“We should be able to try these big things and not be afraid of failure,” says Social Democrats Councillor Cian Farrell, who has spearheaded the initiative.
Reading this collaboration from writer Mia Gallagher and painter and illustrator Mario Sughi is “almost akin to the much-loved art of people-watching”.
“I thought this book was really funny,” writes our nine-year-old reviewer. “I’d recommend [it] to people aged 8–11, who like funny books about adventures.”
Jason McNamara says he loves it because there’s no distance from the crowd. “Kids, families, older people, homeless people. You get to play for everyone.”
The new version of their project, now called “Tender”, involves distributing postcards that people can send to the gallery to share their views on the situation.
It recently gave the old music college on Chatham Row over for a year for use as artists’ studios linked to the PressUp Hospitality Group’s Dean Hotel.
Francis Ducie has been modelling for artists across Dublin since 2007. “He’s kind of famous in his own way,” says Alan Clarke, an artist who teaches at NCAD
Artist Kerry Guinan’s new exhibition is about “how commodities just like, appear like magic in front of our eyes, completely divorced of the labour that made them”.
Twenty artists are facing eviction from the Richmond Road Studios, but it’s unclear where they could go. Other studios are full – and have long waiting lists.
