The Royal Dublin Society Equestrian Committee and Committee of Arts have come together to launch an open call for submissions for the design of a feature jump for the 2010 Dublin Horse Show.  This jump may be featured in the RDS Main Arena during International competitions such as the Nations’ Cup for the Aga Khan [...]

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Dublin Fringe Festival is delighted to welcome submissions for the 2010 edition of Absolut Fringe, running from 11-26 September. For two weeks in September Dublin will be captivated by theatre, dance, music, visual art, live art and street performance from Ireland and around the globe. We invite you to join us in making it happen.
Dublin [...]

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Maser is a Dublin based graffiti artist and has been painting for over 12 years in the Irish and international graffiti scene.  Over the last 2 years, Maser has focused more on his painting and street art and has high ambitions to promote the positive aspects of the graffiti culture to Irish society.  His works [...]

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Last Friday evening in Monkstown saw the opening of the Lyndsay Gallery Christmas show.  The exhibition has paintings by Susan Buttner, Roy Lyndsay, Douglas Ferris, Darko, Heidi Wickham, Thelma Mansfield, Rick Bentham, Paul Kavanagh, Ann Flynn, Ludmila Korol, Andrew Hood, Carole Cullen and Patrick Barry.
The exhibition continues until December 22nd.

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Thursday 10th December was the official opening of Frank O’Dea’s solo show
at The Crow Gallery, Temple Bar. The exhibition was opened by Colin Murphy
and Donal O’Dea - co-authors of the best selling book “The Feckin book of
Irish slang” and 11 other books in the series.
The exhibition continues until December 20th.

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At the end of last month Leinster Print Studio held their Christmas exhibition in the Parish Hall in Clane, Co. Kildare. The exhibition was opened with a wine reception on Friday 28th Nov by Ted Murray.

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Last Saturday saw the launch of ‘TEN’, an exhibition of new works by the award winning Dublin artist Francis Matthews at The Shelbourne Hotel.
The exhibition is curated by Cherrylane Fine Arts and was opened by celebrated artist Martin Gale R.H.A. The show continues at The Shelbourne Hotel until the 20th December 2009.

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This show opened last night, Thursday 3rd December, with a wine reception at Gallery 53, Capel St Dublin 1.
Among the guests were fellow artist Derek Rowen aka ‘Guggi’ who, along with brothers Peter Rowen, Freddie Rowen, Johnny Rowen & Clive Rowen came to support Damien at his second solo show this year.  The show continues [...]

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‘Naked Ambition‘ an exhibition celebrating the human form opened last week in the No Grants Gallery, Temple Bar.  This is is the first exhibition of the newly formed Three Rock Art Group.
The exhibition continues until December 9th.

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Over the last month work by The NorthWest Artists Group was on show at Markree Castle in Collooney, Co. Sligo. When the exhibition was over and the paintings taken down last Sunday, it was discovered that a painting by Marina Hamilton was missing.
The group presumed it was sold and only found out later this [...]

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An exhibition of international artist John Kingerlee opened last week in The Bad Art Gallery, Francis Street, Dublin 8.  The exhibition was opened by Deirdre Purcell & Deputy Lord Mayor, Cllr John Gallagher.
The exhibition continues until December 6th.

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Last Thursday saw the opening in Eden Deli Cafe, Edenderry, Co. Offaly of a visual arts exhibition featuring work by professional artists from Offaly and the local Edenderry area.
The exhibition continues until December 31st.

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Art Fair 09 opened today (Friday 13th November) in the RDS.  The event features over 100 artists and galleries as well as a showcase of emerging artists and prize winners in the RDS Student Art Awards.
The opening hours are:
Friday, November 13, 12pm - 9pm
Saturday, November 14, 11am - 7pm
Sunday, November 15, 11am - 6pm

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Fermanagh Artist Helen Mc Nulty showcased a new series of paintings in her first solo show in Ireland at The Crow Gallery last month.
Helen has exhibited her work in her native Fermanagh from the age of 17 and has had a series of Art Installation/ performance exhibitions throughout England, as well as two solo shows [...]

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Last night saw the official opening of Graham Gingles exhibition of drawings and paintings on idiosyncratic themes in The Peppercanister Gallery.
The exhibition was opened by  Brian McAvera and continues until November 21st.

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There are a number of art events in Wexford to coincide with the annual Opera Festival.  The photograph was taken at the official opening of art exhibitions in Whites Hotel, Wexford which was officially opened by Avril Doyle.
The exhibitions run until Sun 1st Nov.

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one hundred sweets no mushrooms, an installation on works on paper and other projects by visual artist Loretto Cooney, opened in The Market House Gallery, Mount St. Mullingar on 15th October. The exhibition takes process into the gallery and includes digital prints of original work from her ongoing Logbook project, collaged elements, a digital slide [...]

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‘Between the Lines’, an exhibition of life drawings by artist Patricia Casey, is currently taking place at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre (Ashtown Castle), Dublin. The exhibition was opened by Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, former Chair of Éigse, Carlow Arts Festival. The exhibition runs until Friday the 30th October and is open daily [...]

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David Daly’s exhibition “Where Birds Abound” opened last Saturday at the Wexford Wildfowl Reserve in Ardcavan.  The show features a selection of his recently completed oil paintings as well as his renowned watercolours. It is part of the Wexford Opera Festival programme of events.  The official opening was performed by singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy.
The exhibition continues [...]

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Last Friday saw the opening of an exhibition in the Lyndsay Gallery Monkstown featuring works by Gerard  Dillon, Brain  Ballard,  George  Campbell,  Fergus o’ Ryan, Hans Iten, Roy  Lyndsay, Darko, Dave west,  Ruthie  Ashenhurst, Rick  Bentham, Andrew Hood, Patrick  Cahill and Heidi  Wickham.
The exhibition continues till the end of October.

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