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An exhibition of original art by artists Niall O’Loughlin, Pervaneh Matthews Ray Sherlock, Mark Baker, Roy Wallace, Frank O’Dea and Tom Byrne opened last night (Thursday 8th March) in the Balla Ban Gallery in the Westbury Shopping Mall just off Grafton Street in Dublin. The exhibition has as its theme the 50th Anniversary of the Dubliners….
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Exchange Street Upper in Temple Bar Dublin was busy this evening with crowds attending the official opening of the Olivier Cornet Gallery. The opening exhibition features work by Annika Berglund, Mark Doherty, John Fitzsimons, Jordi Forniés, Yanny Petters, Martha Quinn, Seán Mulcahy, Adrienne Symes, Hanneke van Ryswyk and a few invited artists. The exhibition continues…
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There was a great crowd in the Dun Laoghaire Art Gallery this evening (Thursday March 1st) for the opening of Zan O’Doherty’s exhibition – ‘Imprint’. The prints are priced at 95 euro and packs of cards cost 5 euro. All the proceeds go to the Niall Mellon Township Trust. Zan will go out to South…
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Ellen McDermott is a busy woman. As well as rearing four daughters, she’s the director of an art gallery, a painter, a photographer and a retoucher of photographs. Ellen’s a director of the Kilmantin Gallery in Bridge Street Wicklow. The gallery offers local artists an outlet for their work. The gallery uses an interesting commission…
I met up recently with Vincent Keeling of the Keeling Gallery in Clarendon Street, Dublin 2. As well as being the gallery owner, Vincent is an artist. You can find his work in the gallery as well as that of a number of other contemporary artists. It strikes me that art is his life. He…
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