Art and Artists of Ireland news and blog
Vodafone commissioned five Irish artists, all from different disciplines to create five unique pieces of art using only black and white. Each artist approached the concept of black and white in their own unique way, some simply exploring the contrast between light and dark, others working with the good vs. evil. The artists involved in…
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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The Youth Rocks Arts Festival is an arts-centric festival coming to Portlaoise on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th July. It is being run by three local girls (see above) with backgrounds in art, music and events management whose average age is 19. YRAF encompasses visual arts, music, poetry, theatre, fashion, dance, circus performance, street performance…
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Peoples Art 2011 was on again this weekend (24-26 June) on the railings of three sides of Stephen’s Green in Dublin 2. The event is organised for times a year by People’s Art Dublin – a voluntary, part time, non profit making group, brought together by Dublin City Council to promote the visual arts to…
There’s lots to see and do at The Grange in Ballyboughal, North County Dublin. Last Saturday saw the opening of a new garden designed by Jane McCorkell – Bloom Gold Overall Winner as well as a sculpture exhibition in the garden which showcases work from six contemporary Irish artists. There’s also a new exhibition by …
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