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Happy New Year to all! It's still quiet round the art world at large but if you haven't caught it yet, Phoenix Rising: Art and Civic Imagination at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane is currently running and worth a look. This…

L and R's new project is open for voting-www.leftrightfight.com  Here's the brief: Project 4- Merry Fucking Christmas Since it’s that time of year, goodwill to all men… blahdy blah blah and, like the English and Germans before us, we…

NEWS So we’re winding up for Christmas and the art world has already checked out. Released this week is http://punchamonet.gallery/, where you can follow in the footsteps of jailed art vandal Andrew Shannon who last year put his fist…

Here are my picks for the top 5 best, worst and just plain interesting things that happened in Visual Culture in 2014. Limerick City of Culture We kicked off 2014, Limerick’s year as City of Culture with a little controversy after…

NEWS A few news items this week, UCD announced the selected artists for their annual residency, a residency focused on artists who work with scientific aspects in their work. Green on Red Gallery is reopening this week after a short hiatus…

The Turner Prize 2014 One of the biggest awards in the art world was announced on Monday night. The 30th Turner Prize 2014 was awarded to Irish-born, Glasgow-based artist Duncan Campbell. Five of the last 10 winners, including Campbell,…

Hexagon It would be remiss of me not to plug my own exhibition this week, Hexagon, opening at Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray on Thursday and continuing until January. It is the culmination of a six month long collaboration between…

There are some interesting happenings this week in the art world. Dublin City Council’s Vacant Space scheme is back and they have a few new venues to offer for ‘creative groups to use for cultural purposes’. It’s a fairly open scheme with…

This month L & R are adding a charitable side to their competition. Movember is upon us and, as facial hair aficionados; we have decided to devote this month to a Moustache Melee! For every vote we get we will donate a euro towards…

It’s a busy week in the art world this week with numerous shows opening all over the country. Two I’m particularly interested in getting to see are Futures 14 at the RHA Gallery and Cecelia Danell’s show at Eight Gallery. Futures always…