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Antrim
Braid Arts Centre Ballymena Town Hall, Museum and Arts Centre, 1-29 Bridge Street, Ballymena. T: +44 (0) 28 2565 7161; braid.enquiries@ballymena.gov.uk. Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm; Sat: 10am-4.30pm. Aug 11-Sept 18 Flow Selection of works from the art collections of the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland and the Office of Public Works in the Republic of Ireland. Continues at the Linenhall Library from Sept 22.

Linenhall Library 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast BT1 5GB. T: +44 (0)28 9032 1707; info@linenhall.com. Mon-Fri: 930am–5.30pm; Sat: 9.30am–4.00pm. From Sept 22 Flow Selection of works from the art collections of the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland and the Office of Public Works in the Republic of Ireland. Also at the Braid Arts Centre from Aug 11.

Cork
Lavit Gallery 5 Fr. Mathew Street, Cork. T: 021 4277749; thelavitgallery@eircom.net. Mon-Sat: 10.30am-6pm. Until Aug 21 Summer Artists Group exhibition: Wendy Dison, Eadaoin Harding Kemp, James Horan, Bernadette Madden, Frieda Meaney, Dee Pieters, James McCarthy, Victor Richardson, Maura Whelan and others. Aug 31-Sept 11 Fledglings An exhibition of work by selected graduates of Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork. Artists include Carol Breen, Rebecca Brown, Clare Cahill, Colette Cronin, Bridget Delahunty, Laura Healy, Patsy Hennessy, Fionnuala Kelly, Sabine Weissbach, Svetlana Shuks, Raphael Llewellyn, Jo McCormick, and Helen Doherty. From Sept 21 Michael Quane Selects Artists include Colin Davidson, Eileen Healy, Gypsy Ray, Mark Reilly, Mike Fitzharris, Kelvin Mann, Orla Bates, Andrew Clancy, Eileen MacDonagh, Sarah O'Flaherty, and Tom Fitzgerald.

West Cork Arts Centre WCAC, North Street, Skibbereen. 028 22090 fax 028 23237; info@westcorkartscentre.com Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm. Until Aug 21 Sound and Vision New film by Laura Gannon; documentary films by Katherine Waugh and Fergus Daly; and an exhibition of photographs by Cork artist Eoin O’Conaill and the young people of Cape Clear Island. Part of the Sound and Vision strand of Skibbereen Arts Festival. Aug 28-Sept 25 Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh. Paintings exploring line-based imagery and abstract elements.

Dublin
Douglas Hyde Gallery Trinity College Dublin 2. T: 01 8961116; F: 670 8330; dhgallery@tcd.ie. Mon-Fri: 11am-6pm; Thurs: 11am-7pm; Sat: 11am-4.45pm. Mon-Fri: 11am-6pm; Thurs: 11am-7pm; Sat: 11am-4.45pm. Until Sept 15 Tourette's Paintings Dana Schutz. "Sometimes imagery comes to mind without any kind of context or larger narrative–a completely irrational, sometimes painful kind of imagery." Dana Schutz. Until Sept 15 Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910-1983) A painting and 19 photographs of the artist's wife. Von Bruenchenheim described himself as a "freelance artist, poet and sculptor, inovator [sic], arrow maker and plant man, bone artifacts constructor, photographer and architect, philosopher".

Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane Charlemont House, Parnell Sq. N. 01 2225550; info.hughlane@dublincity.ie. Tues-Thurs 10am-6pm; Fri-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 11am-5pm. Ongoing: Sir John Lavery: Passion and Politics. Until Sept 26 Tacita Dean | Michael Hamburger. From Aug 5 The Golden Bough Ronnie Hughes. Upcoming in Nov: Triumphs Richard Tuttle. Ongoing: The Permanent Collection; Francis Bacon’s Studio; Sean Scully Gallery; Harry Clarke Stained Glass Room.

Hillsboro Fine Art 49 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1. +353 1 8788242 info@hillsborofineart.com Mon-Fri: 10.30am-6.00pm; Sat: 10.30am-4pm. Sat: 10.30am-3.30pm. Until Aug 21 Selected Paintings Paintings and works on paper by Phil Kelly, a Mexico-based Irish painter. Figure studies on newspaper, land- and city-scapes. Aug 26-Sept 18: Jonathan Lasker and John Noel Smith. Works by Lasker, an acclaimed New York painter, alongside John Noel Smith, a leading non-figurative artist. A hardback publication accompanies the exhibition. From Sept 23 New Sculpture Michael Warren.

