Temple Bar Gallery & Studio

The space itself is amazing. I recently went to the Peachy Dublin exhibit and climbing the 4 flights of stairs was no sweat!
It is very bright and airy. At the top is a great little patio where you get a great view of Dublin (and rooftops)!
There is no pretentiousness in this studio, and it seemed very welcoming to folks who aren’t the most art minded!
There are also a bunch of different shows going on all the time, so it never gets boring! Check out their free shows too!

At this stage Templebar hosts almost as many art galleries as drunken stag nights. It’s a good thing too, since there’s a really high churn-​rate for the works, so every visit to the area has something new added to it.
The Gallery and Studios have been doing their thing for nearly thirty years now. There’s a small exhibition space that clearly receives a lot of attention from their curatorial staff. The place feels open and welcoming, so you don’t feel the need to rush around the exhibits.

I only visted the bar, it was recommended as one of the interesting and better bars — now a bar is a bar :-) Nice but not spectactular.

Not really a bookstore, but the combination of 4 different stalls with a wide range of used and antiquarian books make this market a nice stopover while shopping on a Saturday. Plus, they also have the odd used CD’s and records and some Rock’n’Roll-items such as stickers and buttons.
You could combine this with a visit to the Food Market, also in Temple Bar (on Meeting House Sq.) and the Designer Mart on Cows Lane.

I say this with the deepest of appreciation; no where else but Ireland could house a working studio and exhibition gallery in the middle of a tourist haven. Then again, the art community in Dublin is incredibly strong and diverse, spreading throughout the city and setting up exhibitions in practically any empty room.
Drift into the gallery space on any given weekday afternoon for a ten minute breather and a gape at some seriously high concept installations. On my visit I had to step carefully around the delicately arranged and mysterious pieces laid out on the concrete floor.
Someday I’d love to get through the door at the back of the gallery and check out the studios available upstairs, there’s a little port hole from the gallery looking into the mezzanine behind it –out of reach but on display…

The Temple Bar Gallery and Studio is a vital utility for the Irish Art community. It has studios for artists above and behind the ground floor public gallery space. This former factory was re-​designed to offer the artists all the amenities that they would need in pursuit of their objectives.
This includes a brilliant oval shaped hole that runs through all four floors with a red winch at the top for hauling up giant canvases at ease. Some of the studios overlook Temple Bar and some overlook the Liffey but all receive a soft light throughout the day, which might look gloomy to you or me, but is great for drawing apparently.
I’m sure that the gallery exhibit the work of the artists working within but I don’t know if they exhibit these artists exclusively. This brilliant amenity represents what Temple Bar was supposed to be about and as a result deserves a visit.

This is a very small gallery, but if you want to pass the time on your lunch or even if you are walking through temple bar you should have a look around. There is always something interesting on display. The atmosphere is welcoming and mellow and there is nothing pretentious about the people there. I like to fill some time in there if I am meeting a friend and they are running late.