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**Dnote • best of art in Ireland** @dnoting@mastodon.ie · Apr 24

Apr 24

Dnote • best of art in Ireland @dnoting@mastodon.ie

Eimear Walshe: VASSALDOMS UNITED
Luan Gallery
Athlone, Co. Westmeath

opening Saturday 26 April

#ArtIreland #Dnote #MastoDaoine #Art #Ireland #NorthernIreland
Fuller information here: https://dnote.website?p=820546

Image: Eimear Walshe: photograph | photo with partial views of probably five calves; the fields are of the traditional West-of-Ireland sort: dry-stone walls, fairly scrubby grass, grey sky, hit of low trees in the background; two calves are in full view – and looking straight towards the camera – while the other three are only partly visible, including the sideways rump of a light-brown calf fulling much of the right-hand side of the photo;; the red bars of a gate cross the photo, one bar cutting the sky towards the top of the image, one very close to the bottom of the image, one vertical along the left border; all the bars are out of focus • “Luan Gallery presents VASSALDOMS UNITED, a solo exhibition of newly commissioned work by Eimear Walshe. The exhibition launches at 2pm on Saturday 26th of April, with an exhibition walkthrough with the artist and curator Aoife Banks at 2:30pm. All are welcome to attend…”

**Dnote • best of art in Ireland** @dnoting@mastodon.ie · Apr 23

Apr 23

Dnote • best of art in Ireland @dnoting@mastodon.ie

Daniel Tuomey: Stuck, a decomposition
Ormston House
9-10 Patrick Street Limerick City

closing Saturday 26 April

#ArtIreland #Dnote #MastoDaoine #Art #Ireland #NorthernIreland
Fuller information here: https://dnote.website?p=803440

Image (courtesy of Daniel Tuomey): black-and-white image, presumably drawn and probably cropped here; bottom left is a fireplace with a mirror, probably, above the mantel; the centre of the fireplace is black, but we see two lower legs hanging down into that space; a black cord comes out from a hidden space above the legs and it expands to a black cloud shape; which may also be a hole knocked in a wall; double-printed in white and paler white, in two slightly different Gaelic scripts are the words ‘stuck, a decomposition’; there also a bit of semi-architectural drawing overlapping the black cloud / hole and the wall • “…”

**Dnote • best of art in Ireland** @dnoting@mastodon.ie · Apr 17

Apr 17

Dnote • best of art in Ireland @dnoting@mastodon.ie

The Art of Architecture Pavilion Competition
Royal Hibernian Academy
15 Ely Place, Dublin 2

closing Sunday 20 April

#ArtIreland #Dnote #MastoDaoine #Art #Ireland #NorthernIreland
Fuller information here: https://dnote.website?p=817114

Image: 1st Place: The Fall – Ben Mullen, Tom De Paor & Peter Maybury | computer-generated (?) 3D model of a structure that consists of intercalated surfaces, a bit like a repeated doorway; the supporting structure consists of triangular shapes one beside the other, either side of an ‘entrance’; the background is a strong orange-ish yellow, with the exception of an occluded white square under the structure • “November 2024, saw the launch of a unique open competition to design and oversee the construction of a pavilion that celebrates the art of architecture and will take centre stage at the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition, opening May 2025. Designers selected their own theme but were asked to ensure the pavilion would be inherently architectural, expressive and visually interesting. The assessment Jury were delighted with the high standards of imagination and artistry manifestly displayed in the response to the challenge set by the first ever, RHA design competition of this…”

**Dnote • best of art in Ireland** @dnoting@mastodon.ie · Apr 15

Apr 15

Dnote • best of art in Ireland @dnoting@mastodon.ie

CA Collective at the RHA 2025
Royal Hibernian Academy
15 Ely Place, Dublin 2

closing Sunday 20 April

#ArtIreland #Dnote #MastoDaoine #Art #Ireland #NorthernIreland
Fuller information here: https://dnote.website?p=813713

Image: Clement Yang: Puffin, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 54 x 45cm; courtesy Connections Arts Centre | painting of a puffin walking on grass, confidently, one foot in the air, the other on the grass; the background is greyish blue, streaked with pale white; the puffin casts a shadow • “This exhibition is more than just a showcase of artistic talent—it’s a testament to the power of inclusion in the arts. By providing a professional platform here at the RHA, we continue to amplify the voices of artists from the disability community. Connections Arts Centre is proud to present the CA Collective Exhibition at the RHA for the second consecutive year. Following the success of our impactful 2024 inaugural exhibition, this year’s showcase is even more special as we welcome 10 new artists into the CA collective, growing the CA Collective to 27 artists.