Imma Royal Hospital, Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8. 01 6129900 fax 6129999. info@imma.ie Tues-Sat: 10am-5.30pm except Wed 10.30am-5.30pm; Sun, Bank Holidays 12pm-5.30pm. Closed Mon. Last admission: 5.15pm. Free admission, except for special exhibitions. Until Aug 8 Collecting the New: Recent Acquisitions to the IMMA Collection. Until Aug 15 Altered Images. Until Sept 5 Ferran Garcia Sevilla. Until Sept 5 Carlos Garaicoa. From Sept 8 Graphic Studio: 50 Years in Dublin. From Sept 8 Novak/O’Doherty Collection.

Kerlin Gallery Anne's Lane, South Anne Street, Dublin 2. T: 6709093; F: 6709096; gallery@kerlin.ie. Mon-Fri: 10am-5.45pm; Sat 11am-4.30pm. Until Sept 4 Group Show Dorothy Cross, Willie Doherty, Felim Egan, Mark Francis, David Godbold, Richard Gorman, Guggi, Callum Innes, Merlin James, Brian Maguire, Eoin Mc Hugh, Isabel Nolan, Kathy Prendergast, Norbert Schwontkowski, Sean Scully, Sean Shanahan, Liliane Tomasko, and Paul Winstanley.

National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West & Clare Street, Dublin 2. T: 01 661 5133. press@ngi.ie. Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm; Thurs until 8.30pm; Sun 12pm-5.30pm. Admission free to the permanent collection. From Sept 4 Rediscovered Master of the Dutch Golden Age Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667).

NCAD Gallery 100 Thomas St, Dublin 8. T: 636 4390; boothr@ncad.ie. Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm. Admission free. Until Sept 4 Hot Body/Ugly Face Syndrome Sheila Rennick. From Sept 10 RADE Recovery Through Art Drama and Education Retrospective exhibition.

Rathfarnham Castle Arts Rathfarnham Castle, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Tel: 01 493 9462; catherine.oconnor@opw.ie. Open daily: 10am-4.30pm. Admission free. Aug 9-Sept 12 Original Prints at Rathfarnham Castle Arts Etchings, lithographs, screenprints, and monoprints by prominent Irish and international artists, giving an insight into the various printmaking techniques and diverse qualities of the media. Also, demonstrations in monoprinting and etching, and a children's workshop. Details and bookings: contact 086 1781771.

Royal Dublin Society RDS Concert Hall, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. T: 01 2407255; arts@rds.ie. Aug 4-8, 10am-7pm; Aug 10-12:,10am-5pm. The RDS National Crafts Competition & Student Art Awards Exhibition 2010 opens during the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show to ticket holders from Aug 4–8, 10am-7pm in the RDS Concert Hall. The exhibition will continue for a further four days after the Horse Show concludes and will be open to the general public, free of charge, from August 10–12, 10am-5pm. With a prize fund of 28,000 euro, the RDS National Crafts Competition in association with the Crafts Council of Ireland is a significant platform for Irish craft and design. The RDS Student Art Awards consist of eight prizes this year, the Taylor Art Award being the largest with 5,000 euro. In addition to the winning entries of both competitions, a number of commended entries will be on show.

Royal Hibernian Academy Gallagher Gallery Gallagher Gallery, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2. Phone 01 6612558 fax 6610762. info@rhagallery.ie. Mon-Sat: 11am-7pm; Sun: 2-5pm. From Sept 3 Futures 10 Seven young or emerging artists selected by RHA Director Patrick T. Murphy. Ashford Gallery: From Sept 3 Sineád Aldridge. RHA Foyer: Clare Langan. Dr. Tony Ryan Gallery: Works selected from the RHA Collection by Donald Teskey RHA, Keeper of the Academy. The Atrium: Large cartoon drawing by Patrick Scott, from the Collection of Trinity College, Dublin

Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24. T: 01 451 5860; boxoffice@ruared.ie. Gallery 1: Until Aug 21 Summer Show 2010 27 artists were chosen from over 150 artists who submitted to this open show: Michele Boyle, Pat Byrne, Sean Campbell, Marie-Claire Cassidy, Victoria J. Dean, Chris Finnegan, Jane Fogarty, Sheila Gorman, Brian Hegarty, John Jones, Ramon Kassam, Denis Kelly, Paraic Leahy, Roseanne Lynch, Paul MacCormaic, Aisling McGovern, Ciara McMahon, Aoife O’Donnell, Conor O’Donnell, Siobhan Ogilvy, Vida Pain, Alice Peillon, Diane Peters, Jennifer Phelan, Louise Wallace, Dianne Whyte, and Mars Wright. Presented by RUA RED South Dublin Arts Centre. Aug 30-Oct 2 Margaret Tuffy and Marie Hanlon. Works exploring breath and breathing by Tuffy, and jazz-inspired pieces by Hanlon. Presented by Alternative Entertainments. Gallery 2: Aug 2-28 Jackie Askew Small-scale, abstract oil paintings. Presented by Alternative Entertainments. Sept 6-18 Enclosed Rob O'Connor. Series of photographic portraits of 11 Carmelite nuns accompanied by descriptions the nuns wrote about an object that made a difference to their lives. "After 78 years of wear and tear, the soles of my feet are worn to the bone, with corns and calluses. I never knew what it was like to have comfortable feet. Then I was given a pair of runners and now I feel I am walking on air with a spring in my step again. Pure bliss! My youth has returned."

Taylor Galleries 16 Kildare St, Dublin 2. T: 6766055; F: 6766642; taylorgalleries@gmail.com. Mon-Fri 10am-5.30pm; Sat 11am-3pm. Aug: Group Show. Sept 4-25 Pauline Bewick 75 Exhibition of new work as Pauline Bewick celebrates her 75th birthday.

Kerry
St. John's Theatre and Arts Centre The Square, Listowel. 068 22566; stjohnstheatre@eircom.net. Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm; 7pm-11pm on show nights. Aug 2-27 Elements of Black and White Kelly Hood. Aug 28-Sept 30 Travels with a Camera Photographs by Dillon Boyer.

Kilkenny
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office 76 John Street, Kilkenny. T: 056 779 4138; mary.butler@kilkennycoco.ie; niamh.finn@kilkennycoco.ie; Artist blog. Mon-Fri: 9.30am-5pm; Sat: 12pm–5pm. Until Sept 24 I’m not a feminist, but if I was… Guerrilla Girls, New Work Revealed The Guerrilla Girls, an internationally renowned feminist arts group, examine power, powerlessness, gender and Ireland’s treatment of women artists. Formed in 1985, the Guerrilla Girls look at the equality of the sexes and races in art, politics, film, and popular culture, calling themselves the Conscience of the Art World.

National Craft Gallery Castle Yard, Kilkenny. 056 7761804. ncg@ccoi.ie. Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm; Sun 11am-5.30pm. Admission free. From Aug 6 Kilkenny Arts Festival Craft Exhibitions at the National Craft Gallery–curated by Angela O’Kelly. Gallery 1: Jewellery is Life Mah Rana. Handmade jewellery and Meaning and Attachments, a public engagement project that documents people’s personal connections to the jewellery they wear. Join in from Sat, Aug 7-Mon, Aug 9. Gallery 2: Embracing Technology Work by Irish and UK makers using inventive materials and technology. Education and Outreach Events: Aug 6-15, 11am, free gallery tours daily, and thereafter, every Tue and Thur at 11am. Aug 8, 2pm: Public talk by curator Angela O’Kelly and participating artists. Aug 10-12, 2-4pm: Children’s workshops (booking required). Late date, Aug 27, 6-8pm: Discussing creativity and technology. Sept 24, 6pm-late: Culture Night with singer Jennifer Evans, an interactive light installation by artist Jean Conroy, open studios and tours.

Mayo
Ballina Arts Centre Ballina Civic Offices, Arran Place, Ballina, Co. Mayo. T: 096 73593. Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm; Sat: 10am-3pm. Aug 6-28 Image>Act>Actual Peter Spiers. Aug 6-28 Traced Memory Michelle Browne. Sept 8-25 Finders of Islands Louise Butler.

