Michael Waldron
@michaelwaldron.bsky.social
PhD | Curator @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social | Deputy Chair, Sample-Studios | Not the MCU guy | Art, literature, collections, diversity… oh and cats. #TransLivesMatter 🏳️⚧️ He/him 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🇮🇪
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Pinching myself to be a very small part of The Routledge Companion to Irish Art, a remarkable new volume that will enrich the field of Irish art history for years to come. Deepest thanks to the brilliant, patient, and supportive editors, Fionna Barber and Fintan Cullen. Maith sibh!
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Today we’re continuing the #autumnvibes with this oil painting by Nano Reid depicting a group of Irish Travellers gathering wood for a fire. With its muted, earthy tones and abstract figures, the people and animals begin to blend into the landscape of the setting itself.
#CrawfordArtGallery
#CrawfordArtGallery
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Today we’re continuing the #autumnvibes with this oil painting by Nano Reid depicting a group of Irish Travellers gathering wood for a fire. With its muted, earthy tones and abstract figures, the people and animals begin to blend into the landscape of the setting itself.
#CrawfordArtGallery
#CrawfordArtGallery
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Irish sculptor Joseph Higgins died #onthisday in 1925.
To mark the award-winning artist’s centenary, we’re sharing one of his most celebrated works: An Strachaire Fir (c.1923).
And a little bit of trivia: Higgins took night classes in our building when it was Crawford Municipal School of Art.
To mark the award-winning artist’s centenary, we’re sharing one of his most celebrated works: An Strachaire Fir (c.1923).
And a little bit of trivia: Higgins took night classes in our building when it was Crawford Municipal School of Art.
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Irish sculptor Joseph Higgins died #onthisday in 1925.
To mark the award-winning artist’s centenary, we’re sharing one of his most celebrated works: An Strachaire Fir (c.1923).
And a little bit of trivia: Higgins took night classes in our building when it was Crawford Municipal School of Art.
To mark the award-winning artist’s centenary, we’re sharing one of his most celebrated works: An Strachaire Fir (c.1923).
And a little bit of trivia: Higgins took night classes in our building when it was Crawford Municipal School of Art.
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John Singer Sargent met his muse, Thomas McKellar when TM was working as a hotel elevator operator. TM became "The Boston Apollo", posing for many of JSS' classical characters 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
This is JSS' Study for Eros and Psyche for the Rotunda of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1916–1921 😁
This is JSS' Study for Eros and Psyche for the Rotunda of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1916–1921 😁
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
John Singer Sargent met his muse, Thomas McKellar when TM was working as a hotel elevator operator. TM became "The Boston Apollo", posing for many of JSS' classical characters 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
This is JSS' Study for Eros and Psyche for the Rotunda of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1916–1921 😁
This is JSS' Study for Eros and Psyche for the Rotunda of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1916–1921 😁
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
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In honour of Transgender Day of Remembrance, today we are posting Dylan is Ainm Dom... by Stephen Doyle, which is thought to be the first artwork in the national collection that openly addresses transgender identity.
#CrawfordArtGallery #TransgenderDayOfRememberance
#CrawfordArtGallery #TransgenderDayOfRememberance
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In honour of Transgender Day of Remembrance, today we are posting Dylan is Ainm Dom... by Stephen Doyle, which is thought to be the first artwork in the national collection that openly addresses transgender identity.
#CrawfordArtGallery #TransgenderDayOfRememberance
#CrawfordArtGallery #TransgenderDayOfRememberance
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What are you wearing now the weather's turning colder? We suggest some Hibernian fashion this winter season, as modelled here by this couple donning some cosy looking threads.
This image comes from 'Costumes of the British Isles', showing the clothing of Hibernians.
This image comes from 'Costumes of the British Isles', showing the clothing of Hibernians.
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
What are you wearing now the weather's turning colder? We suggest some Hibernian fashion this winter season, as modelled here by this couple donning some cosy looking threads.
This image comes from 'Costumes of the British Isles', showing the clothing of Hibernians.
This image comes from 'Costumes of the British Isles', showing the clothing of Hibernians.
