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SOUND+VISION

We had a great response to our competition last month, thanks to everybody that sent us their suggestion. We are delighted to announce the title for our first Music Film Festival: SOUND+VISION The programme includes concert films, musical documentaries, films which popularised major movements in music history, films defined by

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Cranmore children prepare for The Model sleepover

This project started two weeks ago on the 20th of September. It involves the children of Cranmore (ages range from 7-10). We introduced the children to different forms of art. I started on the 2nd week of the project where the task was to find as many different textures and

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Young Model visit Dublin Contemporary

At 7 o’clock this morning, it was still pitch dark, it was raining, there was absolutely no traffic on the roads and the Young Model were going to Dublin Contemporary again. After stopping in just about every town in Ireland we eventually arrived in Dublin’s bus station. We taxied over

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Copenhagen Art Update

While in Copenhagen to pick up a new donation to The Niland Collection. I take the opportunity to check out this lively city’s art scene. My guide for the morning is Hannah Heilmann, a native Copenhagener, who kindly opens an exhibition in an artist-run gallery she’s work with just for

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New Acquisition for The Niland Collection

Several years ago I took a phone call from a gentleman with a European accent that I couldn’t immediately put my finger on. He was calling to say that he wanted to leave The Niland Collection a Jack B Yeats painting in his will. I thanked him enormously and said

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Young model created a mural with artist Etienne Zack

Two weekends ago The Model experienced a bit of a makeover. Outside at the front entrance there used to be a cracked white painted hoarding which was quite ugly and sad to look at, it was the first thing you saw when coming in the new Connaughton road entrance. Over

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