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Cecilia Danell’s award

Cecilia Danell’s award

Swedish-born artist Cecilia Danell is this year’s winner of the €5,000 Merrion Plinth Award.


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Renaissance of O’Connell Tower

Renaissance of O’Connell Tower

The idea of creating a visitor centre in a working graveyard might seem lacking in taste, but a visit to Dublin’s famous Glasnevin Cemetery will dispel any such feeling.


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Celebrating the ash tree

Celebrating the ash tree

Creating a woodturned form from uniform six-inch blocks of ash wood was the challenge set to Irish Woodturners Guild’s members


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RHA Annual Exhibition

RHA Annual Exhibition

There was a sense of a world in ever-shifting crisis, paired with boundless artistic curiosity, at the 194th Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) Annual Exhibition


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Crisis at Castletown

Crisis at Castletown

Castletown House, Ireland’s largest and finest Palladian mansion, has lain closed to the public since last September – all because of a dispute about access and parking.


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Aosdána’s new members

Aosdána’s new members

At the 42nd Annual General Assembly of Aosdána, the organisation whose members are honoured for their contribution to the arts in Ireland, Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh was the sole visual artist to join the ranks.


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Eimear Walshe in Venice

Eimear Walshe in Venice

Representing Ireland at the 60th Venice Biennale, Eimear Walshe (they/them) presents Romantic Ireland, curated by Sara Greavu with Project Arts Centre, Dublin.


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Helen Comerford celebrated

Helen Comerford celebrated

The late Helen Comerford was born in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny in 1945 and trained as a sculptor, working with a variety of materials until she used wax as a medium.


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Cultural ambassadors

Cultural ambassadors


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Mapping Ireland/OS200

Mapping Ireland/OS200


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Artist Laura Buckley

Artist Laura Buckley


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Roderic O’Conor at Musée d’Orsay

Roderic O’Conor at Musée d’Orsay


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Hilary Heron retrospective

Hilary Heron retrospective

Sculpture exhibitions are notoriously difficult to mount, so it is exciting that another sculptor, Dublin-born Hilary Heron (1923–1977), has been selected for a retrospective at IMMA next summer.


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RUA Annual Exhibition

RUA Annual Exhibition

Almost four hundred works were hung at the Royal Ulster Academy’s (RUA) annual exhibition this year.


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Cork city sculpture trail

Cork city sculpture trail

‘Island City’, a sculpture trail intended to enliven Cork’s streetscapes, is a welcome initiative in contemporary Irish art, bringing art out of the galleries and into the public realm.


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Photographer Erin Quinn

Photographer Erin Quinn

Dublin-based artist Erin Quinn’s self-portraits invite viewers to consider the dilemmas faced by the inhabitants of a climate-altered world.


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Harry Clarke Museum

Harry Clarke Museum

The establishment of a new museum to celebrate the work of the internationally renowned stained-glass artist Harry Clarke (1889–1931) was given the green light in July


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RHA 200 years

RHA 200 years

Several decades back, a certain art-school lecturer and artist of the Conceptual persuasion liked to wrongfoot his painting students with the question, ‘Why isn’t this picture a photograph?’


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Acquisitions for the National Collection

Acquisitions for the National Collection

Ireland’s national collection of contemporary art has been strengthened by the allocation of €1.5 million of funds for acquisitions by Minister Catherine Martin and the Department of the Arts


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Acquisitions for the National Collection

Acquisitions for the National Collection


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Scenes of resistance

Scenes of resistance


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Jim Callery honoured for Strokestown

Jim Callery honoured for Strokestown


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Niamh Barry’s award

Niamh Barry’s award

Niamh Barry joined some of the biggest names in global design when she was awarded Best Product Design at the Créateurs Design Awards 2023 in Paris.


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Historic Towns Initiative

Historic Towns Initiative

The Heritage Council of Ireland has promoted and funded a wide range of schemes to help conserve the nation’s many legacies and reach out to the wider public.


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Texaco Art Competition

Texaco Art Competition

The Texaco Children’s Art Competition has never been a photographic contest, but this year’s lineup of winners confirms that, in today’s visual culture, photography rules


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Venice Biennale 2023

Venice Biennale 2023

Ireland’s presentation at the Venice Biennale of Architecture is In Search of Hy-Brasil, which references a mythical island in the Atlantic Ocean.


