Art and Artists of Ireland news and blog
Today (Thursday 18th April) the Irish Museum of Modern Art launched their programme for 2013 from their temporary home in Earlsfort Terrace. The director of IMMA, Sarah Glennie outlined the upcoming exhibitions and developments for the coming year. IMMA will fully reopen at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham on October 12th with four exhibitions. To…
Sky Arts are searching across the UK and Ireland for an inspiring and talented artist who can be crowned Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year. The winner will join a select group of distinguished artists who may be considered for a future project by the Gallery, and will be awarded a £10,000 commission to…
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An exhibition of work by Ray Tsang opened last week in the Balla Bán Gallery, Westbury Mall, Dublin. Although he has a formal education in painting Ray Tsang is largely self taught. He mostly draws inspiration from the modern impressionists of America. He aims for his paintings to tell a story as well as being…
This evening (Friday April 5th) saw the launch of the Chamber of Arts Heritage & Culture in the Dalkey Heritage Centre. This initiative is the brainchild of Audrey McKenna of the Kingston Music School in Dalkey. The main idea of the chamber is to link the business focused members of a Chamber of Commerce with…
There was a great Buzz in Oliveta last night (April 4th) for the opening of Alan Clarke‘s exhibition – “Dreams Dreamed with Open Eyes“. The show contains a variety of darkly whimsical illustrations and paintings. This is the first exhibition in this newly launched art space. The exhibition continues until May 31st in Oliveto in…
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