Patricia Cronin – Memorial To A Marriage: Radical Imagination and Monumental Protest (2025)

Video (21:43): Marking the 10th anniversary of the Marriage Equality Referendum queer feminist artist Patricia Cronin gave this talk about her statue Memorial To A Marriage (2002) as a protest.

Patricia Cronin is New York based award winning interdisciplinary visual artist whose paintings, sculptures and public art examine issues of gender, sexuality, and social justice.

Marking the 10th anniversary of the Marriage Equality Referendum, this one-day event explored a century of LGBTQIA+ visibility, cultural expression, and resistance. Bringing together artists, historians, and activists, the event reflected on how queer lives have been represented, marginalised, and reclaimed through art and social action over the past 100 years. This event took place in the National Gallery of Ireland on 27 September 2025. It was co-organised by IMMA – Irish Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Ireland. In partnership with Outhouse; GCN; Technological University Dublin; Queer Culture Ireland. – The National Gallery of Ireland.