this morning for a tour of the installation with a...
18/06/2026

We were delighted to welcome students from Horizons Cork to an casadh this morning for a tour of the installation with artist Laura Ní Fhlaibhín, Glucksman curator Katie O’Grady and compost expert Donal O’Leary of Waste Down.

Following the installation at Elizabeth Fort for Cork Midsummer, the worms in an casadh will be donated to Horizons Cork in a purpose-built wormery which they can continue to use in their garden and horticultural curriculum. Two of the sculptures will also be repurposed as planters to be enjoyed on their campus.

Horizons is a leading disability charity based in Cork. They support more than 3,500 children and adults with an intellectual disability and additional needs such as autism or physical and medical conditions. They work in partnership with these individuals, their families and local communities, to provide a range of person centred services and supports.

Thank you to Olivia and Orla for facilitating this collaboration and to the students who got hands on feeding the worms! 🪱

an casadh is open this Friday and Saturday 10am to 5pm at Elizabeth Fort, Barrack Street, Cork. A bio-sculptural installation and live performance by artist Laura Ní Fhlaibhín exploring ideas of kinship, ritual and nourishment. an casadh is curated by Katie O’Grady, curator of Exhibitions and Projects at The Glucksman. an casadh is funded by a project award from the the Arts Council of Ireland, and created for the Cork Midsummer Festival.

University College Cork | The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon | Cork Midsummer Festival

an casadh: the closing performance 🪱The Glucksman and Midsummer Festival invite you to join us at Elizabeth Fort on Jun...
17/06/2026

an casadh: the closing performance 🪱

The Glucksman and Midsummer Festival invite you to join us at Elizabeth Fort on June 20th for the second (de)activation performance of an casadh (the turn) - an offsite biosculptural installation by artist Laura Ní Fhlaibhín hosted at Elizabeth Fort from June 13th to 20th.

📍 Elizabeth Fort
🗓 Saturday June 20
⏰ 2pm-3.30pm
🎟 Free to attend but booking is required - follow the link in our bio under 'Events'

Laura Ní Fhlaibhín’s an casadh (the turn) unfolds at Elizabeth Fort this Cork Midsummer Festival as a living installation of sculptural wormeries activated by the artist in her performance rituals tae na bpéist, which consider the historical significance of the site as a women’s convict depot. This work explores kinship, ritual and nourishment, whilst also considering what it means to be implicated in conditions that are at once sustaining and precarious.

Laura Ní Fhlaibhín is an artist from Wexford. She combines myth, personal recollection and oral histories through sculptural elements and writing. Her work often draws upon modes of care - of self and others, humans and animals, objects and materials.

an casadh is curated by Katie O’Grady, curator of Exhibitions and Projects at The Glucksman. an casadh is funded by a project award from the the Arts Council of Ireland, and created for the Cork Midsummer Festival.

Head to the Glucksman website for more information about an casadh and to book your ticket to the closing performance - follow the link in our bio🔗

University College Cork | The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon | Cork Midsummer Festival | Elizabeth Fort

Join NIVAL National Irish Visual Arts Library and the Glucksman this Wednesday for a special double event: a walking tou...
15/06/2026

Join NIVAL National Irish Visual Arts Library and the Glucksman this Wednesday for a special double event: a walking tour of an casadh and an afternoon workshop to talk through the steps of artists' archiving

📍 Elizabeth Fort and The Glucksman (beginning at Elizabeth Fort)
🗓 Wednesday June 17
⏰ 11am-3.30pm
🎟 Free to attend but booking is required - follow the link in our bio under 'Events'

Curator Katie O’Grady will lead a 45-minute morning tour of an casadh (the turn) by artist Laura Ní Fhlaibhín at Elizabeth Fort. Commissioned by The Glucksman in partnership with Cork Midsummer Festival, an casadh is a bio-sculptural installation and live performance exploring ideas of kinship, ritual and nourishment.

In the afternoon, Ruth Hallinan will lead a workshop in the River Room of the Glucksman to talk through NIVAL's new Toolkit for Artists' Archiving. The workshop will cover the steps of self-documentation as laid out in the toolkit's chapters and how to best use the toolkit to build your own archive. The session will be suitable for beginners and those who are interested in keeping track of their work or would like to know more about how to collect, choose, organise and preserve their documents. The workshop will not address how to archive artwork.

Head to the Glucksman website to learn more about the event and NIVAL's artist toolkit - follow the link in our bio🔗

Image 1 by Jed Niezgoda
Image 2 by Clare Lymer, National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL), NCAD, Dublin

University College Cork | The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon | NIVAL National Irish Visual Arts Library

Thank you to all who joined us yesterday in Elizabeth Fort for the opening performance of an casadh (the turn) by Laura ...
14/06/2026

Thank you to all who joined us yesterday in Elizabeth Fort for the opening performance of an casadh (the turn) by Laura Ní Fhlaibhín!

an casadh is a bio-sculptural installation and live performance by Laura Ní Fhlaibhín exploring ideas of kinship, ritual and nourishment commissioned by The Glucksman in partnership with Cork Midsummer Festival.

Thank you to the Director of Cork Midsummer Festival Lorraine Maye for providing opening remarks alongside our Director Professor Fiona Kearney and our Curator of Exhibitions and Projects Katie O'Grady. We would also like to thank the staff at Elizabeth Fort for hosting us for the duration of the festival.

an casadh is curated by Katie O'Grady and is funded by a project award from the the Arts Council of Ireland, and created for Cork Midsummer Festival

an casadh is open to the public at Elizabeth Fort, Barrack Street from 13th to 20th June, open daily 10am–5pm (12pm-5pm on Sunday).

