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In the Docklands, a new art exhibition based around water, movement and journeys
“It’s all things that link to the port, like transport and logistics, but also centuries of migration.”
A rain-ruined mosaic, once thought to be lost, has been reborn as a sculpture
Parts of Desmond Kinney’s “Sweeney Astray” live on in “Life Journey” by Jade Breen, Sophie Longwill and Andy Sharkey.
“Who’s Watching Brussels? Why the EU Deserves Better Watchdogs”, Reviewed
This book by journalist Lise Witteman is “informative, thought-provoking and accessible, even for people with little understanding of Europe, like myself”.
Photo of the Month: July
“This woman perfectly captured a dichotomous duo of ennui and expectation, which reflected a similar feeling I was having towards my own life at the time.”
“The Smallest Gallery in Ireland” is in Ringsend
The Phoney Gallery, a recent addition to the neighbourhood, gives artists, some active for decades, a chance to stage their first solo shows.
In Balbriggan, a weekly meet-up for artists that’s “like a warm hug”
Artist Alison O’Grady has been running Sketchbound on and off for 12 years now.
Council policy says big new developments must include arts spaces, but some worry they’ll be left to sit unused
Arts spaces built in two Staycity aparthotels serve as cautionary tales, they say.
An artist coaxes music out of stone and metal in Balbriggan, building lithophones and metallophones
Darren Rogers “has an engineering mind, an architectural mind”, says local filmmaker Aidan Whelan.
Dean: Lankum are the best ticket in town
At a recent show in Kilmainham, “Lankum’s droning, gothic take on Irish folk music seemed to emanate both a mist and a mysticism.”
Photo of the Month: June
“Her dog would jump into the water and get back onto the board, clearly used to it and loving every second of it.”
In Santry, a Bulgarian dance teacher preserves disappearing Balkan folk dances
Ten years into it, Slavi Begov says he’s looking for more Balkan folk-dance buffs as pupils.
Brushing Up: A sculpture of a woman awakening in Sandymount
When the sculptor asked Sorcha Duggan to pose for the work, she went home and told her boyfriend, who said “No you’re not” – cementing her resolve to do it, she says.