The exhibition Folka Polka was officially opened last weekend by The Swedish Ambassador Claes Ljundahl at thisisnotashop gallery. This group exhibition sponsored by Swedish Women’s Education Association (SWEA) brings together the work of Swedish artists Helene Hortlund (Stockholm) and Veronica Forsgren (Dublin). The exhibition draws on the heritage of Swedish Folk Art in an exploration [...]

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The exhibition continues until Saturday, November 22nd. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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The Mother and Daughter show – “Similar Strokes” with Clare O’Farrell and daughter Deborah Donnelly opened last week in The Bad Art Gallery. The Opening was performed by RTE personality Pat Kenny. The exhibition continues until December 4th. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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A large gathering from the artistic world in Cork as well as admirers and fans of Gerrard Wyatt’s work turned out in huge numbers for the opening launch on Wednesday evening last of WYATT-RAW at the Alliance Française Gallery . The exhibition was launched by French journalist and photographer Yvan Wastiaux, who congratulated the artist [...]

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The ninth annual Art Ireland Art Exhibition opened today, 14th November,  in the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. The exhibition has almost 200 art galleries and artists exhibiting. The exhibition continues until Sunday 16th November. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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On Thursday 6th of November Gormleys Fine Art in Dublin opened an exhibition of new paintings by the artist Claudio Viscardi. The exhibition attracted a great crowd and was officially opened by Bill Cullen who spoke about his own interest in Claudio’s work. The exhibition continues until the 20th of November. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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The RHA‘s annual exhibition opened this evening.  There are 536 artworks in this year’s exhibition, with 73 invited artists and 300 works selected from this year’s open submission section.  The 2008 exhibition marks the re-opening of their new and improved facilities. Painter Comhghall Casey won this year’s Hennessy Craig scholarship worth 12,000 euro for his [...]

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The new Nora Dunne Gallery opens for business on Friday 14th November at 11am.  The gallery, owned by businessman Ben Dunne, will be run by Karen Harper who previously ran the innovative Expose Yourself Gallery in Dun Laoghaire Shopping Centre. The gallery is having an open weekend from Friday 14th – Sunday 16th November when [...]

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Last weekend saw the launch of Yanny Petter’s exhibition ‘Field Work’ at the Riverside Gallery,  Bridgewater Centre, Arklow.  This exhibition organised and curated by Olivier Cornet (Olliart) features paintings and drawings from meadows and grasslands. The exhibition is open 30 October to 2 November and 6 November to 9 November 2008. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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Chára Nagle‘s second solo exhibition ‘Moments II’ was launched in ‘The Residence‘ on Stephens Green.  It was attended by an A-list crowd to help Chára and her husband, Jason, celebrate this new collection of work. Most paintings were snapped up during the exhibition. Chára’s next solo exhibition will be in September/October 2009. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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For the third year, an exhibition of art-work not selected for the RHA Annual Exhibition goes on show at the Bad Art Gallery on Francis Street, Dublin 8. The idea behind the exhibit is to partly boost the fragile confidence of artists and to show the public the art that is not selected by the [...]

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An exhibition by British artist Albert Irvin has recently opened in the Peppercanister Gallery in Dublin. The exhibition continues until October 25th. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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The opening took place this evening at the Mill Theatre, Dundrum Centre of Jimmy Burns‘  exhibition “Georgian Encounters” -  sculpture and painting based on Georgian Dublin and the great personality of the city.  The exhibition was opened by Olivia Mitchell TD. The exhibition continues until November 7th. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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This exhibition features the work of 3 well known Cork doctors who like to indulge a passion for painting in their spare time – Doctors Carl Vaughan, Michael Whelton and Derek O’Connell.  The Jennings Gallery is in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, University College Cork. The exhibition runs in conjunction with the Medical Alumni Association Conference [...]

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Sahoko K. Blake’s exhibition Bog Bodies opened this evening at Dalkey Arts Gallery.  The exhibition is the result of two and a half year’s work. The exhibition continues until October 25th. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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Last weekend saw an exhibition by the artists of Art Alley in St Sylvester’s Church Hall Malahide. The exhibition was officially opened by Malahide’s Olympian Ciara Peelo. The exhibition was in aid of new parish centre. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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The Art of Chess exhibition opened last month at The Sebastian Guinness Gallery. Each artist in the exhibition was commissioned to create their own unique take on the chess-set. The photo below shows Gavin Turk playing chess with Henry Channon on Paul McCarthy’s chess set, Kitchen Set, 2003. The exhibition finishes on October 11th. Share [...]

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An exhibition of 100 paintings by Liam Breandán de Frinse has opened at the James Wray Gallery in Belfast as part of the Belfast Festival at Queen’s 2008. The exhibition continues until October 18th. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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Thomas Delohery‘s new show ‘WHEN A CERTAIN PART OF HUMANITY DIED’ opened on Saturday the 4th of October, 2008 in the Friars Gate Theatre, Kilmallock, County Limerick. The exhibition was officially opened by Eamon Lenihan of RTE Lyric FM. The show runs until the 31st of October. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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The Water Colour Society Of Ireland 154th Exhibition opened last weekend in the County Hall, Dun Laoghaire.  The image below shows the President of the Society giving his opening address. The exhibition continues till Saturday 11th October. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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