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DUBLIN
Dublin Group Show at Talbot Gallery
The Talbot Gallery presents it's third Annual Christmas Exhibition. Agroup
show including the works of over thirty artists, entitled "Treat08".
All works on show are small and all priced at €250. Artists includeEimear
Jean McCormaic, Anne Hendrick, Mars Wright, Matthew Cave, ClareHenderson,
Claire Halpin and Laura Fitzgerald. For details, visit:www.talbotgallery.com
Dana Winder at No Grants Gallery, Temple
Bar
A solo exhibition of new paintings by artist Dana Winder at No Grants
Gallery, Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street,
Temple Bar, Dublin. The exhibition runs from 5 December to 18 December.
Group Show at Paul Kane Gallery
The Paul Kane Gallery runs their Winter Show which includes works by alarge
group of artists - Veronica Bolay, Marc Reilly, Jackie Nickerson, Philippa
Sutherland, Roisin McGuigan, Chris Doris, Megan Eustace, Leonard Sheil,
Mary Clancy, Michelle Rogers, Deirdre O’Brien, Fiona Flinn, Brian
Garvey, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Matthew O’Kane, Zita Reihill and Ita
Freeney. The exhibition runs from 2 December to 23 December. For details,
visit: www.thepaulkanegallery.com
Group Show at Lemonstreet Gallery
Lemonstreet Gallery present their Winter Show of gallery artists. The
group exhibition features work by artists Kristian Krokfors, Barbara Freeman,
David Kiely, Bartosz Kolata, Damian Magee, Miriam McConnon, Stephen Rothschild,
Sinead Rice. The exhibition runs from 1 December 2008 to 30 January 2009.
For details, visit: www.lemonstreet.com
Leigh San Juan at Piedescalso Art Cafe,
Thomas Street
An exhibition featuring the artistic works of artist Leigh San Juan can
beviewed at the Piedescalso Art Cafe, 78 Thomas St, Dublin 8. The exhibition
includes paintings, collage and photography and runs from 4 December to
23 December.
Group Christmas Show at Bad Art Gallery
An exhibition featuring a wide range of works by gallery artists and new
talent runs at the Bad Art Gallery, Dublin. The exhibition runs from 7
December 2008 to 24 January 2009. For details, visit: www.thebadartgallery.ie
Group Show at Axis Arts Centre, Ballymun
A multi-media group show entitled "Observations, Meditations and
Vibrations" is the result of a collaboration of music, photography,
poetry, painting and film installations by visual artist John Duffy, photographic
artist Bob Dixon and musician Q (aka Colm Quearney). The show runs at
the Axis Arts Centre, Ballymun from 8 December 2008 to 30 January 2009.
For details, visit: www.axis-ballymun.ie
Michael Kane at Rubicon Gallery
An exhibition of new works by Michael Kane at the Rubicon Gallery, Dublin.
A book which details Kane's major works from the 1950s to the present
day and includes an essay by Yvonne Scott, an interview with the artist
by Seán Kissane and the forward is written by Anthony Cronin. The
exhibtion opens on 10 December and runs until 20 December. For details,
visit: www.rubicongallery.ie
Lonnie van Brummelen and Siebren de
Haan at Project Arts
A joint exhibition entitled "Monument to Another Man's Fatherland"
is a newly commissioned installation of two films, one 35mm and one 16mm,
by the artists Lonnie van Brummelen and Siebren de Haan. The exhibition
runs at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin from 11 December 2008 to 31 January
2009. For details, visit: www.projectartscentre.ie
Jack Pakenham at Alternative Entertainments
A solo exhibition of works by the artist Jack Pakenham. The exhibition,entitled
"Here It Is" can be viewed at the Alternative Entertainments
Gallery at the Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin. The exhibition runs until
12 January 2009. For details, visit: www.altents.ie
Lemonstreet Gallery - Winter Exhibition
A group show featuring paintings from artists including: Kristian Krokfors,
Barbara Freeman, Franz Ferdinand Wörle, David Kiely, Stephen Rothschild,
Miriam McConnon, Damian Magee, Bartosz Kolata, Bob Lynn, Emma Berkery,
Sinead Rice, Holly Dungan, Ian O'Neill, Aisling Finn and Sarah Wilson.
