• the arts column: April 2nd

    In this week’s edition of the arts column we’ve details on a pair of job vacancies, the last chance to see an exhibition, artist funding, two exhibition openings, a talk and studio lets. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Job Vacancy | Digitisation Project @ IMMA IMMA have announced details of two vacancies tied to their ongoing project that sees the museum digitise their collection. One is a role to provide support to the wider Collections team, with other tasked with helping documenting the collection itself. For both posts…

  • the arts column: March 20th

    In this week’s edition of the arts column we’ve details of a symposium, a journal launch, children’s workshops, an exhibition opening, talks, walking tours 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 Symposium | VOID//PVA This Saturday, March 23rd, VOID gallery in Derry are hosting an afternoon symposium in collaboration with Paper Visual Art Journal. Titled Fault Lines, the panel discussion is directly linked to the current exhibition taking place in the gallery, taking a look at borders and the impact these can have on the everyday lives of…

  • the arts column: March 12th

    In this week’s edition of the arts column we’ve details of exhibitions that are opening and closing around the country, a pair of residencies and an application deadline. 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 | Eamonn Doyle @ RHA Gallery, Dublin Opening this Thursday, March 14th in Dublin’s RHA Gallery is a new exhibition featuring the work of Eamonn Doyle. The eponymous show is born out of Doyle’s new book titled Made in Dublin, which features images from the artist’s first three books: i, ON and End, as well as previously…

  • the arts column: February 26th

    In this week’s edition of the arts column we’ve details of this a spoken word event, a proposal for a new arts space in Dublin, studio lets, exhibitions and 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 Event | Performance @ IMMA, Dublin Tomorrow, Wednesday 27th, sees IMMA After, a collective of artists and young art professionals based in IMMA, are due to host a spoken word event in the museum. Titled Spoken Realties and hosted in association with Poetry Ireland, the evening sees poets Maighread Medbh, Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi, Padraig Regan and…

  • the arts column: February 12th

    In this week’s edition of the arts column we’ve details of the a series of events in the Douglas Hyde Gallery, open calls for writers, studio lets, talks as well as the final call for the LUX Critical Forum. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Talks, Tours and Walkthroughs | Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin There are a number of events taking place this week and next in response to the latest exhibitions in Dublin’s Douglas Hyde Gallery: Jumana Manna’s Wild Relatives and The Artist’s Eye: Haig Aivazian. Tomorrow (Wednesday 13th) sees…

  • the arts column: February 5th

    In this week’s edition of the arts column we’ve details of the latest Basic Space talk in The Hugh Lane, open calls for an anthology on direct provision, a summer residency in Dundalk as well as three shows that are due to open in Sligo and Cork. 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 | The Keeper @ The Model, Sligo To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the start of The Niland Collection by Nora Niland, The Model in Sligo is opening a new exhibition celebrating…

  • the arts column: January 29th

    In this week’s edition of the arts column we’ve details on a film screening, studio spaces, talks, commissions and job opportunities. As always, if you have an event, talk, exhibition, or would like to recommend one please get in touch via aidan[at]thethinair.net Screening| The Memory-Image + Mark Leckey @ IFI, Dublin Tonight (January 29th) the IFI and aemi continue their joint series of screenings with The Memory Image + Mark Leckey. Leckey, who won the 2008 Turner Prize, is showing his 2015 film Dream English Kid 1964-1999 for the first time in Ireland, a work created using found footage on the internet that explores the…

  • the arts column: January 22nd

    This week’s edition of the arts column looks at events in both capitals as we see a series of exhibitions, annual traditions, emerging artists, collections and opportunities. 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 | Turner Month @ National Gallery, Dublin While this time of year is normally synonymous with broken resolutions, one century old tradition remains: Turner Month at the National Gallery of Ireland. In 1899 Henry Vaughan donated 31 watercolours to the gallery, with a stipulation that they always be free and only shown in January, so…

  • the arts column: January 15th

    This week’s edition of the arts column has details on Ireland’s largest open submission, a group exhibition on current and urgent political and social issues, a host of exhibitions opening on the same night in the same place, a talk on Brexit, politics and art and an look at the culture of death and morning. 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 │RHA Spring Exhibitions Not one, not two… There are five exhibitions opening this Thursday in Dublin’s RHA Gallery, with a broad range of shows from established artists, emerging talents and…

  • 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…