Emily Mark-FitzGerald
@emilymfg.bsky.social
Professor of Art History & Cultural Policy at University College Dublin (UCD). Irish studies; art history; museums; photography; cultural omnivore. Angeleno by birth, Dubliner by choice. Mildly interesting at times.
https://people.ucd.ie/emily.mark
https://people.ucd.ie/emily.mark
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You know what we won't need once handwriting recognition software has done its thing? Archivists, curators, conservators, catalogers, codicologists, or paleographers. We won't need archives either. We won't need diplomatics, editorial theory, book or media history, or material culture studies 🗃️🧵
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
You know what we won't need once handwriting recognition software has done its thing? Archivists, curators, conservators, catalogers, codicologists, or paleographers. We won't need archives either. We won't need diplomatics, editorial theory, book or media history, or material culture studies 🗃️🧵
It was an absolute joy to serve as one of three judges for the 2025 AIB Portrait Prize @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social. Huge congrats to the winner Daniel Nelis, and to the two Highly Commended works by John Foley and Conor O’Leary. A wonderful eve of celebrations for all the shortlisted artists ❤️🎨
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It was an absolute joy to serve as one of three judges for the 2025 AIB Portrait Prize @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social. Huge congrats to the winner Daniel Nelis, and to the two Highly Commended works by John Foley and Conor O’Leary. A wonderful eve of celebrations for all the shortlisted artists ❤️🎨
Amazing charity shop find today: three professionally framed original 1937 movie ads for ‘Parnell’, starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy. They are fabulous - exhibition quality framing 😱 €5 each - so of course I bought all of them 🤩
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Amazing charity shop find today: three professionally framed original 1937 movie ads for ‘Parnell’, starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy. They are fabulous - exhibition quality framing 😱 €5 each - so of course I bought all of them 🤩
A brilliant day trip to Kilkenny yesterday with our MAs in Cultural Policy and Arts Management at UCD! Many thanks to staff at Kilkenny Castle - OPW; Butler Gallery; and the Tea Houses - Kilkenny Arts Office for hosting us & sharing the ins and outs of Kilkenny’s impressive cultural infrastructure!
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A brilliant day trip to Kilkenny yesterday with our MAs in Cultural Policy and Arts Management at UCD! Many thanks to staff at Kilkenny Castle - OPW; Butler Gallery; and the Tea Houses - Kilkenny Arts Office for hosting us & sharing the ins and outs of Kilkenny’s impressive cultural infrastructure!
Really interesting read on the challenges AI poses to documentaries, truth, and the archive. All of this of course extends to static as well as moving images — and the full spectrum of colourisation to fabrication.
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Really interesting read on the challenges AI poses to documentaries, truth, and the archive. All of this of course extends to static as well as moving images — and the full spectrum of colourisation to fabrication.
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Really enjoyed the new ‘Changing Ireland’ exhibition at the @nmireland.bsky.social - Collins Barracks! Lovely integration of commissioned poems by Paula Meehan; fascinating selection of objects, beautifully curated and displayed.
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Really enjoyed the new ‘Changing Ireland’ exhibition at the @nmireland.bsky.social - Collins Barracks! Lovely integration of commissioned poems by Paula Meehan; fascinating selection of objects, beautifully curated and displayed.
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On Mon. 1 Dec. at 4.30 we'll be joined by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Emma Radley (UCD) & Daithi Kearney (Dundalk IT) to talk about 'Irish Studies - Beyond the Text', drawing on the 2025 special issue of Irish University Review. All welcome in-person/online. Reg at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
On Mon. 1 Dec. at 4.30 we'll be joined by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Emma Radley (UCD) & Daithi Kearney (Dundalk IT) to talk about 'Irish Studies - Beyond the Text', drawing on the 2025 special issue of Irish University Review. All welcome in-person/online. Reg at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
On the last day of Michael D’s presidency, paying tribute to his splendid run as Head of State for the past 14 years. Meeting him has always been such a pleasure, incl for the 2019 launch of the Strzelecki exhibition with the Embassy of Poland in the Royal Irish Academy with Prof Peter Gray (1/3)
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
On the last day of Michael D’s presidency, paying tribute to his splendid run as Head of State for the past 14 years. Meeting him has always been such a pleasure, incl for the 2019 launch of the Strzelecki exhibition with the Embassy of Poland in the Royal Irish Academy with Prof Peter Gray (1/3)
Parisian style c/o Paul Poiret, at Musee des Arts Decoratif
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Parisian style c/o Paul Poiret, at Musee des Arts Decoratif
Marvellous Art Deco centenary exhibition at the Musee des Arts Décoratifs
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Marvellous Art Deco centenary exhibition at the Musee des Arts Décoratifs
Quick hop to Paris for the weekend
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Quick hop to Paris for the weekend
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
I am THRILLED to wake up to this news! Voted yesterday as an overseas voter in my home district (King County - Washington State) - a good day for democracy 😀
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
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November 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I am THRILLED to wake up to this news! Voted yesterday as an overseas voter in my home district (King County - Washington State) - a good day for democracy 😀
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We’ve gotten numb to it but Trump threatening NYC voters with federal funding to vote a certain way is the kind of shit that should get him unanimously impeached today. Insane fascist bullshit.
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We’ve gotten numb to it but Trump threatening NYC voters with federal funding to vote a certain way is the kind of shit that should get him unanimously impeached today. Insane fascist bullshit.
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Exciting news! Filming will soon start on a Bad Bridgets film, inspired by Elaine Farrell & Leanne McCormick's great book. We're delighted to have both Elaine & Leanne on our USIHS Committee (for many reasons, this is just today's extra one) @badbridgetbook.bsky.social
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Daisy Edgar-Jones And Emilia Jones To Star In ‘Bad Bridgets’ From LuckyChap
Daisy Edgar Jones and Emilia Jones are set to star in 'Bad Bridgets', from 'Kneecap' director Rich Peppiatt.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Exciting news! Filming will soon start on a Bad Bridgets film, inspired by Elaine Farrell & Leanne McCormick's great book. We're delighted to have both Elaine & Leanne on our USIHS Committee (for many reasons, this is just today's extra one) @badbridgetbook.bsky.social
deadline.com/2025/10/dais...
deadline.com/2025/10/dais...
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Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch, ‘All Saints’ Day’, 1914 - from National Gallery of Hungary
November 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch, ‘All Saints’ Day’, 1914 - from National Gallery of Hungary
Unusual funerary monument to a Boy Scout I saw in Budapest’s central cemetery today - Gyorgy Zimmermann - who died in 1930 when he was 17.
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Unusual funerary monument to a Boy Scout I saw in Budapest’s central cemetery today - Gyorgy Zimmermann - who died in 1930 when he was 17.
Halloween post of the day - 15th c ivory saddle, reputedly belonged to Vlad Tepes III (otherwise known as Dracula), bearing his emblem of the Order of the Dragon - in the Hungarian National Museum
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Halloween post of the day - 15th c ivory saddle, reputedly belonged to Vlad Tepes III (otherwise known as Dracula), bearing his emblem of the Order of the Dragon - in the Hungarian National Museum
Memento Park in Budapest — as a historian of public commemoration this one has been on my bucket list
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Memento Park in Budapest — as a historian of public commemoration this one has been on my bucket list
Taking in Bartok, Brahms, Mozart and Dvorak at the sublime Liszt Academy Concert Hall in Budapest 😍
October 31, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Taking in Bartok, Brahms, Mozart and Dvorak at the sublime Liszt Academy Concert Hall in Budapest 😍
Beautiful Budapest in autumn
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Beautiful Budapest in autumn