Runs from 1 December to 30 January, 2009. For details: phone 01-671-0244.
Lemonstreet Gallery 24-26 City Quay, Dublin 2
William McKeown at IMMA
Well-known artist, William McKeown,
presents a wide range of his works including a series of watercolours
on paper, colour pencil drawings of flowers and plants, in addition to
a number of abstract paintings. The exhibition runs from 5 November to
4 January 2009. For details, Phone: 01-612-9919 or visit: www.imma.ie
Group show at The Hugh Lane Gallery
A group exhibition, entitled
"Now?s the time", of the works of eleven artists considered
to have made a seminal contribution to the cultural climate of the late
20th and early 21st century. Stephen Snoddy, Director of the New Art Gallery,
Walsall, launched the exhibition which includes works by Piero Manzoni,
Eva Hesse, Bas Jan Ader, Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Martin Kippenberger,
Felix Gonzalez Torres, Helen Chadwick and Michel Majerus. The exhibition
opens on 6 November and runs until 8 February, 2009.
Group Show at National Gallery (Millennium
Wing)
A group show of Finnish Art,
entitled "Northern Stars and Southern Lights: The Golden Age of Finnish
Art 1870-1920" takes place at the National Gallery of Ireland in
collaboration with the Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki. The exhibition will
feature Finnish painting and printmaking from the turn of the 19th century
and is introduced by Timo Huusko, Curator of the Ateneum Art Museum. The
Exhibition runs from 9 November to 1 February, 2009. For details, visit:
www.nationalgallery.ie
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios' Winter
Salon and Auction
Celebrating it's 25th anniversary
this year, the annual Temple Bar Gallery and Studios' Winter Salon will
feature work by both emerging and established artists including Barry
Cooke, Mie Olise Kjaergaard, Mark Garry, John Gerrard, Diana Copperwhite,Robert
Armstrong, Martin Gale, Liam Belton,Makiko Nakamura, Joep Overtoom and
Neal Jones. Exhibition (and private auction) opens on 18 November and
runs to 21 December. For
details, visit: www.templebargallery.com
Lorraine Lawlor at Ivy House, Upper
Drumcondra Road
A solo exhibition of new paintings
by artist Lorraine Lawlor is presented by Art At The Ivy House at 114
Upper Drumcondra Road, Dublin 9. The exhibition, entitled "Landscape,
Interrupted" runs from 14 November to 31 January 2009.
Winter Salon at Temple Bar Gallery & Studios
An exhibition that includes the work of over 130 established and emerging
artists from Ireland and abroad. All the artists have produced new work
for the exhibition. Exhibition runs from 19 November to 21 December. For
details, phone: (01) 6710073
Bea McMahon at Green on Red Gallery
An exhibition of the artistic works of Bea McMahon runs from 21 November
to 20 December. For details, phone: (01) 671 3414
Orla Whelan at Draiocht Theatre, Blanchardstown
An exhibition of new painting entitled "At the Heart of Chance"
which the artist worked on during her residency at Draiocht earlier this
year. Exhibition runs from 28 November to 17 January. For details, phone:
(01) 8852622
Blackchurch Print Studio Members at
Draiocht Theatre, Blanchardstown
Black Church Print Studio, one of the leading fine art print studios in
Ireland, presents a range of multi-media works by the studio members.The
exhibition is entitled ‘Inhabit’ and runs from 28 November to
17 December. For details, phone: (01) 8852622
For information about art and culture in
Ireland's capital, see Visual Arts in Dublin.
See also Dublin Artists and Dublin
Art Venues.
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COUNTY
CARLOW
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For information about art and culture in this county, see Visual
Arts in Carlow.
COUNTY
CAVAN
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art exhibitions in Cavan.
For information about art and culture in this county, see Visual
Arts in Cavan.
COUNTY
CLARE
Group Exhibition at Glór, Ennis
A group exhibition by artists who share a common passion from landscapes
includes paintings by Barrie Cooke, Pat Harris, James O'Connor and Lorraine
Wall. The exhibition, entitled "Seán McSweeney Selects..."
runs at Glór, Ennis, County Clare from 5 December 2008 to 17 January
2009. For details, visit: www.glor.ie
For information about art and culture in
this county, see Visual Arts
in Clare.
