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The exhibition ‘Dubliners….and Other Faces’ by Frank Kiely opened last Thursday (October 21st) in the Powerscourt Gallery. Frank Kiely’s Dublin work is inspired by the early writings of James Joyce, and the questions Joyce poses of life in the capital city. The exhibition continues at The Powerscourt Gallery until November 12th.
Barbara O’Meara’s solo show in the Waterside Theatre’s Cascade Gallery in Derry opened last Friday, 15th October. The exhibition continues until 25th November.
Last Friday (15th October) saw the opening of Paul Seawright’s exhibition “Desert Stories”. The screenprints made during his residency in Belfast Print Workshop are inspired by satellite photographs. These photographs lay at the heart of the coalitions Weapons of Mass Destruction dossier, presented to the United Nations as evidence ahead of the 2003 invasion of…
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Brian McCarthy’s solo exhibition opened last Thursday (14th October) in The Keeling Gallery in Clarendon Street, Dublin 2. The opening was performed by RTE’s Joe Duffy, himself a student and protégé of artist Brian McCarthy. Brian McCarthy is one of Ireland’s foremost realist artists with a career that goes back to the Irish Exhibition of…
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Tonight (Friday 15th October) saw the opening of an exhibition of oil paintings and original drawings by Roy Lyndsay. The exhibition continues until October 29th.