This exhibition is the first major survey of paintings by the British-born, Yale-educated painter Rackstraw Downes (b. 1939), who divides his time between New York and Texas and has been painting exterior and interior panoramic scenes of the American land- and urbanscape [Read More]
Daily Archives: July 20, 2010
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This exhibition presents thirty-five works by ten artists who share a quirky and idiosyncratic take on the Pop tradition of appropriating popular culture in the service of art. At the same time they draw on the handcrafted, low-tech aesthetic of Folk Art. [Read More]
A portrait of Brian Friel, renowned playwright and author, was unveiled on Friday 16 July in the National Gallery of Ireland by Mary Hanafin, T.D., Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport. The portrait, by Mick O’Dea RHA, was commissioned in 2009 by [Read More]
Curated by the RCA’s David Crowley, Andrzej Klimowski, Jeff Willis along with Anna Grabowska-Konwent from the National Museum in Poznan, the Roman Cieślewicz exhibition is organised by the Polish Cultural Institute and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of POLSKA! YEAR. The [Read More]