Custom House Studios The Quay, Westport. T: 098 28735; customhouse@eircom.net. Submissions invited for Mayo in Mind open print exhibition at Custom House Studios, Nov 11-Dec 5. Closing date for submissions: Oct 1. Selected by Mary A. Fitzgerald. "The mountains were tumbled about in a thousand fantastic ways and... the bay... which sweeps down to the sea, and a hundred islands in it, were dressed up in gold, and purple, and crimson, with the whole cloudy west in a flame. Wonderful, wonderful!" William Makepeace Thackeray, Clew Bay, 1842. Application form and details on www.customhousestudios.ie. Until Aug 15 Bernie Masterson Works inspired by an emotional interaction with landscape, the environment, nature and life. Aug 19-Sept 12 David Finn Found materials and images meld into an abstract visual language, creating large minimalist paintings along with found objects. Aug 19-Sept 12 Possibilities Workhouse Studios, Co Waterford, is a craft collective, formed in 2008, that produces design-led, innovative jewellery, glass and textiles

Leitrim
The Dock St. George’s Terrace, Carrick-on-Shannon Co Leitrim. T: 071 9650828, info@thedock.ie. Tues-Sat: 10am-6pm. Until Sept 18 Double Ground Paddy McCann (b. 1963, Cladai, Co. Armagh). McCann's richly coloured, layered oil paintings examine memory and the landscape of rural Armagh. This is the first in a series of annual exhibitions that invite Northern Irish artists to give an artistic response to Leitrim's relationship with the North.

Louth
Basement Gallery Dundalk Town Council, Town Hall, Crowe St, Dundalk. basementgallery@dundalktown.ie T: 0429392916; Mon-Fri: 10am-1pm; 1.30pm-5pm. From Sept 2 Ummeryroe John O’Connor. "To go forward, I am looking back." John O'Connor. Paintings and drawings of farm implements, sickles, pitch forks, boglands, fields, the artist's grandmother’s knitting, and white enamel buckets, all part of the townland of Ummeryroe, the artist's mother's birthplace.

Highlanes Gallery Laurence Street, Drogheda. T: +353 (0) 419803311; F: 041 9803313; info@highlanes.ie. Mon-Sat: 10.30am-5pm; Sun: 12pm-5pm. Ongoing: The Marienbad Palace Laura Buckley, Diana Copperwhite, Jorge De La Garza, Alicja Kwade, Haroon Mirza, & Ian Monroe. Curated by Jacqui McIntosh. Collage, painting, sculpture, installation and video. Ongoing: Drogheda Municipal Art Collection Selected works.

Sligo
Hamilton Gallery 4 Castle Street, Sligo. T: +353 71 91 43686; F: +353 71 91 40365; info@martinahamilton.ie. Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm. Aug 5-28 Full Night Falling Michael Wann. From Sept 2-Oct 2 Fusion Paintings and tapestry works by Janet Pierce, a member of Aosdána. Dermot Healy will open the exhibition.

The Model The Mall, Sligo. T: 071 9141405; info@modelart.ie; Blog; Twitter; Facebook.Tues-Sat: 11am-5:30pm; Thurs open late till 8pm; Sun 12-5pm. Until Oct 3 The Living Ginger–The Characters of Jack B Yeats Early watercolours depicting the characters in Jack B Yeats’ works, people who lived on the margins of society and had "something of the living ginger of life in them". Until Oct 3 Make it New John The Model has co-commissioned Irish-born filmmaker Duncan Campbell’s new work, Make It New John, which tells the story of the DeLorean car, its creator John DeLorean, and the workers of the Belfast-based car plant who built it.

Waterford
Lismore Castle Arts Lismore, Co. Waterford. T: 05854061; info@lismorecastlearts.ie. Open every day: 11am-4.45pm (last entry 4pm). Admission: 8 euro (includes entry to the historic castle gardens – sculptures by Antony Gormley, Franz West and Ellis O’Connell). Until Sept 30 Gerard Byrne Features a major new film work co-commissioned by Lismore Castle Arts, photographic works, and a film installation shot in a former 19th century church. Curated by Mike Fitzpatrick.