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Dnote sends weekly mailshots covering much of the best of art and art venues on the island of Ireland. Run by Peter FitzGerald, artist, who is currently doing a PhD in the Media & Entertainment Lab at University College Dublin; former lots of things.

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Image: bright cartoon-style depiction of a puffin and an otter (maybe) interacting happily with some plants / sea life • “Puffin Rock Habitats is an exploratory journey for young children and families led by the beloved young puffins Oona and Baba. Through a self-guided tour, together they introduce you to the rich diversity of plants and animals on Puffin Rock, and the intricate relationships within and between each habitat. A habitat is a place where an animal or plant lives. It provides all the food, water and shelter they need to survive. Join our young puffins Oona and Baba as they take you on a sensory journey into the different habitats - Marine, Intertidal, Grassland and Wetland- that make up Puffin Rock! These habitats are intricately woven together and each habitat is a ‘home’ for Oona and Baba’s many fascinating and curious friends. Explore the stories of all the interconnected living things which ensure these landscapes and waterscapes are ‘happy homes’ for all of us…”

Image: bright cartoon-style depiction of a puffin and an otter (maybe) interacting happily with some plants / sea life • “Puffin Rock Habitats is an exploratory journey for young children and families led by the beloved young puffins Oona and Baba. Through a self-guided tour, together they introduce you to the rich diversity of plants and animals on Puffin Rock, and the intricate relationships within and between each habitat. A habitat is a place where an animal or plant lives. It provides all the food, water and shelter they need to survive. Join our young puffins Oona and Baba as they take you on a sensory journey into the different habitats - Marine, Intertidal, Grassland and Wetland- that make up Puffin Rock! These habitats are intricately woven together and each habitat is a ‘home’ for Oona and Baba’s many fascinating and curious friends. Explore the stories of all the interconnected living things which ensure these landscapes and waterscapes are ‘happy homes’ for all of us…”

Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray Co. Wicklow: Puffin Rock Habitats
Open from Mon 20 Oct
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16.10.2025 12:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Elinor O’Donovan, 'Wild Geese 2 Wilder Geese', 2023. Film Still. Courtesy and © the artist. Selected for AFI’25 by Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland  | we see a mountain, probably not very high, viewed from lower ground; the sides are mostly bare and brown, though there are patches of snow; the sky is uninterrupted blue • “Crawford Art Gallery present’s Artists’ Film International 2025 (AFI) under the theme of Dream States.  Exploring dreaming as both a transformative state and a radical act, the films in Dream States challenge perceptions of reality and open pathways to alternative futures.  Curated by sixteen cultural institutions across four continents, this year’s edition showcases a remarkable cohort of artists, each selected or commissioned by an AFI’25 partner. Presented in diverse formats, including exhibitions, festivals, and screenings, AFI’25 unfolds across the partners’ venues throughout 2025, guiding global audiences through mythic worlds, dystopian…”

Image: Elinor O’Donovan, 'Wild Geese 2 Wilder Geese', 2023. Film Still. Courtesy and © the artist. Selected for AFI’25 by Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland  | we see a mountain, probably not very high, viewed from lower ground; the sides are mostly bare and brown, though there are patches of snow; the sky is uninterrupted blue • “Crawford Art Gallery present’s Artists’ Film International 2025 (AFI) under the theme of Dream States.  Exploring dreaming as both a transformative state and a radical act, the films in Dream States challenge perceptions of reality and open pathways to alternative futures.  Curated by sixteen cultural institutions across four continents, this year’s edition showcases a remarkable cohort of artists, each selected or commissioned by an AFI’25 partner. Presented in diverse formats, including exhibitions, festivals, and screenings, AFI’25 unfolds across the partners’ venues throughout 2025, guiding global audiences through mythic worlds, dystopian…”

The Arc Cinema, Cork City: Artists’ Film International 2025
Mon 6, 13 and 20 Oct
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16.10.2025 09:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Orla de Brí: Fragile Architecture, bronze, 19 x 37 x 39cm | photograph of a sculpture; we see a kneeling figure, possibly naked, viewed at about 45 degrees to one side; branches are growing from the figure’s head, six in total, curving up and out and down to the ground; colour scheme overall: grisaille • “Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host a much-anticipated exhibition of new work by the renowned Irish sculptor Orla de Brí. This collection of figurative bronze sculpture by de Brí explores themes of human vulnerability and endurance, elegantly capturing the personal and collective human experiences of fear, loss, change and resilience.”

Image: Orla de Brí: Fragile Architecture, bronze, 19 x 37 x 39cm | photograph of a sculpture; we see a kneeling figure, possibly naked, viewed at about 45 degrees to one side; branches are growing from the figure’s head, six in total, curving up and out and down to the ground; colour scheme overall: grisaille • “Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host a much-anticipated exhibition of new work by the renowned Irish sculptor Orla de Brí. This collection of figurative bronze sculpture by de Brí explores themes of human vulnerability and endurance, elegantly capturing the personal and collective human experiences of fear, loss, change and resilience.”

Solomon Fine Art, Dublin 2: Orla de Brí: Out of the Shadows
Closing Sat 18 Oct
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15.10.2025 12:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Francis Tansey: Archetype No. 2; 40 X 40 inches; acrylic on canvas | we see concentric square in bright colours, though fading to dark at their edges; the squares are centred on the canvas, though rotated by 90 degrees from archetypal squareness; four bands stretch in over this scene, like abstract fingers pointing down from the top and up from the bottom, and as they cross the squares thc colours change radically – to their complementary colours • ““I believe colour is a universal language common to all people, I have dedicated my time over the past forty years to understanding it’s principals and properties.” – Francis Tansey Francis Tansey was born in Dublin in 1959 and has been one of the most popular Irish artists over the last four decades. He studied at the National College of Art and Design in (1978-1983) specializing in abstract art and in 1985 he became the first Artist in Residence, at The Butler Gallery, Co. Kilkenny, where his brightly coloured geometric…”

Image: Francis Tansey: Archetype No. 2; 40 X 40 inches; acrylic on canvas | we see concentric square in bright colours, though fading to dark at their edges; the squares are centred on the canvas, though rotated by 90 degrees from archetypal squareness; four bands stretch in over this scene, like abstract fingers pointing down from the top and up from the bottom, and as they cross the squares thc colours change radically – to their complementary colours • ““I believe colour is a universal language common to all people, I have dedicated my time over the past forty years to understanding it’s principals and properties.” – Francis Tansey Francis Tansey was born in Dublin in 1959 and has been one of the most popular Irish artists over the last four decades. He studied at the National College of Art and Design in (1978-1983) specializing in abstract art and in 1985 he became the first Artist in Residence, at The Butler Gallery, Co. Kilkenny, where his brightly coloured geometric…”

