Jim Kavanagh FundIt campaign for exhibition

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

GALWAY ARTIST Jim Kavanagh will hold an exhibition of his work, entitled As I See It, in September, with money raised from sales of the artwork going to COPE.

Review: Exhibit B @ GIAF 2015

Art Reviews Wed, Jul 15, 2015

WHEN BRETT Bailey’s theatre installation show Exhibit B was controversially pulled from its scheduled run at London’s Barbican it was because protesters had argued that Bailey’s critique of 19th century ‘human zoos’ and racism was in itself racist, through his use of black actors silently enduring the audience gaze in a series of tableaux vivants.

Sci-fi novels inspire environmentally themed exhibition

Tue, Jun 30, 2015

THE BEST science-fiction writers do not just write about fantastical worlds in far flung galaxies, their work, be it that of HG Wells, Philip K Dick, or Arthur C Clarke, reflects on the contemporary world, and looks deeply at how technology and society may develop in the future.

Glenn Gibson exhibiting at Town Hall

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

GALWAY SCULPTOR Glenn Gibson is the latest artist to grace the exhibition space of the Town Hall Theatre bar with a show which opens there this Friday, June 26, at 6pm.

Paintclub Galway returns to An Pucan

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

PAINTCLUB GALWAY, which is a fusion of painting classes and a social night, returns to An Pucan, Forster Street, on Thursday July 2.

Exhibit B - face to face with Europe's racist history

Wed, Jun 24, 2015

UNTIL THE outbreak of the WWI, there was a phenomenon known as The Human Zoo, where African tribespeople were put on public display as exhibits and curiosities - under the guise of “ethnological enlightenment” - for the titillation of European and American audiences.

TULCA - submissions still being accepted

Thu, Jun 18, 2015

THE MYTHOLOGICAL story of Hy-Brasil, which legend says lies off the west coast of Ireland, is the starting point for this year's TULCA Festival of Visual Arts, curated by Mary Cremin.

When products go bad

Tue, Jun 02, 2015

PRODUCT RECALL, an exhibition looking at ideas of displacement, and companies having to 'recall' products that could maim or kill consumers, is currently running in the Galway Arts Centre on Dominick Street.

GMIT graduate degree show 2015

Thu, May 28, 2015

THE GMIT Graduate Degree Show 2015, featuring artworks in paint, print, textiles, sculpture, installations, and ceramics, opens to the public from this Saturday.

Game of Thrones sound editor to feature on new Flirt FM radio series

Thu, May 28, 2015

STEVE FANAGAN, who has worked as a sound designer on Game Of Thrones and Frank, will be among those interviewed as part of a new short radio documentary series premiering on Flirt FM 101.3's Feed Me Weird Things.

Celtic Revival museum opens next week

Thu, May 28, 2015

EMBROIDERED BANNERS designed by Jack B Yeats are among the items of Celtic Revival art that will be on display in the Clonfert Diocesan Museum in Loughrea.

Paintclub - a new art happening

Thu, May 14, 2015

PAINTCLUB IS a new monthly art event in An Púcán for people who want to explore their artistic side but do not know where to start or who are just looking for a fun night out with friends.

Stephanie McLaughlin exhibition

Thu, May 14, 2015

GALWAY BASED artist Stephanie McLaughlin is hosting an exhibition of her work in the Town Hall Theatre gallery/bar, which will run until June 2.

The things Galway makes young artists think of

Wed, Apr 29, 2015

ARTWORKS MIMICKING 12” vinyl on a record player, a man with an ever growing beard, a giraffe crossing the Salmon Weir bridge - all of these can be seen in a new exhibition in the Galway Arts Centre.

Lorraine Fletcher to exhibit at Renzo Café

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

A NEW exhibition, featuring “vintage style females, vibrant colours, and hats”, by Galway artist Lorraine Fletcher, opens at the Renzo Café Gallery, Eyre Street, this Saturday.

Art exhibition at Oughterard Courthouse

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

M’ÁIT DHÚCHAIS - My Native Place, an art exhibition on the theme of emigration and the Connemara landscape, opens in Oughterard this evening at 8pm.

Pádraic Reaney’s Crazy Jane at Coole Park

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

TO MARK the 150th anniversary of the birth of WB Yeats, artists Pádraic Reaney is hosting an exhibition of some of his graphic work based on Yeats’s Crazy Jane poems.

Follow the literature inspired art trail around town

Wed, Apr 15, 2015

AN ART trail, in and around the city’s ‘Latin Quarter’, opens tomorrow [April 16] to coincide with this month’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

Exhibition inspired by Marconi’s transmitter

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

A FIELD trip to the Marconi radio station in Derrigimlagh, Clifden, has inspired a new exhibition, You Are Here, which opens this evening [Thursday April 2] in the Galway Arts Centre.

Back Alleys on the Arts Corridor

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

THE ARTS Corridor at University Hospital Galway is currently full of Back Alleys, giving glimpses into childhood freedoms and childhood environments that are rapidly disappearing.

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