Last night (Tuesday 3rd September) saw the opening of ‘Natural Resemblances’ – an exhibition by Catalan born, Dublin based artist Jordi Forniés. The exhibition was officially opened by arts commentator and strategist Ciarán MacGonigal. The exhibition continues in Smock Alley Theatre  (opening hours 10am – 6pm) until 7th September after which it leaves for Spain […]

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There was a great Buzz in Oliveta last night (April 4th) for the opening of Alan Clarke‘s exhibition – “Dreams Dreamed with Open Eyes“. The show contains a variety of darkly whimsical illustrations and paintings. This is the first exhibition in this newly launched art space. The exhibition continues until May 31st in Oliveto in […]

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Last night (Tuesday March 26th) saw the launch of the Dublin Painting and Sketching Club Annual Exhibition in European House, Dawson Street in Dublin.  This is the 135th exhibition to be staged by the Dublin Painting & Sketching Club, a national artists’ organisation and one of Ireland’s oldest. In celebration of Ireland’s EU presidency this […]

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Ireland’s biggest and best art fair is set to return to the RDS this weekend. Running from Friday, 9th November to Sunday, 11th November, Art Source is a unique event which will feature work from hundreds of artists and galleries. The show’s underlying ethos is that art is for everyone, and so it gives visitors […]

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Frank  O’Dea teams up with fellow Dublin artist, Pervaneh Matthews at Balla Bán Art Gallery, Westbury Mall, Dublin in November for an exhibition entitled “Man on the Moon” and will take place in conjunction with ‘Science Week 2012? whose theme this year is everyday experimenting. Perhaps the greatest experiment known to mankind was to put […]

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A new venue to buy original art has opened in the Old Tramyard in Dalkey. Piergroup is an Independent Artists Group selling their own work. Piergroup art will open each Saturday and Sunday until Christmas with paintings, etchings, prints, ceramics, fine art photography and mixed-media pieces. Buy direct from the artist.

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I recently visited Padraig McCaul in his studio in County Wicklow.  The studio is down a country lane in the loft of a converted farm outhouse that he shares with artist Denise Hussey. Unlike most other artists that I know, Padraig embraces the business side of his art career.  A lot of artists just want […]

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Last week saw the official opening of “Another Tuesday”, in the 2020 Art Gallery, Cork. The artist Jack Hickey graduated, with honours, from Crawford College of Art & Design in May 2011 winning both the Eli Lily & OPW Purchase Prizes and has garnered much critical acclaim in the months that have followed, with the […]

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Marja van Kampen was born in The Netherlands. She is a full-time painter and printmaker.  30 years ago she moved to Ireland.  She is a co-founder of Artspace Studios, Galway, and was a driving force in its development, before setting up her own studio. A full colour book about her life and art “Marja van […]

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This annual Art Fair took place earlier this month in the RDS.  The art fair  (Ireland’s largest) hosted 130 exhibitors from Ireland, South Africa, Belgium, Mongolia, Canada and the UK and featured a range of  paintings, sculpture, prints and photography.

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Last  month I met with artist Jerry Cahir at his home and studio in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. We had a chat about art, spirituality, life. Jerry came to art late in life.  He had been a bank manager with AIB until he was forced to retire through ill health.  A while after, he took a […]

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The exhibition “Father and Son” opened last Thursday, October 13th in the Doorway Gallery on South Frederick Street. The exhibition by Val Byrne and his son Roland Byrne was officially opened by Eamon de Buitlear. The exhibition coincides with Val’s 75th birthday. The show continues until Thursday November 3rd.

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Recently I met with Maria Corbett, director of the Powerscourt Gallery. Maria took over the gallery in 2009 and works alongside with Philippa Kelly and Aisling Bodkin.  She has definitely noticed many changes since then.  2011 is a lot tougher than previous years. There are a lot less impulse buys.  People are buying because of […]

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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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Two sides of things’ is the title of a solo exhibition of oil paintings by Czech artist Lucie Pacovska which took place recently at Balla Bán Art Gallery, Westbury Mall, Dublin. Lucie’s paintings offer alternate views of portraying an individual.  Her show includes a selection of her latest oil paintings fittingly entitled the ‘Green series’ […]

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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 […]

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Last night (Thursday 16th June) saw the opening of Sean Nós – an exhibition featuring new works by prominent Irish artists Liam O’Neill, J.B Vallely, John Behan, Eamon O’Doherty, Aidan Harte and others in the Sol Art Gallery on Dawson Street, Dublin 2. Being Bloomsday, there were a number of attendees dressed up for the […]

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Frank O’Dea’s Solo Show opened recently in the Balla Ban Gallery in the Westbury Mall (off Grafton Street).

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Last Thursday, 14th April,  RTE  announced the winners of the nationwide art competition, ARTifact.  ARTifact called for the general public to create artwork based on two themes – ‘RTE as part of Irish life’ or ‘RTE of the future’.  Hana Hudak, a DIT student from Maynooth in Kildare,  Anne McGill from Tyrone, and the students […]

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