Major twentieth-century artists, Francis Bacon and Edvard Munch, are now on show in Dublin, Dr John Wallace reflects on two new important exhibitions running this autumn The Hugh Lane Gallery on Dublin’s Parnell Square is hosting a major exhibition of Francis Bacon’s work. Bacon was born in Dublin of British parents in October 1909. His [...]
Niamh Mullen speaks to Prof Colin Bradley, whose photographs are on exhibition in UCC, along with those of Dr Colman Casey and Dr Frank van Pelt Accidental artist Prof Colin Bradley’s first exhibition of photography runs at the Jennings Gallery in University College Cork (UCC) this month. The head of the Department of General Practice [...]
Dr John Wallace looks at the major exhibition in Dublin of the work of the short-lived Wexford painter Thomas Roberts. Roberts is considered to be a painter of European significance — despite being virtually unknown outside of Ireland. Thomas Roberts, the greatest Irish landscape painter of the eighteenth century, died of consumption in Lisbon in [...]
Dr John Wallace looks at a small but exceptional exhibition that is currently running at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin. Three renowned works painted by artists from the city of Delft in Holland are now on display at the National Gallery of Ireland. The exceptional compositions all date from the 17th century when [...]
Dr John Wallace takes a look at a superb art collection of works by European and Irish artists, which is located in the Merrion Hotel and Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud in central Dublin. The five-star Merrion Hotel is located just off Merrion Square, opposite Government Buildings in central, Georgian Dublin. The five-star hotel is made up [...]
Dr John Wallace looks at a new book that analyses the Irish art market from an investment perspective and offers an understanding as to how the art market works in this country. Works of art are unique, portable, storable and their value frequently increases over time. Further-more, paintings and sculpture are often put on display, [...]
Dr John Wallace looks at the current Impressionist exhibition in the National Gallery, which includes some of the best-known exponents of the style: Monet, Renoir, Degas and Morisot. Impressionism’ was coined as a term of derision. By 1900, there was hardly an art student anywhere in the world who had not been warned by a [...]
The ‘Open Window’ group from St James’s Hospital was invited this month to present its project, ‘Art Intervention in the Stem Cell Transplant Unit’ at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York. When the Stem Cell Transplant Unit was revamped in St James’s Hospital in 2000, the result was a state-of-the-art unit with [...]
Dr John Wallace enjoys some of the delights on offer at a small Parisian art gallery – a ‘must-see’ in the City of Lights. The Orangerie is a small yet very important gallery in central Paris that houses the famous ‘Water Lilies’ paintings by Claude Monet. This easy-to-reach gallery is located on the right bank [...]
Dr John Wallace looks at a lavish book of photographs detailing the interiors of some of the greatest libraries in the world, which includes a few wonderful examples from Ireland Of necessity, we have all spent some time in libraries, some of us, perhaps, more time than others. A library is essentially a room where [...]
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