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The Future is Open | Group Exhibition at Solstice Arts Centre
The Future is Open | Group Exhibition at Solstice Arts Centre
Urban Landscapes | Fiona O’Brien at Axis Arts Centre
Urban Landscapes | Fiona O’Brien at Axis Arts Centre
The Interrogation of Bridget Cleary | Lorraine Cleary at Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich
The Interrogation of Bridget Cleary | Lorraine Cleary at Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich
Cumha i ndiaidh an Bhaile / Longing for Home | Sophia Sickorova at Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich
Cumha i ndiaidh an Bhaile / Longing for Home | Sophia Sickorova at Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich
An Instrument So Powerful | Lee Hamill at Reds Gallery Dublin
An Instrument So Powerful | Lee Hamill at Reds Gallery Dublin
Sulphur | Orla Whelan at Lavit Gallery
Sulphur | Orla Whelan at Lavit Gallery
Hellbound | Breda Lynch at GOMA
Hellbound | Breda Lynch at GOMA
Generations | Eibhlín and Dee Grimes at the Edna O’Brien Library
Generations | Eibhlín and Dee Grimes at the Edna O’Brien Library

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Open Call | Submissions for the Sir William Orpen Prize 2026
Open Call | Submissions for the Sir William Orpen Prize 2026
Open Call | Working with Nature Awards from Powerscourt Estate
Open Call | Working with Nature Awards from Powerscourt Estate
Open Call | Get Together 2026 Panellists from Visual Artists Ireland
Open Call | Get Together 2026 Panellists from Visual Artists Ireland
For Sale | Canon G1 X from John Kinsella
For Sale | Canon G1 X from John Kinsella
Open Call | OASis In the Park Residency from  Fondazione Campania Welfare
Open Call | OASis In the Park Residency from Fondazione Campania Welfare
Open Call | Bursary Award Round 2 from the Arts Council
Open Call | Bursary Award Round 2 from the Arts Council
Glaoch Oscailte- Taispeántais Cheird na nEalaíontóirí Amharclann Chois Fharraige
Glaoch Oscailte- Taispeántais Cheird na nEalaíontóirí Amharclann Chois Fharraige
Making your own Exhibition Opportunities
Making your own Exhibition Opportunities

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Advertise with VAI in the Upcoming Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
Advertise with VAI in the Upcoming Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
May June VAN Spotlight | Palimpsest
May June VAN Spotlight | Palimpsest
May June VAN Spotlight | Decentralised Integration ⁠
May June VAN Spotlight | Decentralised Integration ⁠
May June VAN Spotlight | New Contemporaries
May June VAN Spotlight | New Contemporaries

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