Uncovering the Beautiful Mystery of Vivian Maier
I adore a good mystery. I relish a jigsaw-like story where I only know some of the fragments and have to piece them together carefully, squinting to try and envision the complete image. When I found...
View ArticleUpstart… and Election Haikus
Political art has come into its own (and moved on to the streets) in recent years. In the run-up to this year’s General Election, the excellent Upstart campaign asked for submissions from artists,...
View ArticleGuest post: Coming Home
I’ve always loved second-hand shops. As a student in the ’80s they allowed me to splurge on new clothes for under a fiver – odd paisley shirts and creaky leather jackets from Germany or France. When I...
View ArticleOrnamental. Oriental – An exhibition exploring female Asian identity through art
Artists Holly Pereira and Diane Sabenacio Nititham both grew up in different countries – Holly in Ireland, Diane in the United States – but both have a shared experience of being of Asian descent....
View ArticleGuest post: Craft on a Budget
Yes, we’re all being told to make do and mend and embrace craftiness. But actually, making stuff yourself often isn’t cheap. So let’s hear it for Regina de Búrca, who offers a guide to being crafty on...
View ArticleFrida Kahlo and Diego Rivera at IMMA
Who needs or wants to know about the inner workings of other people’s relationships? About the minor detail of their lives? We may not need to know but we certainly want to know about some couples....
View ArticleLook at Me! Project: Images of Women and Ageing
Came across this project when someone tweeted about it recently: the Look At Me! project. Based at the Department of Sociological Studies at The University of Sheffield, it aims to harness the power of...
View ArticleOrange is Not the Only Prize
I’m all for positive discrimination when it’s merited and, let’s face it, it very often is. Having witnessed the progress of women in Irish politics being systematically thwarted over the decades I...
View ArticleDon’s back
This is normally the time of year when Mad Men would be back (thank you, gift-horse mouth-inspectors over at AMC, whose depressingly short-sighted requests have held up negotiations and pushed the show...
View ArticleCompetition: win tickets to see !Women Art Revolution at GAZE Film Festival
!Women Art Revolution, made by Lynn Hershmann Leeson, is a documentary that explores the Feminist Art Movement of the late 1960s and ’70s. Hershmann Leeson is a celebrated media artist and has gathered...
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