On Wednesday (19th January) Catherine Martin TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, announced that the government has set aside an eight million euro budget for the transfer of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and Choirs from …
Navigating emotion in the pandemic: Annika Berglund’s Interlocked opens at the Olivier Cornet Gallery
Maisie McGregor reviews the exhibition that explores the paradoxical emotional and physical experiences of Covid-19
A new exhibition has just opened at the Olivier Cornet Gallery on Great Denmark Street, showcasing the work of Swedish artist, Annika Berglund. Interlocked is a fascinating insight into Berglund’s pandemic experience, with her emotive response clearly implanted within her …
Artists in Conversation: James Kirwan and Kelly O’Dowd
Maisie McGregor sits down with Dublin-based artists James Kirwan and Kelly O’Dowd
I arranged this conversation between James Kirwan, a painter and street artist known to many for his signature ‘BOY’ logo found across Dublin, and Kelly O’Dowd, an illustrator and recent NCAD graduate, back in September. James also went to NCAD, …
Artists in Conversation: Conor Nolan and Róisín Nolan
Maisie McGregor sits down with the Dublin-based illustrator and collage artist
Despite their shared name, Conor and Róisín have never met before. However, bonded by a shared approach to art, this conversation reads like one between old friends. Both based in Dublin, Conor works as an illustrator and printmaker whilst Róisín …
Artists in Conversation: Niamh Barry and Gabrielle Fullam
Maisie McGregor sits down with Dublin-based photographer Niamh Barry and Trinity student writer and activist Gabrielle Fullam
Gabrielle and Niamh know each other, but more than this they share distinct artistic principles that make this conversation entirely fascinating and, further, important. Both are deeply implanted within the personal, recognizing the vital connection between art and the community …
Artists in Conversation – ELOISE and Tertia
The Trinity-based DJ and singer sit down with Maisie McGregor to discuss their work, creative processes, and relationships to the term “artist”
I begin my Zoom call with Eloise and Tertia and am immediately filled with holiday envy; Eloise sits on board a houseboat in Amsterdam where she is currently working and living, whilst Tertia lounges, notably sunkissed, on a sofa in …
Samuel Beckett and Dublin’s Pan Pan Theatre come to London!
Maisie McGregor reviews the production of Beckett’s 1963 radio play Cascando at the Barbican Centre
The Dublin-based Pan Pan Theatre company brought Samuel Beckett to London this July with their innovative take on his radio play, Cascando. The play, written by Beckett in 1963 and first broadcast in England the following year, is as impenetrable …