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arts · Friday 21 August 2026 · Various 
Eltiqa: How to Work Together?
At Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) · Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Military Road, Dublin 8
At Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) · Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Military Road, Dublin 8
Six artists from Gaza City bring two decades of shared practice to Dublin in this searching, quietly urgent exhibition. Eltiqa - Arabic for “encounter” - is a collective founded in 2000 that ran an exhibition and workshop space in Gaza and mentored younger generations of artists through some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable. Seeing their work in person, especially work that was safeguarded internationally while Gaza burned, lands differently than reading about it. The exhibition suits anyone interested in contemporary art, questions of solidarity, or how creative communities sustain themselves against the odds.
The six members - Mohamed Abusal, Abdel Raouf Al-Ajouri, Mohammad Al-Hawajri, Raed Issa, Dina Matar, and Sohail Salem - each bring a distinct practice to the show, ranging from vivid paintings of life under siege to abstract work drawing on Palestinian motifs and installations envisioning a different future. What holds the exhibition together is the question in its title: how do people work together across difference, over time, under pressure?
Alongside the artworks, an annotated timeline traces Eltiqa’s formation, its support structures over the years, and the personal and political events that shaped the collective. The exhibition is curated by The Question of Funding, a collective that researches the economics of cultural production - so expect the show to think about infrastructure and survival as much as aesthetics.
The show tours to IMMA from the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai, where it opened in early 2025. IMMA public programmes, artist talks, and participatory events are expected throughout the long run, which runs until late March 2027.
IMMA sits within the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin 8, a 17th-century building with substantial grounds. The Luas Red Line is the easiest option from the city centre - alight at Heuston or Suir Road and walk from there. Several Dublin Bus routes serve the Kilmainham area. By car, IMMA has paid on-site parking. From outside Dublin, Heuston Station on the Red Line connects directly to intercity rail services, so it is manageable as a day trip from most of the country.
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