Architecture, creativity and community …
Sunshine and Showers, Bridget Flinn, Solomon Fine Art, Dublin 2
Following her previous solo exhibition celebrating the changing cityscape near her Dublin home and studio, Bridget Flinn’s focus expands to include rural Ireland and landmark buildings such as lighthouses, mill buildings, and familiar sites of Kilkenny, Kerry and North Mayo – all captured in her colourful style. Flinn’s paintings are distinctive for their semi-abstracted, close-cropped representation to add depth and perspective. @solomonfineart
Pictures of You, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin 2
Guest curated by Miles Thurlow, this exhibition brings together 16 international and multigenerational artists whose images, objects and actions evoke specific, often fleeting, moments while simultaneously revealing incisive reflections on time, memory and social structures. Among them is Eve Ackroyd (pictured) whose intimate paintings explore the dynamics of family relationships and friendships, as well as her own interiority and reflections on daily life. @kerlingallery
Caligravity, Diaa Lagan, The Horse Gallery, Dublin 1
This is an installation of new work by Dublin-based West Asian artist Diaa Lagan, whose work is a loose experimentation with Arabic letterforms and allegorical paintings. The exhibition runs alongside another at Chester Beatty Gallery in Dublin Castle also featuring Lagan’s work. @thehorsedublin
Returning, Maeve McCarthy, Municipal Gallery, dlr Lexicon, Dún Laoghaire
This personal exhibition features charcoal drawings, paintings and a film by Maeve McCarthy. Through her work, McCarthy explores her family story, from their roots in Co Down to her grandparents’ home in the 1930s. She revisits familiar paths from the past – some still standing, others changed or disappeared. The exhibition invites visitors to think about what’s passed down through generations and how memories continue to live on even after physical places change. It’s a thoughtful look at identity, belonging and the power of letting go. @dlr.lexicon
Doneraile Art Festival, Co Cork
This festival offers a fun-filled programme suitable for all ages. Visitors can expect activities such as painting, willow weaving, botanical plaster art and flower arranging, plus free storytelling and drumming workshops, the Bad Art Club and The festival culminates with not one but three plein air painting competitions followed by live music by Ceoltóirí Clárach. @doneraileartfest
A new climate-action project that reimagines our relationship with peatlands, it includes a mobile shelter, exhibition, artist in residence (Luke Casserly) and a programme of walks, workshops, and panel discussions with local and international speakers. “Bog Bothy has come about through engagement with communities living within and alongside bogs,” explains Evelyn D’Arcy and David Jameson, co-founders of 12th Field Architects, who designed the project. “Through this project, we wanted to honour local knowledge and invite participation in shaping the future of these fragile spaces.” Admission is free, though booking is essential. Bog Bothy will tour Girley Bog, Co Meath in August. @bogbothy
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