**Dnote • best of art in Ireland** @dnoting@mastodon.ie · Apr 10

Apr 10

Dnote • best of art in Ireland @dnoting@mastodon.ie

Nathalie Du Pasquier: Saint Fairy Anne
Kerlin Gallery
Anne's Lane South Anne Street, Dublin 2

opening Saturday 12 April

#ArtIreland #Dnote #MastoDaoine #Art #Ireland #NorthernIreland
Fuller information here: https://dnote.website?p=815411

Image: Nathalie Du Pasquier, coming back from Egypt 2, 2024, oil on canvas, 100 x 150 cm | series of geometrical shapes – at the top of the canvas three red dots against a burgundy background, then under that on the right a stack of flat rectangles suggestive of drawers or boxes or…; on top of this pile is what looks like a little red book; the pile itself is viewed straight-on, but with a suggestion of perspective in one of the shapes; on the left, what could be taken as a rectangular swimming pool atop a moss-green plinth … or it’s a silkscreen screen, or… • “Kerlin Gallery is pleased to present Saint Fairy Anne, a new exhibition by the internationally renowned French artist Nathalie Du Pasquier. For Saint Fairy Anne, Nathalie Du Pasquier presents recent paintings within a custom exhibition design of colourful painted zones. Blending still life with architectural forms, the artist's works on canvas present bold shapes and linear motifs, creating dynamic compositional…”

**Dnote • best of art in Ireland** @dnoting@mastodon.ie · Apr 8

Apr 8

Dnote • best of art in Ireland @dnoting@mastodon.ie

Alice Maher and Rachel Fallon: The Map and The Mantle
The Dock
St. George's Terrace Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim

closing Saturday 12 April

#ArtIreland #Dnote #MastoDaoine #Art #Ireland #NorthernIreland
Fuller information here: https://dnote.website?p=806852

Image: Alice Maher and Rachel Fallon, installation view of The Map at Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre, courtesy of the artists. | a hanging tapestry dominated by a ‘map of the world’, though this world seems to have little or nothing to do with ours – unusual shapes with an illusion of 3D edges, colourful details on each landmass, the overall shape like a mantle that someone i wearing – reinforced by the appreances of the back of head and shoulders with very long wild red (orange) hair appearing above the world; the mantle would clearly be way too big for this person; around the mantle we see what may be sorts of celestial bodies; coming out at the bottom of the mantle are bulky orange-red strands of material; the whole is clearly very wide and tall, and we see it suspended in a dark space, lit from above • “The Map by Rachel Fallon and Alice Maher was commissioned by Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre as part of The Magdalene Series curated by Maolíosa Boyle, funded by The Arts…”

**Dnote • best of art in Ireland** @dnoting@mastodon.ie · Apr 7

Apr 7

Dnote • best of art in Ireland @dnoting@mastodon.ie

Kate McElroy: Residency & Exhibition
Triskel Arts Centre
14A Tobin Street, Cork City

open from Tuesday 8 April

#ArtIreland #Dnote #MastoDaoine #Art #Ireland #NorthernIreland
Fuller information here: https://dnote.website?p=818839

