Birgit Lochmann exhibition

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

SIX MONTHS travelling across Asia has inspired a host of new works by the artist Birgit Lochmann, and she is exhibiting these sketches and paintings in the Renzo Café, Eyre Street.

Whimsy, satire, and surrealism

Art Reviews Tue, Nov 07, 2017

THERE ARE still a couple of days left to catch the wonderful work gathered for the inaugural Galway Cartoon Festival which now runs until Thursday November 9, having initially being scheduled to finish last Monday.

TULCA offers plenty for any viewer to take pleasure in

Art Reviews Tue, Nov 07, 2017

The 15th TULCA Festival of Visual Art was officially launched at the Connacht Print Works last Friday and continues until November 19. The festival features 17 artists from Ireland and overseas, many of them presenting new work.

Denise Hogan to run new series of art workshops and classes

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

THE ARTISTS Denise Hogan and Gill Christie are hosting a range of morning and evening art classes, suitable for both beginners and experienced painters, in Roscam. Classes are strictly limited to 10 students per class and run in 10 week terms with the first class taking place on November 20.

Artists work sought for Galway Arts Centre exhibition

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

THE GALWAY Arts Centre is inviting visual artists to submit up to three A5 artworks for the Dominick Street venue's A5 Art Fair which runs from December 1 to 3.

Yoko Ono to exhibit at TULCA

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

WORK BY Yoko Ono will be displayed as part of the 2017 TULCA Festival of Visual Art and this year's title - They Call Us The Screamers - is apt as Arthur Janov's primal scream therapy has connections to both Ono and the west of Ireland.

Keeping In Touch at UHG

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

KEEPING IN Touch, an exhibition of paintings by a group of artists who have completed a fine art degree at GMIT, is currently running in the Arts Corridor at UHG.

Doc Gilbert to exhibit watercolours in Oughterard

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

RETROSPECTIVE, AN exhibition of watercolours by Doc Gilbert, spanning the last 30 years, opens at the Oughterard Courthouse this week.

Major new John Behan show in Kenny Gallery opens Friday

Wed, Oct 11, 2017

A MAJOR new exhibition of work by sculptor and artist John Behan opens this Friday October 13 at the Kenny Gallery. Award-winning actor Stephen Rea will officially open the exhibition entitled Eternal Recurrence, at 6pm.

Exhibition explores the life of the hedgerow

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

THE DIVERSITY of plants, flowers, and wildlife found within hedgerows in Ireland, has inspired a new exhibition, Head In The Hedgerow by Hugh Barr, which is currently running at University Hospital Galway.

The paintings of Canaletto @ The Eye

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

CANALETTO, THE 18th century Italian artist, celebrated for his paintings of Venice and London, will be the subject of the next Exhibition on Screen documentary to be screened at The Eye Cinema.

Bernard Dooley's view of Galway

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

GALWAY CITY As I See It, is the title of a new exhibition of artwork by Galwegian Bernard Dooley, which is currently running in the Galway City Library, St Augustine Street.

Artistic delights for the eye

Art Reviews Tue, Sep 12, 2017

A WONDERFUL transatlantic group exhibition is currently running in the Salmon Weir gallery at Corrib Castle, Waterside – a building that has been superbly refurbished and designed by architects Patrick McCabe and Sarah Kelly, and offers stunning views over the Corrib and weir.

Paul Malone exhibits new works

Thu, Sep 07, 2017

EROSION, MAGNETISM, and gravity are forces which shape the physical world, and by extension , human life. They are also forces which inspire the art of Paul Malone.

Jim Kavanagh Art School to start art classes

Thu, Aug 31, 2017

Jim Kavanagh Art School is commencing art classes the week beginning September 4.

Exhibition by Kinvara artists

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

THE ART Of Nature, the Kinvara Area Visual Arts’ Annual Members Exhibition 2017, opens this weekend in the south Galway town as part of the Crinniu na mBad festival.

The painted rhythms of life as it used to be

Art Reviews Wed, Aug 16, 2017

LAST SATURDAY afternoon the Town Hall Theatre bar hosted the opening of Timeless, a delightful exhibition of paintings by Kathy Ross, inspired by her locality of Coolreagh, near Tuam.

Through A Glass Darkly

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

ORIGINALLY A phrase in 1 Corinthians 13:12, "Through A Glass Darkly" has inspired book titles, including Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 collection of short stories In A Glass Darkly, titles of TV episodes, and the Rolling Stones album Through The Past, Darkly.

Art Exhibitions at Murrays - Friday August 18th

Wed, Aug 09, 2017

After a successful first season of exhibitions, Murrays of Nile Lodge are looking forward to hosting a number of exciting and unique exhibitions in the coming months.

Collective Apathy @ Oughterard Courthouse

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

REFUSE AND waste are having a devastating effect on the environment, particularly the use of plastics; the overuse of fossil fuels is contributing the global warming - the greatest threat to our continued existence.

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