This show opened last night, Thursday 3rd December, with a wine reception at Gallery 53, Capel St Dublin 1. Among the guests were fellow artist Derek Rowen aka ‘Guggi’ who, along with brothers Peter Rowen, Freddie Rowen, Johnny Rowen & Clive Rowen came to support Damien at his second solo show this year.  The show [...]

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‘Naked Ambition‘ an exhibition celebrating the human form opened last week in the No Grants Gallery, Temple Bar.  This is is the first exhibition of the newly formed Three Rock Art Group. The exhibition continues until December 9th. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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Over the last month work by The NorthWest Artists Group was on show at Markree Castle in Collooney, Co. Sligo. When the exhibition was over and the paintings taken down last Sunday, it was discovered that a painting by Marina Hamilton was missing. The group presumed it was sold and only found out later this [...]

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An exhibition of international artist John Kingerlee opened last week in The Bad Art Gallery, Francis Street, Dublin 8.  The exhibition was opened by Deirdre Purcell & Deputy Lord Mayor, Cllr John Gallagher. The exhibition continues until December 6th. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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Last night saw the official opening of Graham Gingles exhibition of drawings and paintings on idiosyncratic themes in The Peppercanister Gallery. The exhibition was opened by  Brian McAvera and continues until November 21st. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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one hundred sweets no mushrooms, an installation on works on paper and other projects by visual artist Loretto Cooney, opened in The Market House Gallery, Mount St. Mullingar on 15th October. The exhibition takes process into the gallery and includes digital prints of original work from her ongoing Logbook project, collaged elements, a digital slide [...]

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Last week saw the opening in the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art of a group show of work by invited French artists. The exhibition continues until November 26th. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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‘Between the Lines’, an exhibition of life drawings by artist Patricia Casey, is currently taking place at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre (Ashtown Castle), Dublin. The exhibition was opened by Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, former Chair of Éigse, Carlow Arts Festival. The exhibition runs until Friday the 30th October and is open daily from 10.00 a.m. [...]

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David Daly’s exhibition “Where Birds Abound” opened last Saturday at the Wexford Wildfowl Reserve in Ardcavan.  The show features a selection of his recently completed oil paintings as well as his renowned watercolours. It is part of the Wexford Opera Festival programme of events.  The official opening was performed by singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy. The exhibition [...]

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Last Friday saw the opening of an exhibition in the Lyndsay Gallery Monkstown featuring works by Gerard  Dillon, Brain  Ballard,  George  Campbell,  Fergus o’ Ryan, Hans Iten, Roy  Lyndsay, Darko, Dave west,  Ruthie  Ashenhurst, Rick  Bentham, Andrew Hood, Patrick  Cahill and Heidi  Wickham. The exhibition continues till the end of October. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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Last Thursday the 1st October, Powerscourt Gallery hosted an artist talk by award-winning director, animator and artist Jimmy T. Murakami.  Murakami who attended the renowned Chouinard Art Institute in California, spoke to a packed gallery about his life as an artist and specifically about pieces of his artwork which were on show in the gallery.  [...]

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This project involves painting in a number of different extreme environments that are completely uncompromising, such as in shark infested waters, on top of Mount Everest, at the Northpole, while skydiving, in the presence of wild animals, etc. The purpose being that the emotional, physical and psychological trials the artist experiences in these situations will obviously affect the [...]

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To celebrate Westport Arts Festival, The Waterfront Gallery in Westport are hosting a group exhibition of 15 artists.  The exhibition was opened last Saturday 26th September by Cllr. Michael Mc Laughlin (Westport Town Council.   Aisling Smyth and Peter Brennan, directors of the gallery curate the show. Waterfront ’09 continues until October 24th. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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An exhibition of oil paintings by Angie Grimes opened last Friday in The Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar County Mayo. The paintings were inspired by Ireland’s coastline. The exhibition continues until 26th September. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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Anna Spalek Mlynarczk first solo show in Ireland ” Inspired by Kilkenny ” opened recently at the William Street Gallery in Kilkenny. The Lord Mayor of Kilkenny Malcom Noonan officially opened the exhibition. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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Last month saw the opening of a solo exhibiton of paintings by Adrienne Finnerty.  The exhibition is entitled “A Colourful Life” and is inspired by travel through Africa, Asia and South America.  It is being held in the Huguenot Gallery on Main Street, Portarlington, Co Laois. Due to popular demand the exhibition has been extended [...]

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An exhibition of paintings by Irish artist Tom J. Byrne opened recently at the Irish embassy in Paris. The exhibition was launched by the Irish Ambasssador to France during the Irish Embassy’s open day. The exhibition continues until 16th June at 12 Avenue Foch, 75116 Paris, France. The entrance is on rue Rude. On the 6th [...]

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“Ocean Race Show”, a solo exhibition by artist Vincent Killowry opened in the Bold Gallery last Friday night (22nd May). The exhibition continues until 6th June. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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Last Sunday (24th May) saw the 179th Annual Prize Giving ceremony take place in the Royal Hibernian Academy, Ely Place, Dublin 2. The exhibition will run until the 25th July. The gallery is open 7 days a week. Monday – Saturday 11 – 7pm and Sunday 2 – 5pm. Admission is free Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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Cherrylane Fine Arts hosted a special preview of the work of contemporary impressionist, Andrew Hood, at No. 10 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1 last night (20th May). Guests at the exhibition, entitled ’20 New Works’, included John Farrington from John Farrington Antiques, Michael O’Brien from O’Brien Press, Ireland’s leading publisher of adult and children’s books, [...]

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