Image: Kate McElroy: installation shot; photo Roland Paschhoff | we are looking down an infra-red-lit dark corridor; on the left there appears to be a black wall or curtain, while to the right there are gaps in the wall / white curtains through which we se a space in darkness except for a projection onto a wall or screen; the image is hard to decipher full, but it seems to be of a landscape of water and broken remnants of tree trunks and patches of land • “Kate McElroy is a Cork-based artist whose practice spans across media, presenting a dynamic constellation of work including expanded photography, moving image, sound, spoken word and sculptural installation. The work questions the altering environment and our place within it. Kate graduated with a First Class Honours Master’s Degree in Art and Process, MTU Crawford, 2021. Since graduating she has exhibited in over twenty national and international exhibitions and co-founded the artist collective inter_site. Recent exhibitions and…”

**Dnote • best of art in Ireland** @dnoting@mastodon.ie · Apr 3

Apr 3

Dnote • best of art in Ireland @dnoting@mastodon.ie

John Noel Smith: Obstacle course for a pragmatist
Hillsboro Fine Art
49 Parnell Square West Dublin 1

closing Saturday 5 April

#ArtIreland #Dnote #MastoDaoine #Art #Ireland #NorthernIreland
Fuller information here: https://dnote.website?p=810306

Image: John Noel Smith: Obstacle course for a pragmatist, 2024, oil on canvas, 175x 135 cm | abstract, patterned painting; the top 80% of the painting is a series of army-green horizontal lines against a near-white background – in fact, it is one line that crosses back and forth across the canvas; towards the middle of the canvas it gets a bit more curvy and wobbly, and at one point it dribbles paint downwards in multiple thin streams; the remaining 20%, at the bottom of the canvas, depicts interwoven jagged vertical and horizontal lines, each line itself being composed of five lines, from very dark blue through tan, army green and pale grey to white; all against a blue-grey background • “More information to follow.”

**Dnote • best of art in Ireland** @dnoting@mastodon.ie · Apr 2

Apr 2

Dnote • best of art in Ireland @dnoting@mastodon.ie

Debbie Godsell: Flail
Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre
Skibbereen, Co Cork

closing Saturday 5 April

#ArtIreland #Dnote #MastoDaoine #Art #Ireland #NorthernIreland
Fuller information here: https://dnote.website?p=805145

Image: Protestors, 2024, photograph by Roland Paschhoff, courtesy the artist and Source Arts Centre | black-and-white photo of photos (probably) pinned to a wall as three rows of five photos each; most of the photos depict a doll-like or ritual-related or goofy head; there is a photo of a furry hand right in the centre of the display; some of the heads are atop sticks; only one, bottom left, could be considered realistic, and two or three are far from discernable • “The opening event will include a Gallery Conversation between the artist Debbie Godsell and art critic, broadcaster and writer Cristín Leach. It will also include the live performance premiere of Harvesting History, a hymn-based response to Debbie Godsell's Flail, written by Cristín Leach, composed by Susan Nares and sung by the West Cork Choral Singers under the musical directorship of Susan Nares. This exhibition by Cork-based artist Debbie Godsell presents a dynamic intersection of…”

**Dnote • best of art in Ireland** @dnoting@mastodon.ie · Mar 25

Mar 25

Dnote • best of art in Ireland @dnoting@mastodon.ie

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain: The Dream Pool Intervals
Hugh Lane Gallery
Parnell Square North<br />Dublin 1

open from Thursday 27 March

#ArtIreland #Dnote #Art #Ireland #NorthernIreland
Fuller information here: https://dnote.website?p=810317

$Image: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Interval III, 2024, Jacquard tapestry, cotton, wool, silk, Lurex. Collection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery | apparently photographic source material, most of it black-and-white and taken a long while ago, collaged in a way that makes the scene depicted – two people possibly, possibly sitting at a table that has a white tablecloth on it … or maybe three people … at first glance it seems likely to be coherent, but on inspection nothing coheres – there are too many hands, no faces, a hyena bottom left, someone sitting on the floor but we just see their arms wrapped around what may be their dress, there seem to be feet in shoes over on the right, but no more of that figure, and so on; it seems to be some sort of interior scene from the American West • “Thylacines, snakes and birds of prey are the unlikely animals that navigate fractured environments in the work of Ailbhe Ní Bhriain. Through ancient tales of the mythic underworld, and recurring images of…”$