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Last week saw the opening of the exhibition ‘Portaits’ by artist Barrie Cooke. In sixty years of painting Barrie Cooke has made over twenty-five portraits of poets, writers and artists, all of whom are his friends. They make an illustrious gathering of cultural icons and include poets Seamus Heaney, John Montague, Ted Hughes, Núala Ní…
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An exhibition by up and coming artist Francis McCrory was opened in Gormleys’ Belfast Gallery by broadcaster and art collector Eamonn Mallie. He commented “This exhibition is a challenging affair and McCrory’s works are not for the faint hearted. There is an edginess and rawness attaching to practically all of the paintings. The artist is…
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Available Space, the first in The Jabberwocky Series of mixed media and poetry exhibitions threw wide its doors to the public in Smithfield Market last Thursday night. The exhibition is a hands-on collaboration between Dublin poet Alan Jude Moore, and the emerging new media art group The Dodo Collective. The exhibition was opened by Michael…
Tonight saw the celebrity studded opening of Ken Browne’s exhibition ‘Vibrations’ at the Urban Retreat Gallery on Hanover Quay. Among those present were Eamon Dunphy (who opened the exhibition), Noelle Campbell-Sharp (founder of the gallery and the Cill Rialaig project), Jack L., Dick Massey from The Commitments, Bill Cullen, Jackie Lavin… The exhibition continues until…
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To celebrate 20 years in the art business, Oliver Gormley is hosting an exhibition of newly commissioned work by the many artists represented by Gormleys Fine Art from both emerging and established careers, providing an eclectic range of styles and genres. The exhibition opened last Thursday at the South Frederick Street Gallery in Dublin. The…
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