Explore the IMMA Collection Online, our National Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art with over 3500 artworks by Irish and international artists. Explore by artist name, title of artwork, date or artist medium from photography to installation to moving image, or just browse through the suggested highlighted artworks.

We share an artwork each day on our social channels under the hashtags #IMMACollection #WakeUpWithArt, these include themed weeks and in-depth explorations of specific artists works.

IMMA Screen is an online screening series showcasing film and video works from the IMMA Collection. Previously only shown in an exhibition space, IMMA Screen provides an exciting opportunity for audiences to view artworks by Helen Cammock, Phil Collins, Vivienne Dick, Kevin Gaffney, Isabel Nolan and Alanna O’Kelly in their own homes.

From 23 June we are delighted to present Visibility: Moderate (1981) by Vivienne Dick as the second work from the Collection to be showcased as part of IMMA Screen. Each screenings is available online for one month alongside a new interview with the artist.

From 21 July we are delighted to present Everything Disappears (2014) by Kevin Gaffney as the third work from the Collection to be showcased as part of IMMA Screen. Each screenings is available online for one month. A live-streamed conversation between Kevin Gaffney and curator, writer and organiser Sara Greavu will take place on Thursday 23 July at 6.30pm.

As we reflect on the psychological implications of newly imposed physical distancing between ourselves and others, IMMA Screen invites a timely reflection on the power and politics of representation and the continuous fabrications of the self and the other. In different ways, the works engage with performance and the role of the camera in the construction and mediation of identity. A number of these works also deal poignantly with ideas of loss and erasure.

The IMMA International Summer School takes place online, via zoom, from 3 to 28 August 2020. Focusing on the theme of ‘statecraft’ and the role of art and artists in relation to the state, the Summer School will comprise a month-long programme of seminars, discussions and workshops by a range of national and international artists, theorists and educators including Jonas Staal, Jasmina Cibic, Mick Wilson, Gerry Kearns, Bashir Otukoya, Philomena Mullen, Angela Griffith and Laurie Robbins. Part of the programme is open to the public and all events are free.

Our Explorer at Home art activities are available for children and adults to do and make at home. We share a new art activity every Wednesday afternoon on our social channels. You will find specially selected artworks, inspired by the IMMA Collection Online and our temporary Exhibition Programme, as starting points for creative activities.

We look forward to seeing your creations and invite you to share them with us online. Make sure to tag us and use the hashtag #ExploreratHome so you can see your work on our website.

All old and new activities are available to view on our Explorer at Home webpage under Explore More.

IMMA Talks Online is a new series of talks specifically programmed for our online audience. Upcoming talks include a live-streamed conversation between artist Kevin Gaffney and curator, writer and organiser Sara Greavu on Thursday 23 July at 6.30pm. Gaffney will discuss the thinking and making of Everything Disappears (2014), one of the film works from the IMMA Collection to be showcased as part of IMMA Screen. For details and to register click here.

The next live webinar talk will take place on Wednesday 29 July, join Dr Nathan O’Donnell who shares his research arising from a six-month project focused on the idea of the artist’s studio, in connection to the IMMA Collection: Freud Project 2016 -21. For details and to register click here.

Visit our Talks page and listen back to selected talks or visit our Soundcloud channel where we have over 300 audio pieces available to explore. Some recent talks for you to listen to include:

Talks Online: Media-based time, Dr Maeve Connolly

Artist Discussion with Bharti Kher

Explore the IMMA Collection Artists: Talks and Responses playlist. We have dug deep into our audio archives to present recordings of past talks and discussion that feature contributions by IMMA Collection artists. Hear about the ideas and processes that inform the making of their work. This extensive archive, dating as far back as 1993, includes talks by Barrie Cooke, Antony Gormley, Rebecca Horn, Isaac Julien, Alice Maher, Brian O’Doherty and Lawrence Weiner.

Look out for our LONG LISTEN posts on our social channels at the weekends for the most recent talks to listen to.

This summer Teens at Home will share creative exercises and art activities online created by artists for young people aged 13 to 18. Artist Kathryn Maguire has created two projects for you to do at home.

New projects will be shared on our website and announced on our social channels.. Make sure to tag us so we can see your work #IMMATeensatHome

We share lots of articles in our online IMMA Magazine written by artists, curators, poets, writers, IMMA staff and many other collaborators. Some recent articles for you to read are:

Derek Jarman’s Garden by Susan Thomson

Curating at IMMA, through a queer lens  by Seán Kissane

Statue Wars by Lisa Moran

Watch our for our LONG READ articles posted on our social channels at the weekend with the newest magazine articles.

Watch exhibitions videos with artists and curators as they talk about the exhibitions at IMMA. Videos are available on the Exhibition pages and via our YouTube Channel.

Recent videos made available to watch online include:

Bharti Kher – Indian/British artist Bharti Kher on her exhibition A Consummate Joy

Life Above Everything – Head of Collections Christina Kennedy presents the work of Lucian Freud and Jack B. Yeats with David Dawson, Freud’s assistant for over 20 years. 

Desire: A Revision – curators Rachel Thomas and Yoko Hasegawa introduce the exhibition Desire: A Revision from the 20^th century to the Digital Age.

Also check our our recent Q&A with curator Sean Kissane on the much praised Derek Jarman exhibition PROTEST!.

During the lockdown the #IMMAInsideOut Collective Project allowed us to share art, ideas and our experiences. We asked our followers on social media to share their art and lives with all of us in a collective effort to combat social isolation and boredom using the hashtag #IMMAInsideOut.

Lots of people joined us on this adventure and took photos of their lives during this time – their unusual desktop or art studio at home, what they could see from their window, who they shared the quarantine with or their kid’s creativity – sharing them on their social media channels and tagging us.

View our image gallery as a digital exhibition, a reflection of our shared experience of these exceptional times. The image gallery comprises work shared by you from March to July 2020.