War has always had a way of challenging the relevance of the arts. The response of many artists following WWI was to create ‘dada’, or ‘anti-art’ and nonsense theatre. What was the point of art, after all, when it failed to civilise and quell the hidden beast of war? Following […]
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From September 4, Kenmare Butter Market is hosting a significant retrospective exhibition of the work of Ian Humphreys, an artist who has called West Cork “home” for over 20 years. “The work includes still lives, figures, land/seascapes and abstractions, and all the shades between these conventional categories,” says art lecturer […]
After a summer of near wall-to-wall sunshine, Clonakilty Film Club marks a return to cosy nights indoors with a superb selection from the best that world cinema has to offer. Over the autumn season the club will show six films fortnightly on Tuesdays to keep you entertained until Christmas. As […]
DeBarras will play host to the incredible energy that is Xylouris White as part of this year’s Clonakilty Guitar Festival in September. This duo, a collaboration between Cretan lute player Georgios Xylouris and Australian drummer Jim White, play Greek folk music with fearless and joyous abandon, experimenting with a range of […]
West Cork Casting Studio in Dunmanway is all about family, connections and memories. “I am also about creating new memories,” says award-winning artist Maura O’Connell who captures both life and love in bespoke hand casting and jewellery pieces that are full of emotion. “Knowing that I am creating something that […]
Walking the same paths within our 5km, day in, day out, during this pandemic, many of us gained an insight into and appreciation for the many sometimes fragile wonders right on our doorstep. For three women and artists from Rossmore living just over the hill from each other, their well-trodden […]