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It's good to see Bishop Lucey Park open again and there are some nice elements but overall it's rather charmless, cluttered and over-engineered. Strap yourself in for a rollercoaster ride of a thread (1/n)🧵 #Cork
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It's good to see Bishop Lucey Park open again and there are some nice elements but overall it's rather charmless, cluttered and over-engineered. Strap yourself in for a rollercoaster ride of a thread (1/n)🧵 #Cork
Aosdána member and Saoi Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin awarded Honorary Doctorate of Literature by UCC
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Aosdána member and Saoi Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin awarded Honorary Doctorate of Literature by UCC - Aosdána
The trailblazing poet, scholar, editor, Saoi of Aosdána and former Ireland Professor of Poetry, Professor Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin was honoured the Honorary Doctorate by University College Cork (UCC) fo...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Aosdána member and Saoi Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin awarded Honorary Doctorate of Literature by UCC
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This was a really stellar acquisition for @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social, a painting about which I wrote a short piece for the Una Watters blog.
Incidentally, tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of the artist’s death.
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Incidentally, tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of the artist’s death.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This was a really stellar acquisition for @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social, a painting about which I wrote a short piece for the Una Watters blog.
Incidentally, tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of the artist’s death.
unawattersartist.com/2021/10/21/s...
Incidentally, tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of the artist’s death.
unawattersartist.com/2021/10/21/s...
The last of this season’s Talks Series at St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny takes place on Thursday evening.
Following my talk on #HarryClarke last week, Evan Connon will speak on “Fragments of Faith: Conservation of Ireland’s Stained-Glass Legacy”
www.stcanicescathedral.ie/event/fragme...
Following my talk on #HarryClarke last week, Evan Connon will speak on “Fragments of Faith: Conservation of Ireland’s Stained-Glass Legacy”
www.stcanicescathedral.ie/event/fragme...
Fragments of Faith: Conservation of Ireland’s Stained-Glass Legacy - St. Canice Cathedral And Round Tower
In this talk, we will lift the veil on the meticulous craft of stained-glass restoration, exploring the challenges of conservation, the stories embedded in the details, and the enduring legacy of stai...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The last of this season’s Talks Series at St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny takes place on Thursday evening.
Following my talk on #HarryClarke last week, Evan Connon will speak on “Fragments of Faith: Conservation of Ireland’s Stained-Glass Legacy”
www.stcanicescathedral.ie/event/fragme...
Following my talk on #HarryClarke last week, Evan Connon will speak on “Fragments of Faith: Conservation of Ireland’s Stained-Glass Legacy”
www.stcanicescathedral.ie/event/fragme...
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On this November afternoon, we are taking a moment to reflect on Potato Diggers in the West, a highly atmospheric work by Charles MacIver Grierson that beautifully captures the late autumn light and intensity of the setting sun.
#CrawfordArtGallery #IrishArtist #AutumnVibes #IrishArtists
#CrawfordArtGallery #IrishArtist #AutumnVibes #IrishArtists
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
On this November afternoon, we are taking a moment to reflect on Potato Diggers in the West, a highly atmospheric work by Charles MacIver Grierson that beautifully captures the late autumn light and intensity of the setting sun.
#CrawfordArtGallery #IrishArtist #AutumnVibes #IrishArtists
#CrawfordArtGallery #IrishArtist #AutumnVibes #IrishArtists
Dr J. A. “Gus” Ryan died #onthisday in 1974, the day before President Erskine H. Childers.
He was Director of the Cork Blood Bank and my grandfather, although his early death meant I never got to meet him. He is still spoken of with such love and admiration.
He was Director of the Cork Blood Bank and my grandfather, although his early death meant I never got to meet him. He is still spoken of with such love and admiration.
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Dr J. A. “Gus” Ryan died #onthisday in 1974, the day before President Erskine H. Childers.
He was Director of the Cork Blood Bank and my grandfather, although his early death meant I never got to meet him. He is still spoken of with such love and admiration.
He was Director of the Cork Blood Bank and my grandfather, although his early death meant I never got to meet him. He is still spoken of with such love and admiration.
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Wallace Saaty's interior art for Laurence Manning's "The Living Galaxy" in Wonder Stories (September 1934). The story contains a very early reference to a generation ship.
#scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist
#scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist
November 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Wallace Saaty's interior art for Laurence Manning's "The Living Galaxy" in Wonder Stories (September 1934). The story contains a very early reference to a generation ship.
#scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist
#scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist
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'A Tavern Brawl.' (c1953) James Fitton often captured human behaviour at its most unguarded: the awkward, the humorous, the slightly chaotic, people as they are, not as they pretend to be, quibbling, laughing, drinking, drifting, or something a little more physical.
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
'A Tavern Brawl.' (c1953) James Fitton often captured human behaviour at its most unguarded: the awkward, the humorous, the slightly chaotic, people as they are, not as they pretend to be, quibbling, laughing, drinking, drifting, or something a little more physical.
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Join us online for this year’s Breandán Ó Buachalla Lecture, organised with the support of @nlireland.bsky.social. The lecture, “The harp and the harper in Classical Irish Poetry” will be given by Dr Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh. Registration now open
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Binn gotha na dtéad
The harp and the harper in Classical Irish Poetry
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November 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Join us online for this year’s Breandán Ó Buachalla Lecture, organised with the support of @nlireland.bsky.social. The lecture, “The harp and the harper in Classical Irish Poetry” will be given by Dr Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh. Registration now open
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
Well, here we are.
Bishop Lucey Park has reopened after a two-year closure and redesign. And it’s very good to have this space available again.
I’m trying very hard to find the positives (there are some), but overall it is a sad failure for the public and for urban green space in Cork.
Bishop Lucey Park has reopened after a two-year closure and redesign. And it’s very good to have this space available again.
I’m trying very hard to find the positives (there are some), but overall it is a sad failure for the public and for urban green space in Cork.
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Well, here we are.
Bishop Lucey Park has reopened after a two-year closure and redesign. And it’s very good to have this space available again.
I’m trying very hard to find the positives (there are some), but overall it is a sad failure for the public and for urban green space in Cork.
Bishop Lucey Park has reopened after a two-year closure and redesign. And it’s very good to have this space available again.
I’m trying very hard to find the positives (there are some), but overall it is a sad failure for the public and for urban green space in Cork.
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Born #OnThisDay in 1738 was astronomer William Herschel FRS. Amongst his discoveries were the planet Uranus and its moons Titania and Oberon. Find out more about the work of William, his sister Caroline, and the Herschel astronomy dynasty: https://bit.ly/4oJ8FGn
November 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Born #OnThisDay in 1738 was astronomer William Herschel FRS. Amongst his discoveries were the planet Uranus and its moons Titania and Oberon. Find out more about the work of William, his sister Caroline, and the Herschel astronomy dynasty: https://bit.ly/4oJ8FGn
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#TodayInQueerHistory
November 15 (2018)
SOLD!
David Hockney's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sells for an eye-watering $90.3 million. It's the highest selling painting by a living artist so far!
November 15 (2018)
SOLD!
David Hockney's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sells for an eye-watering $90.3 million. It's the highest selling painting by a living artist so far!
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 15 (2018)
SOLD!
David Hockney's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sells for an eye-watering $90.3 million. It's the highest selling painting by a living artist so far!
November 15 (2018)
SOLD!
David Hockney's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sells for an eye-watering $90.3 million. It's the highest selling painting by a living artist so far!
Arts minister says work is ‘a once-in-a-multi-generation investment’
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New €93m estimate for Crawford Gallery redevelopment is less than originally forecast
Arts minister says work is 'a once-in-a-multi-generation investment' as Cabinet also hears proposal for aid for victims of recent Cork flooding
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November 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Arts minister says work is ‘a once-in-a-multi-generation investment’
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Today we’re spotlighting A Holy Place of the Druids or Grave of a Chieftain.
Edith Somerville employs a limited colour palette for this undated work of Drombeg Stone Circle. Also known as ‘The Druid’s Altar’, Drombeg is oriented towards the setting sun on the Winter Solstice.
#CrawfordArtGallery
Edith Somerville employs a limited colour palette for this undated work of Drombeg Stone Circle. Also known as ‘The Druid’s Altar’, Drombeg is oriented towards the setting sun on the Winter Solstice.
