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Last night (Thursday 16th June) saw the opening of Sean Nós – an exhibition featuring new works by prominent Irish artists Liam O’Neill, J.B Vallely, John Behan, Eamon O’Doherty, Aidan Harte and others in the Sol Art Gallery on Dawson Street, Dublin 2. Being Bloomsday, there were a number of attendees dressed up for the…
Jacqueline Nicholson‘s solo exhibition ‘Thus the shadow of the object fell upon the ego” opened on 3rd June in the Mad Art Gallery in Lower Gardiner Street. This is her first solo exhibition since graduating from IADT in 2010 with a BA (Hons) Degree in Visual Arts Practice. The exhibition has been extended until 17th…
Frank O’Dea’s Solo Show opened recently in the Balla Ban Gallery in the Westbury Mall (off Grafton Street).
The Opening of Leitrim artist Maria Noonan-McDermott’s solo exhibition ‘Cailleach Feasa’ took place on Monday night, 23rd May in the Yeats Art Gallery in Sligo. “In my work I narrate the stories with colour and humour as over the years they’ve formed and shaped in my memory. My paintings become the text, and you, the…
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Earlier this month the Dublin Painting & Sketching Club (founded 1874) held its annual exhibition. To celebrate Dublin’s award as the ‘City of Literature’ (UNESCO Award 2010), the Club has incorporated a literary theme this year. Over 25 members showed works specially created with literary interest for the exhibition – portraits of Irish writers…
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