• the arts column: February 27th

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    This week we’ve got details on a host of new exhibitions opening around the country from Dublin, Sligo and Cork; as well as details on artists’ talks taking place, an open call for a series of studio spaces and residencies and a public art commission. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Open Call | The Walker Plinth, Derry VOID Derry have announced details fro an open call that is seeking work to appear on The Walker Plinth in Derry which has been funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs…

  • the arts column: February 6th

    February 6, 2020 - By 

    This week we’ve got details on a number of new exhibitions opening, a pair of artists’ talks, an artist in residency programme as well as the launches of some yearly artistic programmes all happening in events across Cork, Dublin, Sligo, and Carlow. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Exhibition Closing| Backwater Artists Group, Cork Today and tomorrow are your last chances to see Cara Farnan’s work in Cork’s Backwater Artists Group. The exhibition, which is Farnan’s first solo show, is titled Sometimes the river flows backwards – drawn from the…

  • the arts column: January 29th

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    This week we’ve got details on a pair of new exhibitions opening in Dublin, one closing in Belfast, an artist talk in Cork, and a pair of open calls for artworks and papers. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Exhibition Opening| Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin This coming Thursday, January 30th, sees the opening of two next exhibitions in Dublin’s Douglas Hyde Gallery. In the gallery’s main space sees the first solo exhibition in Ireland by Mexican artist Gabriel Kuri, who presents: spending static to save gas – an exhibition addressing…

  • the arts column: January 22nd

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    This week we’ve got details on tours, open calls, submission deadlines, exhibitions and more. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Quiz | Basic Space @ Temple Bar Gallery + Studios Next Wednesday, January 29th, sees the second iteration of David Fagan and John Waid’s Self-Improvement Quiz. The duo, in conjunction with Basic Space, have created a unique quiz that consists of “a series of questions, and tasks, most requiring no general knowledge.” The quiz will be hosted by Temple Bar Gallery + Studios in their Studio…

  • the arts column: January 14th

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    This week we’ve got details on some talks, tours, open calls and last calls for exhibitions around the country. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Exhibition & Talk | Turner @ National Gallery of Ireland Historically, January is Turner Month at the National Gallery of Ireland and 2020 is no different. Continuing the trend over the last few years Turner’s work will be shown alongside other artists, with a selection gleaned from both his contemporaries and those he influenced. Turner’s watercolours, and those of Paul Cézanne, John Singer Sargent…

  • the arts column: November 27th

    November 27, 2019 - By 

    This week we’ve details on some new exhibitions opening around the country, some special one-off events including an auction as well as information on funding for 2020 and a kids’ workshops running this weekend. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Opening | Winter Papers @ Engage Art Studios, Galway This coming Friday, November 29th, sees the opening on a new exhibition in Galway’s Engage Art Studios. The show takes its cue from the recently published anthology on Irish art: Winter Papers Vol. 5 – with…

  • the arts column: November 13th

    November 13, 2019 - By 

    This week is all about openings and closings as a number of exhibitions and projects either kick-off or wind-down around the country. We’ve details on them, and their associated events including talks and after parties, with links to further informaiton and tickets if required. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Exhibition | Mariele Neudecker’s Sediment@ Limerick City Gallery This week is you last chance to see Mariele Neudecker’s Sediment in Limerick City Gallery, with the exhibition slated to close on Sunday, November 17th. Sediment is Neudecker’s first solo exhibition in an Irish…

  • the arts column: November 20th

    November 20, 2019 - By 

    This week is all about the printed material with a new zine themed project launching, not one but two book fairs in Dublin, as well as details on five exhibition openings and links to funding applications for 2020. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Opening | small night zine—ARRANGEMENTS @ Pallas Projects + Studios, Dublin This coming Thursday sees the launch of a new project from James Merrigan in Pallas Projects + Studios. Titled small night zine, the project sees 35 artists come together through the mediums of screen…

  • the arts column: October 1st

    October 1, 2019 - By 

    This week we’ve details on a pair of exhibition openings, a new series of talks, an open studio, an exciting on-site performance and an open call for artist. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Open Call | Dublin Art Book Fair Dublin’s Art Book Fair returns this Novemeber to Temple Bar Gallery + Studios and they’ve announced details of an open call for artists’ books. This year, which is the 9th edition of the fair, is guest curated by Dr Kathleen James-Chakraborty, Professor of Art History…

  • the arts column: October 8th

    October 8, 2019 - By 

    This week we’ve details on a number of exciting exhibitions that are opening, and their associated events, a volunteer opportunity, and a day-long artists’ seminar taking place this weekend. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Exhibition Opening | Green of Red, Dublin This coming Thursday (October, 10th) sees the opening of a new exhibition featuring the work of Xavier Theunis. The French-Belgian artist uses a broad range of medium including painting, photography and installation, and this is the first solo show for the artist in Ireland. The opening…