The Source Arts Centre, Thurles Co Tipperary: Francis Tansey: Sonorous Tones
Closing Sat 18 Oct
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15.10.2025 09:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: photo of a somewhat anthropomorphic sculpture – a body of stone, a neck of a a spring, and a helmet possibly of bronze – mostly rounded verdigris, but with shiny gold spikes on a central ridge • “Oh What a State is a solo exhibition of work by Darran McGlynn, yearning for a meaningful marking of this time. The exhibition explores how space is embedded with layered histories and emotions in relation to land and identity, echoing encounters of existential complexities. Material tensions of construction and collapse emphasise the personal and collective experience of aspiration, power and loss in our changing world. Oh What A State is the next iteration of McGlynn’s most recent body of work, following State of Play exhibited as part of Galway International Arts Festival 2025. Darran McGlynn is a member of Artspace Studios in Galway. His multidisciplinary practice combines social and philosophical reflection, contrasting contemporary circumstances with deep time…”

Image: photo of a somewhat anthropomorphic sculpture – a body of stone, a neck of a a spring, and a helmet possibly of bronze – mostly rounded verdigris, but with shiny gold spikes on a central ridge • “Oh What a State is a solo exhibition of work by Darran McGlynn, yearning for a meaningful marking of this time. The exhibition explores how space is embedded with layered histories and emotions in relation to land and identity, echoing encounters of existential complexities. Material tensions of construction and collapse emphasise the personal and collective experience of aspiration, power and loss in our changing world. Oh What A State is the next iteration of McGlynn’s most recent body of work, following State of Play exhibited as part of Galway International Arts Festival 2025. Darran McGlynn is a member of Artspace Studios in Galway. His multidisciplinary practice combines social and philosophical reflection, contrasting contemporary circumstances with deep time…”

Roscommon Arts Centre, Circular Road Roscommon Town: Darran McGlynn: Oh What A State
Closing Fri 17 Oct
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14.10.2025 12:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Geraldine O'Neill, Mise en scène, 2025 | this is presumably a photo taken in the artist’s studio; we see a rake of stuff – a step ladder on the left, a vacuum cleaner on the floor, an animal skull on the floor, etc.; on a wall to the left hang various images, possibly source material; facing the camera a very large canvas on which there is a possibly finished painting in a representational style; in it we see a background that is possibly based on a Renaissance painting of saint-in-wilderness variety; there is also a fish or two, a vacuum cleaner, an animal skull, a mallard duck, a Peppa the Pig, a baby on a white tray, a yellow balloon with a face on it…; and in front of a cloth in the painting stands a young figure with long blond hair and a yellow t-shirt holding the vacuum-cleaner shaft thing • “…”

Image: Geraldine O'Neill, Mise en scène, 2025 | this is presumably a photo taken in the artist’s studio; we see a rake of stuff – a step ladder on the left, a vacuum cleaner on the floor, an animal skull on the floor, etc.; on a wall to the left hang various images, possibly source material; facing the camera a very large canvas on which there is a possibly finished painting in a representational style; in it we see a background that is possibly based on a Renaissance painting of saint-in-wilderness variety; there is also a fish or two, a vacuum cleaner, an animal skull, a mallard duck, a Peppa the Pig, a baby on a white tray, a yellow balloon with a face on it…; and in front of a cloth in the painting stands a young figure with long blond hair and a yellow t-shirt holding the vacuum-cleaner shaft thing • “…”

Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin 8: Geraldine O’Neill: Flicker, Flicker
Opening Thu 16 Oct
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14.10.2025 09:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Niall Naessens, Hound and Near Gale Winds, 2025, courtesy the artist | looking downwards past a dog bottom centre looking at and onto a churning sea as the waves hig a rocky, red-tinged shore; black shapes are probably birds • “Niall Naessens presents a new body of work that brings together acrylic ink drawings with etching, ink roll-ups, and delicate coloured pencil details, alongside a series of etchings and digital compositions. Imagery extracted primarily from the topography of West Kerry, where Naessens lives and works, and embellished with memory, dreams and invention, are the bedrock of his pictures. In many works, a figure – often an artist, occasionally a philosopher – appears, inviting us to share their outlook and ideology. Developing his own brand of Irish Romanticism, originating from the ideas of Edmund Burke, he enquires into our emotional connection with the world. With colour and motif, he endeavours to portray his world in fantastic compositions, each one…”

Image: Niall Naessens, Hound and Near Gale Winds, 2025, courtesy the artist | looking downwards past a dog bottom centre looking at and onto a churning sea as the waves hig a rocky, red-tinged shore; black shapes are probably birds • “Niall Naessens presents a new body of work that brings together acrylic ink drawings with etching, ink roll-ups, and delicate coloured pencil details, alongside a series of etchings and digital compositions. Imagery extracted primarily from the topography of West Kerry, where Naessens lives and works, and embellished with memory, dreams and invention, are the bedrock of his pictures. In many works, a figure – often an artist, occasionally a philosopher – appears, inviting us to share their outlook and ideology. Developing his own brand of Irish Romanticism, originating from the ideas of Edmund Burke, he enquires into our emotional connection with the world. With colour and motif, he endeavours to portray his world in fantastic compositions, each one…”

Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 2: Niall Naessens: Walk in the Sublime
Opening Wed 15 Oct
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13.10.2025 12:01 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Digital reproduction by Jennifer O'Brien on the occasion of the exhibition SOD SCRAPER, 2025, NCAD Gallery. Original © image courtesy of Council.ie, photographer Robert Reynolds Photography | photo of four people 'turning the sod', presumably politicos etc., presumably to mark the start of some new project, or to plant a tree; their faces are obscured by large round dots in different colours – saturated green, blue, orange, red; all four have got a sod or at least some direct on their shovels, and their shovels’ colours match their face-dots; they are at the side of a road, on a bit of grass; seems to be a building site behind them, across the road; the sky is blue with mostly fluffy clouds – possibly photoshopped in • “Programmed as part of the student Open Call 2025, the NCAD Gallery is delighted to invite you to SOD SCRAPER, a programme of talks and exhibition of works’ by artists, Jack Galligan, Jennifer O’Brien, and Nicholas Sidarchuk…”

