It has issued a tender for a feasibility study. The documents include few details, but they do confirm the likely future uses for the historic building.
Sculpting through assemblies of objects is the main aspect of his practice, he says. A scarecrow-like figure wearing a Mickey Mouse t-shirt, with cigarette butts, and a Madonna cassette, for example.
Carl Hickey lurks with a camera, recording images he’ll later commit to canvas: men with traffic cones on their heads, Spiderman brawling, a khaki-clad crowd.
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.
In Kathryn Milligan’s “Painting Dublin”, the artists are from different backgrounds, religions, and social classes. “What connects them is that they are painting the same city.”
The painter’s work depicts his family life: playing FIFA on Xbox, falling asleep in front of the TV, and tying his shoes without help from the father he’s never met, who is the reason people often ask him where he’s from.
Oscar López’s paintings draw on the 18th-century journeys of “the forgotten father of environmentalism”. His exhibition at Pallas Studios in the Liberties opens 21 February.
For thirty years, artists have hung their paintings on the railings around Merrion Square on Sundays. On 13 September, they will celebrate their anniversary.
