Category Archives: Art/Craft

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Of this Terry Gilliam-inspired luridness, Cavan-based designers (and guaranteed Irish stocking filler) Wordbird tweetz:

 Our tribute to GAA Legend Marty Morrissey

Irish-made stocking fillers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stocking Fillers’. No fee.

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Results of a year long aerial project by Canadian photographer David Burdeny in which he captures (and presumably enhances) the vibrant hues of salterns in Utah, Mexico and Australia, laid out like abstract Modernist paintings.

MORE: David Burdeny: Salt

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A 4k interpretation of the middle panel of Hieronymus Bosch’s ‘The Garden Of Earthly Delights’ created by Studio SMACK for the Museum Of The Image at Breda in the Netherlands.

Full screen required to appreciate the detail.

MORE: Earlier this year, the Dutch public broadcasting service created this interactive version of the same work for the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death.

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Ceramic sculptures by Jennifer McCurdy inspired by the symmetries and asymmetries of nature – from conch shells to burst milkweed pods – finished in sea-bleached white, some lined with 23 karat gold leaf and designed to incorporate the reflection and shadows of ambient light.

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24.11.17 - Dublin: First Fortnight 2017 mental health arts festival programme launch. Pictured are artist Emma Sheridan; First Fortnight co-founder David Keegan; and Minister of State for Mental Health & Older People Helen McEntee in artist Emma Sheridan's studio. First Fortnight 2017 runs from January 1 to 14 aimed at challenging mental health stigma. Photo: Kieran Frost

Emma Sheridan, Helen McEntee, Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People, and First Fortnight co-founder David Keegan (Above)

First Fortnight has just unveiled its festival programme for 2017.

It’s going 8 years, in fairness.

Paul Kimmage, Eleanor Tiernan, and Ivor Browne will all make contributions while Le Galaxie yokes, Otherkin and Girl Band will help supply the tunes.

Harrumph!

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