Image: Digital reproduction by Jennifer O'Brien on the occasion of the exhibition SOD SCRAPER, 2025, NCAD Gallery. Original © image courtesy of Council.ie, photographer Robert Reynolds Photography | photo of four people 'turning the sod', presumably politicos etc., presumably to mark the start of some new project, or to plant a tree; their faces are obscured by large round dots in different colours – saturated green, blue, orange, red; all four have got a sod or at least some direct on their shovels, and their shovels’ colours match their face-dots; they are at the side of a road, on a bit of grass; seems to be a building site behind them, across the road; the sky is blue with mostly fluffy clouds – possibly photoshopped in • “Programmed as part of the student Open Call 2025, the NCAD Gallery is delighted to invite you to SOD SCRAPER, a programme of talks and exhibition of works’ by artists, Jack Galligan, Jennifer O’Brien, and Nicholas Sidarchuk…”

NCAD Gallery, Dublin 8: SOD SCRAPER
Closing Wed 15 Oct
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13.10.2025 09:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Laura McMorrow: Florence Court, 2024, ink on paper, 19 x 25cm | much of what we see is a fairly normal garden-scape, though the palette is quite dark, against the white paper, which only shows through towards the top, particularly when it forms the shape of, apparently, a person standing on what may be a chessboard; and indeed there may be a side glance at that board a bit lower in the painting, though the shapes are not identifiably chess pieces • “A collection of intimate paintings inspired by Laura McMorrow’s research into gardens – an evocative exploration of the garden as both sanctuary and refuge. Laura McMorrow’s paintings draw on found imagery of figures working in the garden, altered landscapes (topiary and hedging), plants, and people enjoying gardens and green spaces. McMorrow learned everything she knows about gardening from her mother Gillian. An avid gardener and obsessive weeder, Gillian tended to her garden in North Leitrim by making decisions about which…”

Image: Laura McMorrow: Florence Court, 2024, ink on paper, 19 x 25cm | much of what we see is a fairly normal garden-scape, though the palette is quite dark, against the white paper, which only shows through towards the top, particularly when it forms the shape of, apparently, a person standing on what may be a chessboard; and indeed there may be a side glance at that board a bit lower in the painting, though the shapes are not identifiably chess pieces • “A collection of intimate paintings inspired by Laura McMorrow’s research into gardens – an evocative exploration of the garden as both sanctuary and refuge. Laura McMorrow’s paintings draw on found imagery of figures working in the garden, altered landscapes (topiary and hedging), plants, and people enjoying gardens and green spaces. McMorrow learned everything she knows about gardening from her mother Gillian. An avid gardener and obsessive weeder, Gillian tended to her garden in North Leitrim by making decisions about which…”

Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 2: Laura McMorrow: The Gardener Digs
Closing Sun 12 Oct
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10.10.2025 13:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Image: Ursula Burke: Busted Nose, 2024, mosaic glass and custom mahogany frame, 58 x 37cm | this is a triptych in a wooden frame which is opened out; shut it would be the shape of a Roman arch, open it is two half-arches and a central arch; the semicircle of that arch becomes a circle which holds a mosaic of a face looking out at us quizzically; the lower part of the central panel and other panels in their totality are covered with colourful mosaic – patterned except for the face; the face has a red scar half way up the nose • “A solo exhibition by Ursula Burke Curated by Aoife Ruane • Run in association with the Highlanes Gallery Siren is an expansive exhibition that incorporates ceramic sculpture, textile sculpture, tapestry and mosaic sculpture. Greco-Roman inspired, surrealist mosaic sculpture take centre stage framed by major new monumental tapestry work. Having lived for over twenty years in post-conflict Belfast, during and after the peace process, Burke has developed…”

Image: Ursula Burke: Busted Nose, 2024, mosaic glass and custom mahogany frame, 58 x 37cm | this is a triptych in a wooden frame which is opened out; shut it would be the shape of a Roman arch, open it is two half-arches and a central arch; the semicircle of that arch becomes a circle which holds a mosaic of a face looking out at us quizzically; the lower part of the central panel and other panels in their totality are covered with colourful mosaic – patterned except for the face; the face has a red scar half way up the nose • “A solo exhibition by Ursula Burke Curated by Aoife Ruane • Run in association with the Highlanes Gallery Siren is an expansive exhibition that incorporates ceramic sculpture, textile sculpture, tapestry and mosaic sculpture. Greco-Roman inspired, surrealist mosaic sculpture take centre stage framed by major new monumental tapestry work. Having lived for over twenty years in post-conflict Belfast, during and after the peace process, Burke has developed…”

Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford: Ursula Burke: Siren
Opening Sat 11 Oct
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10.10.2025 09:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Image: Isabel Nolan: Splendid and Pointless, 2025, 10mm solid round steel, paint, 4 elements, 2/2 from a variable edition of 2, each edition in different colours; 240.5 x 119.7 x 119.7 cm / 94.7 x 47.1 x 47.1 in | an object that looks like a cross between something that you might find in a playground and a lighthouse or church steeple; curves of bent steel painted bright colours, creating a series of concentric circular shapes, getting narrowe and taller as we move inwards • “Ahead of Isabel Nolan’s forthcoming representation of Ireland at the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026, this exhibition offers an insight into the artist’s practice characterised by its shifting movement between mediums, where sculpture, textiles and works on paper are held in lively dialogue, celebrating and communing with historical figures and works of art that speak to us across centuries. The works in this exhibition look, in particular, towards the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance –  an…”

Image: Isabel Nolan: Splendid and Pointless, 2025, 10mm solid round steel, paint, 4 elements, 2/2 from a variable edition of 2, each edition in different colours; 240.5 x 119.7 x 119.7 cm / 94.7 x 47.1 x 47.1 in | an object that looks like a cross between something that you might find in a playground and a lighthouse or church steeple; curves of bent steel painted bright colours, creating a series of concentric circular shapes, getting narrowe and taller as we move inwards • “Ahead of Isabel Nolan’s forthcoming representation of Ireland at the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026, this exhibition offers an insight into the artist’s practice characterised by its shifting movement between mediums, where sculpture, textiles and works on paper are held in lively dialogue, celebrating and communing with historical figures and works of art that speak to us across centuries. The works in this exhibition look, in particular, towards the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance –  an…”

