• the arts column: January 9th

    For our first edition of the arts column in 2019 we’ve details on an international residency, a national residency, a career opportunity as well as a trio of exhibitions that are opening this week and feature a mix of emerging and established artists – details of all below. If you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Open Call | TBG+S and HIAP International Residency Exchange 2019 Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TGB+S) have announced details of the thirteenth annual residency exchange between Ireland and Finland, due to take place later this year. The…

  • Exhibition: A Rhythm Exposed @ MART

    Artist Steven Maybury returns with a new exhibition, entitled A Rhythm Exposed (Routines: 5-6), which is due to open this coming Thursday in The MART Gallery, Rathmines. While the series is a continuation of thoughts previously explore in his 2016 shows, Anicca (The Library Project, Dublin) and Dukka (Platform Arts, Belfast), this new work sees Maybury embracing new materials and approaches, all while further exploring the Buddhist Doctrines of existence and impermanence discussed in those exhibitions. Drawing is still a key language for the artist’s output, with the exhibition set to examine and challenge the processes of archiving and presentation. We chatted to Maybury last…

  • Primer: Burn After Inking

      In the latest installment of Primer, Eoghain Meakin takes a look at Burn After Inking, an exhibition of illustrations and paintings from Gavin Fullerton, Christina O’Donovan, Melissa Malone, Patrick Semple, Fiona Meade and Daniel Spencer at Dublin’s The Mart. Photos by Aine O’Hara MART continues to shine as one of the city’s premier, not-for-profit creative spaces. Spread out over the venues two main rooms this eclectic mix of styles and ambitions are linked by the fact that they could all find a home in story books from Beatrix Potter to the positively post-modern. Reading the room like a text,…