The Museum presents a wide variety of art and artists’ ideas in a dynamic programme of exhibitions which regularty includes bodies of work form the Museum’s own Collection, its award winning Education and Community Department and the Studio and National programmes.  

The Artists’ Work Programme is the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s studio/residency programme which operates in converted coach houses adjacent to the main Museum building. The Programme provides opportunities for artists to research and develop their work practice, and is open to artists of all nationalities working in any medium by application or invitation. The Work Programme emphasises the working process rather than the finished product and enables artists to explore new ideas and ways of working in the context of the developing identity of the Museum and its various programmes.

The Museum’s 17th-Century architecture and grounds, its Exhibition, Collection, Education and Community and National programmes provide a challenging and dynamic environment within which the definitions of art and artist can be tested.