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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Jul 15

The Irish Blood Transfusion folks have a critical shortage of blood this week. Please consider donating if you can: check if you're eligible to be a literal lifesaver at www.giveblood.ie/can-i-give-b...
Pic: Vivienne Roche, The Watchful Heart (bronze), RHA Annual 2023
#speirgorm

Bronze sculpture depicting an abstract human heart.

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Jul 10

Sad news tonight that the Wexford-born sculptor has passed away.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Michael Warren, Beneath the 'bow (Irish oak and corten steel), 1991, IMMA
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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Jun 1

"E.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea" will be shown on Tues 3 June at 6.15 pm at @lighthousecinemadublin followed by an in-person Q&A with director Beatrice Minger
Picture: Eileen Gray, E1027 table (chrome and steel), 1926-1929, NMI Collins Barracks, from their Eileen Gray exhibition

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · May 30

Crafty families, this one’s for you!
Join us this Bank Holiday Monday, 3 June, at the National Museum of Ireland for Felt with Jorgensen Flair
Explore colour, texture & creativity together!
Free, but booking is essential.
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Felt with Jorgensen Flair: Children's Felt Making Workshop | Decorative Arts & History | National Museum of Ireland

Design a felted panel inspired by IB Jorgensen ‘s fashion pieces from the museum‘s collection.

www.museum.ie

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · May 7

Happy 80th birthday, Mr Moore!
Colin Davidson, Portrait of Christy Moore (oil on linen), 2020. Shown at the exhibition Colin Davidson: Selected Paintings and Drawings, at the Irish Arts Center in New York City, 2023
#speirgorm

Portrait of a man (head and shoulders) displayed on a gallery wall

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Apr 5

Leah Beggs, Crystal Waters, Solomon Fine Art.
Diana Copperwhite, Quiet Girl, Stoney Road Press.
From the Art Evolve fair at the RDS, open 10 to 6 tomorrow (Sunday).
Thanks to @solomonfineart.bsky.social for the invite!
#speirgorm

Image shows an abstract painting of a seascape

Image shows a semi abstract painting of a woman wearing headphones

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Mar 21

Cabra Library tmrw, 22 March at 2.30 pm. Dr. Mary Muldowney will talk about artist and activist Sarah Cecilia Harrison's life and campaigning work.
Book at dublincity.spydus.ie/cgi-bin/spyd...
Sarah Cecilia Harrison, Portrait of the Painter (oil on panel), 1890, Hugh Lane Gallery.

Image shows a painting of a woman in a striped blouse of the Victorian era, with hair pulled back. The painting is hung on a gallery wall.

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Mar 17

The exhibition of stained-glass panels by Harry Clarke (born 17 March 1889)at the @nationalmuseumofireland Collins Barracks will run for the next two years.
Harry Clarke, The Consecration of St. Mel, Bishop of Longford, by St. Patrick, (stained glass), 1910, Crawford Art Gallery

Image shows a stained glass panel. A man in a bishop's mitre stands next to a man in a mink's habit with head bowed. Two men in hoods are flanking them

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Mar 11

May Guinness, Still Life (oil on canvas), 1925-30, Hugh Lane Gallery.
Born #OTH in 1863 in Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, Mary Catherine Guinness worked with the cubist painter André Lhote in Paris, 1922-25. "Still Life" is considered to be one of her most successful works of this period
#speirgorn

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Mar 4

On 21 March at 1 pm IST (9 am EST), the National Library of Ireland is hosting an online talk on WB Yeats’ world of symbols, secret societies and spiritual philosophies. The lecture will be recorded: free but registration required
#speirgorm
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...

Yeats and the Occult

Mystery and Magic In the Life of Ireland's First Nobel Laureate

www.nli.ie

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Mar 1

Mairead O'hEocha, Altar for Slippery Rocks (oil on board), 2024, Coach House Gallery.
The group exhibition All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun’ exhibition is running in the Coach House Gallery; Dublin Castle, until 11 May. Open daily, 10-5
#speirgorm

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Feb 15

If you love 🔎 📚 and are in the Dublin area: this month's read for the Rathmines Library Crime Book Club: The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley and/or Who Killed Una Lynskey by Mick Clifford (copies available at the desk). Next meeting Wed Feb 26 at 6.30, 1st floor in the Library's lecture room
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Image shows a poster with two book covers and text in boxes that says: Rathmines Library Crime Book Club is reading The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley and/or Who Killed Una Lynskey by Mick Clifford . Join them on 26th February at 6.30 pm. New members always welcome.

