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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.
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.
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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