Children of Deaf Adults (CODAs) and the Visual Arts Sunday 4th December at 12:15 on RTÉ One Internationally renowned performance artist Amanda Coogan, theatre actor Shane O’Reilly and painter Fergal Dunne all have something in common: they are CODAs, or Children of Deaf Adults. They grew up in households where communication was visual, with Irish [...]

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The Christ Church Cathedral Christmas Market will run for 4 dates this Christmas over 4 consecutive Saturdays, beginning on the 26th November and will continue on the 3rd, 10th & 17th December. Trading times will be 11am-4pm. The Christmas Market is held indoors in the 12th Century crypt, with a total of 15 stalls creating [...]

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Last week saw the opening of an exhibition by Niall O’Loughlin who is considered by many to be one of the world’s top caricaturists. The exhibition is in the Balla Ban Gallery in the Westbury Mall, off Grafton Street. The exhibition closes today (26th November). Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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This annual Art Fair took place earlier this month in the RDS.  The art fair  (Ireland’s largest) hosted 130 exhibitors from Ireland, South Africa, Belgium, Mongolia, Canada and the UK and featured a range of  paintings, sculpture, prints and photography. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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Last  month I met with artist Jerry Cahir at his home and studio in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. We had a chat about art, spirituality, life. Jerry came to art late in life.  He had been a bank manager with AIB until he was forced to retire through ill health.  A while after, he took a [...]

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The two winners of the Walkers International Law Firm Dublin Secondary Schools Art Competition have been announced at a prize giving ceremony in Walkers Dublin offices, based in Sir John Rogerson’s Quay. Pictured left to right were Managing Partner Walkers Law Firm, Vicki Hazelden, Sarah Louise Donohoe (14) from Dominican College in Sion Hill, Blackrock [...]

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There was a great buzz in Filmbase, Temple Bar last night for the opening of John Fitzsimons’ first solo exhibition ‘conversion’.  The exhibition was opened by Karim Rehmani White.  There were 12 paintings on display and by the end of the evening, seven had little red dots beside them – a great testament to the standard [...]

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The exhibition “Father and Son” opened last Thursday, October 13th in the Doorway Gallery on South Frederick Street. The exhibition by Val Byrne and his son Roland Byrne was officially opened by Eamon de Buitlear. The exhibition coincides with Val’s 75th birthday. The show continues until Thursday November 3rd. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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Recently I met with Maria Corbett, director of the Powerscourt Gallery. Maria took over the gallery in 2009 and works alongside with Philippa Kelly and Aisling Bodkin.  She has definitely noticed many changes since then.  2011 is a lot tougher than previous years. There are a lot less impulse buys.  People are buying because of [...]

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Last week I met up with Dublin artist John Fitzsimons in Caffe Noto, Thomas Street for a chat about his life, work, art and his upcoming exhibition. John grew up in Terenure.  He likes living in the city. I get the impression he would not want to live anywhere else.  Unlike with some artists the [...]

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Ever wanted to have a go at life drawing?  Here’s your chance.  Powerscourt Gallery will be holding informal life drawing sessions on a fortnightly basis from October 6th. This is a drop in class and will not be conducted by a tutor.  The aim is to explore the craft yourself and discuss afterwards with fellow [...]

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North-West Promotions are taking 50 artists on a tour of Ireland and the North starting this November 11th-13th in Letterkenny.   35 artists are committed so there are spaces  for another 15. “We held the Donegal Art Festival back in August and had 50 artists and crafters exhibiting their work together for two days and an [...]

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Tonight (14th September) saw the opening in the Dalkey Heritage Centre of  “Familiar Places” – a solo exhibition by Deborah Donnelly featuring colourful landscape paintings from South County Dublin: Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire and the odd cow, chicken or pig! The exhibition also features work by her mother Clare O’Farrell. The exhibition continues until Sunday 17th [...]

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Dublin Contemporary 2011 was launched yesterday (September 5th) at the exhibition’s HQ on Earlsfort Terrace next door to the NCH. Responding to the theme Terrible Beauty—Art, Crisis, Change & The Office of Non-Compliance, and led by curators Jota Castro and Christian Viveros-Fauné, the exhibition presents the work of more than 100 of the world’s most [...]

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6 September — 31 October 2011 Dublin Contemporary is a large-scale visual art exhibition that will run over a period of 8 weeks from 6th September to 31st October 2011. It is one of the most ambitious art exhibitions ever staged in Ireland and is expected to attract over 150,000 visitors. It is a citywide [...]

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The third of the People’s Art 2011 exhibitions finished up today (21st August) in St. Stephen’s green. The last one of 2011 takes place next month 23rd-25th September. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon

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Roscrea-based multi-media artist Jerry Cahir’s third solo exhibition Whisperings of the Soul was opened in Kenny’s Lahinch Art Gallery by cardiologist Dr Brian Maurer on the 5th August. There was a capacity crowd which included Dessie and Pat O’Malley, former ambassador to Washington Sean Donlon, the Moylan Brothers, author and historian George Cunningham, and a [...]

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Irish painter, Al Freney, was recently selected from over 2,350 international entries as the only Dublin based artist to exhibit at the 32nd annual BP Portrait Award in London – the world’s most prestigious portrait competition, which promotes the very best in contemporary portrait painting. Housed in the National Portrait Gallery, Freney’s work entitled, ‘At [...]

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Two sides of things’ is the title of a solo exhibition of oil paintings by Czech artist Lucie Pacovska which took place recently at Balla Bán Art Gallery, Westbury Mall, Dublin. Lucie’s paintings offer alternate views of portraying an individual.  Her show includes a selection of her latest oil paintings fittingly entitled the ‘Green series’ [...]

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The Youth Rocks Arts Festival is an arts-centric festival coming to Portlaoise on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th July. It is being run by three local girls (see above) with backgrounds in art, music and events management whose average age is 19. YRAF encompasses visual arts, music, poetry, theatre, fashion, dance, circus performance, street performance [...]

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