Celebratory exhibition shows off jewels of the Butler Gallery's crown

OVER the past 70 years a serious body of art has been amassed by the Butler Gallery at Kilkenny Castle.

The gallery is currently showing a celebratory exhibition of work from its collection, including pieces by Louise Bourgeois, Barrie Cooke, Evie Hone, May Guinness and local sculptor Paul Mosse.

Anna O’Sullivan, director of the gallery, curates the show. “This current exhibition has a contemporary feel to it,” says O’Sullivan. “We have a collection show every year or two years. We have shown so many different aspects of the work — landscapes or seascapes or portraits and whatnot. This time round we just wanted to show the contemporary view of the collection as it stands right now and some of the acquisitions we have acquired over the last nine years.