2010 sees the Academy host the Annual Exhibition for a momentous 180th year! Since it
began in 1826, the RHA Annual Exhibition has continued to grow in size and influence
and this year will include work by a record number of visual artists.

Academy Members, invited artists and works selected through an open submission process are exhibited together giving the visitor and discerning art collector an unparalleled opportunity to view work by some of Irelands best-established and most promising artists
working today.

Painting, sculpture, print, photography and architectural models can be viewed side by side and this year the Annual Exhibition will include work by Mick O’Dea RHA, Stephen McKenna PPRHA, Martin Gale RHA, Eilis O’Connell RHA, John Shinnors, Clodagh Emoe, Kenneth Lambert, Cristina Bunello, Ann Quinn, John Gibbons among many others.

With a prize fund of over €50,000 awarded to various disciplines, the Academy remains indebted to the many generous sponsors who make this prize fund possible. Among the most valuable prizes are the Hennessy Craig Scholarship of €10,000, awarded to a painter under the age of 35, the Curtin O’Donoghue Photography Prize of €7,500, the Ireland – US Council and Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award of €5,000 and the AXA Insurance Prize for Drawing, €5,000.

The exhibition opens with a series of events on Sunday 23 May:

12 – 2pm, Prize Giving Ceremony
Artists and guests, Benefactors and Corporate Supporters only

2 – 5pm, Varnishing
Preview for artists, Academy Members and Friends of the RHA only

6 – 8pm, Grand Opening

ADMISSION IS FREE and the exhibition is supported by a full colour catalogue, costing €20, available at reception.

During the 180th Annual Exhibition purchase the Annual Catalogue and Amelia Stein, Photographs RHA 2009 together for just €40.

180th Annual Exhibition, Closing party Saturday 24 July
Join us on Saturday 24 July for the 180th Annual Exhibition closing party. A momentous occasion, not to be missed!


180th Annual Exhibition, Opening hours:
The RHA Gallery will revert to opening ALL Exhibition AREAS,
7 days a week, for the 180th Annual Exhibition, from 24 May – 30 July.
Monday & Tuesday 11 – 5pm
Wednesday – Saturday 11 – 7pm
Sunday 2 – 5pm

Annual exhibition hanging in Gallery I, Photography by Donal Murphy.