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Category Archives: Art
“Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light” at The National Gallery (London)
The Sorolla exhibition in the National Gallery (London) stunned me. I didn’t know enough to have expectations, and then found myself in front of immense canvasses that spilled light and colour into the gallery. My absolute favourite was this one: … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged Joaquin Sorolla, National Gallery (London), National Gallery of Ireland
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Contemporary Turner? Katie Paterson & JMW Turner at Turner Contemporary Gallery, Margate
“A place that exists only in moonlight” – Katie Paterson and JMW Turner (26th January – 6th May 2019) What a surprise it was to find the Turner Contemporary Gallery. I have to admit, the seafront at Margate looked fairly forlorn … Continue reading
Feminism, Brexit and the Irish Border: Rita Duffy at the Courtauld Institute of Art
“NEITHER HERE NOR THERE” (Images are low-res screenshots of overhead projections, taken on an iphone on the night. Go to http://www.ritaduffystudio.com for proper images) Edwin Coomasaru, a post-doctoral Fellow at the Courtauld Institute introduced Rita Duffy as ‘an artist getting … Continue reading
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Vividity (yes, that is a word)
In 1919 a town in Northern France donated a statue of the Sacred Heart to the Catholic Parish of Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire) in memory of the Irishmen who fought and died in Flanders during World War 1. Because … Continue reading
How to be a Child? – a Carmel Benson Exhibition @ The Mermaid (Bray)
“How to be a Child?” is the title of Carmel Benson’s latest exhibition. Themes familiar from the artist’s earlier work recur but in newly explicit forms: here, the solitary, watching figure is that of a young girl who faces … Continue reading
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Tagged Carmel Benson, Ciaran Benson, How to be a Child, Mermaid Arts Centre Bray
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