New poetry, and prose, written in response to the exhibition's holdings will be published in a new pamphlet in Spring 2025. 

Open to postgraduate creative writing and poetry students. 

This autumn, we will visit a new exhibition at the Ulster Museum exploring the legacy of the German artist Joseph Beuys.

Find out more about the exhibition here

On the 18th November 1974, the German artist Joseph Beuys gave a performance lecture, or ‘Action’, in the Ulster Museum Fine Art Gallery. 

As was his practice, he illustrated the lecture on blackboards that have been in the museum’s collection since that day. Beuys proposed the idea of art and creativity being at the centre of all aspects of society. Presenting this as his concept of ‘social sculpture’ and inciting the potential for mass societal change through creative thinking. The lecture became a key moment in the history of Belfast art. This exhibition takes the opportunity to look at the ideas discussed and their impact on the creative community of Belfast over the last 50 years. In order to bring these ideas into the present the museum has worked with current practicing Belfast based artists. Taking the two primary focuses at the heart of Beuys work – performance and drawing.