Irish Art in New York – Helena Christensen and Louise Kennedy attend Irish Art Viewing

The very beautiful Helena Christensen is captured viewing Daniel O’Neill’s painting, ‘Isobel’ at the Morgan O’Driscoll (Cork based) Fine Art Auction Viewing. The Morgan O’Driscoll Fine Art Auction Viewing was held at O’Sullivan Antiques (Chantal O’Sullivan) in New York and the great and good came to see beautiful Irish art from Paul Henry, Jack B. Yeats, Louis le Brocquy,…

Crawford Art Gallery acquires important Cork painting at auction

Crawford Art Gallery is delighted to announce that it has acquired a significant artwork for its collection at auction in Dublin. There was significant interest in the work from private collectors and international institutions. The painting in question by Cork artist Daniel MacDonald (1821-1853), The Village Funeral – An Irish Family by a Graveside during the Great…

Ann Davoren showcases unique Irish Famine exhibition to Network Ireland West Cork at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre

The Network Ireland West Cork September event entitled Hunger and Passion – Talk and Tour – Arts in West Cork took place recently at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Cork. The event consisted of a brief tour of the stellar Summer exhibition, Art and the Great Hunger: Coming Home, followed by a seminar with keynote…

Alice Maher’s ‘Vox Materia’ opening soon at the Crawford Art Gallery

Photo: Matt Gidney Vox Materia comprises a multi-part installation of sculpture and eight large works on paper at the Crawford Art Gallery. Stemming from Maher’s consideration of a twelfth century mermaid carving, this show meditates on voice, silence and materiality. The mermaid is a hybrid creature that transgresses boundaries between human and animal, and appeals to…