Almost everyone is familiar with the Renaissance, and most of us will have heard of Impressionism. Beyond that, however, the lay-person’s knowledge of art history gets a bit sketchy (no pun intended!). A mention of ‘Baroque painting’, for example, might prompt an unintended yawn (not that complicated art history stuff!). […]
Arts
After a busy summer of events the West Cork Literary Festival is planning in-person readings and an online workshop for the Autumn/Winter. On Saturday, November 13 at 7.30pm, West Cork Literary Festival, as part of Dublin Book Festival, will join JR Thorp who will discuss her novel ‘Learwife’ with Nadine O’Regan in front of […]
With Rembrandt in Print showing at the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork and a plethora of printmaking exhibitions around the country, the art of printmaking in Ireland is enjoying a well-deserved spotlight. ‘Diamond Point’, celebrating 60 years of Graphic Studio Dublin showed through September in the Blue House Gallery, Schull, […]
Skibbereen based Visual Artist Tomasz Madajczak has been announced as the Cork County Council recipient of the inaugural PLATFORM 31 Bursary Award. Developed by the Association of Local Authority Arts Offices (ALAAO), in collaboration with the Arts Council, PLATFORM 31 offers financial and developmental support to 31 artists in each […]
A sublime spectacle is typically a combination of awe-inspiring complexity and vertiginous scale. Under this definition we find the man-made ‘wonders of the world’: pyramids, cathedrals, mosques, temples and ancient cities. In this article I reflect upon two experiences of the sublime: the giant mechanical animals of La Machine in Nantes […]
As September rounds the corner of an unusual year in the life of many Blue House Gallery presents a host of suitably reminiscent shows as well as exciting new work to entice and engage before the season takes a gear change. From the 3rd September – Sunday 15th September there […]