SO Fine Art Editions is delighted to participate in Dublin Gallery Weekend 2024! This three-day celebration highlights the vibrancy of Dublin’s contemporary art scene through an exciting program of exhibitions and events across the city’s top commercial galleries. Enjoy a weekend filled with FREE exhibitions, artist talks, panel discussions, guided tours, late openings, and more.Join us from Friday, November 8, to Sunday, November 10, at venues citywide!FULL PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
WHAT’S ON AT SO FINE ART EDITIONS?
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FRIDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2024 @ 6:00PM – EXHIBITION LAUNCH
TOM PHELAN: Arriving
Join us on Friday 8 November from 6pm – 8pm for the Dublin Gallery Weekend launch of Tom Phelan’s solo exhibition ‘Arriving’. Tom Phelan’s exhibition continues until the 30th November, 2024. View the exhibition here. |
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SATURDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2024 @ 1:00PM – TALK
STEPHEN LAWLOR: The Contemporary Print Market
Join us on Saturday 9 November at 1pm for a free talk by Stephen Lawlor on the contemporary print market.
To book your place please RSVP by Wednesday 6th November here – info@sofinearteditions.com
Stephen Lawlor was born in Dublin in 1958. He lectured at IADT (DLCAD) in printmaking & drawing and was the Chairman of Graphic Studio Dublin Print Workshop. Lawlor worked at studios internationally including: Guanlan Print Base, Shenzhen China, Galleri Astley, Sweden, Jyvaskyla Centre for Print, Finland, Paupers Press, London, Hampton Editions, USA & YAC Tianjin, China. He is a founding member of IAPA Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing China 2016 and was elected a member of Aosdána in 2018. |
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SUNDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2024 @ 1:30PM – WORKSHOP
TOM PHELAN: Mono Print Demonstration
Join us on Sunday 10 November at 1.30pm for a mono print demonstration by artist Tom Phelan.
To book your place please RSVP by Wednesday 6th November here – info@sofinearteditions.com
Tom Phelan was born in Dublin in 1970 and was educated at Blackrock College, the Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design in Dublin and Il Bisonte in Florence. He has been a member of the Dublin Graphic Studio since 1992 where he was master printer and studio manager from 2003 to 2007. He has exhibited extensively in Europe, Asia and North America. Tom currently lives and works in Vienna, Austria, where he continues his practice in printmaking and painting, while running his own editioning studio. He is also head of printmaking at the Vienna Art School (Kunstschule).
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A FEW OTHER HIGHLIGHTS…KITES ABOVE THE CASTLES
Mary Lavin Place, Wilton Park, Dublin D02 FX04
Curated by Patrick T Murphy
8 November – 21 November, 2024SO Fine Art Editions artists Tom Phelan and Mary O’Connor are included in ‘Kites Above the Castles’, a group exhibition specially curated for Dublin Gallery Weekend by Patrick T. Murphy (Director of the Royal Hibernian Academy).
See more information here. |
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SATURDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2024 @ 11.00AM – TALK
CONFERENCE: Realising the Potential of the Irish Visual Arts SectorChaired by Sean Rainbird, art historian and former Director of the National Gallery of IrelandKeynote Speech by Mary McCarthy (Director, Crawford Art Gallery): ‘Inspiration and models for change in the Irish Visual Arts Sector’Panels:
The Irish Visual Arts Ecosystem – Where are we now?
Dr Clare McAndrew (Internationally renowned art economist); Dr Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith (critic, writer, curator); Emma Goltz (UK-based collector of Irish & International art); Tara Murphy (Solomon Fine Art, CAGA); Corban Walker (Artist)The role of the commercial gallery sector in the Irish Visual Arts ecosystem
Adrian O’Carroll (Collector, Independent non-executive to the arts, Artist); Dr Declan Long (National College of Art & Design); Niall Gaffney (Collector; Chief Executive IPUT); Isabel Nolan (Artist); John Daly (Hillsboro Fine Art; Chair, CAGA)
Ways of moving the Irish Visual Arts sector forward – ideas, support, inspiration
Dr Barbara Dawson (Director, Hugh Lane Gallery); Bryan Meehan (Collector, philanthropist, entrepreneur); Cristín Leach (Critic and writer); Darragh Hogan (Kerlin Gallery, CAGA); Delphine Munro (Head of Arts & Culture, European Investment Bank); Orla Whelan (Artist)
Saturday 9th November, 11am – 5pm
15 George’s Quay, Dublin 2
RSVP ESSENTIAL to: cagadublin@gmail.com |
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