RTÉ Archives
Dolorosa de la Cruz
Vivienne Dick
Johnny McMahon
Garry O’Neill
Sara R Phillips
Marking fifty years since punk emerged as a disruptive cultural force, TULCA 2026: Veruca Salt considers what it means to know who you are and know what you want. Curated by Sinéad Keogh, the festival approaches punk not as a fixed historical style, but as a living method rooted in DIY culture, collective action and self-determination.
At TULCA Gallery, the exhibition brings together film, works on paper and archival material by Dolorosa de la Cruz, Vivienne Dick, Johnny McMahon, Garry O’Neill and Sara R Phillips, alongside material from the RTÉ Archives. Moving between No Wave film, Irish youth-culture archives, personal memory and contemporary reflections on language and identity, the gallery connects punk’s historical and archival strands with practices that continue to question received values and prescribed roles.
TULCA Gallery
19 Eyre Square
Galway, H91 TH7T
Access
Wheelchair accessible via lift
Street entrance is not step-free
Accessible toilet
Seating available
Accessible parking (Merchants Road)
Opening Hours
7-22 November 2026
Tuesday–Sunday, 12–6pm
Closed Monday
Getting There
1-minute walk from Eyre Sq.
Nearest bus stops: Eyre Sq.
Paid parking nearby
TULCA Festival of Visual Arts
Veruca Salt
Curated by Sinéad Keogh
6-22 November 2026
Galway, Ireland
Image: Vivienne Dick, Still of Lydia Lunch from Guérillère Talks (1978), Super 8 to 2K digital film 24 min 28 sec. Courtesy of the artist.