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Opening Night: Margaret Egan
with Terence O'Rourke (Chairman of RTE) & Dr. Niamh O'Sullivan (Professor Emerita, curator & writer) March 8, 2024 We are still reeling after an incredibly busy opening night on Thursday to celebrate the launch of Margaret Egan's latest... Read more -
Art on Sale in Aid of Gaza
Fine Art and Antiques: The Irish Times February 24, 2024 A number of leading Irish Artists, including Imogen Stuart, Guggi and Brian Bourke, have generously donated works of art for... Read more -
Cléa van der Grijn: Irish film directed by Sligo filmmaker wins Best Feature Film at New Jersey Film Festival
words by Jessica Farry February 21, 2024 An Irish made film, directed by a Sligo filmmaker, described as a ‘dark Irish fairytale’ has been awarded Best Feature... Read more -
On Show: Two to View - Leah Beggs
words by Niall McMonagle February 18, 2024 LEAH BEGGS Everything Smells Different When it Rains Beggs, who lives in the west of Ireland, is known for her... Read more
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In The Picture: Leah Beggs' Everything Smells Different When It Rains
RTE Culture - Visual Arts February 12, 2024 Everything Smells Different When It Rains is the title of a new show from painter Leah Beggs, currently showing at... Read more -
Meet the Artist: Leah Beggs - capturing the smell of rain through the painting
words by Philip Carton February 10, 2024 Abstract paintings that explore our connection with nature and the emotional sensory experiences of the landscape. Leah Beggs is a... Read more -
Irish Times: Art, antiques & collecting
Contemporary Art: words by Elizabeth Birdthistle February 6, 2024 CAGA, Dublin's Contemporary Art Gallery Association, is a good place to start if you're interested in modern art, and its... Read more -
New Jersey Stage : Cléa Elisa van der Grijn
Column by Evelyn Reese January 30, 2024 Adapting a story from one already familiar to most and twisting it into a creation completely unique is a mark... Read more
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What Lies Beneath: SERENA CAULFIELD
Niall MacMonagle interviews the artist about 'Orwell's Roses' January 14, 2024 Art: What Lies Beneath Everything's coming up roses on Serena's canvas NIALL MacMONAGLE SERENA CAULFIELD: Orwell's Roses A colour,... Read more -
Artistic License: Serena Caulfield
Interview with Penny McCormick The Gloss Magazine January 10, 2024 Home | Lifestyle & Travel | Artistic License: Serena Caulfield LIFESTYLE & TRAVEL Artistic License: Serena Caulfield by PENNY MCCORMICK... Read more -
What Lies Beneath: EILIS O’CONNELL
Sunday Independent - Niall MacMonagle November 12, 2023 Forever finding the sensuous in the abstract Art: EILIS O'CONNELL What Lies Beneath NIALL MACMONAGLE In rural Donegal, where... Read more -
BUSINESS POST: Dublin Gallery Weekend
IT’S SHOW AND TELL TIME AT THE CAPITAL’S CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERIES November 5, 2023 ART & DESIGN Dublin Gallery Weekend: It’s show and tell time at the capital’s contemporary art galleries The inaugural Dublin... Read more
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THE GLOSS Magazine
GALLERIST TARA MURPHY SHARES HER AUTUMN ART HIGHLIGHTS November 2, 2023 Gallerist Tara Murphy Shares Her Autumn Art Highlights by PENNY MCCORMICK How is the art market and what should you... Read more -
Business Post: Eilis O'Connell
Meet the Artist feature with Philip Carton October 21, 2023 FINE ARTS Meet the artist: Eilis O’Connell – revealing both the physical and the conceptual aspects to practice Hardware/Software, the... Read more -
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT: CORBAN WALKER
ON SHOW TWO TO VIEW WITH NIALL MACMONAGLE October 11, 2023 Corban Walker Under Stand the Space Walker's work is, he says, 'very much about architecture' and he invites the viewer... Read more -
BUSINESS POST: CORBAN WALKER