Kerlin Gallery, Dublin 2: Isabel Nolan: “Look at the Harlequins!”
Open from Sat 11 Oct
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09.10.2025 13:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: photo of a jumbled mass of stuff, much of it looking vegetable-ish, but including an old megaphone or something of that ilik; there seems to be a hand-shape towards the bottom left; twisted loose rope, plant leaves, reeds, was? • “An exhibition of emerging Irish and European artistic talent, launched by Capacity Ireland in association with Creative Europe, the Arts Council of Ireland, and the local authority arts services of Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, and Waterford. Curated by Jenna Whelan. Featuring artworks by Roibí O Rua, Larry Dunne, Ally Nolan, Cúan Cusack, Despina Liopiari, James Wellwood, Mariana Lourenço, Niamh Twomey, Luke McAleenan, Luca Cosentino, Chloë O’Brien Bates, Caoilfhionn Hanton, Elyssa McDonagh, Elena Stavro. Capacity Ireland, in association with Creative Europe, the Arts Council of Ireland, and the local authority arts services of Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, and Waterford, is delighted to launch this stunning exhibition Breaking the Patterns in…”

Image: photo of a jumbled mass of stuff, much of it looking vegetable-ish, but including an old megaphone or something of that ilik; there seems to be a hand-shape towards the bottom left; twisted loose rope, plant leaves, reeds, was? • “An exhibition of emerging Irish and European artistic talent, launched by Capacity Ireland in association with Creative Europe, the Arts Council of Ireland, and the local authority arts services of Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, and Waterford. Curated by Jenna Whelan. Featuring artworks by Roibí O Rua, Larry Dunne, Ally Nolan, Cúan Cusack, Despina Liopiari, James Wellwood, Mariana Lourenço, Niamh Twomey, Luke McAleenan, Luca Cosentino, Chloë O’Brien Bates, Caoilfhionn Hanton, Elyssa McDonagh, Elena Stavro. Capacity Ireland, in association with Creative Europe, the Arts Council of Ireland, and the local authority arts services of Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, and Waterford, is delighted to launch this stunning exhibition Breaking the Patterns in…”

GOMA Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford: Breaking the Patterns
Opening Sat 11 Oct
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09.10.2025 09:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: a photo of some painted clay objects made by the kids; shapes on the left may just be penguins; a shape beyond the penguins may be a house, and the shape on the right is definitely a house, with blue-painted walls, a black roof and a red door; there is a partial view of what may be a painted clay plate of some sort; through a window behind all this, we get a glimpse of the town • “Children’s Exhibition inspired by Debbie Godsell’s exhibition Flail This exhibition shows the creative responses of pupils from Schull N.S., Castletownshend N.S., Rath N.S., and Derryclough N.S., who took part in Harvest, a Primary Schools Programme at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre. Working with visual artist Sylwia Migdal, the children explored Debbie Godsell’s artworks through looking, talking, and making. They experimented with clay and shared their own ideas, creating artworks that reflect on themes of home, community, identity, nationality, and belonging in today’s multicultural Ireland…”

Image: a photo of some painted clay objects made by the kids; shapes on the left may just be penguins; a shape beyond the penguins may be a house, and the shape on the right is definitely a house, with blue-painted walls, a black roof and a red door; there is a partial view of what may be a painted clay plate of some sort; through a window behind all this, we get a glimpse of the town • “Children’s Exhibition inspired by Debbie Godsell’s exhibition Flail This exhibition shows the creative responses of pupils from Schull N.S., Castletownshend N.S., Rath N.S., and Derryclough N.S., who took part in Harvest, a Primary Schools Programme at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre. Working with visual artist Sylwia Migdal, the children explored Debbie Godsell’s artworks through looking, talking, and making. They experimented with clay and shared their own ideas, creating artworks that reflect on themes of home, community, identity, nationality, and belonging in today’s multicultural Ireland…”

Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Co Cork: Harvest
Closing Sat 11 Oct
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08.10.2025 13:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Karl Hagan, Follow Him Where He Goes, unique, oil on linen, 25 x 20cm | silhouette of cowboy (presumably) on horseback against a background of a very red desert and a blue-grey sky; a glow seems to come from the surface of the desert behind the horse; judging by the brown-black shapes, the horse is moving away from use; horse and human take up about a third of the canvas area, the sky a third, the desert (and hills) a third; brushstrokes very visible, as is the simple layering • “SO Fine Art Editions presents New Wave: Peter Bradley, Niall Cullen, Karl Hagan, James Kirwan and John O’Flynn SO Fine Art Editions is excited to present ‘New Wave’, a group exhibition featuring the work of five leading contemporary Irish artists: Peter Bradley, Niall Cullen, Karl Hagan, James Kirwan and John O’Flynn. Though each brings a distinct voice, they share a deep engagement with identity, memory and perception. Their practices, spanning painting, mixed media, digital collage and sculpture…”

Image: Karl Hagan, Follow Him Where He Goes, unique, oil on linen, 25 x 20cm | silhouette of cowboy (presumably) on horseback against a background of a very red desert and a blue-grey sky; a glow seems to come from the surface of the desert behind the horse; judging by the brown-black shapes, the horse is moving away from use; horse and human take up about a third of the canvas area, the sky a third, the desert (and hills) a third; brushstrokes very visible, as is the simple layering • “SO Fine Art Editions presents New Wave: Peter Bradley, Niall Cullen, Karl Hagan, James Kirwan and John O’Flynn SO Fine Art Editions is excited to present ‘New Wave’, a group exhibition featuring the work of five leading contemporary Irish artists: Peter Bradley, Niall Cullen, Karl Hagan, James Kirwan and John O’Flynn. Though each brings a distinct voice, they share a deep engagement with identity, memory and perception. Their practices, spanning painting, mixed media, digital collage and sculpture…”

SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin 2: New Wave
Open from Sat 11 Oct
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08.10.2025 11:01 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: detail, probably, of a larger artwork; we see twists and twirls of locks of hair; possibly an ink drawing, though there are hints of brown and pink in what is otherwise black lines on a pale background

Image: detail, probably, of a larger artwork; we see twists and twirls of locks of hair; possibly an ink drawing, though there are hints of brown and pink in what is otherwise black lines on a pale background

Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin 8: Alice Maher: The Sibyls
Closing Sat 11 Oct
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08.10.2025 09:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Ann Quinn: The Hunt, 2024, oil on panel, 15.2 x 15cm | we see a natural but also somewhat post-apocalyptic landscape – reeds in the foreground, blue fog / mist / smoke rising behind them, then what may be two wolves on a hillside, possibly chasing some prey, then a very threatening sky, because so orange, all toped by a gentle cloud • “Throughout my life I have had a yearning for wilderness and wild creatures. When growing up in East Donegal, the landscape of cultivated land and farming was never quite enough for me. Wolves had been eradicated by the 18th century but they came into the stories my older siblings read to me. I was deeply affected when my border collie disappeared when I was 9 years old. Animals both wild and domesticated have become an important presence in my art. In the winter of 2023 I spent a month at the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming. This artists' residency is situated on a 20,000 acres cattle ranch in northeast Wyoming at the foothills of the…”