Find out more about an casadh through the link in our bio🔗

University College Cork | The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon | Cork Midsummer Festival

Images by Clare Keogh

an casadh: the radio show🪱In accompaniment to an casadh (the turn), we are delighted to present a radio show on éist, wh...
13/06/2026

an casadh: the radio show🪱

In accompaniment to an casadh (the turn), we are delighted to present a radio show on éist, which broadcasts at 12pm on Sunday 14 June

This radio show is a sonic survey of the project's development. It explores composting, interspecies care, biodiversity and soil health, illness, desire, and disgust to turn towards a deeper engagement with what it means to live and care within the shifting, squishy, and often alien terrains of our shared world.

Produced by Glucksman Assistant Curator Julie Landers, the show features readings of texts by Laura Ní Fhlaibhín, Beulah Ezeugo, Laura Fitzgerald and Emily Steer along with interview excerpts from Dr. Fidelma Butler and Dr. Israel Ikoyi of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC and an interview with Aisling Kett of Soil Savers, TEST SITE

Throughout the show a commissioned soundscape by musician and sound designer Ruairí De Búrca plays. Using worm field recordings taken throughout the project, De Búrca's piece amplifies chthonic murmurations that often go unnoticed and offers us an invitation to apply practices of deep listening to our understanding of the ecological.

The radio show will be available to listen back to via our project page- click the link in our bio to find out more🔗

an casadh is curated by Katie O'Grady, curator of Exhibitions and Projects at The Glucksman, and is funded by a project award from the the Arts Council of Ireland, and created for Cork Midsummer Festival.

an casadh is open to the public at Elizabeth Fort, Barrack Street from 13th to 20th June, open daily 10am–5pm (12pm-5pm on Sunday).

University College Cork | The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon | Cork Midsummer Festival

an casadh: the activation🪱an casadh (the turn) opens today with an activation performance by the artist Laura Ní Fhlaibh...
13/06/2026

an casadh: the activation🪱

an casadh (the turn) opens today with an activation performance by the artist Laura Ní Fhlaibhín

Laura Ní Fhlaibhín’s an casadh (the turn) unfolds at Elizabeth Fort this Cork Midsummer festival as a living installation of sculptural wormeries activated by the artist in her performance rituals tae na bpéist, which consider the historical significance of the site as a women’s convict depot. This work explores kinship, ritual and nourishment, whilst also considering what it means to be implicated in conditions that are at once sustaining and precarious.

Across the duration of an casadh, local earthworms will live within sculptural cocoons processing organic waste into vermicompost. In their interconnected ovoid homes these creatures will turn over the soil to generate rich fertilizer, focusing attention on the ecological co-existence which occurs all around us. Located at multiple spaces in Elizabeth Fort, artist Laura Ní Fhlaibhín will activate the exhibition through performances that consider the historical significance of the site as a women’s convict depot. Ní Fhlaibhín draws upon personal experience of endometrial illness through sculptural assemblage and ritual to consider health, virility and restoration in an environment seeped with the memory of incarceration.

Laura Ní Fhlaibhín is an artist from Wexford. She combines myth, personal recollection and oral histories through sculptural elements and writing. Her work often draws upon modes of care - of self and others, humans and animals, objects and materials.

an casadh is curated by Katie O’Grady, curator of Exhibitions and Projects at The Glucksman, and is funded by a project award from the the Arts Council of Ireland, and created for the Cork Midsummer Festival.

an casadh is open to the public at Elizabeth Fort, Barrack Street from 13th to 20th June, open daily 10am–5pm (12pm-5pm on Sunday).

Head to the Glucksman website for more information about an casadh- follow the link in our bio🔗

Images by Jed Niezgoda

University College Cork | The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon | Cork Midsummer Festival

an casadh: the publication🪱We are delighted to unveil a publication featuring writings by the artist Laura Ní Fhlaibhín ...
12/06/2026

an casadh: the publication🪱

We are delighted to unveil a publication featuring writings by the artist Laura Ní Fhlaibhín and invited contributors Beulah Ezeugo, Laura Fitzgerald and Emily Steer which interpolate themes of illness, care and ecological entanglement.

This publication exists as a further exploration and accompaniment to the bio-sculptural installation and live performance by artist Laura Ní Fhlaibhín exploring ideas of kinship, ritual and nourishment commissioned by The Glucksman in partnership with Cork Midsummer Festival.

The publication also features transcriptions of interviews conducted with Dr.Fidelma Butler and Dr.Israel Ikoyi from Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC.

Edited by Katie O'Grady and designed by Katie O’Grady and David Morrison. Printing by PageMasters Risograph Printing.

The publication will be available to purchase at both the Glucksman shop and Elizabeth Fort for the duration of Cork Midsummer Festival for €10. Please note purchases at the fort are through Revolut but both cash and card are accepted in our gallery shop.

Commissioned by The Glucksman and Cork Midsummer Festival, an casadh will be presented at Elizabeth Fort from 13th to 20th June, open daily 10am–5pm (12pm-5pm on Sunday).

an casadh is curated by Katie O’Grady, curator of Exhibitions and Projects at The Glucksman and is funded by a project award from the the Arts Council of Ireland, and created for the Cork Midsummer Festival.

Head to the Glucksman website for more information about the publication and an casadh- follow the link in our bio🔗

Images by Clare Keogh

University College Cork | The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon | Cork Midsummer Festival

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