Cork pub to transform as art gallery in aid of orphanage

A landmark Cork pub will be transformed into an art gallery tonight to help fund an orphanage on the other side of the world.

Almost 180 works of art by up to 90 of the country’s top artists, including Gene Lambert, John Adams, Ricky Lynch, Maurice Desmond, and Cora Murphy, will be hung for sale on the walls of Henchy’s Bar at St Luke’s Cross, on the northside of the city, for the 10th annual art exhibition in aid of Anita’s Orphanage in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

With works across various mediums, and with prices from €200 to €2,000, organisers are promising something for everyone. The exhibition will be officially opened at 8pm by poet Gerry Murphy and the art will be on view in the pub, and for sale, until November 5, when the exhibition will close with the pub’s famous stew night.