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VAI News

Alan Phelan, Alice Maher and Rachel Fallon (with Alice Maher) invited to the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia

From La Biennale di Venezia 25th February 2026 The 61st International Art Exhibition In Minor Keys (9 May to 22 November 2026)

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[Top]: Once Upon a Time in a Cinema; image courtesy of the Dublin International Film Festival. [Bottom L-R]: Image courtesy of and © the Dublin International Film Festival.
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miniVAN | Dublin International Film Festival 2026 | Part I

In the first instalment of our two-part special series on the 2026 Dublin International Film Festival, miniVAN Commissioning Editor Thomas

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RHA Hennessy Craig Award and Homan Potterton Prize Awards Announced

From Royal Hibernian Academy Thursday February 12th 2026 The Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts is delighted to announce that artists

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Aidan Gillen and Rebecca Miller join judging panel for Dublin International Film Festival’s Avolon World Cinema Award

From Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF)Friday 13th of January 2026 AIDAN GILLEN AND REBECCA MILLER JOIN JUDGING PANEL FOR DUBLIN

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Browse the Visual Artists Ireland Board of Trustees directory below.

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Minister O’Donovan announces the New Basic Income for the Arts scheme

From the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport10th February, 2026 Government today approved the parameters of the new BIA Payment

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VAN Spotlight | Acts of Creation 

Dr Kate Antosik-Parsons reviews the Hayward Gallery touring exhibition currently at VISUAL in Carlow.⁠ Check it out now by clicking

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Irish all-female reboot of Raphael’s ‘School of Athens’ fresco goes on tour to Rome

From Artemisia Gold 30th January, 2026 An Irish art project depicting a full-scale re-enactment of Raphael’s The School of Athens

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Dublin International Film Festival Programme Launch 2026

Paul Rudd, Colin Farrell, Bill Nighy, Maisie Williams, and Alice Krige lead a star-studded line-up as Dublin International Film Festival

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VAN Spotlight | Geraldine O’Neill, ‘Flicker, Flicker’ 

Aidan Kelly-Murphy reviews Geraldine O’Neill ‘Flicker, Flicker’ at Kevin Kavanagh.⁠⁠Check it out now by clicking here!⁠Image: Geraldine O’Neill, Cré Mharbh,

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