You are invited to the official book launch of Catherine Barron’s, ‘You couldn’t make it up’ – a landmark mid-career retrospective exhibition and publication.
The launch will also feature a very special in-conversation session between Barron and art critic, broadcaster and author, Cristín Leach.
2pm, Saturday 24th May
Waterford Gallery of Art
Spaces are limited so please RSVP to guarantee a seat at this event: Waterford Gallery: WaterfordGallery@waterfordcouncil.ie
Catherine Barron was born in Co. Carlow, lives and works in Dungarvan co. Waterford since 2017, and is represented by the Molesworth Gallery.
Barron’s solo exhibition, ‘You couldn’t make it up’ is currently on at the Waterford Gallery of Art, 17 April – 16 August 2025
Cristín Leach is an Irish art critic, broadcaster and author of the bestselling memoir Negative Space (Merrion Press, 2022). Her art criticism has appeared in Sunday Times Ireland since 2003, and on RTÉ radio, television, and digital services since 1998. Her collection of historical fiction, poetry, essays and other forms of expanded art writing From Ten Till Dusk (RHA, 2023) was published to mark the 200th anniversary of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts in Dublin.
Publications will be available for purchase on the evening.
Please RSVP to guarantee a seat at this event: Waterford Gallery: WaterfordGallery@waterfordcouncil.ie