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Thousands of years ago some of our ancestors stopped living nomadic lives and started settling in one place. They began to build cities. Today, about half the world lives in one. Art expert Helena Hunt explains more on how cities are inspiring artists...
To find one of artists’ greatest inspirations, you just have to go outside. Artists have been using their work to capture the landscape for a very long time. Art expert Helena Hunt tell us more...
The Sun might be a big gas ball millions of miles away, but it makes life on earth possible. Art expert Helena Hunt tells us more…
Oisín Kenny from the National Gallery of Ireland tells us more about the power of the gaze and gender inequality throughout art history.
Art is full of bodies, from the real to the divine. Art expert Helena Hunt tells us more…
Faces have fascinated people for thousands of years, from ancient portraits to modern-day selfies. They communicate our feelings, and artists use them to capture character. Art expert Helena Hunt tells us more...
Cubism was a revolutionary new approach to representing our reality in European painting and sculpture. Oisín Kenny from the National Gallery of Ireland tells us more…
This is Plastic! It can be formed into almost any shape and used to make nearly anything…yes, even art!
Kate MacDonagh explores dualities of light and dark, scale and ephemerality, stillness and movement, and spectral and material.
This is Clay! One of the most fun and versatile materials out there and is used in everything from false teeth to toilets and of course art!
Harry Clarke was a stained glass artist who won scholarships to travel to France and England and won gold medals for his designs. Harry Clarke designed The Eve of St Agnes, which won the gold medal at the Irish Art Exhibition in 1924 and was bought by the Hugh Lane Gallery in 1978.
This is Digital! Chances are you’re reading this on a digital screen made up of hundreds and hundreds of pixels. They are so small but yet they are mighty!
This is Metal! Strong, sturdy and durable, metal comes from minerals that are found in rocks!
Print Van Go uses printmaking to facilitate learning and social engagement while promoting contemporary fine-art printing.
The Open Road Project, supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and the Cork City Council, was created to give children from a variety of backgrounds a greater platform from which to share their perspectives.
This is Paper! From piñatas to puppets, paper is used to create all kinds of wonderful things with its endless weights and textures.
The Fonthill Vase is an ancient porcelain jug that was made over 700 years ago in China. It is decorated with experimental relief decoration and was considered a precious item due to the secret of how to make porcelain only being known in China at the time.
This is Colour! It can be natural or man-made, and some of the craziest stories in art history are about colour.
Explore the fascinating world of paper conservation with the help of Sophie, a paper detective who has given us special access to a top-secret area of the Chester Beatty Museum.
This is Glass! It’s hard but delicate, tough but brittle, sharp but smooth …a real contradiction, yet we don’t know how glass was discovered.
This is Fibre! From the threads we wear to the textiles beneath our feet, we often interact with fibres in ways we hardly notice.
