Eileen MacDonagh has quietly been establishing herself as one of the greats of Irish art over the last few years. It’s not through the strength of her ego or her manipulation of […]
Eileen MacDonagh – Visual, Carlow
David Shrigley
David Shrigley is an interesting character. It’s hard to argue otherwise, as he gets up to a lot! He’s an artist, song writer and video director among other things. Many of his […]
Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other – IMMA
“I wish I had a turtle and that there were no wars” I think we’ve all wished for something similar at some point. This is just one of the many wishes on […]
Perfect Christmas Present – Alphabeast App
Struggling to come up with a present for the little things in your life? Well, here’s an easy option and a great way to learn the Alphabet on the iPad with the […]
The Daily Nice
The Daily Nice is photographer Jason Evans’ answer to the Daily Mail. It is a web site that shows one image per day, and it is something he considers to be ‘nice’, […]
Joe Walsh – Oliver Sears Gallery
I went to the Oliver Sears Gallery on Molesworth street recently, and was pretty stunned by the work on display. The work itself is dazzling in it’s complexity, and the level of […]
Prepare for the Flood!
All be ready, there’s water coming, and a lot of it. There’s a wave coming that’s going to wash all the sinners away, all the bad people, the evil do-ers, and leave […]
Alice Neel – Douglas Hyde Gallery
First with the news as ever, I eventually got to see the Alice Neel show in the Douglas Hyde Gallery on Saturday. It has been on since early September, but comes down […]
Visit – Artist Studios
Ever wanted to have a good nose around an artist studios? Steal anything that wasn’t tied down? Now is your chance, as Visit is an open day in studios in 18 venues […]
Dublin Contemporary’s last stand
Dublin Contemporary has entered it’s last two weeks, for those who have been putting off going as ‘it’s on for ages’, you’re now entering last chance saloon. I think I’m going to […]
The Flood – Beatrice O’Connell – IMOCA
Artist and sometimes blogger Beatrice O’Connell has a new show opening on Thursday the 17th of November in IMOCA from 7-9 pm. The image you see below and many of those in […]
Mikey Welsh – RIP
From his twitter feed: MikeyWelsh71Mikey Welsh dreamt i died in chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). need to write my will today. 26 Sep Mikey Welsh was found dead in […]
Dublin Contemporary – Culture night
I think maybe I was a bit dismissive about Dublin Contemporary when I mentioned it first, but that was mostly as I had no idea of the size and scale of it. […]
Culture night – 2011
Is it that time of the year again already? Seems to be. This Friday is culture night. You can find the culture map here, and see if there’s anything on in your […]
Dublin Contemporary
Dublin Contemporary opened last night, to the great and the good, and the rest of us savages are allowed in today! It’s a bit like a Dublin Biennale I guess, and has […]
Kilkenny Arts Festival
The Kilkenny Arts festival web site is the stuff of legends. There used to be an urban myth that the Ryan Air web site was made by a junior cert student on […]
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we regret to inform you, that Ireland is cancelled
While walking past the department of finance, on upper Merrion St, I noticed a poster above one of Eamon Gilmore. It was a picture of a harp with broken strings, with the […]
Romuald Hazoume
African Artist Romuald Hazoume is from the republic of Benin, on the west coast of Africa (a new one on me, I’m afraid). He has worked with a wide range of media […]
Dublin Street Art #2
ATP – Images of impossibly beauty taken with my crappy phone!
As I’m sure you’re well aware, my phone is set on impressionist, which means that you just get dappled colours without any definition. It is a unique setting to my phone, but […]
ATP Preview – Charlemagne Palestine
Another odd one for ATP, which is good news! He seems very interested in his collection of Teddy Bears from what I can see of the interviews of him on the net, […]
Dexter – Early Cuts
I’ve been a fan of Dexter for a few years now. It’s great cheese, as tv goes, it’s right up there with the best, such as Mad Men, Breaking Bad and a […]
Culture Night 2010
Culture night is next friday, and it has the usual bunch of odd things on throughout the city. Most places seem to just stay open late, which isn’t really that exciting when […]
Tiny people
This is the work of artist Slinkachu, who is described as a minaturist. He places and photographs his tiny figures in real world situations, with them observing us from afar, so to […]
Impossibly beautiful images of Minehead taken on my gammy phone
