Art Attack: 1. Noel Kelly, Brian Fay & Rachael Thomas; 2. Kate Delaney, John Brereton & Hannah Montague.
Art Warming: 1. Rachael Thomas, Gerard Byrne & Enrique Juncosa; 2. Laura Koonikka, Martin Mackin & Claire Power. (Pix. Dublin Contemporary)
Dublin Contemporary 2011, the largest contemporary art event of its kind ever held in Ireland, was launched recently at what has to have been the largest launch party of its kind! The old warehouse on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay played host to hundreds of guests who turned out to support the new initiative.
Enthusiastically supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport; Dublin Contemporary will place the best of Irish and international contemporary art centre-stage. In turn it will act as a catalyst that will attract the lucrative cultural tourist market into the country and in doing so bring €13.5 million into the Irish economy.
Dublin Contemporary 2011 will be a city-wide cultural event that will energise and delight our city with some of the best contemporary art in the world. It will be a clear demonstration of our country’s capacity to provide world-class cultural events for both ourselves and the thousands of cultural tourists who make Dublin a priority destination.
Taking place between September 6th and October 31st 2011 the event will be sited in some of the city’s best known landmarks including IMMA, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, the Royal Hibernian Academy, the Irish Film Institute and the James Joyce Tower. The total exhibition space will be over 100,000 square feet and will also include found spaces, libraries and music venues; spaces not normally associated with the visual arts.
Check out www.dublincontemporary.com
Dublin Contemporary 2011, the largest contemporary art event of its kind ever held in Ireland, was launched recently at what has to have been the largest launch party of its kind! The old warehouse on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay played host to hundreds of guests who turned out to support the new initiative.
Enthusiastically supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport; Dublin Contemporary will place the best of Irish and international contemporary art centre-stage. In turn it will act as a catalyst that will attract the lucrative cultural tourist market into the country and in doing so bring €13.5 million into the Irish economy.
Dublin Contemporary 2011 will be a city-wide cultural event that will energise and delight our city with some of the best contemporary art in the world. It will be a clear demonstration of our country’s capacity to provide world-class cultural events for both ourselves and the thousands of cultural tourists who make Dublin a priority destination.
Taking place between September 6th and October 31st 2011 the event will be sited in some of the city’s best known landmarks including IMMA, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, the Royal Hibernian Academy, the Irish Film Institute and the James Joyce Tower. The total exhibition space will be over 100,000 square feet and will also include found spaces, libraries and music venues; spaces not normally associated with the visual arts.
Check out www.dublincontemporary.com
