Art and culture
The historic home to some of Ireland's greatest literary figures and writers, we want Wilton Park to be the cultural hub for this part of the city.
Living Canvas
Living Canvas is a cultural initiative we are launching at two locations in Dublin’s city centre.
As the city emerges from the pandemic, it is an opportunity to deliver on our placemaking strategy and our commitment to public art. Using our city centre developments as a platform to showcase art and design makes a positive contribution to the neighbourhoods in which we are invested and builds long-term resilience into our portfolio.
Living Canvas at Wilton Park is the largest ever outdoor digital installation for cultural use in Europe and Living Canvas at Tropical Fruit Warehouse features large scale projection mapping overlooking the River Liffey and Samuel Beckett Bridge.
Words at Wilton Park
IPUT Real Estate Dublin’s Living Canvas summer programme proudly presents the second annual Words at Wilton Park Programme, focussing on the literary traditions of Dublin, UNESCO City of Literature. Headlining the programme, Alan Gilsenan’s evocative Ghosts of Baggotonia is a special chance to see this film at the heart of the area that was its inspiration. We are also delighted to feature an Irish and international selection of film and animation, all celebrating the written word.
Mary Lavin Place
The first public place in Dublin to be named after an Irish female writer. It will form the core of a new cultural hub at Wilton Park. Through events, exhibitions and other community projects, we want to bring the neighbourhood together to celebrate our city’s heritage and to continue to enrich people’s experiences through arts and culture.
Mary Lavin
Mary Lavin was one of the most influential Irish female writers of her generation. Born in the US in 1912, she moved to Ireland when she was 10. Her first volume of short stories, Tales from Bective Bridge, was published in 1942 and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. She was a master of the form and won the Katherine Mansfield Prize in 1961 and Guggenheim Fellowships in 1959 and 1961.
Wilton Park Studios
We have partnered with the RHA Gallery since 2019 to offer an Artists in Residence programme at Wilton Park Studios, based in the mews in Lad Lane. To date, the programme has worked with twelve local artists, providing them with support and crucial studio space.
Public art
We are commissioning leading Irish artists to create two new sculptures for the neighbourhood. These include a commemorative sculpture to honour Mary Lavin in the public square, as well as a second that will sit in front of One Wilton Park.
Pictured opposite. Unfurl by Eilis O’Connell, commissioned by IPUT for 10 Molesworth Street.