Art and Artists of Ireland news and blog
Friday 13th April saw the opening of Tony O’Connor’s solo exhibition of equine art ‘Dark Horse’ at the Doorway Gallery, South Frederick Street, Dublin 2. The show will continue in the gallery until May 10th .
Tonight (Tuesday April 17th) saw the opening of Padraig McCaul’s new solo exhibition ‘Still Lives’. The show was offically opened by RTE’s Olivia O’Leary. Padraig will give an artist’s talk in The Gallery on Saturday 21st at 2.00pm. Padraig McCaul is a fulltime, Dublin based artist whose work draws heavily on the beauty and ruggedness…
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The Dublin Painting & Sketching Club launched its 134th annual exhibition today (Sunday 15th April) in County Hall, Dun Laoghaire. One of Ireland’s largest national group shows, it features fine art by more than 80 well-known contemporary Irish artists from Dublin and many parts of the country. All are members of the Club, among them…
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Cregg Castle of Corandulla built in 1648 will soon be transformed into an Arts Venue by Galway based artist Alan Murray, making him the third generation of the Murray family to live in the castle. Alan is setting up Cregg Castle as a residency for Artists comprising of 9 bedrooms, some en-suite, outhouses and stables…
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eva International, Ireland’s dynamic biennial of visual art, has today announced the artists for the 2012 edition entitled: After the Future. Curated by Annie Fletcher, Curator of Exhibitions at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the 40 artists announced today were selected from over 2,000 proposals submitted from 76 countries. Irish and International artists announced include: Zanny…
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