Martin Mooney at James Adam
Acclaimed Donegal artist Martin Mooney's first solo show in Dublin in over five years is eagerly awaited. Earmarked for James Adam's Dublin salerooms in October, the show will comprise over forty-five new still life paintings and a selection of 'plein air' landscapes featuring coastal and pastoral Irish scenes. Prices will range from €2,000 to €36,000. Martin Mooney: 8-17 October
 
Warhol and the Silver Factory
The West's definitely awake this autumn with one of the most significant cultural events this year - 'Andy Warhol: The Factory 1963-1968' is en route to the Model Arts & Niland Gallery. The exhibition will include key Warhol screen-prints from the period, including the 'Electric Chair' and 'Photo Booth' series. This is a real coup for the Sligo gallery. Warhol: 7 October - 21 December
 
Waterclour Extravaganza
A watercolour by Des Carrick entitled Angry Bull illustrates the cover for this year's Water Colour Society of Ireland catalogue. The bold animal study admirably sets the tone for the forthcoming watercolour-fest at the Concourse Arts Centre in Dun Laoghaire County Hall. Artists from at home and abroad will display more than 270 paintings in watercolour, gouache and pastels. Exhibitors include Desmond Carrick, Martin Gale, James Hanley, and Neil Shawcross. Always worth a visit. Watercolour Society: 1-13 October
 
After the Earls
J B Vallely deepens his exploration of Gaelic culture and tradition with an exhibition of paintings dramatising the historic Flight of the Earls, originally commissioned by BBC Northern Ireland. The paintings will be exhibited in the foyer of the newly extended Grand Opera House throughout the Belfast Festival at Queens. J B Vallely: from 9 October
 
Three into One
Three prominent figurative painters, James Brohan, Arthur Maderson and Senan O'Brien, take centre stage this autumn at the Sol Art Gallery in Cavan. Their styles are each distinctly individual. Brohan's paintings are about colour rather than tone, capturing the subtle nuances of light via the changing face of modern Ireland. Maderson throws the process of understanding the world into reverse, his imagery integrated into a complex tapestry. O'Brien, meantime, has established his reputation through his paintings of children. Brohan/Maderson/O'Brien: 11-20 October
 
Unseen Landscapes
Fergus Bourke (1934-2004) has long been regarded as one of Ireland's finest photographers. He was renowned as a photographer of Dublin street scenes, as a pioneering photo-journalist and as a remarkable portraitist. He was admitted to Aosd‡na as an artist in 1980, the first photographer to be so acknowledged. He was also an extraordinary landscape photographer, as can be seen at a Peppercanister Gallery exhibition of previously unseen colour photographs of West of Ireland landscapes. Fergus Bourke: October