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Glenkeen Garden is a landscape park on the coast of West Cork, on the shores of Roaringwater Bay in Ireland, designed by Ulrike Crespo. Since 2021, it has been the site of the artist-in-residence programme ‘Glenkeen Garden Residencies: ArtNature/NatureArt’, the results of which are presented in exhibitions and event series in Frankfurt and Ireland.

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Glenkeen Garden, view over Roaringwater Bay

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Photo: Lorenzo Rebediani, Vera Scaccabarozzi, Luca Trevisani and Francesca Verga, Autumn 2023

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Susanne Bürner, Annette Kelm, Alexandra Leykauf and Ines Kaag, Spring 2024, Photo: Jason Lee

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Photo: Doireann O’Malley, Autumn 2023

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Luca Trevisani, Autumn 2023

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Mareike Dobewall and Anthea Bush, Autumn 2025, Photo: Jason Lee

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Exhibition ‘The Glenkeen Variations: ArtNature/NatureArt’ 2026

Open SpaceFrankfurt

16.10.2026-24.01.2027

‘The land on which Glenkeen Garden is based once belonged to Ulrike Crespo, who used her inheritance to develop the plot by creating a residence and a garden. This was not meant for her own use, but rather for the land and visitors, art and society.’

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Zippora Elders, member of the jury, Senior Curator at Van Abbemuseum
More about the programme and the jury