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Medals, Militaria & Collectibles antique fair in Dublin

The Medal Society of Ireland will host a Medals, Militaria & Collectables antique fair at Knox Memorial Hall, 97 Monkstown Road, Monkstown in Dublin on 6 August, 2022. The Medal Society of Ireland was founded in 1986. The society promotes and supports the collecting and study of medals, badges, arms, armour and militaria in their various collecting forms, with a special emphasis on Irish and Irish-related material. Areas covered include:…

‘Down to Earth, Exploring Ireland’s Geology’

The ‘Down to Earth, Exploring Ireland’s Geology’ permanent exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland tells the story of how scientists have developed their understanding of our planet over the last 175 years. The exhibition explores how geology is relevant to everyday life and demonstrates the central role both rock and minerals play in how we interact with the world. It was developed by the National Museum of Ireland in partnership with…

Antiques fairs in Dun Laoghaire

The Dun Laoghaire Antiques & Collectors Fair is a regular event, featuring a wide range of trade stands selling antique furniture, retro decor, fine art, jewellery, vintage fashion, coins and collectables, and much more. It takes place at the Royal Marine Hotel in Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire. This is an elegant and historic venue overlooking Dun Laoghaire harbour – the perfect location for a day out browsing for bargains. The…

Tate Britain – Walter Sickert retrospective

The first major retrospective of Walter Sickert at Tate Britain in over 60 years explores how he had an often radical, distinctive approach to setting and subject matter. From working off detailed sketches to taking inspiration from news photography, these were the tools he used to depict his vision of everyday life. German-born Sickert was one of the most influential British artists of the late 19th and early 20th century,…

Art launch: new work by Richard Malone

The National Gallery will host the launch of ‘Knot Bind Gesture Bend’, a new collection of work by Irish artist-in-residence and fashion designer Richard Malone, created in response to its summer exhibition Giacometti: From Life on 4 August, 2022 at 6pm. Malone is an Irish artist and designer from Wexford, Ireland. Originally studying sculpture in Carmarthen, Wales, Malone moved to study fashion in Central Saint Martins. Graduating in 2014, he…

Dublin street art walking tours

Join walking tours around Dublin, see the street art and learn about the city’s underground culture. For two hours on most Saturday afternoons, a guide will lead travellers across the city centre to visit hidden locations. Diarise 30 July and 6, 13, 17 August, 2022 in the meantime. You can expect to see all the different types of art across Dublin from murals and graffiti to stickers and paste-ups. There’s…

Alexander Aurelius Auctioneers – Amazon row returns – 31/07

Alexander Aurelius Auctioneers is holding a timed auction via LSL Auctions on Sunday, 31 July, 2022, for consumables at 19:00. Amazon row returns – Up to 90% off! Lots include: RRP ?208.00 Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS, 42mm) – Space Grey Aluminum Case with Black Sport Band RRP ?293.00 [Repaired] Blauer Pelle Capo Spalla Foderato Giacchetta, 655 Verde ARBUSTO, M Uomo RRP ?234.00 Bissell – CrossWave Pet Pro Steam Mop…

Antiques & Collectibles Auction | 30/07 – Darwen Auctioneers by The Unit – Darwen, UK

Darwen Auctioneers by The Unit, located at Unit 29b Hollin Grove Mill Holling Grove Road, Darwen BB3 1HG, United Kingdom, holds an Antiques & Collectibles Auction via LSL Auctions on Saturday, 30 July, 2022 at 12:30. Please note that even though it is a UK auction, payments in Pounds and Euros will be accepted. Ring 1: 2 Halves Antiques & Collectibles/Liquidation Stock – Various Items. Viewing on 29 July from…

Outdoor antiques market in Cheshire

Arthur Swallow Antique & Home Shows will host an Antiques and Salvage Market at Cheshire Showground near Knutsford, located just off junction 19 of the M6, on 13 August, 2022. Join them in the beautiful Cheshire countryside for some top-quality antique and salvage rummaging from around 200 excellent dealers. Whether you’re a public buyer looking for unique items for your home and garden, or a trade buyer looking to restock…

BOTANICA: The Art of Plants exhibition

BOTANICA: The Art of Plants is on at Crawford Art Gallery in Cork until 25 September, 2022. The exhibition gathers selected historic and contemporary works from the collection to probe how artists have, over time, represented plants in their practices through pastel, pencil, paint, print, and sculpture. Running until autumn, this exhibition touches on the histories of plant collecting – and ethical questions of colonialism that arise from it –…

Raphael exhibition explores his entire career

The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, hosts the Credit Suisse Exhibition: Raphael until 31 July, 2022. Rooms 1–8 have been dedicated to the exhibition, one of the first ever to explore Raphael’s complete career. It looks at his celebrated paintings and drawings as well as his work in architecture, poetry, and design for sculpture, tapestry and prints. Immerse yourself in the beauty of Raphael’s art and discover why he…

New Brian Ballard works on show at ArtisAnn

Esteemed Irish artist Brian Ballard RUA presents a show of recently completed paintings at the ArtisAnn Gallery from 25 July, 2022. Born in Belfast, Ballard trained at the College of Art, Belfast and then at the College of Art, Liverpool. He still lives in Belfast but spends long periods of time living and working in his house on the remote and rugged island of Inishfree, off the coast of Donegal.…

