Michelle Doyle to exhibit at Galway City Library

Thu, Feb 01, 2018

PAINTINGS OF Galway, Cork, Tralee, and even Florence, will be on display in the Galway City Library, which is about to host an exhibition by the artist Michelle Doyle.

Jin Youg exhibits new work in Galway

Thu, Jan 25, 2018

JIN YONG, a Chinese artist living in Galway, is hosting an exhibition of his latest works, featuring striking, multicoloured, images of animals, in the Renzo Café and Gallery, Eyre Street.

Red Bird's polymorphic display

Thu, Jan 25, 2018

POLYMORPHISM - A state of existing in multiple forms at once. The term is both the title and the theme of a new exhibition at the Galway Arts Centre from its youth collective Red Bird.

Kenny’s Gallery celebrates eight decades of Galway Art Club

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

ONE OF Galway’s most venerable arts groups is celebrated in Kenny’s Gallery from next week, when the venue hosts a large scale exhibition saluting 80 years of Galway Art Club.

Bodies, institutions, and art

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

HOW AN individual's body is treated by the State, as well as by corporate, medical and pharmaceutical institutions, is the theme of a new exhibition, about to open at the Galway Arts Centre.

Galway Arts Centre - what's going on for 2018

Thu, Jan 04, 2018

THE GALWAY Arts Centre's 2018 visual art programme will feature a mix of Irish and international artists and partnerships with several festivals, including the Cúirt international Festival of Literature, TULCA Festival of Visual Art, Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, and Galway International Arts Festival.

Galway visual arts highlights 2018

Thu, Jan 04, 2018

VISUAL ARTS enthusiasts have plenty to look forward to in 2018 with big shows, new shows, small shows, sexy shows, group shows, and single shows taking place throughout the city.

Paintings of Galway by Galwegians

Thu, Dec 14, 2017

GALWAY, ITS landscape and historic buildings, are the theme for a new exhibition, featuring work by students of the artist Jim Kavanagh, currently running at the Town Hall Theatre gallery.

Artist Fiona Concannon to hit this years Christmas market!

Wed, Dec 06, 2017

FIONA CONCANNON, a professional artist from Spiddal, Is currently working on a series of Watercolour Paintings which capture the beauty of the West of Ireland.

Galway City Art Gallery's winter arts fair

Thu, Nov 30, 2017

THE HARBOUR Winter Arts fair, a showcase of contemporary art by Irish and international artists, hosted by The Galway City Gallery, officially opens on Fridau December 1.

Fran McCann is Almost There!

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

FRAN MCCANN'S ART might owe more to Myles Davis or John Coltrane than to any visual artist. It can be seen in his subject matter, and in his method - a painter's equivalent of a jazz's spontaneous riffs and improvised chords.

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.

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