Venice Biennale
I just finished the Venice Biennale today after a few days of extensive walking, queuing, standing in dark mini-cinemas, and maneouvering through tight Venetian corridors or onto packed vaparettos in search of palazzos filled with art projects. The German pavilion picked up the grand prize with the late Christoph Schlingensief’s
Lightbox Animation Festival Events This Weekend at The Model
Cinema Northwest once again brings the very best in international animation to Sligo with a fantastic programme of films, workshops and exhibitions kicking off at 6.30pm Friday 06 May with Frameworks, a retrospective of award-winning Irish animation at the Cinemobile which will be parked up in Quay Street car park
May Day Delights at The Model
There’s so much to do at The Model on our anniversary this May Day for families and culture vultures we recommend getting a good night’s sleep the night before to stay the distance (that or indulging in a lot of coffee from our lovely new cafe, Slice @ the Model!).
The Sligo New Music Festival Director, Ian Wilson on why the festival is so unique
The “Sligo New Music Festival”:https://themodel.ie/music/sligo-new-music-festival (SNMF) exists to present the best in contemporary chamber music, particularly that which is new to Ireland; over the years we have introduced composers who have strong reputations elsewhere but whose music is not well-known here (Sciarrino, Rebecca Saunders, Toovey, Cattaneo) and have brought top-quality
Lots going on at The Model this week
This will be a most dynamic week at The Model. On Wednesday, we are re-opening The Model Café with its new operator, Gary Stafford, from “Lyons’ Café”:http://www.garystafford.com/. This operation will be serving coffee, snacks, lunches, drinks and provide sustenance not only to the punters coming out to Model exhibitions, but
One more week to see ‘become’ by local artist Frank Conway
become, a film portrait by Frank Conway of influential Sligo sculptor Fred Conlon, filmed six weeks before he died from a brain tumour in 2005, closes at The Model on Saturday, April 2nd. become has drawn local and national visitors to this showcase of Sligo artist Frank Conway’s work. Informed