Image: Ann Quinn: The Hunt, 2024, oil on panel, 15.2 x 15cm | we see a natural but also somewhat post-apocalyptic landscape – reeds in the foreground, blue fog / mist / smoke rising behind them, then what may be two wolves on a hillside, possibly chasing some prey, then a very threatening sky, because so orange, all toped by a gentle cloud • “Throughout my life I have had a yearning for wilderness and wild creatures. When growing up in East Donegal, the landscape of cultivated land and farming was never quite enough for me. Wolves had been eradicated by the 18th century but they came into the stories my older siblings read to me. I was deeply affected when my border collie disappeared when I was 9 years old. Animals both wild and domesticated have become an important presence in my art. In the winter of 2023 I spent a month at the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming. This artists' residency is situated on a 20,000 acres cattle ranch in northeast Wyoming at the foothills of the…”

Taylor Galleries, Dublin 2: Ann Quinn: The Last Wolf
Opening Thu 9 Oct
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07.10.2025 13:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh: Unseen Landscape No. 3, oil on canvas, 120 x 120cm, 2024 | the square canvas has a painted-onto-the-canvas, by the look of it, frame, which is dark with visible brushstrokes and thicker at the bottom; inside this frame we see swirls – mostly grey fading into black and back, brushstrokes visible – and painterly dots, some black, some more than one colour, most of them though pale pink or pale yellow; the background is a creamy white • “Curated by Margarita Cappock A preoccupation with landscape and the built environment has been unfolding across Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh’s painting practice for over two decades. Central to this inquiry are enigmatic depictions of manmade structures, both ancient and modern, industrial and domestic.  For her solo exhibition at The LAB Gallery, Ní Mhaonaigh presents a new series of small-scale works that build on the learning of earlier paintings, while chronicling some interesting departures. In tracing a landscape…“

Image: Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh: Unseen Landscape No. 3, oil on canvas, 120 x 120cm, 2024 | the square canvas has a painted-onto-the-canvas, by the look of it, frame, which is dark with visible brushstrokes and thicker at the bottom; inside this frame we see swirls – mostly grey fading into black and back, brushstrokes visible – and painterly dots, some black, some more than one colour, most of them though pale pink or pale yellow; the background is a creamy white • “Curated by Margarita Cappock A preoccupation with landscape and the built environment has been unfolding across Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh’s painting practice for over two decades. Central to this inquiry are enigmatic depictions of manmade structures, both ancient and modern, industrial and domestic.  For her solo exhibition at The LAB Gallery, Ní Mhaonaigh presents a new series of small-scale works that build on the learning of earlier paintings, while chronicling some interesting departures. In tracing a landscape…“

The LAB, Dublin 1: Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh: Snáithe
Opening Thu 9 Oct
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07.10.2025 11:02 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Sean Molloy: Family album 3, oil on board, 22 x 30cm | painting that seems caught half way between a photograph and a painting in a pre-1800s style of painting; a scene that might be in Italy or Greece; tall dark trees to the right, with a moon (or possibly sun, the landscape is very smoky) peeping through behind; foreground left is a scene that is difficult to decipher; on the left of what is probably a group of three we see a figure in a long white dress, long-haired, bending down towards the centre of the canvas; two figures appear to be on the ground in front of the first figure; it is not clear what they are doing, and it may be violent; across the canvas to the right, another figure, long-haired and in a dress, or perhaps bare-chested in a skirt, appears to be running away while looking back; there are two, maybe more, small bars pale colour on the canvas, like interference on an old TV; there may be a city in the background, roofs, or a bridge, possibly reflected…

Image: Sean Molloy: Family album 3, oil on board, 22 x 30cm | painting that seems caught half way between a photograph and a painting in a pre-1800s style of painting; a scene that might be in Italy or Greece; tall dark trees to the right, with a moon (or possibly sun, the landscape is very smoky) peeping through behind; foreground left is a scene that is difficult to decipher; on the left of what is probably a group of three we see a figure in a long white dress, long-haired, bending down towards the centre of the canvas; two figures appear to be on the ground in front of the first figure; it is not clear what they are doing, and it may be violent; across the canvas to the right, another figure, long-haired and in a dress, or perhaps bare-chested in a skirt, appears to be running away while looking back; there are two, maybe more, small bars pale colour on the canvas, like interference on an old TV; there may be a city in the background, roofs, or a bridge, possibly reflected…

Molesworth Gallery, Dublin 2: Sean Molloy: Headland, A John Heysham Love Project
Open from Thu 9 Oct
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07.10.2025 09:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Daniel Lipstein, Self Portrait with a Pet and a Bathtub (Climb 8), oil on linen, 71x85 cm, 2025 | country scene, by a narrow water channel between two green fields in wintertime; on the right we see a purple-haired someone, presumably the artist, given the work’s title, standing on the first and second step of a step-ladder; from the right hand a lead stretches towards a large fish that may be trying to escape into the gully but is, perhaps, restrained by. the lead; a bit farther from us is a bathtub, lying in the grass, looking pretty grubby; the sky is white • “Self, pet and a bathtub is a triangle of elements arranged as a composition in this oil on linen painting whose title is also the title of the whole show. The bathtub is from my locality at the fields around my studio in county Donegal where farmers arrange bathtubs arbitrarily on the landscape for their cows and bulls to drink from. Once an intimate function in a household now these are curious shapes in open spaces…”

Image: Daniel Lipstein, Self Portrait with a Pet and a Bathtub (Climb 8), oil on linen, 71x85 cm, 2025 | country scene, by a narrow water channel between two green fields in wintertime; on the right we see a purple-haired someone, presumably the artist, given the work’s title, standing on the first and second step of a step-ladder; from the right hand a lead stretches towards a large fish that may be trying to escape into the gully but is, perhaps, restrained by. the lead; a bit farther from us is a bathtub, lying in the grass, looking pretty grubby; the sky is white • “Self, pet and a bathtub is a triangle of elements arranged as a composition in this oil on linen painting whose title is also the title of the whole show. The bathtub is from my locality at the fields around my studio in county Donegal where farmers arrange bathtubs arbitrarily on the landscape for their cows and bulls to drink from. Once an intimate function in a household now these are curious shapes in open spaces…”

Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin 1: Daniel Lipstein: Self Portrait with a Pet and a Bathtub
Open from Wed 8 Oct
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06.10.2025 13:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Elinor O’Donovan, 'Wild Geese 2 Wilder Geese', 2023. Film Still. Courtesy and © the artist. Selected for AFI’25 by Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland  | we see a mountain, probably not very high, viewed from lower ground; the sides are mostly bare and brown, though there are patches of snow; the sky is uninterrupted blue • “Crawford Art Gallery present’s Artists’ Film International 2025 (AFI) under the theme of Dream States.  Exploring dreaming as both a transformative state and a radical act, the films in Dream States challenge perceptions of reality and open pathways to alternative futures.  Curated by sixteen cultural institutions across four continents, this year’s edition showcases a remarkable cohort of artists, each selected or commissioned by an AFI’25 partner. Presented in diverse formats, including exhibitions, festivals, and screenings, AFI’25 unfolds across the partners’ venues throughout 2025, guiding global audiences through mythic worlds, dystopian…”

Image: Elinor O’Donovan, 'Wild Geese 2 Wilder Geese', 2023. Film Still. Courtesy and © the artist. Selected for AFI’25 by Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland  | we see a mountain, probably not very high, viewed from lower ground; the sides are mostly bare and brown, though there are patches of snow; the sky is uninterrupted blue • “Crawford Art Gallery present’s Artists’ Film International 2025 (AFI) under the theme of Dream States.  Exploring dreaming as both a transformative state and a radical act, the films in Dream States challenge perceptions of reality and open pathways to alternative futures.  Curated by sixteen cultural institutions across four continents, this year’s edition showcases a remarkable cohort of artists, each selected or commissioned by an AFI’25 partner. Presented in diverse formats, including exhibitions, festivals, and screenings, AFI’25 unfolds across the partners’ venues throughout 2025, guiding global audiences through mythic worlds, dystopian…”

The Arc Cinema, Cork City: Artists’ Film International 2025
Mon 6, 13 and 20 Oct
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06.10.2025 11:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: photo of a dark-clad figure standing inside a sort of tubular, loose-fitting polytunnel; through the semi-transparent skin of the tunnel we can see that the external surface of the tunnel is covered in writing and possibly also some drawings; there are strange shapes further down the tunnel, behind the figure, and we see the shadow of a column exterior to the tunnel • “Metamorphosis is a giant plastic temporary art installation situated in the Newman building that provides students, faculty staff, UCD workers and visitors with a performative-educational space for reflection and free expression. Draw. Write. Perform. Participate. This installation is part of the research project 'Imagined Sustainabilities', funded by UCD Sustainability and the Humanities Institute, led by Eva Bru-Domínguez and Ana Vera.”

Image: photo of a dark-clad figure standing inside a sort of tubular, loose-fitting polytunnel; through the semi-transparent skin of the tunnel we can see that the external surface of the tunnel is covered in writing and possibly also some drawings; there are strange shapes further down the tunnel, behind the figure, and we see the shadow of a column exterior to the tunnel • “Metamorphosis is a giant plastic temporary art installation situated in the Newman building that provides students, faculty staff, UCD workers and visitors with a performative-educational space for reflection and free expression. Draw. Write. Perform. Participate. This installation is part of the research project 'Imagined Sustainabilities', funded by UCD Sustainability and the Humanities Institute, led by Eva Bru-Domínguez and Ana Vera.”

Newman Builiding, Dublin 4: Olga Diego: Metamorphosis
Open from Mon 6 Oct
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06.10.2025 09:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Elinor O’Donovan, 'Wild Geese 2 Wilder Geese', 2023. Film Still. Courtesy and © the artist. Selected for AFI’25 by Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland  | we see a mountain, probably not very high, viewed from lower ground; the sides are mostly bare and brown, though there are patches of snow; the sky is uninterrupted blue • “Crawford Art Gallery present’s Artists’ Film International 2025 (AFI) under the theme of Dream States.  Exploring dreaming as both a transformative state and a radical act, the films in Dream States challenge perceptions of reality and open pathways to alternative futures.  Curated by sixteen cultural institutions across four continents, this year’s edition showcases a remarkable cohort of artists, each selected or commissioned by an AFI’25 partner. Presented in diverse formats, including exhibitions, festivals, and screenings, AFI’25 unfolds across the partners’ venues throughout 2025, guiding global audiences through mythic worlds, dystopian…”

Image: Elinor O’Donovan, 'Wild Geese 2 Wilder Geese', 2023. Film Still. Courtesy and © the artist. Selected for AFI’25 by Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland  | we see a mountain, probably not very high, viewed from lower ground; the sides are mostly bare and brown, though there are patches of snow; the sky is uninterrupted blue • “Crawford Art Gallery present’s Artists’ Film International 2025 (AFI) under the theme of Dream States.  Exploring dreaming as both a transformative state and a radical act, the films in Dream States challenge perceptions of reality and open pathways to alternative futures.  Curated by sixteen cultural institutions across four continents, this year’s edition showcases a remarkable cohort of artists, each selected or commissioned by an AFI’25 partner. Presented in diverse formats, including exhibitions, festivals, and screenings, AFI’25 unfolds across the partners’ venues throughout 2025, guiding global audiences through mythic worlds, dystopian…”

The Arc Cinema, Cork City: Artists’ Film International 2025
Mon 6, 13 and 20 Oct
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03.10.2025 11:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: it is hard to be sure exactly what is being show, but it is possibly a skein of very blue paint; the image is more or less bisected from top right to bottom left, with paler blue above and darker blue below; there is a lot of surface sheen • “Dura is an exhibition of new work by Ciarraí MacCormac. Her work centres on a highly attuned bearing toward the materiality of paint, engaging specifically with what she calls ‘paint skins’. Ciarraí's paintings aim to challenge the perceptions of materiality, function and how painting can exist. The paint skins have a shapeshifting quality, they are always in a transitory state and never quite caught. The operations of reconfiguration and chance are at the forefront of making. Recurring themes in Ciarraí's work are: care, intervention and renewal. Ciarraí MacCormac, born in Co Antrim N. Ireland. She currently lives and works in Belfast. Ciarraí is a Fine Art graduate from Bath School of Art and Design (2014) and she was the inaugural…”