#CrawfordArtGallery
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today we’re spotlighting A Holy Place of the Druids or Grave of a Chieftain.
Edith Somerville employs a limited colour palette for this undated work of Drombeg Stone Circle. Also known as ‘The Druid’s Altar’, Drombeg is oriented towards the setting sun on the Winter Solstice.
#CrawfordArtGallery
Edith Somerville employs a limited colour palette for this undated work of Drombeg Stone Circle. Also known as ‘The Druid’s Altar’, Drombeg is oriented towards the setting sun on the Winter Solstice.
#CrawfordArtGallery
For anyone in Kilkenny this Thursday evening, I’m giving a talk at 6:30pm in St Canice’s Cathedral.
“Harry Clarke: Imagining the Sacred and Profane”
Would love to see you there!
Further details here: www.stcanicescathedral.ie/event/harry-...
“Harry Clarke: Imagining the Sacred and Profane”
Would love to see you there!
Further details here: www.stcanicescathedral.ie/event/harry-...
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
For anyone in Kilkenny this Thursday evening, I’m giving a talk at 6:30pm in St Canice’s Cathedral.
“Harry Clarke: Imagining the Sacred and Profane”
Would love to see you there!
Further details here: www.stcanicescathedral.ie/event/harry-...
“Harry Clarke: Imagining the Sacred and Profane”
Would love to see you there!
Further details here: www.stcanicescathedral.ie/event/harry-...
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✨Additional Tours Added!✨
Crawford Art Gallery has added more dates and time slots to our Crawford Uncovered Tours, including an evening tour in support of Cork City Council's Night Time Economy.
Click the link below to book yours before they are gone!
#CrawfordArtGallery #CrawfordUncovered
Crawford Art Gallery has added more dates and time slots to our Crawford Uncovered Tours, including an evening tour in support of Cork City Council's Night Time Economy.
Click the link below to book yours before they are gone!
#CrawfordArtGallery #CrawfordUncovered
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
✨Additional Tours Added!✨
Crawford Art Gallery has added more dates and time slots to our Crawford Uncovered Tours, including an evening tour in support of Cork City Council's Night Time Economy.
Click the link below to book yours before they are gone!
#CrawfordArtGallery #CrawfordUncovered
Crawford Art Gallery has added more dates and time slots to our Crawford Uncovered Tours, including an evening tour in support of Cork City Council's Night Time Economy.
Click the link below to book yours before they are gone!
#CrawfordArtGallery #CrawfordUncovered
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President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina were greeted by cheers and gifted roses as they left Áras an Uachtaráin for the last time.
A guard of honour was formed by members of the Sanctuary Runners who wanted to show their appreciation for his support.
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A guard of honour was formed by members of the Sanctuary Runners who wanted to show their appreciation for his support.
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President Higgins and wife Sabina given roses and cheered as they leave Áras for the final time
President Higgins was late departing as he and his wife Sabina wanted to ring the peace bell one last time.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina were greeted by cheers and gifted roses as they left Áras an Uachtaráin for the last time.
A guard of honour was formed by members of the Sanctuary Runners who wanted to show their appreciation for his support.
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A guard of honour was formed by members of the Sanctuary Runners who wanted to show their appreciation for his support.
jrnl.ie/6870482
Throwback to Slógadh ‘93 when I met – and played – the man who would be the ninth Uachtarán na hÉireann.
What an exemplary president Michael D. Higgins has been, reminding us that the peoples of Ireland represent a diverse and vibrant culture with unlimited potential.
Míle buíochas agus beir bua!
What an exemplary president Michael D. Higgins has been, reminding us that the peoples of Ireland represent a diverse and vibrant culture with unlimited potential.
Míle buíochas agus beir bua!
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Throwback to Slógadh ‘93 when I met – and played – the man who would be the ninth Uachtarán na hÉireann.
What an exemplary president Michael D. Higgins has been, reminding us that the peoples of Ireland represent a diverse and vibrant culture with unlimited potential.
Míle buíochas agus beir bua!
What an exemplary president Michael D. Higgins has been, reminding us that the peoples of Ireland represent a diverse and vibrant culture with unlimited potential.
Míle buíochas agus beir bua!