Visual Arts

A beam of blinding spring sunlight shone through the trees into the empty schoolyard. Even this place, with brightly coloured walls and hopscotch markings on the ground, seems to bear the ghostly remnants of the lives who once…

In 2017, filmmakers Joji Koyama and Tujiko Noriko joined forces in directing their stirring debut Kuro. Kuro follows the uncanny story of Mr. Ono (Mr. Black in Japanese). The story is recounted by a young Japanese woman named Romi, as she…

And other withered stumps of time Were told upon the walls; staring forms Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room Enclosed. –T.S Eliot Staring forms is a group show at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, a collaboration between artists…

Season two of Cobra Kai, a continuation of the hugely popular Karate Kid franchise, is back. This series looks to be an exciting addition to the Karate Kid canon. With four original films, a reboot with Jaden Smith and this series on…

A few weeks ago I went to Florence. I visited the Uffizi Gallery. I saw Botticelli’s the Birth of Venus. I got the picture and I shared it on my Instagram story. Like the Louvre in Paris or the MET in New York, the Uffizi attracts millions…

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here's over 30 events you can attend for free as part of the Culture Date with Dublin 8 Festival. The festival runs from Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th of May. Now in it's third year, Culture Date…

As a vehicle of creative expression, fashion is a powerful art form that often draws from neighbouring genres in its designs. Long before the Campbell’s soup cans, the Elizabeths, the Marilyns, and the Maos, there were shoes.  Andy Warhol …

Tell us a little bit about yourself. I’m a fashion and portrait photographer from Dublin, currently living in New York. I spent some time here during the summer last year, and came back in February on a J1 graduate…

Check out our top picks of visual arts events in May taking place around the country! Fore, fold | Marie Farrington Pallas Projects 10 - 25 May 2019 Fore, fold uses a ghost story, embedded in the history of Marsh’s Library, to unpack…

Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills fits neatly, in many ways, into the criteria set out by postmodernism. The series grapples with the idea of the constructed self, and the illusion of identity. It also raises questions about the state of…