The Model, Sligo.

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

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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

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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!).

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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

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The Model, Sligo.

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

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Source photographic Magazine: Portfolio day at The Model

The second Source Photographic Magazine Portfolio Day takes place in The Model this Saturday. As part of the Magazine’s ongoing commitment to finding new work for publication, the magazine are meeting with photographers and artists working with photography whose work was selected during the open submission call. Please go to

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