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Dnote sends weekly mailshots covering much of the best of art and art venues on the island of Ireland.

Run by Peter FitzGerald, artist, who is currently doing a PhD in the Media & Entertainment Lab at University College Dublin; former lots of things.
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Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin 2
Vanessa Donoso López
Closing Sun 20 Sep
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Vanessa Donoso López | Vanessa Donoso López | Friday 24 July – Sunday 20 September 2026 | Temple Bar Gallery + Studios | Vanessa Donoso López | photograph or video still; we see just the hads of a dark-clad figure; the right hand is holdig what seems to be an udder with maybe four teats, and fashioned possibly in bronze with an uneven coating of white
September 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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September 18, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Co Cork
Anseo / Elsewhere: Cork County and City Artists Summer Showcase
Closing Sat 19 Sep
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Dick Richards: Red Door Reverie, 31 x 31cm | Anseo / Elsewhere: Cork County and City Artists Summer Showcase | Thursday 2 July – Saturday 19 September 2026 | Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre | Dick Richards: Red Door Reverie, 31 x 31cm | this appears to be a mix of painting and collage, thematically referencing, probably, black-and-white films, possibly with an emphasis on those depicting rural Ireland; top lef we see a couple kissing, bare arms around shoulders, a left hand clawlike as it grasps the hat on the other figure; the centre area of the image is mostly painted: a red door, a small window, a possibly whitewashed wall; from the top middle a crowd scene curves over to the right and down that side; a baby in arms is the most distinguishable
September 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Co Cork
Siobhán McGibbon et al.: Love beyond the species and the sexual
Closing Sat 19 Sep
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Siobhán McGibbon et al.: Love beyond the species and the sexual | Saturday 25 July – Saturday 19 September 2026 | Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre | photo of a fairly domestic scene – cushion of the sort that you might find on a sofa, patterned with images of flowers (roses), underneath it a blanket of the older, raspy sort, pink-trimmed; something that looks like a pale-blue leaf intrudes from the left; and on the cusion there is lying, slightly floppy, what seems to be a fabric or plastic TV remote control
September 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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September 17, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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The LAB, Dublin 1
John Noel Smith: Earth Solace & Blight
Closing Sat 19 Sep
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John Noel Smith: Earth Solace & Blight | Thursday 20 August – Saturday 19 September 2026 | The LAB | The image is of a painting, presumably; approximately the top three-quarters of the image is almost entirely a single dark-blue line weaving back and forth from left to right across the support, initially just flat, but becoming more wave-like half-way down, then slowly reverting to flat; water-like, somewhat; then the bottom 20% is entirely different: a bit like bockety steel pipes criss-crossing each other against a mustard background
September 17, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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Ormston House, Limerick
Alt-West / Alt-Thiar
Opening Sat 19 Sep
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courtesy of O.J.A.I. | Alt-West / Alt-Thiar | Saturday 19 September – Saturday 14 November 2026 | Ormston House | Image courtesy of O.J.A.I. | We see a map of Ireland most of Britain; Britain and Northern Ireland are in grey, the Republic in Navy with ‘Ireland’ in white across it; the surrounding sea is largely pale blue, but what is possibly the Republic’s exclusive economic zone is in slanting stripes of dark orange and yellowy grey; a red arrow points across this stripery at Limerick; a pasted on slightly wonky piece of paper has the text ’Culmination Compression Phase Alt-West/ Alt-Thiar -68 days’
September 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Limerick City Gallery, Limerick
David Lilburn and Jim Savage: Cuimhníodh (remembered)
From Sat 19 Sep
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(top image) Jim Savage, Connemara Landscape, mixed media on paper, (bottom image), David Lilburn, Blacksod Day 1, drypoint, (photo - Matt Gidney) | David Lilburn and Jim Savage: Cuimhníodh (remembered) | Saturday 19 September – Sunday 8 November 2026 | Limerick City Gallery | (top image) Jim Savage, Connemara Landscape, mixed media on paper, (bottom image), David Lilburn, Blacksod Day 1, drypoint, (photo - Matt Gidney) | two images of artworks, one above the other, with a brown background framing them and holding them apart; the top image is very much a realist portrayal of Connemara; possibly the Twelve Pins / Bens in the background, boggy land with stone outcroppings nearer us; the second image, below, is much sparer – dark-brown marks against a creamy white, rough sketching of hills, vegetation, telephone poles, sky; atmospheric
September 16, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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Roscommon Arts Centre, Circular Road Roscommon Town
Kate Oram, Conor O’Connell and Marita O’Hanlon: Holding Ground
Opening Fri 18 Sep
