Songs to the Siren

Curated by Hallahan & Welch
The Model, Sligo Ireland 24 January – 12 April 2026

There is a line in Tim Buckley’s Song to the Siren that seems to hover in the air: “Did I dream you dreamed about me?” The words never quite settle. They drift between intimacy and distance, like a memory that belongs to someone else.

Songs to the Siren, a new exhibition at The Model in Sligo, begins in that uncertain space. Curated by artists Paul Hallahan and Lee Welch, the exhibition brings together works that resist resolution and embrace ambiguity. It is a show that leans into intuition and atmosphere, exploring the places where stories blur and meaning starts to unravel. Songs to the Siren is not an exhibition that seeks closure. It asks instead for attention, for patience, and for a willingness to sit with uncertainty. Like the song from which it takes its name, it lingers just beyond reach; part dream, part memory, calling not with certainty, but with feeling. 

Artists: Joyce Pensato, Linda Quinlan, William McKeown, Christy Brown, Mark Leckey, Banksy, Patrick Hall, Jack B. Yeats, Zanele Muholi, Lee Welch, Paul Hallahan, Genieve Figgis, Adrian O’Carroll, Maria Maarbjerg, Kian Benson Bailes, Emma Roche, Anne Harkin-Peterson, Paul McGrane, Gordon Parks, Eleanor McCaughey, Siobhan Hapaska, Lesley-Ann O’Connell, Gary Coyle, Ben Malcolmson, Sean Scully, Daphne Wright.