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There was a great turn out last night in the Doorway Gallery, South Frederick Street, Dublin 2 for a solo exhibition by Polish born artist Iwona Nartowska O’Reilly. The show features figurative action paintings of hurling and rugby. The exhibition was officially opened by former professional rugby player Bernard Jackman. It continues until June…
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Tonight (Tuesday April 17th) saw the opening of Padraig McCaul’s new solo exhibition ‘Still Lives’. The show was offically opened by RTE’s Olivia O’Leary. Padraig will give an artist’s talk in The Gallery on Saturday 21st at 2.00pm. Padraig McCaul is a fulltime, Dublin based artist whose work draws heavily on the beauty and ruggedness…
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The Dublin Painting & Sketching Club launched its 134th annual exhibition today (Sunday 15th April) in County Hall, Dun Laoghaire. One of Ireland’s largest national group shows, it features fine art by more than 80 well-known contemporary Irish artists from Dublin and many parts of the country. All are members of the Club, among them…
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eva International, Ireland’s dynamic biennial of visual art, has today announced the artists for the 2012 edition entitled: After the Future. Curated by Annie Fletcher, Curator of Exhibitions at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the 40 artists announced today were selected from over 2,000 proposals submitted from 76 countries. Irish and International artists announced include: Zanny…
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An exhibition from IMMA’s Collection engaging with scientific themes in celebration of Dublin City of Science 2012; the famous Ned Kelly paintings by the renowned Australian artist Sidney Nolan; a mid-career retrospective of the work of leading Irish artist Alice Maher, and a series of lectures on major developments in architecture to mark its tenure…
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