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Kate Oram: Grow (detail), photo Sean O’Reilly | Kate Oram, Conor O’Connell and Marita O’Hanlon: Holding Ground | Friday 18 September – Saturday 31 October 2026 | Roscommon Arts Centre | Kate Oram: Grow (detail), photo Sean O’Reilly | photo probably taken in a gallery space; we are looking along a white wall that is receding from us; close to us, on the right is a simple pattern nailed, apparently, to the wall; it is just branches, ot many of them, like the branching of veins or trees; a similar object seems to be a bit farther down the wall, blurred, and bigger versions farther away, more blurred
September 15, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford
Trust Artists Unconditionally – Public Art of 1990s Waterford
Opening Fri 18 Sep
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Theo Sims, Oh When The Saints Go Marching Out (detail), 1998 | Trust Artists Unconditionally – Public Art of 1990s Waterford | Friday 18 September – Saturday 7 November 2026 | Garter Lane Arts Centre | Theo Sims, Oh When The Saints Go Marching Out (detail), 1998 | photo of two people holding a football jersey; above them is a sign: Wlecome to St. Josephs F.F. Founded 1923 John Ran Park, with two footballs on it; the pari ar in front of a pale pink wall; the jersey they are holding is striped horizontally, alternating dark blue and white; in the middle of the front we see the word ‘Art’ spelt in black
September 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin 2
Dublin Fringe Festival: Ella de Búrca: Hard Mouth Show & Tell
Performances from Wed 16 Sep
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Dublin Fringe Festival: Ella de Búrca: Hard Mouth Show & Tell | Wednesday 16 September – Sunday 20 September 2026 | Temple Bar Gallery + Studios | photographic collage, probably; we are in some sort of fairyland / magic land; towards the viewer, a figure is on hands and knees, well dressed, looking upwards to our left, wearing a muzzle probably suitable for a horse; burther back, a long-black-haired figure is, very probably, an artist, as they are wearig what could be a painter’s smock and holding a large paintbrush in the right hand, though the left hand is hold reins that control the poor aforementioned creature
September 15, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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Green On Red Gallery, Dublin 1
September
Opening Fri 18 Sep
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September | Saturday 19 September – Friday 16 October 2026 | Green On Red Gallery | the image is just the name of the exhibition, its subtitle, and a list of the artists
September 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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IMMA, Kilmainham Dublin 8
Camille Souter & Alberta Whittle: Fisherwoman, Fisherwoman
Closing Sun 13 Sep
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Alberta Whittle, Between a Whisper and a Cry, 2019 (still), HD film, 41 minutes, Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute:Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow | Camille Souter & Alberta Whittle: Fisherwoman, Fisherwoman | Friday 6 March – Sunday 13 September 2026 | IMMA | Image: Alberta Whittle, Between a Whisper and a Cry, 2019 (still), HD film, 41 minutes, Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute:Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow | viewing from behind we see a figure standing in a small wooden enclosure – long curly hair, leopard-print (or similar) outfit; the standing figure is oriented towards a body of water in front of her, probably a lake, but has hands raised and is leaning back and turning their head to their left, so that we see the face more or less in profile; it’s sunny and the sky is clear; across the body of water what look like houses of the wealthy
September 11, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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SIRIUS, Co. Cork
Leanne McDonagh: Community & Connection
Closing Sat 12 Sep
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Leanne McDonagh: Community & Connection | Saturday 4 July – Saturday 12 September 2026 | SIRIUS | probably a photographic piece, with superpositioning of various shots, colour alteration; there is a hint of a face towards the left edge, and something smooth seems to be swirling in water towards the right side
September 11, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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CCA, Derry
Christopher Steenson: All I See is the Present
Closing Sat 12 Sep
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Christopher Steenson: Kockanacuig 7 | Christopher Steenson: All I See is the Present | Friday 19 June – Saturday 12 September 2026 | CCA | Christopher Steenson: Kockanacuig 7 | black-and-white photo of what appears to be a partial mandible of an animal, in situ during an archaeological excavation; a square area has been cleared, tarpaulin to two facing sides, dirt to the other two; pebbles, dirt
September 11, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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September 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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IMMA, Kilmainham Dublin 8
Technologies of Peace: Art and Transition in Contemporary Europe (1989-2026)
From Sat 12 Sep
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Siniša Labrović, Bandaging a Wounded Man, 2000, Video documentation of action, Video, sound 22:55 min, loop, Camera: Emil Tomasović, Artist’s assistant: Damir Šodan,© Siniša Labrović, Museum of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia. | Technologies of Peace: Art and Transition in Contemporary Europe (1989-2026) | Saturday 12 September 2026 – Sunday 9 May 2027 | IMMA | Siniša Labrović, Bandaging a Wounded Man, 2000, Video documentation of action, Video, sound 22:55 min, loop, Camera: Emil Tomasović, Artist’s assistant: Damir Šodan,© Siniša Labrović, Museum of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia. | location is possibly an urban park; we see a statue on a chunky, somewhat raised plinth; the statue may depict a mother holding across her lap the body of a fallen soldier; however, much of the statue is covered by white tape or toilet roll; the plinth bears the word ‘ROMEO” in green, and ‘NIRVANA’ in black; a figure is posing in fron of the statue, in t-shirt and shorts
