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Brushing Up
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Brushing Up: The Heads at Pearse Street Garda Station
The century-old carved heads above the doors of the Garda station in central Dublin were put there by a stonemason from Ringsend.
Brushing Up: Empireland at the Project Arts Centre
“Empireland” by Mark O’Kelly is an epic allegorical scene painted onto ten metal panels. It went on display earlier this month.
Brushing Up: The Story of the Palace Bar’s Back Room
Harry Kernoff used to paint some of the great writers and poets who frequented the pub, but was seldom paid. They were usually broke. One of Patrick Kavanagh’s bounced cheques is said to still be in the basement.
Brushing Up: Those Stained-Glass Works at Grogan’s Pub
In 1993, Tommy Smith decided to capture the many characters who passed through the doors of Grogan’s. He asked artist Katharine Lamb to create the first of two pieces for the pub’s walls.
Brushing up: that mural on Millennium Walk
Having been commissioned to complete Dublin’s Last Supper, the metres-long artwork on Millennium Walk, artist John Byrne set about looking for Jesus.
Brushing up: St Stephen’s Green’s wrapped walkways that never were
Imagine St Stephen’s Green in swathes of fabric. It almost happened in the 1970s when artist Christo Javacheff arrived in town.
Brushing Up: Have You Ever Spotted Dublin’s Last Imperial Statue?
The government, filled with anticipation of the forthcoming commemoration of the 1916 Rising, is also hosting a grand old statue of Prince Albert.
Brushing Up: Camera Obscura by Gerard Erraught
Until 16 October, at the Botanic Gardens, there’s a sculpture you can play with a bit. It’s a based on a 2,000-plus-year-old technology.
Brushing Up: A Portrait of Annie Horniman
The Abbey Theatre has quite an art collection, but archivist Mairead Delaney likes to highlight one in particular: the portrait of Annie Horniman.
Brushing Up: Apples and Atoms by Eilís O’Connell
Sculptor Eilís O’Connell’s shiny “Apples and Atoms” commemorates the Nobel-Prize-winning physicist Ernest Walton – and also the man Ernest Walton.
Brushing up: Markey’s stained-glass panels
Belfast artist Markey stopped at the Oriel Gallery to ask for directions to the American embassy because he was planning to emigrate. Instead, he ended up moving in upstairs, and leaving his mark on the place.
Brushing Up: Les Parapluies by Auguste Renoir
Every six years, Les Parapluies by Auguste Renoir is traded between Dublin and London. Why? It all dates back to 1915, and the sinking of the Lusitania.