An Post Museum: International Museums Day
An Post Museum
18 May
18 May 2012
An Post Museum will be opening for free to the public on Friday 18 May to celebrate International Museum’s Day. There will also be two free organised tours, one at 11 am and other at 3pm. Spaces on the tours list is limited so booking is essential.
Dnote Collecting Art Advice #29
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30 Apr 2012 - 7 May 2012
This is a look at some of what is currently out there in commercial spaces in Ireland.
Éigse: Call for Artists
Saturday 28 April
28 Apr 2012
The Eigse Open Submission and Art Prize (€3,000) Participants: Open to all artists Criteria: Artists may submit up to two works in any medium Selectors: Barbara Dawson (Director, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane) with Brian Duggan (artist) Exhibition Dates: Works selected will be exhibited in the Studio Gallery In VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art [...]
From Context to Exhibition 2012
LAB, The
Thursday 26 April, 6-8pm
27 Apr 2012 - 9 May 2012
A group show and one day event from The Learning Development Programme managed by Create
History, Literature and Collectibles
Whyte's Auctioneers
Saturday 21 April at 12 noon
21 Apr 2012
Over 2,000 years of Irish history and culture, from Celtic gold ‘ring-money’ to a 1970s UVF leader’s archive, from the Book of Kells to James Joyce’s Ulysses, from a Bronze Age axehead to an 1890s Irish football final medal. A treasure trove for the collector including manuscripts, books, ephemera, memorabilia, photographs, medals, militaria, coins, banknotes and other collectibles.
Of All Places
RUA RED
Thursday 19 April, 10am - 4pm
19 Apr 2012
A talk session and discussion panel curated by Hilary Murray and developed in conjunction with Brian Duggan’s Three Live installation at RUA RED.
Dnote Collecting Art Advice #28
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16 Apr 2012 - 23 Apr 2012
This is a look at some of what is currently out there in commercial spaces in Ireland.
Denzil Browne: Photo Chemical Process
Fort Dunree
Saturday 14 April at 2pm
14 Apr 2012 - 14 May 2012
An exhibition of new work produced in an Artlink Darkroom Residency: Darkroom Prints and Cyanotypes – a 160 year old photographic process using sunlight to capture images on paper.
Colette Murphy: A Space In Time
Peppercanister Gallery
Thursday 12 April, 5:30 - 8pm
12 Apr 2012 - 5 May 2012
Colette Murphy was born in New Ross in 1975 and emigrated to the U.S. at an early age. She studied at Hunter College, New York, and graduated with a Masters Degree in Fine Art in 2008. After that she commenced studio work in Brooklyn and her exceptional skill was quickly noticed by astute art collectors, and she was selected for inclusion and illustration in The Open Studios Press publication New American Paintings, 2011.
Dnote Collecting Art Advice #27
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9 Apr 2012 - 16 Apr 2012
This is a look at some of what is currently out there in commercial spaces in Ireland.
Exceptional Irish Art
Whyte's Auctioneers
Thursday 5 April
5 Apr 2012
This important auction includes a further selection from the renowned collection of the late Jim O’Driscoll SC and other great collections and estates. A complete set of Louis le Brocquy’s Táin tapestries will, for the first time in Ireland, be exhibited and auctioned, making this event a must for every art lover.
Emily McFarland & Frank McGrath: Extravagant History
Wednesday 4 April at 6:30pm
4 Apr 2012 - 30 Apr 2012
This joint exhibition is a culmination of research based work created whilst undertaking a two month artist residency at Belmont Mill and Artist Studios. Extravagant History traces how Irish history has turned on a variety of axes or ‘turning points’ beyond the accounts of high politics. In acknowledging the profound changes that have occurred in the recent years in relation to the economic downturn the exhibition examines new approaches to Irish identity that further enrich our understanding of our broader narrative
Fugitive Papers #1
Tuesday 3 April at 6pm
3 Apr 2012
The first issue of Fugitive Papers, a new publication on art in Ireland, will be launched by Megs Morley in Galway City Library at 6 pm on Tuesday 3 April. Fugitive Papers is an artistic research project by James Merrigan and Michaële Cutaya to explore the public role of writing on art. It aims at opening up a space for discussion and criticism around contemporary art practices. The first issue took as its focal point Tulca: After the Fall and proposes contributions by Joanne Laws, Gavin Murphy, Sean Lynch, Fiona Fullam and Valerie Connor.
Deirdre McLoughlin: Shaping the Void
Wandesford Quay Gallery
Friday 30 March at 7pm
30 Mar 2012 - 5 May 2012
Shaping The Void is the outcome of 3 years work for this Dublin-born artist who is based in Amsterdam.
McLoughlin’s unique world-class ceramic sculptures have gained her international renown.
Clodagh Emoe and Simon Critchley: Mystical Anarchism
Sunday 25 March, 6-9pm
25 Mar 2012
Sunday 25 March, 6-9pm FILM by Clodagh Emoe and Thomas McGraw Lewis. CONVERSATION with special guest Simon Critchley A TASTE OF FAITH by Edia Connole and Scott Wilson. Supper will be served in advance of the screening.
Dnote Collecting Art Advice #26
Dnote cultural information service
25 Mar 2012 - 2 Apr 2012
This is a look at some of what is currently out there in commercial spaces in Ireland.