Meet the Art feature with Philip Carton October 1, 2023 FINE ARTS Meet the Artist: Corban Walker - art with a focus on perceptions of scale Internationally renowned artist Corban... Read more
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BUSINESS POST: PETER KILLEEN:
'Meet The Artist' feature with Philip Carton September 3, 2023 FINE ARTS Meet the artist: Peter Killeen Nature and our interpretation of it inspires the Cork-based sculptor, who believes in... Read more -
RTE CULTURE: Eamon Colman '28 Acres'
Review of Eamon Colman's show at Butler Gallery June 28, 2023 In The Picture: Twenty Eight Acres by Eamon Colman Thursday, 29 Jun 2023 09:48 The summer show at Butler Gallery,... Read more -
Kilkenny Observer: Eamon Colman '28 Acres"
Exhibition opening at Butler Gallery June 23, 2023 TWENTY EIGHT ACRES EXHIBITION AT THE BUTLER GALLERY Photos : Pat Shortall <span' />< p> Jamie Connery, Bespoke & Co.,... Read more -
KCLR96FM Radio Interview with Eamon Colman
Colman talks about his Butler Gallery show June 9, 2023 Click this link to listen to the KCLR96FM interviewe with Eamon Colman. He discusses his major 28 Acres exhibition at... Read more
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IRISH TIMES CULTURE MAGAZINE: Melissa O'Donnell
May Favourites by Gemma Tipton May 20, 2023 IRISH TIMES CULTURE MAGAZINE May Bouquet By Gemma Tipton In the right artistic hands, flowers can go beyond the beautiful... Read more -
Ulster Bank donates collection to National Gallery of Ireland
Includes work by John Behan, Eamon Colman & Anthony Scott May 9, 2023 Ulster Bank’s Art Collection gifted to the National Gallery of Ireland The National Gallery of Ireland has today announced the... Read more -
MELISSA O'DONNELL: What Lies Beneath
Sunday Independent, Niall MacMonagle May 7, 2023 Finding a natural refuge for growth and grieving Art : What Lies Beneath NIALL MACMONAGLE MELISSA O'DONNELL Mind Garden Carrying... Read more -
Melissa O'Donnell: Opening Night
Social photos by Kenneth O'Halloran May 4, 2023 The rain didn't seem to put off the many in attendance at Melissa O'Faherty's solo exhibition on Thursday 4 May... Read more
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Melissa O'Donnell: Sotheby's Irish Sale
Paris: 4-10 May 2023 May 2, 2023 Sotheby's auctioneers are staging their second edition of Irish Art in Paris following the success of their inaugural sale last... Read more -
MELISSA O'DONNELL: My Favourite Room
Sunday Independent May 1, 2023 My Favourite Room: The Wicklow home with a gallery wall of fine art and an inspirational kitchen table Life hasn’t... Read more -
JEAN BARDON: What lies Beneath
Niall MacMonagle / Sunday Independent April 23, 2023 Artist Jean Bardon: 'The falling leaves give a sense of floating or lightness and gentle movement' Everything in the printmaker's... Read more -
APRIL ART TO INSPIRE
Elizabeth Birdthistle, Irish Times April 22, 2023 April art to inspire Art, Antiques & Collecting Elizabeth Birdthistle, Irish Times 22 April 2023 From a mammoth sculpture to... Read more
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Meet the Artist: Serena Caulfield
Philip Carton, Sunday Business Post March 19, 2023 Meet the artist: Serena Caulfield Philip Carton Business Post 19 March 2023 Wexford-based artist Serena Caulfield makes paintings in... Read more -
PICTURING YOURSELF BUYING ART ISN’T DIFFICULT
Sunday Times / Home Magazine March 12, 2023 PICTURING YOURSELF BUYING ART ISN’T DIFFICULT The art experts Tara Murphy and Michael 'Rubio' Hennigan are attempting to change the... Read more -
JOHN SHORT
Irish Times Magazine March 11, 2023 THE MOTHER OF ALL LAVISH GIFTS Mother's Day is March 19th, which doesn't give you a great deal of time... Read more -
Gloss-ip: See All The Guests At Solomon Fine Art’s Latest Opening
Cléa van der Grijn February 13, 2023 SOLOMON FINE ART LAUNCHED A NEW EXHIBITION OF WORK BY SLIGO-BASED FILM MAKER AND ARTIST CLÉA VAN DER GRIJN. SEE... Read more
