• the arts column: August 28th

    August 28, 2019 - By 

    This week we’ve details on performances, exhibition openings and closings, a pair of artists talks and details on some funding deadlines. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Performance | Project Arts Centre, Dublin This Saturday, August 31st, sees Dance Limerick present a trio of new dance works in Dublin’s Project Arts Centre. The performances are part of the Step Up Dance Project, which is in its 9th year, and features emerging dancers Ambre Twardowski, Juliana Tarumoto, Aliina Lindroos, Claudia Gesmundo, Rosie Mullin & Ginvera Cecere. The performances are curated by…

  • the arts column: August 8th

    August 8, 2019 - By 

    This week we’ve details on a pair of exhibitions that are opening this weekend in Kilkenny as part of the Kilkenny Arts Festival, a live performance in Derry, a new show opening in Dublin and details of a studio residency. 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 | Butler Gallery, Kilkenny This Saturday, August 10th, sees the opening of a new exhibition in Kilkenny’s Butler Gallery featuring the work of New York based artist Amy Cutler. Titled Colloquies, the show is Cutler’s first in Ireland and…

  • the arts column: July 31st

    July 31, 2019 - By 

    This week we’ve details on a serious of artist talks, studio spaces, international residencies and funding applications. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Talk | VISUAL Carlow This coming Thursday, August 1st sees VISUAL Carlow play host to an artist talk between Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca. The duo will be in discussion with Dr Caoimhín Mac Giolla Leith, lecturer in Folklore and Celtic Civilisation in UCD. This talk is following the announcement of a new film project involving Wagner and de Burca, with the pair set to…

  • the arts column: July 24th

    July 24, 2019 - By 

    This week we’ve details on a serious of events taking place across Dublin with pop-up shops, exhibitions, yoga, gigs and cycling; and while this is a diverse and broad set of events there all art related or themed. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Topical Popical @ National Gallery, Dublin As part of their summer long collaboration with the National Gallery of Ireland Dublin nail aficionados Tropical Popical have a pop-up shop in the gallery this coming Friday. Open from 10am until 5pm, the shop is part of their R…

  • 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…

  • the arts column: July 2nd

    July 2, 2019 - By 

    Summer is well and truly under way, with primary schools closed and the exams over. With that in mind we’ve details on some workshops and activities to keep young minds out of the way entertained both through the summer and beyond. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Kids Workshop | RHA Gallery, Dublin Saturday July 6th sees a new workshop in the RHA Gallery for 8 to 12 year old, hosted by artist Naomi Sex. Titled Why do we like the things and stuff that we like?, the workshop is performance…

  • the arts column: June 4th

    June 4, 2019 - By 

    This week sees a host of exhibitions opening across the island of Ireland, with shows in Belfast, Cork, Navan and Dublin; as well as the launch of this year’s Belfast Photo Festival. We’ve details of some of the festival’s highlights below, along with information on four openings happening nationwide. 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 | Platform Arts, Belfast This Thursday (June 6th) sees the opening of a new collaborative exhibition in Belfast’s Platform Arts. Titled Bedeck, the show features the works of David Lunney and Eleanor McCaughey, two artists who…

  • the arts column: May 14th

    May 14, 2019 - By 

    In this week’s edition of the arts column we’ve details on the extensive activities going on in the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin and nationwide to celebrate National Drawing day, as well as details on a application opportunities for studio spaces, international residencies and open calls. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net National Drawing Day| National Gallery of Ireland and nationwide This Saturday is National Drawing Day in the National Gallery of Ireland, with a day packed full of free events and activities for drawers of all ages. Below…

  • the arts column: PhotoIreland Special

    May 2, 2019 - By 

    This week sees the launch of this year’s PhotoIreland Festival, with the official opening taking place tonight, May 2nd,at 6pm in their Temple Bar hub: The Library Project. This year is the tenth anniversary of the festival, and to celebrate we’ve a special edition of the arts column focusing on the festival’s extensive programme of events, talks, exhibitions and general celebration of photography in Ireland. Festival Launch Party | Thursday, May 2nd @ The Library Project Tonight from 6pm (PhotoIreland patrons get a sneak peak a few hours earlier at 4pm) the festival kicks off in the foundation’s Temple Bar hub:…

  • the arts column: April 16th

    April 16, 2019 - By 

    In this week’s edition of the arts column we’ve details on an exhibition opening in Belfast, studio lets in Dublin, an artist-in-residency programme in Cork and national funding. 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 | Everything Must Go @ PS², Belfast Opening this coming Thursday, April 18th, in Belfast’s PS² is a new exhibition featuring the work of Liliane Puthod. Titled Everything Must Go, the show draws on the history of the building, which was previously used for commercial purposes, with the artist examining the relationship we have to consumerism.…