The 39th EVA International programme was delivered across 3 exhibition phases between September 2020 and November 2021. Originally scheduled as a concentrated 10 week programme, it was instead adapted in response to COVID-19. It featured 45 presentations by Irish and international artists and collaborating curators, and unfolded across 13 exhibition venues in Limerick, remotely and online.
The 39th EVA International programme consisted of 3 new programme channels, the Guest Programme Little did they know curated by Merve Elveren, Platform Commissions selected by Anne Tallentire, Merve Elveren and Matt Packer, and Partnership Projects developed in collaboration with national and international organisations. Taking its reference from the “Golden Vein,” a 19th-century descriptor for the agricultural bounty of the Limerick region, the 39th EVA International programme sought to address ideas of land and its contested values in the context of Ireland today.
