19.06.2026, 00:00 A.M.

‘Henrietta Street and its Artists’, an exhibition celebrating the artistic heritage of one of Dublin’s finest Georgian streets, will be held at the Irish |Georgian Society's headquarters in South William Street from 19th June to 10th July 2026. Focusing mainly on the years from 1970 to the present, the exhibition will highlight the role that Henrietta Street, dating mainly from the 1720s and 30s, has played in providing studio spaces for artists, while its period settings have also inspired photographers and film-makers over the years. The exhibition will consist mainly of paintings, prints and photographs.

The artists in the exhibition are: Anna Rackard, Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Perry Ogden, Eithne Jordan, Geraldine O’Neill, Alice Hanratty, Gwen O’Dowd, David Davison, Mick O’Dea, Mick Cullen, Fergus Martin and Charlie Cullen.

Several of the artists have used the street as a setting for their work, as with Mick O’Dea's paintings of the interiors and exteriors of No. 5 and 6, where he has maintained a studio for over forty years. The photographer Perry Ogden who has a studio in the basement of No. 5, and photographer Anna Rackard has also recorded several of the houses on Henrietta Street over the years.

Photographs from the Irish Architectural Archive, together with artists’ interiors of the buildings, will help to explain the importance of Henrietta Street, in its early years, during its tenement history, and into the period of restoration and renewal which the street is experiencing today.

In addition, two eighteenth century portraits of Thomas and Mary Carter, by Charles Jervas, in the City Assembly House, will provide an historical context for the exhibition. The Carters lived at No. 9, in a house designed in the 1730s by Mary’s cousin, the architect Edward Lovett Pearce.
Henrietta Street is currently undergoing a transition, with several of its Georgian houses being renovated and given a new lease of life. The haven the street has provided for artists over the last half century is now coming to an end.

Opening hours: 12pm-5pm, Tuesdays to Saturdays, 19th June - 10th July 2026

The Irish Georgian Society wishes to thank the following organisations for their support of this exhibition: