Art space, glass-walled workshop and hub
Crespo Open Space
The Crespo Open Space is a place for encounters and exchange, for art, learning and design. Artists, project participants and visitors come together here for readings, lectures, concerts and exhibitions. Funding partners and our programmes use the spaces for programme work, workshops and educational formats.
Open Space Programme
Exhibition ‘The Glenkeen Variations: ArtNature/NatureArt’
A double premiere
Glenkeen Garden is a landscape park on Roaringwater Bay in West Cork, Ireland, designed by Ulrike Crespo. Since 2021, it has been the location of our Artist in Residence programme, the results of which are shown for the first time in ‘Glenkeen Variations’.
‘The Glenkeen Variations: ArtNature/NatureArt’ marks a premiere in two senses. It is the first exhibition of the first phase of the Glenkeen Garden Residencies and the first exhibition in the open space of the new Crespo House.
Dates and Events
Opening hours
Saturday to Monday 11 am to 6 pm
Tuesday and Wednesday closed
Thursday and Friday 2 pm to 8 pm
12.10.24—26.01.25
Unfortunately, the exhibition will be closed on the following days:
Fri., 07.11.24 | Thu., 08.11. | Thu., 21.11. | Fri., 22.11. | Thu., 28.11. | Fri., 29.11. open event from 7:30pm on | Sat., 30.11.24 fopen from 4:00 to 8:00 pm | Thu., 5.12. | Thu., 12.12 | from Mon., 23.12. to Sun., 05.01. | Th., 23.01.
Free admission
Guided Tours and Events
Guided tours
Saturday, 16.11.2024
Saturday, 14.12.2024
Saturday, 18.01.2025
Curator guided tour
Saturday, 25.01.2025
Work presentation
Saturday, 30.11.2024
Saturday, 11.01.2025
Sunday, 26.01.2025
Outlook
Exhibition ‘After Nature . Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize’
Questioning the relationship between man, nature and technology
Together with C/O Berlin, the Crespo Foundation has launched the ‘After Nature . Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize’ in 2024. The prize, endowed with 80,000 euros, is awarded annually to two international artists who use photography and image-based media to respond to the changing ecology of the present and explore new concepts of nature and art.
Laura Huertas Millán and Sarker Protick are the first winners of the ‘After Nature . Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize’ 2024. The dual exhibition will be on show for the first time at C/O Berlin from September 2024. It will open at the Crespo Foundation's Open Space in February 2025. Save the Date: Thursday, 27th February 2025, 7 pm
Exhibition of works from the Ulrike Crespo art collection
Insight into an extensive collection
Around 40 works will provide an initial insight into the art collection of Ulrike Crespo (1950–2019), which comprises more than 800 works, on the occasion of the opening of the Crespo House in October 2024. This initial selection of works heralds a major exhibition of the collection, which is planned for autumn 2025 in the Crespo Open Space.