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Feb 13

At the Smock Alley Theatre from today, 13 Feb, to 1 March, the Scene + Heard festival will showcase an art exhibition (upstairs) and 111 new works: drama, music, dance, stand-up, improv, drag, rehearsed readings and more. Check out all the fabulous performances at smockalley.com/sceneandheard/

Image shows paintings on a gallery wall with people gathered in front

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Feb 7

You're very welcome; I realize I haven't made much progress on these since reading the article, so time to put some on my reading list! 📚

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Feb 7

Apparently; yes! 🥳

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

32 wonderful Irish books: One set in every county in Ireland

St Patrick’s Week 2022: Not everyone has a book in them, but every Irish county does

www.irishtimes.com

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Feb 7

Full-time museum job! 🎊
A Curatorial Assistant at Malahide Castle & Gardens and Newbridge House; FT permanent with flexible hours to suit the needs of the two sites. Starting at €30,000; deadline for applications is Friday 14 February #speirgorm #JobFairy

www.malahidecastleandgardens.ie/careers/

Careers - Malahide Castle and Gardens

www.malahidecastleandgardens.ie

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Feb 4

Deirdre Frost, Red Earth (oil, acrylic and mixed media on panel), 2024, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery.
Tumbling Earth, the Cork artist's solo show, runs at Kev Kav until 8 February

Image shows a painting on a gallery wall. Pieces of wood are scattered in front of a patch of red earth, with plants visible in the foreground

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Jan 30

There will be some great tours at NMI Collins Barracks this weekend! Free, no advance booking required, but spaces are limited, so get there a little early to sign up. Steps from the Museum stop on the Luas Red :)
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · Jan 27

History fans! Take a guided tour at NMI, Collins Barracks on Sat 1st & Sun 2nd Feb. #Brigit2025
Eileen Gray – Discover an icon of modern design
The Way We Wore – How fashion reflects women’s changing roles.
Revolutionary Women – Women in Ireland’s Revolution.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Jan 20

It's Penguin Awareness Day! 🐧 🥳
From last year's camera roll:
Mark Dion, Emperor Penguin (polyester, sink bucket, wooden crate, tar, various trinkets, costume jewelry), 2016, Hugh Lane Gallery. Stuck in tar and trash, the penguin is emblematic of climate change and the human impact on wildlife.

Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Jan 17

A Year in Review: Moving, Growing, Fighting, an exhibition of new work by Bog Cottage (aka Roberta Murray and Orla Meagher)opens Sat 1 February at 6 pm and runs until 15 March 15th at Galway Arts Centre:
galwayartscentre.ie/.../a-year-in-…

Home | Galway Arts Centre

Cultural hub with gallery for Irish and international contemporary art plus classes and workshops.

https://galwayartscentre.ie/.../a-year-in-…

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Jan 7

From the NGI/AIB Portrait Prize show: The exhibition of the shortlisted works runs (along with the Young Artist Portrait Prize) at the National Gallery of Ireland until 9 March.
Harriet Casey (Co. Meath), Are You Sitting Comfortably? A Portrait of the Artist as a Little Girl (oil on canvas), 2024.

Portrait of a girl reading a book, sitting in a chair shared with toys. The bookcase behind her is full of books and toys

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy New Year from Dublin!

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Dec 13

Dublin Winter Lights at the National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks, an artist-created immersive experience in a perfect venue, continues until 15 December 🌟 Tix at dublinwinterlights.ie

Image shows a landscape with trees being projrct3d by lights onto the walls of a stone building

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Dec 12

Magic and Loss,a group exhibition at Kevin Kavanagh, runs until 21 December.
Kathy Tynan, Grapes and honeydew melon (oil on canvas), 2024.

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Clare Doyle @irishartbeat.bsky.social · Dec 11

Smithfield Square is looking very festive on this grey day 😀 The Christmas Spectacular runs till Jan 2nd 🎄

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