Image: it is hard to be sure exactly what is being show, but it is possibly a skein of very blue paint; the image is more or less bisected from top right to bottom left, with paler blue above and darker blue below; there is a lot of surface sheen • “Dura is an exhibition of new work by Ciarraí MacCormac. Her work centres on a highly attuned bearing toward the materiality of paint, engaging specifically with what she calls ‘paint skins’. Ciarraí's paintings aim to challenge the perceptions of materiality, function and how painting can exist. The paint skins have a shapeshifting quality, they are always in a transitory state and never quite caught. The operations of reconfiguration and chance are at the forefront of making. Recurring themes in Ciarraí's work are: care, intervention and renewal. Ciarraí MacCormac, born in Co Antrim N. Ireland. She currently lives and works in Belfast. Ciarraí is a Fine Art graduate from Bath School of Art and Design (2014) and she was the inaugural…”

CCA, Derry: Ciarraí MacCormac: Dura
Opening Sat 4 Oct
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03.10.2025 09:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: photo of a dark-clad figure standing inside a sort of tubular, loose-fitting polytunnel; through the semi-transparent skin of the tunnel we can see that the external surface of the tunnel is covered in writing and possibly also some drawings; there are strange shapes further down the tunnel, behind the figure, and we see the shadow of a column exterior to the tunnel • “Metamorphosis is a giant plastic temporary art installation situated in the Newman building that provides students, faculty staff, UCD workers and visitors with a performative-educational space for reflection and free expression. Draw. Write. Perform. Participate. This installation is part of the research project 'Imagined Sustainabilities', funded by UCD Sustainability and the Humanities Institute, led by Eva Bru-Domínguez and Ana Vera.”

Image: photo of a dark-clad figure standing inside a sort of tubular, loose-fitting polytunnel; through the semi-transparent skin of the tunnel we can see that the external surface of the tunnel is covered in writing and possibly also some drawings; there are strange shapes further down the tunnel, behind the figure, and we see the shadow of a column exterior to the tunnel • “Metamorphosis is a giant plastic temporary art installation situated in the Newman building that provides students, faculty staff, UCD workers and visitors with a performative-educational space for reflection and free expression. Draw. Write. Perform. Participate. This installation is part of the research project 'Imagined Sustainabilities', funded by UCD Sustainability and the Humanities Institute, led by Eva Bru-Domínguez and Ana Vera.”

Newman Builiding, Dublin 4: Olga Diego: Metamorphosis
Open from Mon 6 Oct
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02.10.2025 13:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Bulbophyllum refractum, Black and white lantern slide. ca. 1900, courtesy of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin / OPW REF:NBG/PHO/ORC/1/4 | black-and-white photo of what may be an orchide in a clay pot; the plantseems barely to hav leaves and, with the pot on the left, it tilts at at 45-degree angle towards the right, with what seem to be heavy buds weighing down the stem; the pot has large round holes in its side through which we can apparently see soil; the background seems to be some sort of hessian • “Samantha Brown (UK), Padraig Cunningham (IRL), Grace Enemaku (IRL), Yvanna Greene (IRL), Louis Haugh (IRL), Marianne Keating (IRL), Elida Maiques (ES), Siobhan McGibbon (IRL), Laura Ní Fhlabhín (IRL) and Harold Offeh (UK) • Curated by Elida Maiques and Anne Mullee What does it mean to decolonise the garden? Selected works by Irish, Spanish and British artists consider the effects and legacy of colonialism, horticulture and the garden as a status symbol, inviting the…”

Image: Bulbophyllum refractum, Black and white lantern slide. ca. 1900, courtesy of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin / OPW REF:NBG/PHO/ORC/1/4 | black-and-white photo of what may be an orchide in a clay pot; the plantseems barely to hav leaves and, with the pot on the left, it tilts at at 45-degree angle towards the right, with what seem to be heavy buds weighing down the stem; the pot has large round holes in its side through which we can apparently see soil; the background seems to be some sort of hessian • “Samantha Brown (UK), Padraig Cunningham (IRL), Grace Enemaku (IRL), Yvanna Greene (IRL), Louis Haugh (IRL), Marianne Keating (IRL), Elida Maiques (ES), Siobhan McGibbon (IRL), Laura Ní Fhlabhín (IRL) and Harold Offeh (UK) • Curated by Elida Maiques and Anne Mullee What does it mean to decolonise the garden? Selected works by Irish, Spanish and British artists consider the effects and legacy of colonialism, horticulture and the garden as a status symbol, inviting the…”

Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray Co. Wicklow: Composting Colonialism: Towards the Radical Garden
Closing Sat 4 Oct
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02.10.2025 11:02 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Pascal Ungerer: Transmutation | very photorealistic work; against a pale-ish turquoise sky and sitting on purple-red grass, we see a shortish metal container on on short stilts; there is a metal staircase of three steps to a shut door; associated with this struck are maybe 30 reception / transmission disks, much like with a mobile-phone mast • “SO Fine Art Editions is delighted to present Congruence, a two-person exhibition bringing together recent works by French-Swiss artist Emmanuel Matt and Irish visual artist Pascal Ungerer. This exhibition explores liminal landscapes, both real and imagined, seen through two very unique but complementary artistic perspectives. Together, Ungerer and Matt’s works transform the landscape into a site of memory, tension and possibility. Congruence offers a conversation between two artists whose practices, though visually different, share a deep reverence for the earth, its histories and its uncertain futures.…”

Image: Pascal Ungerer: Transmutation | very photorealistic work; against a pale-ish turquoise sky and sitting on purple-red grass, we see a shortish metal container on on short stilts; there is a metal staircase of three steps to a shut door; associated with this struck are maybe 30 reception / transmission disks, much like with a mobile-phone mast • “SO Fine Art Editions is delighted to present Congruence, a two-person exhibition bringing together recent works by French-Swiss artist Emmanuel Matt and Irish visual artist Pascal Ungerer. This exhibition explores liminal landscapes, both real and imagined, seen through two very unique but complementary artistic perspectives. Together, Ungerer and Matt’s works transform the landscape into a site of memory, tension and possibility. Congruence offers a conversation between two artists whose practices, though visually different, share a deep reverence for the earth, its histories and its uncertain futures.…”

SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin 2: Emmanuel Matt & Pascal Ungerer: Congruence
Closing Sat 4 Oct
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02.10.2025 09:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Charles Tyrrell: CG2.25, 2025, oil on canvas, 160 x 200 cm | warped mesh in black on a textured pale-olive background with hints of red, yellow, etc.; painterly

