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VAI News

VAN Spotlight September October 2024 | Exhibition Profile | Shortest Way Home ⁠

Joanne Laws reflects on the current off-site exhibitions by TBG+S at The Pumphouse in Dublin Port.⁠ Check it out now

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Out Now | September October 2024 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet

For VAN Sept/Oct issue, Joanne Laws reflects on ‘Longest Way Round, Shortest Way Home’ – offsite exhibitions by Yuri Pattison

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miniVAN | Steel, Stone, and Wood

In the latest edition of the miniVAN, Production Editor Thomas Pool interviews crafters and sculptors Sam Gleeson, Tina O’Connell and

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VAN Special Issue: Call for VAI Member Questions

Do you have a question for curators, gallerists, directors, critics, policymakers, funders, or fellow artists? VAI is currently researching a

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Helen Hughes, ‘finding the most forgiving element’, installation view, Butler Gallery; photograph by Ros Kavanagh, courtesy of the artist and Butler Gallery.⁠
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VAN Spotlight July August 2024 | Critique | Helen Hughes, ‘finding the most forgiving element’ ⁠

Ella de Búrca reviews Helen Hughes, ‘finding the most forgiving element’ at Butler Gallery.⁠ ⁠ Check it out now by

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plattenbaustudio, Urban Mirror, 2023, Cornmarket Street; photographs by Clare Keogh, courtesy of Cork City Council.
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VAN Spotlight July August 2024 | Public Art | Island City⁠

Valerie Byrne outlines a sculpture trail in Cork city centre.⁠ ⁠ Check it out now by clicking here! ⁠ Image:

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Pauline Rowan, ‘Under a Vaulted Sky’, 2024, installation view, The Dock, May 2024; photograph by Ros Kavanagh courtesy of the artist and The Dock.⁠
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VAN Spotlight July August 2024 | Critique | The Dock⁠

Phillina Sun reviews Pauline Rowan, ‘Under a Vaulted Sky’ and Caline Aoun, ‘When the Invisible Touches the Surface’ at The

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John Byrne, An Comórtas/The Contest, 2024, back-lit, digitally printed PVC, installation view, Carnegie Library, Swords. Commissioned through Fingal County Council’s public art programme, Infrastructure 2018-2024; photograph by Louis Haugh, courtesy of the artist and Fingal County Council.⁠
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VAN Spotlight July August 2024 | Public Art | Comórtas⁠

Carissa Farrell discusses John Byrne’s new public artwork commissioned by Fingal County Council.⁠ ⁠ Check it out now by clicking

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Eilis O’Connell, ‘In the Roundness of Being’, installation view, VISUAL Carlow; photographs by Ros Kavanagh, courtesy of the artist and VISUAL Carlow.⁠
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VAN Spotlight July August 2024 | Member Profile | Biomorphic Forms⁠

Joanne Laws interviews Eilis O’Connell about the evolution of her practice over five decades.⁠ ⁠ Check it out now by

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Hilary Heron carving Lady of the Rocks, 1953; image courtesy of IMMA and the Estate of Hilary Heron.⁠
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VAN Spotlight July August 2024 | Irish Art History: Forgotten Figures | Hilary Heron: A Retrospective⁠

Seán Kissane discusses an exhibition at IMMA that celebrates the legacy of an Irish modernist sculptor.⁠ ⁠ Check it out

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