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Artist, Ray Sherlock, gets into election fever with his caricature portraits of the three main contenders in the countdown to ballot day this Friday. I’m tired of looking at so many photos of the three leaders on lamp posts and in every paper and at this stage I could paint these guys with my eyes…
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Despite the weather and a heavy rain the opening of a solo show by Gerard McGourty at No Grants Gallery was a tremendous success. With their umbrellas and raincoats in hand, friends and patrons enjoyed a special evening of stories from the childhood, green fields of mystical Ireland and fairy-like creatures, emerging from Gerard’s beautiful…
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Greenacres Open Submission Show opened on Saturday the 5th with over 150 guests and many of the 50 exhibiting artists in attendance. In the show, levels of experience and education vary with some artists exhibiting their work for the first time, while others may have exhibited for 20 years. To acknowledge the artists for their…
Gormleys have moved next door! An Exhibition marking the Official opening of Gormleys Fine Art new premises on 25 South Frederick Street, Dublin, opened Friday 4th February. The gallery is housed over four floors in a prominent Georgian building. New works by Peter Monaghan, Sean Cotter, Charles Harper, Jonathan Aiken, Eileen Meagher, Ian Pollock and…
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The latest solo exhibition ‘Sneachta’ by Fermanagh artist Helen Mc Nulty had its official opening last night in the Signal Arts Centre in Bray. The works in this exhibition explore the textures and habits of water in its frozen and snow form, how the light reflects and refracts on frozen landscapes and the myriad of…
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