'Memorandum', winter group show - 14 December 2025 to 28 February 2026

Artists: Annika Berglund, Hugh Cummins, Colin Eaton, Mary A. Fitzgerald, David Fox, Conrad Frankel, Nickie Hayden, Daniel Lipstein, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Miriam McConnon, Sheila Naughton, Bart O'Reilly, Yanny Petters, Kelly Ratchford and Vicky Smith.

Official opening:
Sunday 14 December 2025, 3:00pm
Olivier Cornet Gallery, 3 Great Denmark Street, Dublin 1, D01 NV63, Ireland.

This group exhibition will run in our main exhibition space until 28 February 2026.

Note about the festive season:

The gallery will be closed from the 21st of December 2025 to the 5th of January 2026.
Eoin Mac Lochlainn, An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XIII, watercolour on birch panel, 45x80cm
The Olivier Cornet Gallery is delighted to present

Memorandum

With Memorandum the Olivier Cornet Gallery purports to present an overview of all the shows that have taken place in its premises this year, revisiting 4 important solo shows: Symbols of Revival by Nickie Hayden, Springs Opens Forever In Eternity by Conrad Frankel, An ghaoth aniar/This too will pass by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, and Self Portrait with a Pet and a Bathtub by Daniel Lipstein. 

Other highlights will include works from our Bloomsday/Summer group show Out of Lines, an homage to the Art Déco period as we celebrated the centenary of the first Art Déco exhibition held in Paris in 1925. 

Another highlight includes David Fox's majestic The Ridge of Capard, which we showcased at the gallery in August as part of National Heritage Week 2025. Yanny Petters, whose works created for both Ode to Giants and Out of Lines were sold, will present for the very first time at the gallery her recent series of gnarls in watercolour.

Last but not least, our Dublin Gallery Weekend 2025 group show Ode to Giants, also an homage, but this time, to favourite pieces held in 3 Dublin museums, will be well represented. 

A ‘souvenir’ exhibition as it were, but devoid of nostalgia and simply reaffirming the old adage that it’s good to look back when it can help us move forward…
Daniel Lipstein, Pet, oil and pebbles on canvas, 80x100 cm
Annika Berglund, 'Dublin Spring II' (installation shot), Merino wool, silk, viscose and Tencel fibre, cotton thread & brass hoops, 135x50x50cm
Nickie Hayden, Pure Strength, oil on board, 36x56cm
Conrad Frankel, Apple blossom, oil on linen on board, 58x48cm

Coverage/reviews:


  • Souvenir show, Diary, Irish Arts Review magazine (Winter edition). The article features Eoin Mac Lochainn's An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XIII, watercolour on birch panel, 45x80cm. An on-line version is also available


  • Wood at Cornet, Portfolio, Frances McDonald, Irish Arts Review magazine (Winter edition). The article focuses on Hugh Cummins' practice and participation in this group show.

  • What's on Guide, Business Post, 6 December 2025.

  • Chocolate biscuits, green tea, art ~ and phenomenology,  Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Scéalta Ealaíne, art blog, 11 December 2025.