Sahoko K. Blake’s exhibition Bog Bodies opened this evening at Dalkey Arts Gallery. The exhibition is the result of two and a half year’s work. The exhibition continues until October 25th. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon
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Sahoko K. Blake’s exhibition Bog Bodies opened this evening at Dalkey Arts Gallery. The exhibition is the result of two and a half year’s work. The exhibition continues until October 25th. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon
Last weekend saw an exhibition by the artists of Art Alley in St Sylvester’s Church Hall Malahide. The exhibition was officially opened by Malahide’s Olympian Ciara Peelo. The exhibition was in aid of new parish centre. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon
The Art of Chess exhibition opened last month at The Sebastian Guinness Gallery. Each artist in the exhibition was commissioned to create their own unique take on the chess-set. The photo below shows Gavin Turk playing chess with Henry Channon on Paul McCarthy’s chess set, Kitchen Set, 2003. The exhibition finishes on October 11th. Share [...]
An exhibition of 100 paintings by Liam Breandán de Frinse has opened at the James Wray Gallery in Belfast as part of the Belfast Festival at Queen’s 2008. The exhibition continues until October 18th. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon
Thomas Delohery‘s new show ‘WHEN A CERTAIN PART OF HUMANITY DIED’ opened on Saturday the 4th of October, 2008 in the Friars Gate Theatre, Kilmallock, County Limerick. The exhibition was officially opened by Eamon Lenihan of RTE Lyric FM. The show runs until the 31st of October. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon
The Water Colour Society Of Ireland 154th Exhibition opened last weekend in the County Hall, Dun Laoghaire. The image below shows the President of the Society giving his opening address. The exhibition continues till Saturday 11th October. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon
‘Art on the Hill’ officially opened on 3rd October by Councillor the Lord Morrow, MLA of Clogher Valley, Mayor. The picture above shows Megan Johnston- Arts Director of Millenium Court Arts Centre Portadown who was Curator of ‘Art on the Hill’ Exhibition -Dungannon Arts Festival ’08 and Gwen Stevenson – Chairperson, Dungannon Borough Arts Forum. [...]
Peter Monaghan’s new exhibition entitled ‘Redemption Songs’ which was reviewed by Aidan Dunne from The Irish Times, opened on Thursday 18th of September in Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin. The opening night was a great success, with Peter’s work being enthusiastically received by over a hundred people in attendance. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon
Tom Campbell & Mark Redden recently held a 2 man exhibition at The Bold Art Gallery in Galway. The exhibition was opened by Liam O’Maoinlai, Lead singer of the “Hothouse Flowers”. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon
An exhibition of new work by Lucy Doyle was opened recently by Larry Masterson at The Bad Art Gallery, Francis Street Dublin 8. Chinoiserie, is a loose term to describe the art and artefacts that emerged out of western culture as a direct result from eastern oriental influences. The exhibition continues until October 8th. Share [...]
The third and last People’s Art of 2008 opened today on the railings of St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 4. The photos below show Maureen Robinson, Jay Walker, Brendan Pierce and James McMahon displaying their art. The exhibition continues until Sunday 21st September. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon
A group exhibition of artists took place recently at The Courtyard Craft & Exhibition Centre. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon
The inaugural Dublin Art Fair opened tonight (Thursday 11th September) in the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Sixty selected galleries exhibit new work from Irish and international artists. The exhibition continues till September14th. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon
The art crowd came out in force to support art dealer Paul Evans who has taken over the prestigious art gallery Canvas on the affluent Stranmillis Road in Belfast. Breathing new life into the well-known gallery Paul has already re-imaged the exhibition space giving it a sharp new look, transforming it into a sleek, urban [...]
Pat Tracey recently finished a sell out Show in the Clew Bay Gallery, County Mayo which was opened by Michael Ring TD. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon
Gavin O’Donoghue‘s solo exhibition ‘Bright World’ opened at the Crow Gallery at the end of August. ‘Bright World’ is influenced by world culture and life and consists of a series of acrylic paintings exploring colour and life, aiming to bring a bit of brightness into a dismal summer. The show continues until September 7th. Share [...]
On Wednesday, September 10th IMMA in Kilmainham is handing over the running of it’s café to the people behind itsa bagel, itsa4 restaurant in Sandymount, Table restaurant in Brown Thomas (Cork) & Feast Catering – Peaches & Domini Kemp. The Kemps are passionate about great food and service and IMMA’s new café will provide them [...]
Rebecca Carroll‘s exhibition opened recently in the Vault Gallery, Adare, Co. Limerick. Jan O’Sullivan T.D open the exhibition there was a huge crowd despite the rain. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon
Ann Brennan from Ballingarry, Tipperary – exhibited in the Newpark Hotel Kilkenny during Kilkenny Arts Week 2008. The photo shows Ann and two other exhibiting artists (Judy Shinnick and Donal O’Braonain) taking a break during the exhibition. Share this:ShareFacebookStumbleUpon
August Bank Holiday saw over 100 artists painting out in Wexford Town for ‘Art in the Open 2008,’ a 3-day plein air painting festival. Sponsored prizes worth over €4000, a civic reception, craic, sunshine and the chance to watch how others approach the urban and estuarial landscape of Wexford were the main attractions. Professional and [...]