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RTE NEWS - Culture
In The Picture: Cléa van der Grijn's disembodied adventures January 26, 2023 In The Picture: Clea van der Grijn's disembodied adventures RTE Culture: Updated / Thursday, 26 Jan 2023 13:00 A detail... Read more -
Spotlight on Irish artist Serena Caulfield
The Wick: 'Ones to Watch' featuring Serena Caulfield - Championed by Eamonn Maxwell January 25, 2023 Interview SERENA CAULFIELD 25 January 2023 Above Serena Caulfield, A Distance Between Us, 2022, 70cm x100cm Curator Eamonn Maxwell has... Read more -
Corban Walker at Crawford Art Gallery
Brian Curtin at Artforum January 9, 2023 For the exhibition “As Far as I Can See,” Corban Walker stripped the Crawford Art Gallery’s permanent collection from its... Read more -
MAKING THE CASE FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY
Irish Times, by John Burns December 29, 2022 Making the case for the contemporary art gallery Commercial galleries play a vital role in the art eco-system, but the... Read more
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IRISH TIMES CULTURE MAGAZINE
BUYING A GIFT OF ART? HERE ARE 10 GALLERIES TO EXPLORE by Gemma Tipton December 22, 2022 GROUP SHOWS AT THIS TIME OF YEAR OFFER A RANGE OF AFFORDABLE OPTIONS More thoughtful, yet far more fraught, than... Read more -
EILIS CONNELL: RTÉ The Works
Documentary on the work of Eilis O'Connell December 8, 2022 Sculptor Eilis O'Connell talks to The Works Presents 7 Dec 2022 08:00 TRAILER: FULL LENGTH PROGRAMME (via RTE Player): https://www.rte.ie/player/series/the-works-presents/SI0000001942?epguid=IH053668-0008... Read more -
Corban Walker's exhibition at the Crawford: 'I brought them down to my eye level'
Irish Examiner: MARC O’SULLIVAN VALLIG December 5, 2022 When hanging his show at the Crawford, artist Corban Walker didn't take a conventional approach. The Dublin-born artist is four... Read more -
Business Post: FINE ARTS
Philip Carton: Corban Walker November 13, 2022 Events calendar Your guide to the best exhibitions currently taking place around the country PHILIP CARTON NOVEMBER 11, 2022 Corban... Read more
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Melissa O'Donnell (fka O'Faherty) talk: Sotheby's Irish Art Sale
November 12, 2022 Part of a series of Sotheby’s Artist Talks ahead of the Irish Art Auction as part of a preview held... Read more -
Business Post: Fine Arts
Philip Carton: CATCH BEHAN IN DUBLIN THIS NOVEMBER November 6, 2022 SUNDAY BUSINESS POST FINE ARTS Catch Behan and Coulter in Dublin this November New works in bronze by John Behan... Read more -
PRESIDENT HIGGINS LAUNCHES BEHAN SHOW
Social photos from the Private View 27 October 2022 October 28, 2022 We were hugely honoured to welcome President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and Mrs Sabina Higgins to the gallery to... Read more -
Orla de Brí sculpture unveiled at RTÉ
Sculpture unveiled in honour of RTÉ's Marian Finucane October 27, 2022 Published on RTÉ.ie, written by Conor Hunt Read more
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SUNDAY BUSINESS POST: Fine Arts
Anthony Scott - Hunter / Hunted October 2, 2022 FINE ARTS Predator and prey exhibition catches the imagination with powerful pieces Drawing on Celtic mythology, sculptor Anthony Scott captures... Read more -
CAROL HODDER: What Lies Beneath
Niall MacMonagle, Sunday Independent September 11, 2022 Inspired by the mizzle and mountains of KerrY CAROL HODDER Rough Weather Though Carol Hodder's work features places, she has... Read more -
Anthony Scott
Irish Arts Review September 1, 2022 Read more -
'Bushy' by Corban Walker
Commissioned by Sculpture Dublin for Dublin City Council, Parks. August 24, 2022 “I’M DELIGHTED AND HONOURED TO BE AWARDED THE BUSHY PARK SCULPTURE DUBLIN COMMISSION. FOR A LONG TIME I HAVE WANTED... Read more
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IRISH ARTS REVIEW: Carol Hodder
by Brian Fallon August 1, 2022 Read more -
