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Niall O’Loughlin must be one of Ireland’s hardest working artists. He is best known for his caricatures of celebrities. He works at corporate events and weddings where he spends two to three hours drawing caricatures of the guests. He does two weddings per week and is booked up for the next six months. He is…
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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I met up recently with Vincent Keeling of the Keeling Gallery in Clarendon Street, Dublin 2. As well as being the gallery owner, Vincent is an artist. You can find his work in the gallery as well as that of a number of other contemporary artists. It strikes me that art is his life. He…
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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…
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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