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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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
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
#speirgorm
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
#speirgorm
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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Pic: Vivienne Roche, The Watchful Heart (bronze), RHA Annual 2023
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July 15, 2025 at 6:18 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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Pic: Vivienne Roche, The Watchful Heart (bronze), RHA Annual 2023
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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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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
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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Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Michael Warren, Beneath the 'bow (Irish oak and corten steel), 1991, IMMA
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"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
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
"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
Picture: Eileen Gray, E1027 table (chrome and steel), 1926-1929, NMI Collins Barracks, from their Eileen Gray exhibition
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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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
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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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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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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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!
#speirgorm
April 5, 2025 at 10:25 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!
#speirgorm
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!
#speirgorm
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.
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Sarah Cecilia Harrison, Portrait of the Painter (oil on panel), 1890, Hugh Lane Gallery.
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Sarah Cecilia Harrison, Portrait of the Painter (oil on panel), 1890, Hugh Lane Gallery.
March 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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.
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Sarah Cecilia Harrison, Portrait of the Painter (oil on panel), 1890, Hugh Lane Gallery.
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
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
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
Harry Clarke, The Consecration of St. Mel, Bishop of Longford, by St. Patrick, (stained glass), 1910, Crawford Art Gallery
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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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
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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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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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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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
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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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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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
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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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
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/
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
Tumbling Earth, the Cork artist's solo show, runs at Kev Kav until 8 February
February 4, 2025 at 7:21 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
Tumbling Earth, the Cork artist's solo show, runs at Kev Kav until 8 February
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Harriet Casey (Co. Meath), Are You Sitting Comfortably? A Portrait of the Artist as a Little Girl (oil on canvas), 2024.
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
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
Magic and Loss,a group exhibition at Kevin Kavanagh, runs until 21 December.
Kathy Tynan, Grapes and honeydew melon (oil on canvas), 2024.
Kathy Tynan, Grapes and honeydew melon (oil on canvas), 2024.
December 12, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Magic and Loss,a group exhibition at Kevin Kavanagh, runs until 21 December.
Kathy Tynan, Grapes and honeydew melon (oil on canvas), 2024.
Kathy Tynan, Grapes and honeydew melon (oil on canvas), 2024.
Smithfield Square is looking very festive on this grey day 😀 The Christmas Spectacular runs till Jan 2nd 🎄
December 11, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Smithfield Square is looking very festive on this grey day 😀 The Christmas Spectacular runs till Jan 2nd 🎄
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
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
Tom Phelan, Arriving Radiant Violet (oil on linen), So Fine Art Editions. Tom's solo show, Arriving, runs at So Fine until 30 November
November 25, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Tom Phelan, Arriving Radiant Violet (oil on linen), So Fine Art Editions. Tom's solo show, Arriving, runs at So Fine until 30 November
Dlr Lexicon Library is now showing two solo exhibitions -- Mary Burke: Moments of Domesticity, and Róisín White: Safe Harbour. Open during library hours until 19 January.
Róisín White, Safe Harbour (wood, fabric, metal, foam), 2024;
Mary Burke, Emmet's Home (oil pastel on canvas), 2024.
Róisín White, Safe Harbour (wood, fabric, metal, foam), 2024;
Mary Burke, Emmet's Home (oil pastel on canvas), 2024.
November 22, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Dlr Lexicon Library is now showing two solo exhibitions -- Mary Burke: Moments of Domesticity, and Róisín White: Safe Harbour. Open during library hours until 19 January.
Róisín White, Safe Harbour (wood, fabric, metal, foam), 2024;
Mary Burke, Emmet's Home (oil pastel on canvas), 2024.
Róisín White, Safe Harbour (wood, fabric, metal, foam), 2024;
Mary Burke, Emmet's Home (oil pastel on canvas), 2024.
Dublin mystery/crime fiction fans, I'll be leading the inaugural meeting of the Rathmines Library Crime Bookclub on Wed 27 November. We are reading Christina Koning's Murder in Dublin: copies available to borrow at Rathmines Library
November 18, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Dublin mystery/crime fiction fans, I'll be leading the inaugural meeting of the Rathmines Library Crime Bookclub on Wed 27 November. We are reading Christina Koning's Murder in Dublin: copies available to borrow at Rathmines Library
Cara Murphy, Green Fields (silver, enamel), 2020. From the
exhibition What Colour is Metal at Dublin Castle, showcasing contemporary master-metalsmiths, #OTD in 2022. What gorgeous greens!
exhibition What Colour is Metal at Dublin Castle, showcasing contemporary master-metalsmiths, #OTD in 2022. What gorgeous greens!
November 16, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Cara Murphy, Green Fields (silver, enamel), 2020. From the
exhibition What Colour is Metal at Dublin Castle, showcasing contemporary master-metalsmiths, #OTD in 2022. What gorgeous greens!
exhibition What Colour is Metal at Dublin Castle, showcasing contemporary master-metalsmiths, #OTD in 2022. What gorgeous greens!
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An Evie Hone on display in Gorry's Gallery last week, titled, unsurprisingly, "Composition." (I ❤️ Evie but she was a bit monotonous in the picture-naming department 😀
An Evie Hone on display in Gorry's Gallery last week, titled, unsurprisingly, "Composition." (I ❤️ Evie but she was a bit monotonous in the picture-naming department 😀
November 15, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Testing . . . Testing. . .
An Evie Hone on display in Gorry's Gallery last week, titled, unsurprisingly, "Composition." (I ❤️ Evie but she was a bit monotonous in the picture-naming department 😀
An Evie Hone on display in Gorry's Gallery last week, titled, unsurprisingly, "Composition." (I ❤️ Evie but she was a bit monotonous in the picture-naming department 😀