The object has engaged with art’s historical and contemporary encounter with destruction, as well as more philosophical explorations of iconoclasm. When we witness destruction in the field of culture, such as the recent destruction of Palmyra in Syria, some societal …

Renowned Irish improvisers OKO have teamed up with uncompromising musician and prolific composer Tim Berne, and will tour new works in five venues through Ireland in March 2016. Since the moved to New York City in the mid W’70s, alto …

A walk and talk through the exhibition with the four artists and curator will take place at 5pm on Thurs 11 February, followed by the opening at 6pm. “An indisputable fact: our towns are sexed. Look around you. It’s easy …

‘A Knowing Nature’ is a group show featuring Anita Groener, Phil Foley, Julie Merriman, Cliodhna Timoney and Chanelle Walshe. ‘A Knowing Nature’ brings together the works of artists at the middle and early stages of their careers. The common line …

At the Everyman Theatre till 20th February Meet the Boyles: a hilarious, drunken father; a ferociously loyal mother; a wounded son; and a daughter with “notions”. Theirs is a family beset by poverty and war but offered the tantalising promise …

Sirius Arts Centre is a multi-disciplinary arts organisation in the Cobh-Glanmire municipal district of east Cork. It is housed in a beautiful Italiante building that was designed by Anthony Salvin in 1854 to house the Royal Cork Yacht Club, the …

Mick O’Dea PRHA is known for his paintings of the War of Independence, images culled from found and researched photographs. The very act of painting and enlarging figures from the past redeems them from the chill of photographic documentation recalling …

Maeve McCarthy is known for her small scale rural nighttime landscapes executed in tempera and oils on traditional gesso panels, with ideas of place and home, leaving, longing and returning. Exploring memory, childhood and loss, she now changes scale with …

Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh: Ardán at the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin. Show runs from February 4th to February 27th.

In “Snap!” Martin Boyle makes connections between images by identifying sequences in banal everyday subject matter, dissolving notions of originality and ownership; instead projecting an absurd sense of order onto the visual chaos of daily life. Martin Boyle lives and …

Gareth Kennedy, Post Colony VISUAL Carlow Till 19 June Post Colony (2014) explores the microcosm of natural, industrial and colonial histories through a specific project in Killarney National Park, Co. Kerry, focusing on the invasive species Rhododendron x superponticum. First …

In the Flesh, The Lab, Foley Street, Dublin 1 28th January to 12th March 2016 The LAB Gallery is pleased to present In the Flesh by Bridget O’Gorman. This is the first series of three exhibitions where contemporary artists have …

The Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, presents ‘Water for the Tribe’, an exhibition of new painting by Jan Pleitner. Pleitner’s paintings are striking and expressive: an intense exploration of colour and energy. Characterised by fast lines and deep pigments that bleed into …

Irish premiere exhibition of Ted Russell’s intimate, previously unseen, photographs of Bob Dylan in New York City. The photographs chronicle days in the life of the then unknown folk artist – backstage and onstage at the folk clubs, hanging out …

The Butler Gallery has an extraordinary resource in its fine permanent collection. Established in 1943, the collection has continued to flourish through gift, loan and purchase. It is a rich archive to which the inquisitive eye may turn and return. …

The IDI Awards Exhibition is in Waterford from the end of January in the SOMA Gallery from January 29th and running for a month. The IDI Irish Design awards feature the best of furniture, product, interiors, architecture, fashion, textiles, app, …

Sinead McDonald often uses her practice to explore difficult and personal events and has contributed to the First Fortnight mental health arts festival in the past. info@riverbank.ie T: (045) 448 327 riverbank.ie Main Street, Newbridge, Co Kildare W12 D962

Shona Shirley MacDonald’s exhibition ‘Juniper’ in the Children’s Gallery at the Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge. Running from Jan 7th – Feb 16th.

Project Arts Centre Till 19 March 2016 11am – 8pm FREE ADMISSION Artist Núria Güell has created an international fiscal disobedience consultancy against the Troika that will be the subject of her solo exhibition here at Project Arts Centre in …

Doug DuBois: My Last Day at Seventeen Till 5 March 2016 Crawford Art Gallery is delighted to present My Last Day at Seventeen by American artist-photographer Doug DuBois (November 10, 2015 – January 23, 2016). Combining portraits, spontaneous encounters, and …

Everything Must Go at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery in Cork explores the relationship between contemporary art, economics and value. Featuring works by Irish and international artists, the exhibition emphasises the ways in which monetary and historical value accrues through qualities …

Songs From The Parlour Labyrinth Management & Events Saturday, 23 January 2016 at 20:00 – Sunday, 24 January 2016 at 00:00 (GMT) Waterford, Ireland Beauty Team Studios and Labyrinth Management & Events return with another episode of Songs From The …

“Kaleidoscope Night is a unique salon music experience that happens on the first Wednesday of every month at the Bello Bar, 1 Portobello Harbour, Dublin. Now in its seventh year, the series has been described by The Irish Times as …

Creditors at The New Theatre, Dublin by August Strindberg in a version by David Greig C Company Jan 25th – Feb 6th Opens 26 Jan, Previews 25 Jan (Matinees Jan 30 & Feb 3) @ 7.30pm ( + @ 2.30pm …

DÚLRA was founded in 1998 in New York City by singer Caitríona O’Leary. Dúlra is the Irish word for “elements” and the name expresses the band’s mission of returning to the roots and performance practices of early Irish song, and …

The Annual AAI Awards exhibition is Ireland’s longest running architectural awards programme, the only internationally peer-reviewed architecture awards in Ireland that publish the discussion which takes place among the adjudicators. As a result the awards give the public an unprecedented …

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The Far Flung Trio, Katherine Hunka, Dermot Dunne and Malachy Robinson, play everything from classical music to folk: Baroque, South American, Klezmer, film classics and more. Their performances are very much enjoyed by audiences with whom they engage in an …