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In Howth, two artist friends have been egging each other on since childhood
Ami Hope Jackson and Eileen Sealy have work at the College Lane Gallery in Howth, and a group show coming at Draiocht in Blanchardstown.
Councillors opt to ditch idea of museum and keep artists studios on Chatham Row
They’ve also chosen a new favoured operator, but artists already using the building are worried what it will mean for them.
Brushing Up: the kerbstone carvings of Temple Bar
There’s a scraggy Irish wolfhound, a fish and fishing rod, an elephant and a pair of vases. There’s no signature saying who made them.
From audio tours to pop-up nightclubs, an artist teases out the pleasures of the city
“He’s telling you to look at where we live, to look at what is possible,” says artist and photographer Brian Teeling, about Bill Harris’s work.
In Rathmines, an artists’ collective reinterprets a 16th-century Korean woman’s botanical works
Members of Collective Gaji painted takes on artist Shin Saimdang’s works, using their own styles and techniques, for an exhibition now on in the library.
When Your Number’s Up!, reviewed
“Brimming with slapstick comedy and absurd plot, if you’re a fan of Mrs Brown’s Boys, this could be one to stick on your list.”
An artist goes in search of the Jervis Shopping Centre lighthouse
All over the city, there are unexplained features like this one, and Carmen Quigley loves to try to fill in the gaps around what they are, she says.
Photo of the Month: October 2023
“My photo shows a cleaner using spirits to clean the bronze [statue of Molly Malone] so that the tourists may gape and grope once more.”
Tarrac, reviewed
This “briskly paced, Irish-language sports film focusing on naomhóg racing” is “an underdog story that breezes past a lot of the generic formula”.
In Dún Laoghaire, a woman dreams big for the underdog
Mary Mc Donagh wants to set up an international performing arts school that serves Travellers worldwide.
Titim Isteach, reviewed
The short about building a skateboarding half-pipe on Inis Oírr, is the first in series aiming to encourage discussion about the use of public space in Dublin and beyond.
The council hopes to put Kilmainham Mill to use in the short-term, while planning its long-term future
Dublin City Council finished “stabilisation works” three months ago on the 19th-century flour mill that it bought in 2018.