7th - 9th November 2025
The Guinness Storehouse continues its 25th anniversary celebrations with These Walls: Landmarks, a major new chapter in its ongoing role as a cultural destination. Launched as part of the Storehouse’s These Walls initiative – a creative platform founded and funded in 2025 – Landmarks extends the Storehouse’s commitment to commissioning ambitious contemporary art, situating it firmly within Ireland’s wider cultural landscape.
As part of Dublin Gallery Weekend 2025, the launch of These Walls: Landmarks will present newly commissioned works by Hazel O’Sullivan and Niall de Buitléar within the Storehouse’s central atrium. Echoing the spirit of the 1967 edition of ROSC – when works were suspended dramatically throughout the RDS – this installation will see large-scale pieces float within the building’s awe-inspiring atrium, creating a powerful dialogue between past and present.
Since its inception, Dublin Gallery Weekend has been a cultural extravaganza of art and innovation, growing in its third year with a fantastic schedule of over 60 free events all taking place over one wonderful weekend in early November.
Organised by the Contemporary Art Gallery Association (CAGA), this year’s event promises to transform our city into a living canvas. If you’re a bit of a culture vulture, you couldn't have chosen a better weekend to be in Dublin. Expect creativity, craftsmanship and community, as the city showcases its best and most innovative artists, its rising stars, its boldest new work, and its most established icons.
Dublin Gallery Weekend emerged as a flagship initiative to better appreciate and spotlight Ireland's superb contemporary art scene. Launched in 2023, it was an immediate success and quickly became a key date in the capital’s cultural calendar. The weekend is expertly curated by CAGA as part of their ongoing commitment to supporting both emerging and established artists and keeping Dublin firmly on the map when it comes to cultural influence and artistic output.
Dive into new exhibitions, artist meet-and-greets, industry panels and talks, and hands-on workshops. Expect a mix of solo shows, group exhibitions, and performances that challenge conventions, all drawing on Ireland's rich literary and visual heritage — and all looking towards the future of art in Ireland.
As the city opens its doors to art lovers this November, the Guinness Storehouse will once again be part of the creative energy at the heart of it all.
Artists Hazel O’Sullivan and Niall de Buitléar both bring a distinct voice wherein, O’Sullivan explores Irish identity through futuristic and folkloric lenses, while de Buitléar’s work, grounded in geometry and structure, brings balance and rhythm to the vast industrial space of St. James’s Gate. Together, their works invite visitors to pause, look up, and experience the Storehouse as never before — a dialogue between industry and imagination, craft and creativity.
And the best part? The exhibition remains open long after Dublin Gallery Weekend ends, running throughout the winter season — perfect for visitors seeking things to do in Dublin that blend art, culture, and the unmistakable atmosphere of the Storehouse.
On Friday, November 7, art takes to the skies — literally — at the Gravity Bar, where dawn breaks over Dublin and the Storehouse hosts Rising Conversations, a special breakfast event exploring “why art needs space in Dublin.”
The panel will bring together Annie Fletcher (Director of IMMA), Eibhlin Colgan (Guinness Archivist), and the exhibiting artists Hazel O’Sullivan and Niall de Buitléar, moderated by cultural curator Michael McDermott.
Guests can expect an inspiring morning of insight and connection — the kind of creative exchange that has always defined Dublin’s cultural heartbeat — accompanied, naturally, by coffee, conversation, and perhaps a glimpse of the city’s first pint being poured.
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On Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th November, Dublin’s streets become part of the story. Four guided walking tours will weave through the city, blending tales of artistic heritage with living creativity.
The tour ends inside the Guinness Storehouse, where These Walls: Landmarks awaits in full splendour. It’s an experience that moves from the city’s galleries and studios to the heart of its industrial history — a journey that feels uniquely Dublin.
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The tour offers visitors a dynamic way to explore what to do in Dublin over the weekend — from historic art spaces to the world’s most famous beer brewery tours, all ending in one of the city’s most inspiring cultural venues.
The partnership between Dublin Gallery Weekend and Guinness Storehouse is more than a collaboration — it’s a celebration of what Dublin does best: uniting creativity, craft, and community. For generations, St. James’s Gate has been a site of innovation, storytelling, and Irish pride. Through initiatives like These Walls, the Storehouse continues that tradition — commissioning contemporary artists, hosting cultural dialogue, and welcoming the world to experience the city through art and flavour alike.
So, whether you’re a lifelong Dubliner, a weekend visitor from the UK, or flying in from across the Atlantic in search of things to do in Dublin, this is a weekend not to miss. Wander the galleries, join a walking tour, or simply stand in awe beneath the soaring works of These Walls: Landmarks before raising a glass and enjoying Dublin’s top sights from the Gravity Bar.
Because in Dublin, creativity doesn’t just hang on walls — it flows, it connects, and it inspires, much like the perfect pour of Guinness itself.