The Irish Times: Dublin is full of art in the city this month
Michael Wann: Void Pastoral July 9, 2022 Currently exhibiting at the Solomon Fine Art Gallery, next door to the Westbury Hotel on Balfe Street, is the first... Read more -
Artist Biography: Corban Walker
Published by Sculpture Dublin June 1, 2022 These biographies are excerpted from Art and Architecture of Ireland Volume III: Sculpture 1600-2000, edited by Andrew Carpenter and Paula... Read more -
Conversation Pieces: Corban Walker in conversation with Jessica Smith
https://www.sculpturedublin.ie/conversation-pieces-4-corban-walker-in-conversation-with-jessica-smith/ April 30, 2022 For the fourth in the Sculpture Dublin ‘Conversation Pieces’ series, guest curator Pádraic E. Moore chats with Corban Walker and... Read more
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Eamon Colman
Sunday Independent interview with Emily Hourican March 6, 2022 'These pieces are fragile yet strong, which is exactly what I was trying to be' Artist Eamon Colman had an... Read more -
The Wild Creator: interview with Cléa van der Grijn
The Wild Creator | Interview with renowned artist Clea van der Grijn March 4, 2022 Anyone that’s ever been to a show of Clea van der Grijn will know what I mean when I say... Read more -
Surface History: Serena Caulfield
The Visual Artists' News Sheet – March 2022 March 1, 2022 Surface History Serena CaulfIeld and Stephen Dunne discuss their painting practices and recent working methods. from The Visual Artists' News... Read more -
Leah Beggs: Sunday Independent interview
WORDS BY MARY O'SULLIVAN / PHOTOGRAPHY BY TONY GAVIN February 27, 2022 My Favourite Room:Painter Leah Begg’s unique sloping housE A rtist Leah Beggs moved into her new home during lockdown and... Read more
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THE ARTIST'S WELL: Leah Beggs
Series 2 / episode #13: Live interview with Alan Keane February 12, 2022 In this episode, we visit The Solomon Gallery in Dublin city where artist Leah Beggs is having her forth solo... Read more -
Cléa van der Grijn’s Flux at the New Jersey Film Festival
New Jersey Stage | By Emily Ranieri January 25, 2022 Cléa van der Grijn’s Flux is an experimental short film that’s being shown at the New Jersey Film Festival on... Read more -
Sunday Business Post: Events calendar
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Sunday Independent: Life becomes her
Words by Mary O'Sullivan Photography By Tony Gavin November 14, 2021 There's a lot of discussion about mental health these days — much talk in sometimes vague terms about panic attacks... Read more
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What Lies Beneath / Sunday Independent
Niall McMonagle delves deeper into the work of Cléa van der Grijn November 7, 2021 WHAT LIES BENEATH Sunday independent Niall MacMonagle November 07 2021 Cléa van der Grijn One pill makes you larger... Read more -
COSTUME DRAMA
Cléa van der Grijn & Natalie B Coleman's FLUX film/fashion collaboration November 5, 2021 Costume Drama The interrelationship between fashion and film makes for compulsive viewing says Penny McCormick who meets three Irish... Read more -
GLOSS MAGAZINE: Margaret Egan
Margaret Egan interviewed by PENNY MCCORMICK October 21, 2021 THE RHYTHM OF OUR WORLD 2021 EXHIBITION BRINGS TOGETHER A COLLECTION OF MARGARET EGAN’S DISTINCTIVE FIGURATIVE WORKS AND ATMOSPHERIC LANDSCAPES... Read more -
GLOSS MAGAZINE: Artistic License
Eilis O’Connell RHA interviewed by PENNY MCCORMICK June 9, 2021 O’CONNELL’S EXHIBITION “MATERIALS MATTER” PRESENTS NEW SCULPTURES USING MATERIALS SUCH AS STEEL, BRONZE, STONE AND BIO RESINS, TO MAKE HYBRID,... Read more
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IRISH ARTS REVIEW: Corban Walker
Reflections on Space - Interview with Brian McAvera June 1, 2021 Reflections on Space Corban Walker tells Brian McAvera of the inherent conundrum in his practice. ‘How do you use a... Read more -
