Clare Doyle
irishartbeat.bsky.social
Clare Doyle
@irishartbeat.bsky.social
Gallery hound, Dublin history nerd, crime fiction and tennis fan. Here for all your "random facts about Irish women artists" needs 😀
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Francis Bacon, Crucifixion (oil and acrylic on canvas), 1965, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
Bacon was born #OTD in Dublin on 1909 at 63 Lower Baggot St. The house is now offices and a plaque marks the artist's birthplace
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October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Irish Blood Transfusion folks have a critical shortage of blood this week. Please consider donating if you can: check if you're eligible to be a literal lifesaver at www.giveblood.ie/can-i-give-b...
Pic: Vivienne Roche, The Watchful Heart (bronze), RHA Annual 2023
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July 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Sad news tonight that the Wexford-born sculptor has passed away.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Michael Warren, Beneath the 'bow (Irish oak and corten steel), 1991, IMMA
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July 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"E.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea" will be shown on Tues 3 June at 6.15 pm at @lighthousecinemadublin followed by an in-person Q&A with director Beatrice Minger
Picture: Eileen Gray, E1027 table (chrome and steel), 1926-1929, NMI Collins Barracks, from their Eileen Gray exhibition
June 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Reposted by Clare Doyle
Crafty families, this one’s for you!
Join us this Bank Holiday Monday, 3 June, at the National Museum of Ireland for Felt with Jorgensen Flair
Explore colour, texture & creativity together!
Free, but booking is essential.
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Felt with Jorgensen Flair: Children's Felt Making Workshop | Decorative Arts & History | National Museum of Ireland
Design a felted panel inspired by IB Jorgensen ‘s fashion pieces from the museum‘s collection.
www.museum.ie
May 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Happy 80th birthday, Mr Moore!
Colin Davidson, Portrait of Christy Moore (oil on linen), 2020. Shown at the exhibition Colin Davidson: Selected Paintings and Drawings, at the Irish Arts Center in New York City, 2023
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May 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Leah Beggs, Crystal Waters, Solomon Fine Art.
Diana Copperwhite, Quiet Girl, Stoney Road Press.
From the Art Evolve fair at the RDS, open 10 to 6 tomorrow (Sunday).
Thanks to @solomonfineart.bsky.social for the invite!
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April 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Cabra Library tmrw, 22 March at 2.30 pm. Dr. Mary Muldowney will talk about artist and activist Sarah Cecilia Harrison's life and campaigning work.
Book at dublincity.spydus.ie/cgi-bin/spyd...
Sarah Cecilia Harrison, Portrait of the Painter (oil on panel), 1890, Hugh Lane Gallery.
March 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The exhibition of stained-glass panels by Harry Clarke (born 17 March 1889)at the @nationalmuseumofireland Collins Barracks will run for the next two years.
Harry Clarke, The Consecration of St. Mel, Bishop of Longford, by St. Patrick, (stained glass), 1910, Crawford Art Gallery
March 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
May Guinness, Still Life (oil on canvas), 1925-30, Hugh Lane Gallery.
Born #OTH in 1863 in Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, Mary Catherine Guinness worked with the cubist painter André Lhote in Paris, 1922-25. "Still Life" is considered to be one of her most successful works of this period
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March 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
On 21 March at 1 pm IST (9 am EST), the National Library of Ireland is hosting an online talk on WB Yeats’ world of symbols, secret societies and spiritual philosophies. The lecture will be recorded: free but registration required
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www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
Yeats and the Occult
Mystery and Magic In the Life of Ireland's First Nobel Laureate
www.nli.ie
March 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Mairead O'hEocha, Altar for Slippery Rocks (oil on board), 2024, Coach House Gallery.
The group exhibition All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun’ exhibition is running in the Coach House Gallery; Dublin Castle, until 11 May. Open daily, 10-5
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March 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If you love 🔎 📚 and are in the Dublin area: this month's read for the Rathmines Library Crime Book Club: The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley and/or Who Killed Una Lynskey by Mick Clifford (copies available at the desk). Next meeting Wed Feb 26 at 6.30, 1st floor in the Library's lecture room
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February 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
At the Smock Alley Theatre from today, 13 Feb, to 1 March, the Scene + Heard festival will showcase an art exhibition (upstairs) and 111 new works: drama, music, dance, stand-up, improv, drag, rehearsed readings and more. Check out all the fabulous performances at smockalley.com/sceneandheard/
February 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Full-time museum job! 🎊
A Curatorial Assistant at Malahide Castle & Gardens and Newbridge House; FT permanent with flexible hours to suit the needs of the two sites. Starting at €30,000; deadline for applications is Friday 14 February #speirgorm #JobFairy

www.malahidecastleandgardens.ie/careers/
Careers - Malahide Castle and Gardens
www.malahidecastleandgardens.ie
February 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Deirdre Frost, Red Earth (oil, acrylic and mixed media on panel), 2024, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery.
Tumbling Earth, the Cork artist's solo show, runs at Kev Kav until 8 February
February 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
There will be some great tours at NMI Collins Barracks this weekend! Free, no advance booking required, but spaces are limited, so get there a little early to sign up. Steps from the Museum stop on the Luas Red :)
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History fans! Take a guided tour at NMI, Collins Barracks on Sat 1st & Sun 2nd Feb. #Brigit2025
Eileen Gray – Discover an icon of modern design
The Way We Wore – How fashion reflects women’s changing roles.
Revolutionary Women – Women in Ireland’s Revolution.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
January 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
It's Penguin Awareness Day! 🐧 🥳
From last year's camera roll:
Mark Dion, Emperor Penguin (polyester, sink bucket, wooden crate, tar, various trinkets, costume jewelry), 2016, Hugh Lane Gallery. Stuck in tar and trash, the penguin is emblematic of climate change and the human impact on wildlife.
January 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A Year in Review: Moving, Growing, Fighting, an exhibition of new work by Bog Cottage (aka Roberta Murray and Orla Meagher)opens Sat 1 February at 6 pm and runs until 15 March 15th at Galway Arts Centre:
galwayartscentre.ie/.../a-year-in-…
Home | Galway Arts Centre
Cultural hub with gallery for Irish and international contemporary art plus classes and workshops.
https://galwayartscentre.ie/.../a-year-in-…
January 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
From the NGI/AIB Portrait Prize show: The exhibition of the shortlisted works runs (along with the Young Artist Portrait Prize) at the National Gallery of Ireland until 9 March.
Harriet Casey (Co. Meath), Are You Sitting Comfortably? A Portrait of the Artist as a Little Girl (oil on canvas), 2024.
January 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Happy New Year from Dublin!
January 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Dublin Winter Lights at the National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks, an artist-created immersive experience in a perfect venue, continues until 15 December 🌟 Tix at dublinwinterlights.ie
December 13, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Magic and Loss,a group exhibition at Kevin Kavanagh, runs until 21 December.
Kathy Tynan, Grapes and honeydew melon (oil on canvas), 2024.
December 12, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Smithfield Square is looking very festive on this grey day 😀 The Christmas Spectacular runs till Jan 2nd 🎄
December 11, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Iseult McCormack, Floating (mixed media on canvas). From the exhibition In Between, a selection of works by artnet dlr members, running at Walters Pub in Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin until January 2025
November 30, 2024 at 5:26 PM