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New sculptures at TCD

New sculptures at TCD


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Jesse Jones joins Aosdána

Jesse Jones joins Aosdána


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The painter and the poet

The painter and the poet


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RUA Annual Exhibition

RUA Annual Exhibition


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RDS Visual Arts Awards

RDS Visual Arts Awards


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The Follies Trust

The Follies Trust


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Contemporary painting awards

Contemporary painting awards


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New director at the NGI

New director at the NGI


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Heritage Council initiatives

Heritage Council initiatives


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Cian Burke: a world on edge

Cian Burke: a world on edge


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Honouring St Brigid

Honouring St Brigid


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Laois Arthouse anniversary

Laois Arthouse anniversary


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Prizewinners at the RUA

Prizewinners at the RUA


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Unlegendary Heroes

Unlegendary Heroes


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Fundraising for  St Carthage’s Cathedral

Fundraising for St Carthage’s Cathedral


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Moving images: Ross McDonnell

Moving images: Ross McDonnell


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Branchardiére Bursary

Branchardiére Bursary


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Municipal Art Gallery for Galway

Municipal Art Gallery for Galway


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New perspectives at the NGI

New perspectives at the NGI


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Photographer Richard Mosse

Photographer Richard Mosse


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Enda Burke wins BarTur Creativity Award

Enda Burke wins BarTur Creativity Award


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New acquisitions  for National collections

New acquisitions for National collections


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Photographer Tony O’Shea

Photographer Tony O’Shea


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Homan Potterton (1946-2020)

Homan Potterton (1946-2020)


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RHA Annual Exhibition

RHA Annual Exhibition


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Sculpture for the people

Sculpture for the people


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Golden Fleece winner shortlisted  for Venice Biennale

Golden Fleece winner shortlisted for Venice Biennale


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Hats off to the Highlanes

Hats off to the Highlanes


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Janet Mullarney 1952-2020

Janet Mullarney 1952-2020


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RUA Prize-winners 2019

RUA Prize-winners 2019


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Cork’s Heritage Buildings

Cork’s Heritage Buildings


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Paid admissions to the National Gallery

Paid admissions to the National Gallery


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Inspirational Mo West elected to Aosdána

Inspirational Mo West elected to Aosdána


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What now for Dublin’s College Green Pedestrian Plaza?

What now for Dublin’s College Green Pedestrian Plaza?


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90 Irish female visual artists in London celebrating St Brigid’s Day

90 Irish female visual artists in London celebrating St Brigid’s Day


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Galway 2020 – Arts Groups Rally to the Cause

Galway 2020 – Arts Groups Rally to the Cause


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Where have all the Painters gone?

Where have all the Painters gone?


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Ringing in The New at the RHA

Ringing in The New at the RHA


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Designing New Bank Coins

Designing New Bank Coins


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Spanish honour for George Campbell

Spanish honour for George Campbell


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Will the new culture Minister be Innovative?

Will the new culture Minister be Innovative?


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Rethinking Käthe Kollwitz

Rethinking Käthe Kollwitz


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Melissa Ellis At Marsh’s Library

Melissa Ellis At Marsh’s Library


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Damien Flood and those  tax exemptions

Damien Flood and those tax exemptions


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Visual artists elected to Aosdána

Visual artists elected to Aosdána


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Liam Flynn – An Appreciation

Liam Flynn – An Appreciation


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Italian Designer for Eileen Gray Coin

Italian Designer for Eileen Gray Coin


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Seventeen vie for Aosdána membership

Seventeen vie for Aosdána membership


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Portraits of politicians

Portraits of politicians


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Anne Crookshank’s achievements

Anne Crookshank’s achievements


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Alex Pentek down under

Alex Pentek down under


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Editor’s Letter Winter 2016: </br> Seanad threat to National Museum

Editor’s Letter Winter 2016:
Seanad threat to National Museum


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The Irish Times joins Irish Arts Review Appeal!

The Irish Times joins Irish Arts Review Appeal!


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Threat to the National Museum

Threat to the National Museum


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Catherine Greene at City House

Catherine Greene at City House


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Luke Kelly for Raglan Road?

Luke Kelly for Raglan Road?


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Waterford Walls International Street Art Festival

Waterford Walls International Street Art Festival


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Maser featured in Autumn Edition

Maser featured in Autumn Edition


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New acquisitions for IMMA

New acquisitions for IMMA


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Good News for the Royal Ulster Academy

Good News for the Royal Ulster Academy


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Commemorating Irish victims of war

Commemorating Irish victims of war


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Time for the Beit Trustees to Quit?

Time for the Beit Trustees to Quit?


