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Where art and ideas meet across the centuries We’re transforming our Gallery | Reopening 2028 Visit https://crawfordartgallery.ie/redevelopment-main-page/ to find out more. Charity No.: CHY 18818 | Registered Charity Number (RCN): 20072926

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 18h

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Amanda Coogan, Mary Magdalene The Wren (from the series They Come Then, The Birds commissioned by Rua Red), 2021. Purchased, 2023. © the artist

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 18h

Crawford Art Gallery is delighted to join Creative Bandon for this year’s Bandon Banshee Festival with artist Amanda Coogan!

🗓️ 1 Nov, 2pm: Artist Talk @ Bandon Library (Free, no booking)
🗓️ 2 Nov, 10am–5pm: Free Masterclass @ Bandon Town Hall (Free, email to book: [email protected])

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A still from Amanda Coogan’s work The Wren, showing a mysterious figure standing half-hidden amongst trees and flowering brush. The figure is wearing a mask of tights over their head, with holes cut for their eyes, and an elaborate garment with hanging ribbons of many different styles of fabrics.

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 1d

Image 1 © Sin Wai Kin, 2024
Image 2 © Melisa Zulberti, 2023
Image 3 © Elinor O’Donovan, 2023

#CrawfordArtGallery #ElinorODonovan #ArtistsFilmInternational #BabuEshwarPrasad #RaffaelaNaldiRossano #HeesooKwon #SinWaiKin #MelisaZulberti

Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 1d

The second screening of Artists’ Film International 2025 starts tonight at 18:30 at @arccinema.bsky.social, with 6 short films by international artists, including Cork’s own Elinor O'Donovan.
This screening will showcase films from:
India, Italy, USA, Ireland, England & Argentina
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A figure with vibrant, cosmic painting on his face and a bright red hair, stands just in front of the camera, looking off to the right with a look of concentration or contemplation; behind the figure is a long set of stairs in a large, temple or fortress-looking building that is a bit worn down and aged looking. The still is from ‘The Fortress’ (2024) by Sin Wai Kin.

Three women are on individual, circle raised platforms, spread out in a triangle formation, in a partially-dry river bed that runs through tall sand dunes. The still is from Melisa Zulberti’s ‘Sobre si mismo (About itself)’ (2023).

A still taken from Elinor O’Donovan’s ‘Wild Geese 2: Wilder Geese’ (2023), showing a rocky landscape over small hills, leading to a small village on the edge of a vast river, fjord, or lake, with tall, snowy mountains rising out of the banks on the opposite side of the water; a caption at the bottom reads ‘over and over, the world announces our place.’

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 4d

Verdicts from the audience are in! Thank you so much to everyone who joined us Monday night for the first screening of AFI'25, and a very special thank you to Elinor O'Donovan for answering questions after during the Q&A.

There are two more screenings for AFI'25, we can't wait to see you there!

Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 5d

Image:
-CAG.3141 Brianna Hurley, Beautiful Landscape of Castella, 2019, acrylic and pencil on canvas, 100 x 119.5 cm. © the
artist

Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 5d

To mark #SpaceWeek, we are travelling to the imagined planet Castalia, pictured here in this painting by Brianna Hurly. In this work, Hurley has imagined a dramatic landscape full of deep red soil, tree-topped cliffs, and a settlement nestled under a deep field of stars and a luminous moon.

An acrylic and pencil painting on canvas, showing an imagined planet that has deep-red soil hills and cliffs with crescent-shaped trees growing on the top, and white cliff edges leading down to a vast orange plain with a small, distant settlement. Above is a dark sky full of stars and a luminous moon.

Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 12d

Image: Marshall C. Hutson, Prince Igor, c.1948. © the artist’s estate.

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 12d

Irish Ballet Company (later Irish National Ballet), and is likely depicted here in the character of the Chieftain from Alexander Borodin’s opera, Prince Igor (1890). Hutson himself also worked as a designer for the Irish Ballet Company, making this an extremely fitting work to mark the day! (2/3)

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 12d

Today is #WorldBalletDay, so we’re taking a moment to celebrate this work by Marshall Hutson – a portrait of the celebrated Irish ballet dancer, teacher, and choreographer Joan Denise Moriarty (c.1912-1992). She founded the Cork Ballet Company, Irish Theatre Ballet, and... (1/3)

A pastel on paper painting, showing a woman in an elaborate, headdress and costume, with bright, vivid colours, and fabric cascading from her headpiece onto and across her chest.

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 13d

Happy International Day of Music! To celebrate, we’re throwing back to when the talented John Spillane joined us in the Gallery to perform part of his song inspired by Fall of the Rebel Angels (1828) by Samuel Forde.
#CrawfordArtGallery #InternationalDayofMusic

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 13d

His beard would definitely qualify him!

Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 14d

Images: Clare Keogh

@mtuartsoffice1.bsky.social #CrawfordArtGallery #CrawfordSupportedStudios

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 14d

in a Show & Tell event at 46 Grand Parade showcasing the works Tom created with Róisín’s guidance. Crawford Supported Studios is proud to foster such creative growth as a partnership between @mtu.ie Crawford College of Art & Design and Crawford Art Gallery, with support from @corkcitycouncil. (2/3)

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 14d

In late 2024, Crawford Supported Studios’ member Tom O’Sullivan was awarded a Cork City Council Visibility Bursary Pilot Award, also supported by the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social. This opportunity allowed Tom to engage in an ambitious mentorship with artist Róisín O'Sullivan, culminating... (1/3)

Tom O'Sullivan stands in a group of people, looking down at four of his artworks laid out on a table. One is very large, taking up most of the table, and uses swirls of vivid oranges, yellows, and reds with some green and aqua mixed in. The other three are smaller, stationed above the larger painting, and uniform in size, all using more muted, moody colours.

Tom O'Sullivan stands in a corridor of the 46 Grand Parade Gallery, facing the camera and in the background of the photo. At the forefront, to the left, one of Tom's paintings is mounted on the wall of the gallery and is slightly out of focus, with bright, warm colours used. The photo is brightly lit, with a large window to the side of the corridor that floods the space with natural light.

Tom O'Sullivan and a staff member of Crawford Art Gallery and the Crawford Supported Studios team are talking, standing in front of some of Tom's work hanging in the gallery at 46 Grand Parade during his showcase. The works on display exhibit bold use of colours.

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 15d

Artists' Film International 2025 is curated by Forma in collaboration with sixteen arts organisations, who present the programme around the world.

Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 15d

Part 3 of this year’s Artists’ Film International is 20 October at 18:30! Featuring 5 short films from different artists and countries, including Cork’s own @elinorodonovan, at @arccinemagatecork. Full details, including all the films, can be found here: crawfordartgallery.ie/artists-film...

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 17d

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- CAG.2959 French School, needlepoint lace cap, undated (18th century), lace, 28 x 82 cm.
- CAG.2698 Artist unrecorded, lace trimming to the front of a lady’s dress, 1640-50, needlepoint lace, 22.50 x 87 cm.

Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 17d

Images (1/2):

- CAG.2955 Artist unrecorded, unidentified selection of intricate lace motifs, undated (17th century), lace, 52.50 x 37 cm.
- CAG.2956 Artist unrecorded, lace/crochet border piece with large leaf and flower trim, C. 1900, lace, 21 x 72 cm.

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 17d

Happy #InternationalLaceDay!
Did you know we have 430 lace patterns in our collection? For centuries, lacemaking gave both rural and urban women some economic independence and was an important aspect of society. Which of these historic laces is your favourite? Let us know!

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A group of five historic lace objects with intricate motifs; the one on top is a diamond shape with detailed borders, a pattern of small flowers, and then a large flower in the center; the one below is a delicate, small butterfly with dots on its wings and even little antennae on its head; next is a small circle with scalloped edging and a star in the centre; below that is a lace collar with a pattern of three-leafed plants, and then star-shapped flowers below that, with large scalloping on the borders of the collar; last is a square piece with geometric patterns – circles surrounded by square borders, repeating, and the middle of the piece is divided into four quadrants with geometric flowers in the center of each. All are from the 1600s.

A rectangle of lace/crochet sample, that would have been used as a border; the pattern very earthy, with large leaves, trims, and woven, interconnecting vines; the border of the piece is irregular, shaped only by the leaves and flowers themselves, rather than having a strict or controlled boundary that the pattern then sits within. The piece dates from around 1900.

A delicate lace cap from the 1700s, made by needlepoint and featuring patterns of vines, different types of flowers, and leaves.

A rectangle of lace sample, dating from around 1640-1650, with intricate, elegant patterns in swooping motions that are reminiscent of fluer de lis. The work is bolder and with thicker lines than is often scene on lace, but still delicate; the sample was made via needlepoint and would have been part of the trim on the front of a lady’s dress.

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 19d

a woman in a leopard print shirt is standing in a doorway and says gasps in spanish

ALT: a woman in a leopard print shirt is standing in a doorway and says gasps in spanish

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 19d

We can neither confirm nor deny these rumours. #FaunsWillBeFauns

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Museum Bums @museumbums.bsky.social · 19d

You know those photos from messy nights out that look like art?
Here's an art that looks like a messy night out! 😁👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums

The Drunken Faun, 1826, by John Hogan, from @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social 😁

A fallen Faun, pushing themself back up with one hand. Their panpipes and amphora have scattered in the drunken chaos

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 19d

Images (2/2):
- CAG.0026 Algernon Talmage, Blue and Silver, c.1900/c.1918.
- CAG.3181 Henry Albert Hartland, The S.S. Ibis, Built at Cork, 1860, Lost at Ballycroneen Bay, 21st December 1865, undated (nineteenth century).

Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 19d

Images (1/2):
- CAG.0563 George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson, A Boating Party in Cork Harbour, 1840.
- CAG.0007 Terrick Williams, Morning Haze, Concarneau, c.1929.