Image: Charles Tyrrell: CG2.25, 2025, oil on canvas, 160 x 200 cm | warped mesh in black on a textured pale-olive background with hints of red, yellow, etc.; painterly

Taylor Galleries, Dublin 2: Charles Tyrrell: Matters Arising
Closing Sat 4 Oct
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01.10.2025 13:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Hazel O’Sullivan: Winged-Beetle and Disc, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 210 x 170 cm / 82.7 x 66.9 in | it is tempting to call this an abstract work, but in fact it uses enough 3D illusion to qualify as a represenation of an unlikely object, like a complex keyhole in shades of greyish-blue and cream, against a maroon and pale-purple background; we see a photo of the work hanging on a wall, straight in front of us, with slight shadows on the wall • “Working across painting and sculpture, Hazel O’Sullivan reimagines artefacts and art objects within an immersive retrofuturist narrative. Her paintings frequently interpret forts and mechanisms that open gateways to the mythological Otherworld as a way to connect with pre-colonisation. For Circa Ré, O’Sullivan’s sources include medieval and prehistoric objects, illuminated manuscripts, and sacred grounds. Soaking in this trove of archaeological and artistic references, O’Sullivan then manipulates colour, scale and perspective to…”

Image: Hazel O’Sullivan: Winged-Beetle and Disc, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 210 x 170 cm / 82.7 x 66.9 in | it is tempting to call this an abstract work, but in fact it uses enough 3D illusion to qualify as a represenation of an unlikely object, like a complex keyhole in shades of greyish-blue and cream, against a maroon and pale-purple background; we see a photo of the work hanging on a wall, straight in front of us, with slight shadows on the wall • “Working across painting and sculpture, Hazel O’Sullivan reimagines artefacts and art objects within an immersive retrofuturist narrative. Her paintings frequently interpret forts and mechanisms that open gateways to the mythological Otherworld as a way to connect with pre-colonisation. For Circa Ré, O’Sullivan’s sources include medieval and prehistoric objects, illuminated manuscripts, and sacred grounds. Soaking in this trove of archaeological and artistic references, O’Sullivan then manipulates colour, scale and perspective to…”

Kerlin Gallery, Dublin 2: Hazel O’Sullivan: Circa Ré
Closing Sat 4 Oct
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01.10.2025 11:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Dominick Sorace: When Stars Collide. Sand, gravel, bronze, and a 23-minute durational audio piece. Dimensions vary. 2025 | photo of a bronze, hollow head lying on its side; heroic Graeco-Roman style; much detail in the hair, which we notice because the head is photographed hovering above and a short distance away from the top left of the face; background: pure white • “The gallery is now a transitional space, altered, just for a while. It’s now a contemplative space, left behind from when Stars Collide. A tunnel to lead you in, and a voice to hold you here. When Stars Collide is a multimedia installation, landscaping the gallery floor with sand and heaps of gravel to accommodate an array of fallen stars and a decapitated head. Once inside, a voice questions and contemplates upon the embodiment of the night sky, a few recalled memories, beliefs, the body it used to inhabit, and its disappointments and hopes, all while…waiting. The “voice” analytically and poetically loops…”

Image: Dominick Sorace: When Stars Collide. Sand, gravel, bronze, and a 23-minute durational audio piece. Dimensions vary. 2025 | photo of a bronze, hollow head lying on its side; heroic Graeco-Roman style; much detail in the hair, which we notice because the head is photographed hovering above and a short distance away from the top left of the face; background: pure white • “The gallery is now a transitional space, altered, just for a while. It’s now a contemplative space, left behind from when Stars Collide. A tunnel to lead you in, and a voice to hold you here. When Stars Collide is a multimedia installation, landscaping the gallery floor with sand and heaps of gravel to accommodate an array of fallen stars and a decapitated head. Once inside, a voice questions and contemplates upon the embodiment of the night sky, a few recalled memories, beliefs, the body it used to inhabit, and its disappointments and hopes, all while…waiting. The “voice” analytically and poetically loops…”

Rua Red, Dublin 24: Dominick Sorace: When Stars Collide
Open from Fri 3 Oct
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01.10.2025 09:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image: Installation shot, Annual Open Exhibition 2024 | we see two figures, foreground left, contemplating three sculptural pieces that look somewhat like a cross between boat oars and bare trees; on the wall behind we see most of a framed artwork, possibly flat, possibly not, but it looks like a black coat and back trousers, as they might hang together on a hanger, against a white background; the piece is bisected vertically by one of the tree-oar sculpture • “Featuring: Reuben Brown, Dee Byrne, Geraldine Carton, Emanuela Carvisiglia, Rayleen Clancy + Beatrice O'Connell, Tomas Correa Monteiro Machado Antunes, Paddy Critchley, Gemma Crowe, Jane Cummins, Alicia Donnan, Hannah Farrell, Sophie Gough, Susan Gogan, Nickie Harrington, Annie Hogg, Conor Horgan, Elizabeth Hogan, Jim Xi Johnson, Gary Kearney, Lucy Lambe, Sarah Lincoln, Sarah Long, Maeve Lynch, Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh, Maria Maarbjerg, Tadhg McGreevy, Constance McKenna, Joanna McNulty, Asha Murray, Aoife Ní Dhuinn, Augustine…”

Image: Installation shot, Annual Open Exhibition 2024 | we see two figures, foreground left, contemplating three sculptural pieces that look somewhat like a cross between boat oars and bare trees; on the wall behind we see most of a framed artwork, possibly flat, possibly not, but it looks like a black coat and back trousers, as they might hang together on a hanger, against a white background; the piece is bisected vertically by one of the tree-oar sculpture • “Featuring: Reuben Brown, Dee Byrne, Geraldine Carton, Emanuela Carvisiglia, Rayleen Clancy + Beatrice O'Connell, Tomas Correa Monteiro Machado Antunes, Paddy Critchley, Gemma Crowe, Jane Cummins, Alicia Donnan, Hannah Farrell, Sophie Gough, Susan Gogan, Nickie Harrington, Annie Hogg, Conor Horgan, Elizabeth Hogan, Jim Xi Johnson, Gary Kearney, Lucy Lambe, Sarah Lincoln, Sarah Long, Maeve Lynch, Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh, Maria Maarbjerg, Tadhg McGreevy, Constance McKenna, Joanna McNulty, Asha Murray, Aoife Ní Dhuinn, Augustine…”

Rua Red, Dublin 24: Right Here Right Now – Annual Open Exhibition 2025
Open from Fri 3 Oct
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30.09.2025 13:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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