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A voice for the Visual Arts

A voice for the Visual Arts


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National College of Art and Design Fashion Show 2016

National College of Art and Design Fashion Show 2016


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Anthony Haughey in New York

Anthony Haughey in New York


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Jennifer Trouton wins 2016 Golden Fleece Award

Jennifer Trouton wins 2016 Golden Fleece Award


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Orla’s pensive females

Orla’s pensive females


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Molly Judd receives the 2016 Ireland-U.S. Council/Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award

Molly Judd receives the 2016 Ireland-U.S. Council/Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award


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Politics and the Arts

Politics and the Arts


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Heneghan peng create a splash

Heneghan peng create a splash


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Little Stories Little Prints

Little Stories Little Prints


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16 x 16: Next Generation Bursary Recipients

16 x 16: Next Generation Bursary Recipients


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Portrait of John Rocha to join the National Portrait Collection

Portrait of John Rocha to join the National Portrait Collection


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Decompositions by Sean Molloy

Decompositions by Sean Molloy


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David Rooney’s 1916 portraits

David Rooney’s 1916 portraits


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Beit Appeal Update: Thank you!

Beit Appeal Update: Thank you!


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Vera Klute: Hennessy Portrait Prize 2015

Vera Klute: Hennessy Portrait Prize 2015


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David Quinn at Taylor Galleries

David Quinn at Taylor Galleries


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Beit Appeal Update: Sale further postponed

Beit Appeal Update: Sale further postponed


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Sculpture by Remco de Fouw & Rachel Joynt at Maynooth University

Sculpture by Remco de Fouw & Rachel Joynt at Maynooth University


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Samuel Walsh Laureate of the Pilsen International Drawing Biennale

Samuel Walsh Laureate of the Pilsen International Drawing Biennale


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Twelve artists have been announced as finalists for the Hennessy Portrait Prize 2015

Twelve artists have been announced as finalists for the Hennessy Portrait Prize 2015


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Peter Pearson at Bonhams in Dublin

Peter Pearson at Bonhams in Dublin


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Imogen Stuart elected Saoi in Aosdána

Imogen Stuart elected Saoi in Aosdána


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Shinnors Curatorial Scholarship announced

Shinnors Curatorial Scholarship announced


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Applications now open to artists for 2016 Golden Fleece Award

Applications now open to artists for 2016 Golden Fleece Award


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Square Moon on the Lake Isle of Inishfree

Square Moon on the Lake Isle of Inishfree


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Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill by Mick O’Dea at the Kilkenny Arts Festival

Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill by Mick O’Dea at the Kilkenny Arts Festival


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Rachel Doolin wins RDS Taylor Prize

Rachel Doolin wins RDS Taylor Prize


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Beit Appeal Update: Export licence challenge

Beit Appeal Update: Export licence challenge


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The voice of youth a century on

The voice of youth a century on


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Beit Appeal Update: Thank you!

Beit Appeal Update: Thank you!


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Beit Appeal Update: ABF unanimously decides to postpone the sale

Beit Appeal Update: ABF unanimously decides to postpone the sale


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Beit Appeal Update: Sale to be postponed!

Beit Appeal Update: Sale to be postponed!


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Beit Appeal Update: IAAH calls on the Government to intervene immediately to stop the sale of the Beit paintings

Beit Appeal Update: IAAH calls on the Government to intervene immediately to stop the sale of the Beit paintings


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Beit Appeal Update: National Campaign for the Arts calls on the Government to intervene to save the Beit Paintings for the Irish people

Beit Appeal Update: National Campaign for the Arts calls on the Government to intervene to save the Beit Paintings for the Irish people


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Beit Appeal Update: what will persuade the Trustees to halt the sale?

Beit Appeal Update: what will persuade the Trustees to halt the sale?


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Beit Appeal Update: Trustees refuse Minister’s request to delay sale

Beit Appeal Update: Trustees refuse Minister’s request to delay sale


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Beit Appeal Update: Minister for Arts and Heritage to meet Beit Foundation

Beit Appeal Update: Minister for Arts and Heritage to meet Beit Foundation


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Beit Appeal Update: Irish Times

Beit Appeal Update: Irish Times


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Beit Paintings Update

Beit Paintings Update


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An appeal to the Beit Trustees

An appeal to the Beit Trustees


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Darren Sutton’s Manannán

Darren Sutton’s Manannán


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Tony O’Reilly’s My Beautiful

Tony O’Reilly’s My Beautiful


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Conor Harrington’s Dance with the Devil

Conor Harrington’s Dance with the Devil


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Artists’ residencies East and West

Artists’ residencies East and West


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Hennessy Portrait Prize at NGI

Hennessy Portrait Prize at NGI


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New Generation Artists Online Gallery now live

New Generation Artists Online Gallery now live


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