Hillsboro Fine Art in Dublin announces 'Studio house museum', a solo exhibition by Irish artist Eamon O’Kane, running from 5 February to 7 March 2026. The show features new paintings from his ongoing Ideal collection series, inspired by residencies and visits to iconic studios and houses of artists, collectors, and architects, including Francis Bacon’s Reece Mews studio, Eileen Gray’s E-1027, the Edith Farnsworth House, Philip Johnson’s Glass House, and others. O’Kane explores creative spaces as living archives, reconstructing environments that blend Modernist aesthetics, architectural clarity, and painterly intuition, mapping networks of influence across generations.
The exhibition matters because it deepens O’Kane’s long-standing interrogation of the ideal studio, museum, and art collection, questioning utopian aspirations and the contradictions of Modernism. By connecting figures like Bacon, Gray, and Ronnie Tallon, O’Kane reveals hidden creative relationships and the intimate bond between art-making, architecture, and personal history. The show also reflects his recent residencies at Per Kirkeby’s studio and Edvard Munch’s Ekely, as well as visits to Monet’s gardens, adding layers of memory and ecology to his work.