Art and Artists of Ireland news and blog
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.