IMMA and the Transport for Ireland (TFI) Network unveil a new mobile artwork bringing Art into daily journeys across Dublin City

The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), in partnership with the National Transport Authority (NTA) under its Transport for Ireland (TFI) brand, today Monday 22 June 2026, unveils a striking new mobile artwork bringing contemporary art to the streets of Dublin.

The artwork, titled Art in Motion: Routes and Roots, is created by artist Alberta Whittle and has been developed in collaboration with poet Dagogo Hart and community writers group The Poetry Vigilantes, part of Dublin 8’s Fatima Groups United.

The vibrant artwork wraps one of TFI’s buses, transforming the familiar public transport vehicle into a moving canvas. Across the bus the artwork displays fragments of an original poem created by The Poetry Vigilantes working with Whittle and Hart. The poetry is combined with imagery in Alberta Whittle’s signature style, featuring the hands of the community participants and yarrow, a perennial wildflower native to Ireland.

The Art in Motion: Routes and Roots bus will operate across several routes of the TFI network in Dublin, bringing a burst of creativity to the capital. Each day, thousands of passengers and many more who see the bus along the network will encounter art in a fresh and unexpected way. This collaboration highlights the power of partnership in making contemporary art a visible and accessible part of the city’s daily movement, reaching communities across Dublin.

Annie Fletcher, Director of IMMA, said: “It is incredibly exciting to see this IMMA bus take to the streets of Dublin. This radically public artwork tells a story about the lived experience of one of our city’s communities. It celebrates the power of collective voices, inspired by how public transport can connect our communities and create a sense of belonging through the familiar routes of our streets, shared memories of place and our journeys together”.

Art in Motion: Routes and Roots underscores IMMA’s commitment to expanding access to art and connecting with audiences beyond the Museum’s walls. Through this collaboration with Transport for Ireland (TFI), contemporary art becomes woven into the city’s everyday rhythm, bringing colour, language, and imagination to the streets of Dublin.

22 June 2026

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Additional Notes for Editors

About Alberta Whittle
B. 1980; Bridgetown Barbados; lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland. Barbadian-Scottish. Whittle’s multifaceted practice is preoccupied with developing a personal response to the legacies of the Atlantic slave trade, unpicking its connections to institutional racism, white supremacy and climate emergency in the present. Against an oppressive political background Whittle aims to foreground hope and engage with different forms of resistance. Whittle received her MFA from the Glasgow School of Art (2011); PhD at the University of Edinburgh (2024); and is currently a Research Associate at The University of Johannesburg. She has exhibited and performed in various solo and group shows internationally and represented Scotland in the 59th Venice Biennale (2022). She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Margaret Tait Award winner (2018/19); a Turner Bursary, Frieze Artist Award and Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award (2020); and Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists (2022).

About Dagogo Hart
Dagogo Hart is a Nigerian-Irish writer, poet, and theatre-maker based in Ireland. His work spans poetry, theatre, film, and education, rooted in performance but designed to resonate beyond the stage. He has featured on everything from TV to film and bar basements, led poetry workshops and showcases across Ireland and West Africa, and is author of Lantern Smoke, 2025, a children’s book with Gill Books. His acclaimed play MMANWU explores grief and cultural identity, while his new play PALMFIST continues his powerful interrogation of masculinity, violence, and vulnerability. Hart is also co-founder of WeAreGriot, a collection committed to platforming Black Irish voices through performance poetry, storytelling, and collaboration.

About Fatima Groups United
Fatima Groups United Family Resource Centre represents residents and community projects in Fatima and Herberton, Dublin 8. Since 1995, FGU has supported the physical and social regeneration of the area. FGU provides services in health, wellbeing, education, employment, arts, childcare, counselling, family support, information, advice, and advocacy. Fatima Poetry Vigilantes is a poetry group organised by Fatima Groups United. They won the Creative Lives Ireland Award in 2022 for Dance Til Dán, a film celebrating community through poetry and dance. They organise frequent Poetry Cafés and Poetry Trains.

About National Transport Authority / Transport For Ireland
The National Transport Authority (NTA) is a statutory non-commercial body, which operates under the aegis of the Department of Transport. Established in 2009, the NTA’s core function is around the planning, development and funding of sustainable transport modes, public transport and active travel on a national basis. NTA’s remit also extends to the regulation of commercial bus services, as well as the Small Public Service Vehicle (SPSV) sector and vehicle clamping.

Transport for Ireland (TFI) is the public-facing brand of the NTA, used to deliver and promote Ireland’s integrated public transport network across bus, rail, TFI Luas and active travel services.

About IMMA
Founded in 1991, IMMA is Ireland’s National Cultural Institution for Modern and Contemporary Art located in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Its vibrant, bold, and diverse programme comprises exhibitions, commissions, and event-based projects by leading Irish and international artists, as well as a rich engagement and learning programme which together provides audiences of all ages the opportunity to connect with contemporary art and unlock their creativity. IMMA is also the home of the National Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art of over 4,700 artworks by Irish and international artists. IMMA makes this national resource available through exhibitions at IMMA and other venues nationally and internationally, engagement and learning programmes and digital resources. imma.ie