![[Image 1] Left: Muirne Lydon, Installing Sarah Purser Show; image courtesy and copyright of the National Gallery of Ireland; Top Right: The Book of Kells, The portrait of Christ (folio 32v located opposite the Eight circle cross); image courtesy and copyright of The Board of Trinity College Dublin; Bottom Right: Ludovico Mazzolino, The Crossing of the Red Sea, 1521, oil on wood panel; image courtesy of the National Gallery of Ireland, NGI.666, National Gallery of Ireland Collection, Creative Commons License.](https://visualartists.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Untitled-design-46.png)
miniVAN | Art History and Conservation
In the latest edition of the miniVAN, Production Editor Thomas Pool interviews Muirne Lydon, Paintings Conservator at the National Gallery
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![Cecilia Danell, The Primeval Sunset, 2022 [detail], hand-tufted rug, 100% wool yarn, 200 x 200 cm; image courtesy of the artist, Kevin Kavanagh, and Crawford Art Gallery](https://visualartists.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Untitled-design-45.png)
Out Now | January February 2024 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
Happy new year to our valued readers, supporters, colleagues, and friends! The first VAN issue of the year features a
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miniVAN | Street Art
In the latest edition of the miniVAN, Production Editor Thomas Pool interviews Holly Pereira, Omin and Caoilfhionn Hanton about their
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Noel Hensey announced as the winner of the VAI Experiment! Award 2023
Visual Artists Ireland are delighted to announce Noel Hensey as the winner of the Experiment! Award 2023. Experiment! provides an
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VAN Event | Orit Gat in conversation with Isobel Harbison
Thursday 14 December at 6 pm, in Temple Bar Gallery + Studios for Dublin Art Book Fair 2023. Visual Artists
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VAI announces 2-month residency for a current member at Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
For over two decades, the Centre Culturel Irlandais’ annual residency programme has offered great opportunities to over 450 artists of
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Out Now | November December 2023 Special Issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
Visual Artists Ireland is thrilled to publish the November-December 2023 special issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet. As recipient
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VAI Launches Experiment Award
Experiment is a programme that provides an alternative form of residency. The purpose of the residency is to provide artists
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Introducing: The miniVAN
VAI is proud to introduce our new online exclusive content from the visionary team behind The VAN, the miniVAN!
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Get Together 2023, VAI’s National Day for Visual Artists
“Connecting Minds, Cultivating Relationships” VAI’s National Day for networking, professional development, discussions, and the sharing of ideas and knowledge within
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