• the arts column: July 15th

    July 15, 2020 - By 

    July has seen a number of arts organisations across the island of Ireland reopen, with more scheduled to reopen in the coming weeks. As the arts community begins to embark on this new kind of normal, a normal that sees bookings, limited access and reduced space, our support is more vital than ever. That said safety is still of paramount importance, so for this first edition of the arts column since lockdown restriction have begun to ease we have highlighted events that promote social distance in offline events and those with online aspects to ensure that people can engage with art on a…

  • the arts column: June 25th

    June 25, 2019 - By 

    This week we’ve details on the culmination of a young artistic writing programme and the details of one to be launched, the opening of a new joint exhibition featuring two behemoths of 20th century painting, and details on a host of events in Pallas Projects tied to their exhibition exploring queer culture in Ireland. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Book Launch | Clondalkin Library, Dublin This coming Saturday lunchtime sees the launch of This Being Where We Live in Clondalkin Library. The publication is…

  • 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…

  • Exhibition: Heart and Soul @ The Copper House

    October 5, 2017 - By 

    This evening sees a new exhibition featuring the work of Irish artist Claire Guinan open in The Copper House on Dublin’s Synge Street. Titled Heart and Soul, the show features portraits of Irish musicians captured in paint. Gunian is due to present her works as large form oil paintings, and has worked with a veritable who’s who of the Irish music scene with images of Paul Brady, Mick Flannery, Aslan’s Christy Dignam, Lisa Hannigan, Damien Dempsey and more on show. The exhibition is an cross section of two of Ireland’s most treasured mediums and is set to continue until October 11th. Full details are available online…

  • Exhibition: VERA @ Temple Bar Gallery + Studios

    September 12, 2017 - By 

    This week recent NCAD graduate Julia Dubsky is having a preview of works in Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. Dubsky has had a studio in the building since April of this year as part of Temple Bar Gallery + Studio’s Graduate Residency Programme. A multitude of influences exists in the artist’s work, and recent months have seen her complete “a term at the Royal Drawing School in London; three months studio practice in Berlin; [and] a short artist residency in Tehran;” The preview is titled Vera and is open daily to viewers until this Saturday 16th September from 2pm to 6pm. Enterance to Studio 16…

  • Autumn @ The RHA

    September 7, 2017 - By 

    Vera Klute, Cloud – Courtesy of the Artist This Friday sees the launch of the RHA Gallery’s Autumn programme with four new exhibitions opening. In Gallery I is Vera Klute, Ronnie Hughes’ work is displayed in Galleries II and III with Janet Mullarney in the RHA Foyer; and finally, the work of  Susan Connolly is on show in the RHA’s Ashford Gallery. Klute presents Plunge, a multimedia exhibition that makes use of both video and sculpture. Her work sees her discuss the everyday rituals and habits of people, and the transmutation of the normal to the abnormal. More details on Plunge can be found online…

  • In Conversation With… Eleanor McCaughey

    August 28, 2017 - By 

    Absinthe hour – oil on Canvas, 2017 I first encountered the work of Eleanor McCaughey in 2015 when I saw her solo exhibition Image is Everything in Dublin’s Eight. There McCaughey collated and presented an Americana she had fictionalised using found photographs that depicted American diplomats and their families during the Cold War years. In that show hints existed to the new shift in direction her practice was about to take, and in the intervening years I voyeuristically watched this evolution through social media – peppering it with real life contacts at various exhibition openings. It was at one of those recent…

  • Exhibition: Concerning the Other @ Olivier Cornet

    September 8, 2017 - By 

    Opening this Sunday in the Olivier Cornet Gallery, on Dublin’s Great Denmark Street, is a new group exhibition titled Concerning the Other. The show has been curated by Olivier Cornet, Claire Halpin and Eoin Mac Lochlainn; and sees the artists involved respond to the themes of diversity and concern, in terms of refugees and minorities from areas of conflict. Recent and on-going struggles make this a vital discourse that requires a collective response, and this approach is echoed in the work created. Instead of submitting individual pieces the ten artists collaborated on works together, with each adding a layer upon the previous’ work. By…

  • Workshops & Exhibition: Cork Photo Gallery

    August 11, 2017 - By 

    Cork Photo Gallery have announced details of their forthcoming workshop series with events due to take place throughout September and into October. Workshops range from photography tutorials at dawn with Marcin Lewandowski (details available online here) to outdoor painting classes with Paul McKenna (details available online here). Running in conjunction with these more specific adult classes, Cork Photo Gallery have also released details of their forthcoming children’s workshops – with events for kids of all ages, with workshops even catering for 6 to 16 months. As well as these events, the gallery is currently showing In Print, an exhibition featuring the work of photographer…

  • Exhibition: When Walking @ Butler Gallery

    July 20, 2017 - By 

    When Walking is the latest exhibition in Kilkenny’s Butler Gallery and features the work of Irish artist Eithne Jordan RHA. Jordan is currently undertaking a year long residency in Kilkenny’s Tony O’Malley Studio – established by the RHA in 2010, the studio is in the former home of influential local painter. When Walking continues Jordan’s exploration of local architecture, incorporating scenes and building styles not usually eulogised in artworks, and incorporating a gaucho technique for some pieces. Though a common vernacular exists within the local landscape, idiosyncratic features have evolved over time with each owner stamping their individuality on each building. Jordan…