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COUNTY
CORK
Shaw Gallery Annual Christmas Exhibition
The show features a varety of
works including paintings, prints, sculpture and ceramics by both regular
Shaw Gallery exhibitors and some high profile, first-time exhibitors.
Newcomers to the Shaw Gallery include West-Cork based artists Finola Cooney
and Jenny Richardson; Patrick Barry, recently awarded the Douglas Hyde
Medal, as well as joint first prize for sculpture at this year's Oireachtas
exhibition; the highly collectable ex-Crawford College artist, Brian Smyth;
printmakers Jonny Bugler and Aisling Dolan, and ceramicist Rob Lee. Included
among specific items acquired by the gallery for the exhibition, are a
set of three limited edition prints by Robert Ballagh, a large early work
by Martin Finnin and a sculpture by Gerard Dillon. The exhibition opens
on Friday, 29th November at 6pm, at the newly renovated premises on Washington
Street, Cork.
Daniel Maclise at Crawford Art Gallery
David Puttnam opened a major exhibition highlighting the life and work
of Cork-born artist Daniel
Maclise, one of the great history-painters of Ireland. A complementary
lecture series will take place for the duration of the exhibition in association
with the Friends of the Crawford Gallery. The exhibition runs from 23
October to 14 February, 2009. For details, visit: www.crawfordartgallery.ie
"An Eye for an Eye" - Lewis Glucksman Gallery: 14
Nov 2008 - 1 Mar 2009
Curated by Professor Dermot Keogh and Ruth Osborne, the exhibition - entitled:
An Eye for an Eye: Representations of Conflict in 20th Century Ireland
includes works by leading Irish artists such as: Jack Yeats, Sir John
Lavery, William Orpen, Sean Keating, Paul Henry, Robert Ballagh, Dermot
Seymour, Victor Sloan, Rita Duffy and Paul Graham, as well as materials
from The Imperial War Museum, UTV, The Linen Hall Library and Gael Linn.
The show illustrates the contradictory ways in which visual images and
artefacts represented the conflict in Ireland throughout the 20th century.
The exhibition opens with a very different pair of perspectives on revolutionary
commemoration: the personal moment of remembrance in Going to Wolftone's
Grave by Jack B. Yeats, versus the grand scale of national grief in
John Lavery's depiction of the funeral of Michael Collins. For details,
phone: 021-490-1844.
Robert Ryan at Doswell Gallery, Rosscarbery
A solo exhibition of paintings by artist Robert Ryan. The exhibition,
entitled "The Spirit Inside" can be viewed at Doswell Gallery,
Rosscarbery, West Cork. The exhibition runs from 14 December 2008 to 4
January 2009. For details, visit: www.doswellgallery.com
Group Show at West Cork Arts Centre,
Skibbereen
An exhibition of artistic works including painting, drawing, sculpture
and DVD projection by artists Bernadette Burns, Majella O'Neill Collins,
Patricia Hurl and Therry Rudin. The exhibition, entitled "Body of
Water",came about through a series of exchange of artistic ideas
and studio visits between the artists. The exhibition is on view at the
West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, County Cork from 29 November to 23
December 2009, and will travel to Galeria Safia, Barcelona in January.
