Dublin Port Company has announced the artists commissioned to create a series of site-specific public artworks in response to Dublin Port and its relationship with the City. New works by Sheelagh Broderick, Silvia Loeffler and AEMI & Cliona Harmey will be unveiled at sites and on structures within Dublin Port over the coming months. This […]

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Last Thursday saw the opening of an exhibition of new works by Ronan O’Reilly entitled ‘Liathróidí – Ireland’s Heroes and Anti Heroes’. The show was opened by Mary Lou McDonald TD, VP Sinn Féin. The show celebrates the heroic actions of mythic Irish figures, keeping in mind their intrinsic link to more contemporary figures of […]

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Art Source opens today (Friday 11th November) in the RDS, Dublin 4. This is the largest annual art exhibition in Ireland. The event runs until Sunday 13th November.  For more details see www.artsource.ie.

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‘In Our Own Time’ is an exhibition by the seven artists who took part in RTE’s ‘Painting the nation’: David Monaghan, Sinead Lawless, Kevin McCann, Sinead McCarthy, Agnieszka Ryan, Alan Ryan and  Louise Treacy. The exhibition is on tour.  At the end of October the show visited The Schoolhouse Gallery in Enniskerry. Congratulations to Sinead […]

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It was a packed Athena Room for the opening of Frank O’Dea’s solo exhibition entitled ‘Musicians and Lovers’. The exhibition was curated by Tony Strickland. The very funny, quirky and clever opening speech was given by artist Graham Knuttel. The exhibition continues until October 27th in The Athena Room, 8 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 (1st […]

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There was a great turn out in Glasthule village for the opening of an exhibition of paintings by Bob Ryan. The exhibition is being held in the Glasthule Gallery. Eamon Ryan TD (son of the artist) gave the opening speech which was both touching and humorous. The exhibition continues until 27th October.

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There was a great turn out for the opening of ‘The Performance’, an exhibition of paintings and photography tonight in The Gallery in Dalkey. The exhibition was opened by Monica Loughmann of Elite Ballet Company who featured in at least one of the works. The exhibition features works by  Rose Stapleton, John Brobbel, Peter Pearson, Keith Dixon, Ruthie […]

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Hennessy and the National Gallery of Ireland have announced the 14 finalists chosen for the Hennessy Portrait Prize 2016. The finalists were selected from almost 400 entries encompassing a wide range of media and materials, by artists living in Ireland and Irish artists abroad. The shortlisted artists for the Hennessy Portrait Prize 2016 are: Peter […]

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Over 100,000 visitors are expected to visit the Vanishing Art Exhibition when it returns to Carton House this October. An array of sculptures with all different styles of artworks will be on display throughout the resort’s grounds. The exhibition features sculptures and paintings from artists including Orla de Bri, Carolyn Mulholland, Stephanie Hess, Bob Quinn, Patrick O’Reilly, […]

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I recently visited Adrian+Shane in their studio North of Dublin. Talking to them you get the feeling that you’re talking to one person – they dovetail so well together. There’s a yin and yang about them. Even though they’re quite different physically and in personality, they seem as one artist. I asked about the name. […]

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Port Perspectives is an initiative by Dublin Port to commission a series of original and public artworks & installations to respond to the built environment and local areas in and around Dublin Port. Proposals may be made for temporary and permanent artworks and a number of locations within Dublin Port have been selected as locations. These include Poolbeg Lighthouse, […]

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Siobhán Bastable is back running an art gallery after a ten year hiatus thanks to Gabriel Cooney of the Grapevine. He was keen to have an art gallery on the mezzanine level of the newly converted wine shop and wine bar. Siobhán didn’t start out with a career in art. She worked in a bank […]

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An exhibition of works by the 2016 graduates of the renowned Ceramics Skills & Design Course run by the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCoI) opens at the National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny on the evening of Friday, 15th July Cré showcases the innovation and diversity in ceramic design and techniques of ten of Ireland’s newest […]

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Independent Pictures have been commissioned by RTE 1 to produce a new Arts series titled “Painting the Nation“. They are seeking talented amateur artists from around Ireland who would like to take part in what could be a launching pad for a new and exciting career. The series will be presented by Pauline McLynn. Seven […]

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Tuesday saw the opening of an exhibition by Karl Somers of semi-abstract paintings dealing with the diaspora. Karl was inspired by living under a flight path from Dublin Airport. The exhibition was opened by Sean Hillen and curated by Nicola Lane. It continues in the Toradh Gallery until July 5th.

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There was a great buzz in the Olivier Cornet gallery on Sunday for the opening of an exhibition of the work of Catalan artist Jordi Fornies, one of the gallery’s regular exhibitors.  Constellations is an exhibition based on photographs taken between 2014 and 2015 in different cities of Asia. Contributing to the atmosphere in the gallery […]

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The Dublin Painting & Sketching Club annual exhibition has opened in the Concourse Gallery in County Hall, Dun Laoghaire. Over 100 contemporary Irish artists, including RHA members, are showing more than 300 oil and watercolour paintings, pastels and drawings, at the exhibition.  The Dublin & Painting & Sketching Club, founded in 1874, is one of Ireland’s […]

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There was a great turn out last night for an exciting new arts project in Dun Laoghaire. Artists from different disciplines were paired together, (e.g. poet and scupltor, musician and visual artist…) to produce a piece of art. The exhibition is free to the public and continues until Saturday 21st May in Eblana House, Eblana […]

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Tonight (Tuesday 10th May) saw the opening of a new gallery in Dalkey, Co. Dublin. The gallery is situated in a wonderful setting above the Grapevine wine bar on Dalkey’s Castle Street.

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The ‘Hares on the March’ campaign for Jack & Jill started with a live auction conducted by John de Vere White in the Royal College of Physicians Ireland which brought in €63,450. Each of the hares, measuring 3 ft tall, has its own story, with the top hare, designed by Pauline Bewick, entitled “The Irish […]

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