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The latest solo exhibition ‘Sneachta’ by Fermanagh artist Helen Mc Nulty had its official opening last night in the Signal Arts Centre in Bray. The works in this exhibition explore the textures and habits of water in its frozen and snow form, how the light reflects and refracts on frozen landscapes and the myriad of…
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Tonight (Thursday 20th January, 2011) saw the opening of the Thursday Life Drawing Group Exhibition 2011 in the United Arts Club 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2. The exhibition was well attended with some of the artists and models present. The exhibition was opened by James Hanley RHA. The exhibition runs until 7th February.
ARTifact asks the public to create artwork based on two themes – ‘RTÉ as part of Irish life’ or ‘RTÉ of the future’. Submissions can be a painting, sculpture, drawing, illustration or photography. The three winning works will be placed at RTÉ’s Donnybrook premises in Dublin alongside work by Irish artists such as Robert Ryan,…
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After five years on Francis Street, The Bad Art Gallery will close and relocate, under a new name, to South Frederick Street, Dublin 2. The last day of the Bad Art Gallery on Francis street is Saturday January 22nd 2011. The gallery is offering 15% discount on EVERYTHING at the Bad Art Gallery.
If you are a visual artist, what does it mean to be from the Gaeltacht or to have a connection with it? Can you express this connection through your art? Does a “sense” of the Gaeltacht influence or inform contemporary visual art practices? These are the questions being posed by Donegal Gaeltacht gallery, An Gailearaí….