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Niamh
O'Malley: Window, 2002, oil and household paint
on window frames, sills and wall; courtesy the artist
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PS1 goes to Belfast-Dublin artist
Niamh O'Malley, based in Belfast and
Dublin, but originally from Mayo, is to be the next recipient
of the Republic's PS1 scholarship. The scholarship is awarded
by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and it is administered
by the Irish American Cultural Institute; it carries with
it a studio at the PS1 complex in Queens, New York, an apartment
and a stipend, for one year. It is arguably the most important
visual-arts prize on offer in Ireland. The Arts Council values
it at E40,856.
The decision to award the scholarship
to an artist who has mostly been based in Northern Ireland
adds a twist to the disappointment felt last year, when the
Arts Council of Northern Ireland decided no longer to fund
a PS1 award for Northern Ireland. With any luck, ACNI may
have a change of heart.
City Arts Centre goes virtual?
Dublin's City Arts Centre (CAC) has
been sold, for E4.25 million. Director Declan McGonagle and
his team have for some time now been considering the path
CAC might tread. With the sale of the building it seems increasingly
likely that CAC will perform the role of a facilitator of
art events, rather than solely being a host for events within
new premises of its own. A somewhat virtual CAC, in other
words, though all could change. Certainly, over four million
euro should facilitate matters.
CIRCA matters
CIRCA is very pleased to welcome
Carlow-based artist Orla Ryan onto its Board. At the same
time it is bidding farewell to Stephanie McBride and Niamh
O'Sullivan after many years of excellent service to the magazine.
(More) lucky artists
¥ Derry-based Willie Doherty has
again been shortlisted for the £20,000-value Turner Prize.
The Turner show runs from 29 October, until 18 January 2004.
According to Adrian Searle, writing in the Guardian on 30
May, Artists who get nominated more than onceÉalmost always
win in the endÉThe important thing is that the Turner is recognising
Doherty's indomitable, persistent and melancholic art, with
its understated photos of wrecked rooms, unquiet country roads
and urban paranoia.
¥ At the prize-giving in Limerick
for this yearÕs ev+a, Christine Mackey has taken the overall
award, and E4000, for her installation Provisional.
¥At ev+a a E6000 joint award was also
made to Julie Merriman, Jesse Jones and Joe Lee.
¥ Michael Canning has won the second
Hennessy Craig Scholarship of E10,000. The scholarship is
linked to the annual open-submission show in the Royal Hibernian
Academy, Dublin.
¥ÊTwo artists
from these shores have been selected for the Istanbul Biennial:
Gerard Byrne and Willie Doherty; it takes place from 20 September
to 16 November this year.
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John Keating has been invited to participate in the first-ever
Beijing Art Biennale, which opens 20 September.
Orchard: Void fill
the void
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| The old
cathedral school, Derry; photo Locky Morris; courtesy
Colin Darke |
The voices raised
in anger at the closure of DerryÕs Orchard Gallery have achieved
a remarkable successÉthough not in the form they originally
intended. For the protest organisation D.A.D.A. now read Void,
the artists' grouping that will soon be taking over the old
cathedral school in London Street, Derry. It will have up
to six studios, an education-programme space, and three gallery
spaces (one large, two small). Half of the money for the new
premises comes from the Peace and Reconciliation Fund; the
rest has yet to be finalised.
All going well, the
artists should be in place in January, and the first exhibition
is planned for March. Programming of shows will be artist-led,
on a rotating basis. If you have an exhibition proposal, contact
Colin Darke, either c/o 40 Lower Nassau Street, Rosemount,
Derry BT48 0ES or at darkecolin@hotmail.com.
New Board at An
Chomhairle Ealaíon
The RepublicÕs Arts
Council has a new Board. The chair is Olive Braiden, who has
been very active in a range of organisations over the last
twenty years. She served as Director of the Rape Crisis Centre
for ten years, and she has campaigned on a broad range of
issues relating to the rights of women and children.
Two new members have
a particular expertise in the visual arts. One is Willie Doherty.
The other is Noelle Campbell Sharpe. She is the owner and
director of DublinÕs Origin Gallery, and she is the founder
and Director of the Cill Rialaig ArtistsÕ Retreat in Ballinscelligs,
Co. Kerry.