September 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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Solstice Arts Centre, County Meath
The First Frontier Was the Horizon
From Sat 12 Sep
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William O'Neill, Night-time imposter, Oil on linen, 110 x 140 cm, 2022. Courtesy the artist. | The First Frontier Was the Horizon | Saturday 12 September – Saturday 24 October 2026 | Solstice Arts Centre | William O'Neill, Night-time imposter, Oil on linen, 110 x 140 cm, 2022. Courtesy the artist | both photorealist and idealised depiction of what feels like an office setting, but could be domestic; close-up of various retro items: bins of somesort, backed-up against an old-style boxy TV set which seems to be on backed up against a flowerpot and something else on which a plastic box is resting, some sort of empty filing system; and to the left what might be part of a suitcase, partially open; strong daylight illuminating and casting shadows
September 10, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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The Source Arts Centre, Thurles Co Tipperary
Shane Hynan: ‘Beneath | Beofhód’
From Sat 12 Sep
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Shane Hynan: Bog Self-Portrait, Carbury Co. Kildare, 2019 | Shane Hynan: ‘Beneath | Beofhód’ | Saturday 12 September – Saturday 17 October 2026 | The Source Arts Centre | Shane Hynan: Bog Self-Portrait, Carbury Co. Kildare, 2019 | it is not obvious how this is done: we see the artist's (presumably) head and a bit of torso and what may be the right arm folded in on itself, possibly to support the head which is out over water, apparently; the view is from above and to the sid, so that we see the left side of the face; the head is reflected in the very still water
September 10, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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September 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 2
Adrian Duncan: Buildings from a Novel
Opening Thu 10 Sep
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Adrian Duncan, Haus Alois, 2026, Tulipwood, deal, teak, 50 x 50 x 90cm, Image courtesy of the artist | Adrian Duncan: Buildings from a Novel | Friday 11 September 2026 – Sunday 10 January 2027 | Royal Hibernian Academy | Adrian Duncan, Haus Alois, 2026, Tulipwood, deal, teak, 50 x 50 x 90cm, Image courtesy of the artist | photo of a maquette of a buildig on stilts, all made of wood; floor plan appears to be square, bullding effectively one storey, though with slopig roofs with odd gaps and apparently some sort of construction, ziggurat-like, under it
September 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 2
Una Sealy: Time Lines: Selected Works 2016 – 2026
Opening Thu 10 Sep
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Una Sealy, Brave New World, 2025, oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm, image courtesy of the artist | Una Sealy: Time Lines: Selected Works 2016 – 2026 | Friday 11 September – Sunday 20 December 2026 | Royal Hibernian Academy | Una Sealy, Brave New World, 2025, oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm, image courtesy of the artist | probably a view from an office building; in the foreground we see a modern, green chair to the left, facing right, and in front of it is a low round glass-topped coffee table; the room somes to a corner about 80% across the canvas, and in that corner is a large plant with very large dark-gree leaves; steel supports appear to be supporting very large plate-glass windows; the view outside is pretty grey, industrial, tall chimneys, one releasing dark smoke which rises vertically before dispersing slowly up and to the left; nearer to the office is a river in which the industries are reflected
September 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 2
Fionn McCann: Deconstructing a Mountain
Opening Thu 10 Sep
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Fionn McCann, Deconstructing a Mountain, Untitled, 2026, Archival Print, 65 x 56cm, Image courtesy of the artist | Fionn McCann: Deconstructing a Mountain | Friday 11 September – Sunday 8 November 2026 | Royal Hibernian Academy | Fionn McCann, Deconstructing a Mountain, Untitled, 2026, Archival Print, 65 x 56cm, Image courtesy of the artist | black-and-white photo of what is probably a workbench, on which we see what may be three chisels and an associated hammer; there is dust, planks that make the surface of the workbench, a cube-like shape to the left, cropped by the edge of the photo, possibly a wall of planks behind the workbench
September 9, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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September 9, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 2
Maïa Nunes: Lake Burst
Opening Thu 10 Sep
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Maïa Nunes, Lake Burst, 2026, Double Vinyl Album, 12 x 12”, Photography by Aoife Long, Image courtes | Maïa Nunes: Lake Burst | Friday 11 September – Sunday 25 October 2026 | Royal Hibernian Academy | Maïa Nunes, Lake Burst, 2026, Double Vinyl Album, 12 x 12”, Photography by Aoife Long, Image courtesy of the artist | it is probably dusk; clear blue sky, glowing white towards the horizon; black slopes go down to the lakeshore; a figure stands to the right mostly dark silhouette against the sky, arms raised, figers touching
September 8, 2026 at 4:58 PM