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.

Darragh O'Brien TD, Ciara Peelo Olympic Sailor, Eoghan O'Brien at the opening

Sandra Schoene, Carl Laffan, Paula Bradley, Martina Hurley at the opening

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.

L to R: Mr Gavin Turk, Mr. Shaun Beary, Ms. Kate Betts, Mr Henry Channon, Mr Mark Sanders.

L to R: Mundy, Mr. Henry Channon, The Hon. Sebastian Guinness, Mr. Paddy Dunning

The exhibition finishes on October 11th.

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.

Liam de Frinse (left) and guests at the exhibition opening

The exhibition continues until October 18th.

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.

Eamon Lenihan with Visual Artist Thomas Delohery (Photo by Rebecca Delohery)

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.

Vincent Lambe (photo Margaret Kent)

The exhibition continues till Saturday 11th October.

‘Art on the Hill’ officially opened on 3rd October by Councillor the Lord Morrow, MLA of Clogher Valley, Mayor.

Megan Johnston and Gwen Stevenson at the exhibition opening.

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. Gwen currently has a Solo Exhibition  ‘ INFINITE MASS’ at Millenium Court Arts Centre.

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.

Carmel Goggins & Peter Monaghan

Graham Gosling & Katie Browne

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”.

Mufleta Peters, Mark Redden, Liam O'Maoinlai, Tom Campbell & Aislinn Bradley at the exhibition opening

The Irish School of Picture Framing opens at Sisslings Mouldings with the first course on 4th October.

Irish School of Picture Framing

Their one day course is suitable for complete beginners. During the course of the day you will be brought through the complete process of designing, planning and making a frame for one of your own pictures which is yours to bring home at the end of the day.

An exhibition of new work by Lucy Doyle was opened recently by Larry Masterson at The Bad Art Gallery, Francis Street Dublin 8.

Lucy Doyle and Larry Masterson at the exhibition opening

Keith Smith at the exhibition opening

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.

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.

Maureen Robinson at People's Art St. Stephen's Green

Jay Walker at People's Art, St. Stephen's Green

Brendan Pierce at People's Art, St. Stephen's Green

James McMahon at People's Art, Stephen's Green

The exhibition continues until Sunday 21st September.

A group exhibition of artists took place recently at The Courtyard Craft & Exhibition Centre.

Artists Caroline Loughnane & Una Kavanagh at the exhibition opening

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.

Tony Strickland, Carmel McCormack and David Hughes at the Dublin Art Fair.

The exhibition continues till September14th.

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.

Paul Evans and Girlfriend Jane Ennis celebrating the relaunch of Canvas Galleries, in conjunction with Paul Evans Fine Art.

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 haven for art aficionados across the city.

Johnny Smyth (from Hugo Thomas), Paul Evans and Hugo Finlay (Owner of Hugo Thomas) at the relaunch.

Canvas will host a diverse range of highly collectable local artists including Ian Cumberland, Tim Weir, James Millar and David Shanks as well as international names including, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Damien Hirst, and Salvador Dali.

Pat Tracey recently finished a sell out Show in the Clew Bay Gallery, County Mayo which was opened by Michael Ring TD.

Michael Ring T.D., Artist Pat Tracey, retired editor Mayo News Martin Curry and James Laffey editor Western People at the opening