VIDEO: Eilis O'Connell
Materials Matter Exhibition at Solomon Fine Art May 25, 2021 Click here to watch a video of Eilis O'Connell's 2021 solo exhibition 'Materials Matter' at Solomon Fine Art in May/June... Read more -
THE ARTIST'S WELL: Eamon Colman
Series 1 / Episode #40 : Interview with Alan Keane April 24, 2021 The Artist’s Well meets up with Eamon Colman in his beloved garden in rural Kilkenny. An endless source of inspiration,... Read more -
Gallery artist Clea van der Grijn IMMA acquisition
IMMA COLLECTION: YOUR NATIONAL COLLECTION 2021 April 21, 2021 IMMA COLLECTION YOUR NATIONAL COLLECTION 2021 Following the announcement of a €1m acquisition fund supported by the Department for Tourism,... Read more
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Gallery artist Tom Climent | Crawford Acquisition
CRAWFORD COLLECTION: YOUR NATIONAL COLLECTION 2021 April 21, 2021 Today, Minister Catherine Martin announces that 422 artworks by 70 artists will be added to the National Collection thanks to... Read more -
The Phoenix | Art.. the Long-Term Investment
Savings & Investments March 26, 2021 There is an old adage about only buyign art that you love rather than for investment, , because of posterity’s... Read more -
THE SUNDAY BUSINESS POST - MEET THE GALLERIST: TARA MURPHY
The owner and director of Solomon Fine Art in Dublin 2 looks back at the highs and lows of a storied career in the art world March 19, 2021 Ros Drinkwater 14th March, 2021 Tara Murphy, director of Solomon Fine Art: ‘I always find it interesting as to why... Read more -
The Observer Interiors: A dream home that’s down to earth
Works by Tom Climent featured in the home of architect Declan O’Donnell March 1, 2021 Natural colours and wooded views create a sense of calm in an Irish architect’s home, writes Serena Fokschaner. T here... Read more
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Sunday Independent: Eamon Colman's My Cultural Life
February 14, 2021 Eamon Colman is a visual artist and member of Aosdána, who lives in rural Kilkenny. He has has had over... Read more -
Sunday Indo Living: 'In times of crisis put your wealth on the walls' why 'revenge shopping' is boosting the art market
From revenge shopping to investing, art is having a moment in lockdown, says Tanya Sweeney February 14, 2021 Like everyone else in the country, artist Leah Hewson experienced a 'complete fluctuation of emotions' in the first two weeks... Read more -
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
What Lies Beneath: David King January 31, 2021 Ebb and flow of river captures passionate love of natural world D avid King A River Runs Through Me A... Read more -
Sunday Business Post
Fine Arts page / Ros Drinkwater January 17, 2021 Fine Arts Exhibition events calendar and auction results Your guide to the most notable online auctions currently taking place Ros... Read more
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GLOSS MAGAZINE: Artistic Licence
Interview with David King January 8, 2021 RECONNECTING WITH NATURE DURING DAILY WALKS INSPIRED IRISH ARTIST DAVID KING’S LATEST EXHIBITION, WHICH WAS PAINTED DURING THE LAST LOCKDOWN... Read more -
GLOSS MAGAZINE: Artistic License
Interview with John Behan December 9, 2020 Artistic License: John Behan by PENNY MCCORMICK AS IRELAND’S MOST RENOWNED CONTEMPORARY SCULPTOR JOHN BEHAN’S WORK OFTEN REFERENCES IRISH HISTORY.... Read more -
GLOSS MAGAZINE: Artistic License
Interview with Carol Hodder by PENNY MCCORMICK September 2, 2020 What is the significance of the title of your new exhibition “Facing North”? I was looking for a title that... Read more -
Sunday Independent
John Short: My Cultural Life May 24, 2020 John Short's talks about his Dalkey Visyual Record. To view all of the watercolours and prints click here: https://www.solomonfineart.ie/viewing-room/5-john-short-dalkey-visual-record-29-march-onwards/ Read more
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