For details, visit: www.westcorkartscentre.com
Group Show at Ionad Cultúrtha,
Ballyvourney
A group exhibition featuring the works of the Ealaíontóirí
Mhúscraí group of visual artists will be on display at An
Ionad Cultúrtha, Ballyvourney, County Cork. The exhibition entitled
"Le Chéile" features works by artists Bernadette Ní
Choitir, Helen Ní Chuill, Pauline Dodds, Meredith Flandreau, Máire
Ní Shúilleabháin, Suzanne O’Sullivan, Luc Racine,
An tAthair Diarmuid Ó Riordáin, Bob Rasmussen, Maura Whelan,
Helene Willems Bogels and Peadar Ó Riada. The exhibition runs during
the month of December 2008 and January 2009. For details, visit: www.ionadculturtha.ie
Group Show at Glucksman Gallery
An group exhibition, curated
by Matt Packer and Rene Zechlin, featuring works by Francis Alys, Mark
Clare, Nathan Coley, Claire Fontaine, Liam Gillick, Nina Beier & Marie
Lund, Garret Phelan, Alex Morrison, Jens Ullrich, Stephen Willats, Carey
Young and Artur Zmijewski. The exhibition, entitled "Getting Even:
Oppositions and Dialogues in Contemporary Art" runs at the Glucksman
Gallery, Cork from 13 November to 1 March 2009. For details, visit: www.glucksman.org
Siobhan Tattan at Triskel Arts Centre,
Tobin Street
The first solo exhibition of
work by Siobhan Tattan has been commissioned by Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin
Street, Cork as part of their 30th anniversary celebrations. The exhibition
which is entitled "Brilliant Failures" will be on show from
6 November to 20 December. For details, visit: www.triskelart.com
• For general info about arts and
culture in Cork, see Cork Art.
• For an annual arts calendar, see Cork
Art News.
• For news about events, see Cork Festivals.
• For a look-back at 2005, see Cork:
European Capital of Culture.
• For a list of local art spaces, see Cork
Art Galleries.
• Also: Crawford
Art Gallery, Lewis
Glucksman Gallery, Fenton,
Shaw and Vangard.
• For biographies of Cork painters and sculptors, see Cork
Artists.
• For details of the best Corkonian art-group, see Maclise
Art Society.
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COUNTY
DONEGAL
Winter Group Show at Cavanacor Gallery,
Lifford
A group exhibition of paintings and photography is currently running at
the Cavanacor Gallery, Lifford, County Donegal. The exhibition includes
works by artists Michael Canning, Sean Fingleton, Brian Ballard, Martin
Mooney, Rita Duffy, Gillian Lawler, Osvaldo Budet, Chris Marshall, Matthew
O’Kane and Carol Anne McGowan. The show runs from 22 November to
24 December. For details, visit: www.cavanacorgallery.com
For information about art and culture in
Donegal, see Visual Arts
in Donegal.
See also: Cavanacor
Gallery.
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COUNTY
GALWAY
Open Submission Print Exhibition at
Galway Arts Centre
Galway Arts Centre in association with the Galway City Museum presents
the 2008 open submission print exhibition. Featured artists include Ruth
le Gear, Jill McKeown, Leila Pedersen, Sue Cunliff and Martina Cleary.
The exhibition, entitled "Impressions" will run from 11 December
2008 to 17 January 2009. For details, visit: www.galwayartscentre.ie
Norman Ackroyd at Galway City Museum
Running in conjunction with the "Impressions" exhibition at
Galway Arts Centre, Norman Ackroyd presents a range of prints entitled
’Irish Etchings 1987 – 2008’, at the Galway City Museum.
The exhibition runs from 11 December 2008 to 24 January 2009. For details,
visit:www.normanackroyd.com or www.galwaycitymuseum.ie
For information about art and culture in
this county, see Visual Arts
in Galway.
See also: Bold Art
Gallery - Kenny
Gallery - Norman
Villa Gallery - Stronach
Gallery
COUNTY
KERRY
Group Show at Carnegie Arts Centre
For their inaugural exhibition, the Carnegie Arts Centre, Kenmare, Co,Kerry,
opens with a group show featuring works by local artists Pauline Bewick,
Christine Bowen, Gearóid O’ Shea, Joe Thoma and Claudio Viscardi.
The exhibition runs from 5 December, 2008 to 30 January, 2009. For details,
visit: www.carnegieartskenmare.ie
For information about art and culture in
this county, see Visual Arts
in Kerry.
See also: Art Venues in
Kerry.
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NOTE: Information Resources About
Artists in Ireland
• For biographies of famous painters
and sculptors, see: Irish Artists.
• For details of famous sculptors, see: Irish
Sculpture.
• For a survey of outstanding portraiture, see: Irish
Portrait Artists.
• For info about the best landscapes, see: Irish
Landscape Artists.
• For a summary of genre-painting, see: Irish
Genre Painters.
• For profiles of emerging artists, see: Best
Contemporary Irish Artists.
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