• Exhibition Opening: Imperial Courts @ Belfast Exposed

    September 5, 2018 - By 

    This Thursday (September 6th) sees the preview of Dana Lixenberg’s first solo exhibition on the island of Ireland in Belfast Exposed. Titled Imperial Courts 1993-2015, the series saw Lixenberg collect the 20th edition of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize in 2017. In 1992 the artist was commissioned to document areas of Los Angeles following the riots that took place after the acquittal of police officers following the much publicised brutality during the arrest of Rodney King. Lixenberg returned the following year and began a 22-year process of documenting the area and its inhabitants, focusing on the Imperial Courts housing project. The time-frame…

  • The Breakfast Club @ TBG+S

    September 4, 2018 - By 

    This Thursday you have an opportunity to beat the early morning slump, or at least delay it, if you work in or around Dublin’s city centre. Temple Bar Gallery + Studios are hosting a breakfast club as part of their making connections programme, and it kicks off at 7:30am running though until 10:00am. As well as providing an opportunity to meet and discuss art with fellow enthusiasts, you can also view the gallery’s current exhibition: Proven Answers by Stephen Loughman. This innovative event, which includes complimentary tea, coffee and pastries, is free but reservations do have have to be made beforehand, details here.

  • PhotoIreland Festival Launch

    May 3, 2018 - By 

     Laia Abril – On Abortion Today sees the launch of this year’s PhotoIreland Festival, with a number of events in and around Dublin to mark the occassion. The month long festival coincides with the Eighth Amendment referendum on May 25th, and this huge societal and political debate is refreshingly not absent from either the content or structure of the festival. For PhotoIreland’s duration the main hub of the foundation, The Library Project, will be taken over by the Together for Yes campaign. With this year’s main exhibitions including Laia Abril’s On Abortion and Sarah Cullen’s You Shall Have Exactly What You…

  • Exhibition: Gaelic Fields @ The Library Project

    March 6, 2018 - By 

    Opening today in The Library Project is Paul Carroll’s new body of work Gaelic Fields. The project is the culmination of seven years work, that saw Carroll traverse the 32 counties of the island documenting local GAA pitches. These spaces are hubs of the communities and the artist’s capturing of these local landscapes speaks of the both the societal nature of sport and its impact on the land. The work is on show from today (Tuesday 6th) with the official opening this coming Thursday (8th). The exhibition will continue until March 25th, with a book also produced, full details are available online…

  • F I V E R T H O N @ A4 Sounds

    February 23, 2018 - By 

    A4 Sounds need your help and more importantly they need your fivers! The interdisciplinary artist studio and gallery organisation provide affordable access to studio spaces, artist facilities as well as running workshops and courses. In recent years these spaces have been disappearing from the Dublin creative scene and their presence is vital for the community. Recently A4 sounds was awarded a 10 year lease, securing their long term future. Along with this lease they also secured funding to carry out vital refurbishment to the space. To complete this work (which is for refurbishment to the the electrical system, to install a fire alarm system, and…

  • Exhibition: Like Me @ The Dock

    February 19, 2018 - By 

    Alice Hanratty – Handsome Youth at Public Assembly I Carrick-on-Shannon’s The Dock is currently showing the work of three Irish artists: Alice Hanratty, Kian Benson Bailes and Eleanor McCaughey, in their latest show Like Me. This exhibition is the third in the gallery’s continuing series of group shows that feature artists at varying stages of their careers and practices. Hanratty, a member of Aosdána, has exhibited extensively both nationally and internally since the 1990’s and here presents etching work that reference here travels abroad; while Benson Bailes, whose has recently shown in Tulca, Galway and CCA Derry-Londonderry, presents work that interrogates the notion of queer identity in modern…

  • Picture This: Dublin Gallery Weekend

    November 21, 2017 - By 

    This weekend sees the return of Dublin Gallery Weekend with events taking place across Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Now an established and vital part of the arts calendar in the capital, Dublin Gallery Weekend provides opportunities for one off events and tours, as well as linking longer running exhibitions into the weekend’s schedule. Below are a list of some of our highlights for the weekend. Thursday RHA Gallery Naomi Sex’s first major solo exhibition All this Surface and Surface is currently on in the RHA Gallery. 1pm sees a performance, titled Dealing Cars, Making Art, by Darina Gallagher. (This is repeated…

  • Paper Visual Art Journal Launch

    November 21, 2017 - By 

    This Thursday sees the launch of the latest Paper Visual Art Journal in Dublin’s Candle Bar. This is the 8th edition of PVA’s hard copy series and features contributions from Rob Doyle, Jennie Guy, Joanna Walsh and more. The event kicks off at 7pm in the Candle Bar (above Hogan’s) with full details available online here.

  • Critical Bastards Issue 15 Launch

    November 20, 2017 - By 

    This Wednesday sees the launch of the new and 15th issue of Critical Bastards. This latest issue of the critical art magazine is titled Bilocation and features responses and reviews of shows in both Ireland and New York. Contributors include Suzanne Walsh, Adrian Duncan, Davey Moor and Jessamyn Fiore. The launch is at 6pm in Temple Bar Gallery + Studios on Wednesday in Studio 6, with a link to the Facebook event available here.

  • RD\DE\WRK @ Temple Bar Gallery + Studios

    November 17, 2017 - By 

    Tonight sees the a one off event featuring the work of artists Sean Grimes and Cillian Finnerty. The duo are due to present RD\DE\WRK, which is their exploration into sound: ‘Performances move organically through phases. The music is squashed, expanded and often broken.‘ The event kicks off at 7pm tonight in Temple Bar Gallery + Studios as part of TBG+S’ Studio 6 Open Programme. Full details available online here.