Why has some of the greenery in city planters been left to wither?
The council hasn’t been able to find a contractor willing to take on the job of looking after these plants, a council official says.
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A Group of Artists Try Out a Solution to Isolation by Sharing a Mystery Box of Art, by Post
The pandemic and city’s housing crisis have meant that artists aren’t so often in the same place, and can’t so easily drop in to each other’s studios to chat.
Wanted: Journalist to Report on Arts in the City
We’re looking for a freelance reporter interested in writing one piece a week for us on arts and culture in the city.
Circling up the Ramps of a Car Park with an Artist Who Immortalises Them in Paint
John O’Reilly started with graffiti in his teens, and then eventually moved into oils. His paintings of car parks are on show at Glovebox, a car-park gallery, until March.
Here’s What the Draft City Development Plan Says About the Council’s Vision for Developing More Cultural Spaces
It is out for public consultation until 14 February. As of 1 February, there were five submissions online to the culture chapter.
A Game to Help Community Groups Focus on Fighting the Good Fight, Rather than Each Other
The two NCAD students who developed Sorgen hope it will help activists take a breath and find more empathy for each others’ points of view.
How to Sell Art When It’s a Performance, Not a Painting
Last year, the Arts Council bought four performances by Suzanne Walsh, the first time it’s bought a piece of performance art that doesn’t bring with it props or an installation.
No Secrets for the Artists Working in Public in the Douglas Hyde Gallery
Three artists are using corners of the gallery as their studios, creating works that will be on show there when the exhibition From Here to There opens later this month.
Through Portraiture, An Artist Challenges Stereotypes of Homelessness
Each woman who features also wrote about their experience of homelessness, a sliver of their own story, to go alongside their portraits.
In Chapelizod, a Woman Hosts an Art Exhibition in Her House
Visitors come to see the exhibition, Home Bodies, one at a time. “It’s very intimate. Either I talk through the work or a lot of people simply want to wander with the map,” says Debi Paul.
Stripped of Their Careers by Their Move to Ireland, A Group of Women Seek New Purpose in Art
The Dublin Desi Artists Collective, a group of Dublin artists with Indian roots, was established in 2020.
AI, Algorithms and Art Are on the Agenda for Series of Public Talks
A collaboration between the Digital Hub and the National College of Art and Design, the series continues into June.
Unable to Exhibit Indoors, Artists Mock-Up Gentrified Ring Forts and More in the Mountains
The pandemic nixed their traditional end-of-studies exhibitions, so a group of artists set up their own show, the Crux Project, in the wilds of south Dublin.