City-wide hotels are also getting in on the art act with specially commissioned pieces adorning their public and private spaces.

The Merchant Hotel has several original artworks displayed in its foyer.

Malmaison Hotel  reflects Belfast modern history with extremely eyecatching muralesque (have we invented a word?) photographic art dotted throughout the building.

The Wellington Park Hotel's Piper Bistro is dedicated to local artist Raymond Piper and features his potraits of local celebs. See how many you can name as you chow down here or in the hotel's aptly-named Arts Café.

Ten Square Hotel has named one of its suites after Terry Bradley - perhaps Belfast's most lauded contemporary artist.

Fear not if a suite slumber is beyond your budget... Bradley's strikingly vivid paintings can also be viewed at several of the city's private galleries.