Announcing Clinch’s Headline Partnership of Ireland at Venice, 2026: Isabel Nolan’s ‘Dreamshook’

Headline Corporate Partner For Ireland At Venice

We are proud to announce Clinch’s role as Headline Corporate Partner for Ireland’s representation at the 61st International Art Exhibition; La Biennale di Venezia, the biggest platform there is for the visual arts. Ireland at Venice, an initiative of Culture Ireland and The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, showcases Irish contemporary art on the world stage. We are delighted to support artist Isabel Nolan, curator Dr. Georgina Jackson and producer Cian O’Brien Arts in presenting ‘Dreamshook’ at the Venice Biennale’s Irish Pavilion this year.

Dreamshook

Dreamshook describes that feeling of waking from a dream that lingers. In the Irish Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale this year, Nolan’s work represents dream states and narratives that strain the distinctions between the immaterial and the actual. She draws on the Middle-ages and the Renaissance; two periods in history that redefined what it meant to be human, with parallels today.

Championing The Pioneer

Isabel Nolan is a pioneering artist whose work chimes with things we value; intellectual honesty and challenging group-think. This sponsorship also reflects Clinch Wealth Management’s vision for the role that business can play in society; elevating Ireland’s global voice.

The Exhibition And Its Homecoming

‘Dreamshook’ will be exhibited at the Irish Pavilion in Venice from 9 May to 22 November, 2026. We also look forward to welcoming the exhibition home for a national tour in 2027, when Irish audiences will have the chance to experience the work first-hand.

Good Luck, Isabel, Georgina & Cian

We would like to take this opportunity to wish the very best of luck to Isabel Nolan, Dr. Georgina Jackson and Cian O’Brien as they set sail on this exciting journey to the 61st Venice Biennale!

Photograph: Rich Gilligan