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Published by admin on 30 Nov 2007

Dublin fine art:

Dublin fine art association was founded in 1988 with a view to enrich fine arts in Dublin. This association has public art installations and programs in parks and schools. The main aim of the programs in parks is to place art works in each and ever park in Dublin

Dublin Sculpture Park is another program of the association, which helps to place sculptures in the Dublin civic center and in open spaces of the city.

Dublin fine art association art at civic center contains the Gail sculpture created by Katherine keefer in the year 1994. Sisyphus by Roger berry and Steel watercolor by Fletcher Benton are some other fine art works in Dublin Civic center.

Hillsboro Fine art gallery situated in the center of Dublin is famous for its huge collection of contemporary art around the world. It conducts number of art fair and exhibitions of contemporary art every month. Annual Christmas exhibition is the most popular one that will be held from December 6 to 22 this year.

This gallery acts as an agent of various Irish artists. Apart from this, it also contains diverse collection of paintings, drawings and sculptures of Irish and Britain contemporary artists. You can get the current inventory of art works in stock through internet. If you want to buy any artwork of a particular artist then you can select the name and any of the artist’s works you like in the Hillsboro fine art’s web site.

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Published by admin on 27 Nov 2007

Dublin art galleries:

Dublin has a number of small and large art galleries. Some galleries have collection of paintings while some others have sculptures. Yet there are photo galleries also present in Dublin. These art galleries in Dublin are serving the excellent purpose of carrying art through generations

National art gallery:

This is the main art gallery in Dublin. This is situated in the main center of the city and it has huge collection of paintings and sculptures. There is no charge for visiting this gallery and you can visit it on any working day from Monday to Saturday. The collection of paintings includes traditional landscape painting, subject paintings and modern art. This gallery has paintings of both Irish artists and other European artists.

Irish museum of modern art:

This is the main modern art gallery situated in Kilmainham about one mile from Dublin. You can see the contemporary paintings and sculptures of Irish artists here.

Douglas Hyde gallery:

This is an art council supported gallery. It is one of the most important contemporary art galleries in Ireland. The gallery hosts lots of theme exhibitions by Irish artists. There is no entrance fee for visiting this gallery.

Apollo gallery:

Apollo gallery is situated near Dublin’s famous Grafton Street. This Dublin art gallery has a collection of art works of international artists.

Bridge art gallery:

This art gallery has collection of contemporary art and crafts.

Oisin gallery:

Oisin gallery has huge collection of traditional and modern art. You can visit the exhibitions conducted at the time of Christmas here. You can enjoy the marvelous paintings of Irish artists in this exhibition.

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Published by admin on 19 Nov 2007

Dublin art:

There are lots of art galleries in Dublin. The main gallery in Dublin is the National Gallery of Ireland. There is no entrance fee for this art gallery. It has a huge collection of paintings and sculptures. Irish paintings are gifts to the world, which are noted for their magnificent beauty. The story of prodigal son is depicted in 6 consecutive pictures and is the master piece of this gallery. This gallery also has collection of beautiful sculptures, which were made up of marble, bronze etc.

There is a separate modern art gallery in Dublin, which has large collection of contemporary art. You can see world’s most famous modern arts in the Dublin art gallery. Apart from these galleries, there are lots of small galleries in and around Dublin.

Irish Museum of modern art in Dublin has a vast collection of contemporary and modern art, which portrays some hidden thoughts and memories. This museum mainly focuses on innovative and excellent paintings and sculptures.

The green gallery in Dublin is arranging exhibition of modern art painting every year. The color and texture of these paintings brings the beauty of Irish art to the world. The main theme of these paintings is based on scenic landscapes of Ireland and Irish castles and towns. The architectural excellence of Irish towns is portrayed in these paintings. Some others depict Dublin’s’ coastal areas.

Oisin gallery in Dublin also has collection of modern paintings. You can enjoy the color mixture used in each painting. These arts welcome you to understand the thoughts. The contemporary artists in Dublin have painted the picturesque scenes in Ireland.

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