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Cottages of Quigley’s Point | Jill Quigley
Jill Quigley grew up in Inishowen in Donegal, on a dairy farm, and most of her work is made in and around this environment. After studying art history and ancient history in college, she subsequently spent "quite a few years doing nothing…
B-Boys, Fly Girls & Horticulture |New work by Paul Hutchinson
Paul Hutchinson is a German-Irish photographer based in Berlin. I caught up with him to talk about his new book ‘B-Boys, Fly Girls & Horticulture”. In his book, he looks at the relationship between contemporary hip hop culture and…
Get your work out there: Top 5 Opportunities for Photographers
Here are the Visual Arts editor's top 5 opportunities for emerging photographers, in Ireland and Worldwide. No more excuses for your work to go unseen or for your ideas to go unexplored- get your work out there and start submitting!…
Featured Artist| Amanda Shirlow
Amanda Shirlow is a contemporary artist living in Coleraine N. Ireland. Her artwork is a blend of photography, installations, street art, and food art. In her photography installation, Microscopic Worlds, she uses tiny figurines against a…
The Photo of One of Them That Is a Photo of One of Us
A photograph of a little boy washed up on a beach in Turkey has made every headline last week, and has gone viral on social media. The child in the picture is 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi, who drowned along with his brother Galip, 5, and their…
Alice Cazenave Interview and Photographs
Ruth Connolly recently spoke to photographer Alice Cazenave about her practice and alternative photography.
My photographic practice is currently centred around experimentation with camera-less techniques and historical processes such as…
Profile| Katie O’Neill |Artist
Last week I recommended Eternal Light as the exhibition of the week and the artist behind it, Katie O' Neill, kindly wrote a little about the process of getting the show, working with curator Noelle Collins and a little about her future…
Interview | Brid O’Donovan-Photographer |
Brid O'Donovan is a Cork based photographer who has combined her love for live gigs with her passion for photography.
So Brid, introduce us! what's your elevator pitch?
I document the music scene in Cork city. I am…
Visual Top 5 for 2014
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…
Video: DUSTO x DC | A Stitch In Time
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Mixing techniques from his graffiti & sign-writing background, watch Cork artist, Dusto hand paint a jacket for DC Shoes below. DC Shoes approached Dusto to submit a piece of work for their gallery, The HUB, in Paris.…