visual art

We love Instagram. Why? Because it brings tonnes of visual art right to your finger tips. Follow @thisheadstuff to stay up to date with our finds on our favourite app. You can find our other choices for Instagram Pick of the Week here.…

For the first part of this Art Encounters, click here. 'Imagine bumping into yourself when you were twenty years younger?' You’re twenty-three years old, looking at Francis Bacon’s Lying Figure (1966) in the Reina Sofia Gallery…

I first meet Caroline Doolin, the artist behind Fault Found Bodies standing in the dark and orange enclosed sphere that currently houses her work in Project Arts Centre. The room “takes the form of two intersecting curved balls – that…

One of the strange things about the internet is that I now have friends I’ve never met. I even have friends on the internet that have seemed hesitant when I suggested we meet in proper: in the real world. Only when I mentioned I’d be where…

We're a few days into the month but never fear, there's still plenty of amazing exhibitions in October to come! Here's our top picks for what's on around the country.  Someone You Love | 11 October @ 18:00 - 22:00 The Copper House…

We went behind the scenes a few days early at Body & Soul Arts and Music Festival in Ballinlough Castle and chatted to some of the artists and decor team. It is all their hard work that ties this beautiful festival together and creates…

August is here, see our top picks of visual arts events this month around the country! Dublin Live Art Festival 2016 | MART, Rathmines | 10 to 14 August 2016 Taking place over five days and nights in MART, an artist-led, self-sustaining…

We love Instagram! Why? Because it gives you access to tonnes of visual art at your finger tips! Follow @thisheadstuff to stay up to date with our finds on our favourite app! Every week HeadStuff’s Visual Arts Editor will feature posts…

Gary Dempsey is an Irish visual artist and printmaker. He  received a B.A honours degree in fine-art printmaking from the limerick school of art and design in 2011, whereupon he was awarded an emerging artist bursary from Cork printmakers.…

Emily Robards is an artist and surreal poet living in Limerick County. She works in a variety of media, including printmaking, photography, sculpture, and painting. Her practice incorporates the themes of home, love, nature and the self.…