Exhibition Review: Placing the Word (Dolores Lyne and Margaret Irwin, Black Gate)

Art Reviews Tue, May 09, 2017

PLACING THE Word, the art exhibition mounted as part of the Cúirt Festival programme, and featuring work by Galway artists Dolores Lyne and Margaret Irwin, continues at the Black Gate Cultural Centre, St Francis Street.

Finbar McHugh's Feelings on display

Thu, May 04, 2017

HE IS best known as street artist Finbar247, but for his new exhibition he is going by his actual name, Finbar McHugh, and displaying a series of fine art paintings.

Art For Fun exhibition

Thu, Apr 20, 2017

FIFTEEN STUDENTS from the Art For Fun weekly art class based in Kilcolgan, are currently exhibiting their works in the Renzo Café and Gallery, Eyre Street.

Galway - a graphic portrayal

Wed, Apr 19, 2017

TWO SALTHILL natives - Conor Burke and Melanie McDonagh - have created a series of works taking an irreverent look at the social, seasonal, and architectural icons of Salthill itself, for their new exhibition, Amusement.

Famous Galway faces - and who they might have been

Tue, Apr 18, 2017

HE PLAYED his 300th game for Connacht Rugby last weekend, and now province captain, John Muldoon, is declared and celebrated as 'The Gladiator', in a new exhibition depicting some of the city's famous faces.

Exhibition explores the hidden spaces of Knocknacarra

Tue, Apr 11, 2017

GALWEGIANS OF a certain age will remember that, up to the very late 1980s, most of Knocnakacarra was fields, farmlands, and wide open spaces, as opposed to the vast series of homes and estates it is now.

Angeline Cooke holds second solo exhibition

Thu, Mar 09, 2017

ANSEO IS Ansiud – Here and There, the second solo exhibition by Galway artist Angeline Cooke is currently running at the Renzo Gallery Café, Eyre Street.

Kathy Ross's street scenes of Galway

Mon, Feb 27, 2017

SOME OF Galway's best known street scenes are depicted by Galway artist Kathy Ross in an exhibition currently running in the Leaf and Bean Café in Tuam.

Remembering The Screamers for TULCA 2017

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

FROM ITS beginnings in a leftist London commune in the 1970s, to its becoming a controversial source of fascination in 1970s Ireland, 'The Screamers' were advocates of Arthur Janov primal therapy, and have inspired this year's TULCA festival.

Simon Daly art exhibition in Galway City Gallery

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

THE ARTIST Simon Daly was born in Dublin, but moved to Galway 14 years ago, and has been living here since, and his latest exhibition is being held in the Galway City Gallery.

Matters romantic, carnal, and rapturous

Wed, Feb 15, 2017

AS IT is Valentine's week, the Town Hall Bar Theatre bar and the new Black Gate Cultural Centre, on Francis Street, joined forces to mark the occasion and host an exhibition entitled Desire, celebrating matters romantic, carnal, and rapturous.

The differences Between Dog and Wolf

Mon, Feb 06, 2017

THERE IS a French phrase, "L’heure entre chien et loup" which translates as "At that time in the day, you can't tell the difference between a dog and a wolf", and can refer to a difficulty in distinguishing between things.

New art classes with Denise Hogan

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

A NEW series of one-day and weekend workshops in painting, along with a new spring term of weekly art classes, will be held in Galway and Mayo by the award-winning artist Denise Hogan.

A sibling exhibition

Thu, Jan 19, 2017

THE ARTISTS Isbéal Nic Aoidh and Dara McGee - who are also brother and sister - are holding a joint exhibition of their work in the Renzo Café, Eyre Street.

John Jennings' Q.R.KEY exhibition

Wed, Jan 18, 2017

QR CODES - the little black and white boxes on the bottom of adverts and billboards - are a common sight, but while they are mostly an advertising tool, one Galway artist uses them for his art.

Art classes with Jennifer Cunningham

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

THE AWARD winning Galway based artist Jennifer Cunningham will hold a new season of her popular arts classes which start on Monday January 16.

Red Bird Youth Arts Collective seeks new members

Mon, Jan 09, 2017

GALWEGIANS AGED between 15 and 23 and who are interested in either filmmaking, or a drawing and hip hop collaboration, should check out the new projects from the Red Bird Youth Collective.

Galway/Mayo moods at The Kenny Gallery

Thu, Dec 08, 2016

MOODS, MEMORIES, and Mayo, a new exhibition of works by Paul Guilfoyle, features, despite its title, landscapes from Galway, Down, and Laois, as well as Mayo.

Breda Fox exhibition

Thu, Dec 08, 2016

GALWAY ARTIST Breda Fox is hosting an exhibition of her oil paintings in Pearla na Mara, Lower Fairhill Road, just off Dominick Street, with the official launch on Sunday December 11 from 5pm to 7pm.

Pat Flannery to hold first solo exhibition

Thu, Dec 01, 2016

GALWAY ARTIST Pat Flannery will hold her debut solo exhibition, Full Circle, in the Renzo Gallery Café, Eyre Square, this month and running into the New Year.

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