The Opening of the Glucksman Gallery signals a new cultural focus for University College Cork

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On October 15th 2004, President Mary McAleese officially opened the Lewis Glucksman Gallery marking a major day for University College Cork and for visual art in Ireland. The Gallery was developed at a cost of €12 million-and will act as a major cultural focus for UCC and the region as a whole. The new Gallery will be one of the most significant spaces for visual art in Ireland since the Irish Museum of Modern Art opened it's doors in 1991.

INAUGURAL EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE:
Modern American Painting from the NYU Art Collection
Dürer's Indecision: The North/South Dichotomy in the prints of Albrecht Dürer
Things of Extraordinary Beauty: The Honan Collection
Highlights from UCC Art Collection

FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE:
40 Shades of Green: Irish Art and Design
An Leabhar Mor: The Great Book of Gaelic
Through the Looking Glass: Childhood in Contemporary Photography
Visual Literacy: Reading Images beyond Art
William Blake & Sons

ABOUT THE GLUCKSMAN LIBRARY
Location
At Main Gates to University College Cork on Western Road, Cork
- 10 minutes walk from Cork city centre
Opening Hours
Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm, Sundays 12-5pm
Late opening Thursday until 9pm

Photos courtesy of Dennis Gilbert