The Golden Bough: Katie Holten

The Golden Bough: Katie Holten The Golden Bough series at the Hugh Lane has been running for quite some time now. After several successful outings in the past year or so, the first venture for 2010 is a solo show by Katie Holten. The show will feature a mixture of drawing, sculpture and text as she continues to delve into her interest in our relationship to, and effect on, nature... Read More

Zabba hit the Big Time

Zabba There’s only one thing I can recommend tonight and that’s Zabba at the Bernard Shaw. Granted – I am in the band – so my recommendation is worth about as much as a bishop’s heartfelt apology. We’ve been planning this night for ages and it’s finally all coming together for a Christmas gigstravaganza! From 8pm we will be giving you value... Read More

This week I will be mostly… in the dark.

Wendy Stephens It’s gonna be one of those. About once a month Dublin ends up with approximately one bajillion exhibition openings on the one Thursday night. Today is one such Thursday. The mayhem is also compounded by the fact that we’re a tidy month from Christmas and the end of another calendar year of spending Arts Council funding wisely, so plenty of galleries are... Read More

This week I will be mostly… Miami Vice!

Vice Magazine Night Flashy stuff, eh? Well, it’s gonna be that kinda night. Vice Magazine are throwing a shindig in the Bernard Shaw this Thursday 19th November so chaos and camera flashes are confirmed guests. Also confirmed are Robotnik, who will be doing what he does in the smoking garden at 9pm, and myself, who will be doing what I do while hiding behind the big, blinding... Read More

On the Trail

Super Extra Bonus Party - ALT* Only 42 more shopping days till Christmas! I mean… I’m about to shoot off on a train to Cork for a few days. Nobody knows if or when I shall return or what I’ll be doing down there but the clever money is on me being back this weekend and more than likely checking out Art Trail goodness and Basement Project Space. But if you’ll... Read More

You can’t spell Culture without Cult

Arthur's Day Well now, isn’t Dublin the exciting little town to live in at the moment. If we’re not playing destruction derby with our public transport system, we’re charging people for “free” bikes and hurling the nation’s pot of gold down a financial well. This week though, we’re taking pride in two of our greatest exports: Guinness... Read More

This week I will be mostly… out of context

Gallery27's Garden It’s been a while since there was much to talk about in the art exhibition line of things which is to be expected as August is always a bit of a quiet month as all the artists in Ireland jet off to top up their tans and egos in the swankiest holiday locations in the world. But with the return of September comes schoolchildren’s tears and a slew... Read More

The Other Picnic

Soft Blonde Moustache - Favourite Food Picnic Enough of all that hanging around with young hellraisers and listening to that awfully loud thumpy thumpy music, it’s time to get back to some quality art exhibitions. You don’t need wellies for that! Though one of tonight’s more intruiging options might seem to have a little in common with Ireland’s more uppity... Read More

This week I will be mostly… 16 across

Scribble Box Back in the half-hearted swing of the Dublin social scene and I feel the need to see some half-decent art this evening after the visual abuse I suffered from the woeful Fine Art students in Manchester. As tends to happen on the first Thursday of the month, there is a pile of openings happening tonight. Regular creativity-juicers Kevin Kavanagh Gallery and Project Arts... Read More

Elephino

The Black Market in Home-Knitted Jumpers (Múm) Meant to post about this back on Friday as advance warning of the exhibition, but alas, circumstances got the better of me once again. Photos from all the weekend’s hijinks are coming shortly. On Saturday evening, I had a few photographs in the Elephino exhibition at The Back Loft at La Catedral Studios, St Augustine St, Dublin... Read More