Browse Merrion Square Gallery on Sundays

Merrion Square Open-Air Art Gallery takes place every Sunday using the external railings of the beautiful Georgian Square in Dublin’s city centre to mount artworks. Founded in 1985, this weekly event is organised by Dublin City Council and provides a pleasant opportunity for visitors to not only view paintings but to meet with the artists and learn about their work. Artists are only licensed to exhibit original paintings, so you can…

Fiona Cawley exhibition to open 27 July, 2022

Kinvara artist Fiona Cawley presents an exhibition of her work at Fox’s of Kinvara. This event will run for three weeks from 27 July, 2022. As an emerging artist she recently had a solo show in the Ballina Arts Centre called “A Shared Space”. Cawley has been selected for exhibitions such as Cairde Visual. In 2018, she was shortlisted for the Royal Academy of Art Summer Show, was an invited…

Dublin among 50 Best Cities in the World for Arts and Culture

Dublin has been listed among the 50 Best Cities in the World for Arts and Culture in Big 7 Travel’s inaugural list released to “help encourage art-centred tourism and shed light on an industry that suffered heavily due to the pandemic.” About Dublin, the global travel website states: “For a city spread across just 115 sq. km, Dublin punches well above its weight when it comes to arts and culture.…

‘Meat and Potatoes’ at Crawford Gallery

‘Meat and Potatoes’, a current exhibition at the Crawford Art Gallery this summer, is described as “eye-catching, thought-provoking and mouth-watering in equal measure”. Bringing together works by historic and contemporary artists who have used food as their muse in myriad ways, the exhibition will be organised into three primary sections – BREAD, MEAT and POTATOES – which will be presented as staples in the history of food-focused art as well…

‘Dutch Drawings’ at the National Gallery

In the atmospheric Print Gallery at the National Gallery of Ireland, visitors have a rare opportunity to view an exhibition of works by 17th-century Dutch artists from the collection of the world-famous Rijksmuseum. Drawings and prints by artists including Rembrandt, Hendrik Avercamp, Jan van Goyen and Jacob van Ruisdael take centre stage. From a child’s first steps to peaceful wooded landscapes, ‘Dutch Drawings’ gives an insight into life in the Netherlands centuries…

Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival 2022

The ethos of The Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival is to celebrate, connect, share, transform and surprise. Experience it all from 29 July – 7 August, 2022. Visual Arts is at the heart of the event, and what you can see are exhibitions, workshops, an Annual Open Submission and Vintage Luminaries at beautiful and historic venues all over Birr. The Courthouse Yard is also a new creative hub this year, so…

North Leinster Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair

The next North Leinster Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair will be on Sunday, 11 September, 2022. It brings together a wide range of traders to put on a display of antiques, vintage objects and collectables at the Pillo Hotel, Ashbourne (just 11 minutes off M50 Exit 5, and approximately 20 minutes from Dublin Airport).Specialist and eclectic traders alike with gather to put on a showcase of everything from antique and…

Immersive sensory installation at IMMA 

Artist Em’kal Eyongakpa presents an immersive sensory installation featuring contributions from singers and storytellers in Southeast Nigeria, Southern Cameroon and Ireland, as well as intersessions between the Gulf of Guinea and Western Europe. Commissioned by the IMMA and EVA International, the installation can be experienced at the IMMA Formal Gardens, Terrace until 1 August, 2022. ‘Mámbáy bebhɛp 43t / besáŋ berat / bakay nɛkɔ’ is an immersive sensory installation that transcribes audio signals from…

Gorey Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair

The Gorey Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair will take place on 4 September, 2022. The event will be hosted at the picturesque Amber Springs Hotel, a family-run hotel located in the sunny South East of Co. Wexford – a five-minute walk from the main street of Gorey Town. The Gorey Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair will assemble a range of traders, offering everything from antique furnishings and retro décor to…

Truro Antiques and Collectables Market

The next dates for the Truro Antiques and Collectables Market are on Wednesday, 20 July and Wednesday, 3 August, 2022. The event houses approximately 40 outdoor stalls at Lemon Quay, Truro in Cornwall. What you can expect to find ranges from antique and hand crafted jewellery, art, automobilia, brass, ceramics, copper, cornish books, glass, jewellery, militaria, postcards, silver and gold, small furniture, toys and more. Find it all on Lemon…

Peterborough Festival of Antiques

One of the biggest antiques fairs in the UK, Peterborough Festival of Antiques is held at the East of England Showground – The Peterborough Arena. The next gathering is on Friday, 23 to Saturday, 24 September, 2022. The event hosts an array of antiques and collectables for sale within four permanent buildings, a variety of trade marquees and several acres of outdoor pitches. Peterborough Festival of Antiques is thought by some…

“Outrageous, Obscene and Offensive” – Olivier Cornet Gallery

Dublin’s Olivier Cornet Gallery is hosting a Bloomsday 2022 group art exhibition titled “Outrageous, Obscene and Offensive” until 31 July, 2022. It is open to visitors from Tuesday to Sunday as well as online: Here This forms part of the official Bloomsday Festival organised by the James Joyce Centre in Dublin. As is now almost tradition for us, the Olivier Cornet Gallery has curated a thematic group exhibition for the…

Alexandra Palace Antiques & Collectors Fair

The Alexandra Palace Antiques & Collectors Fair regularly attracts over 300 quality antiques dealers from around the UK, and the historic setting makes this a perfect hunting ground for beautiful collectors’ pieces, ceramics, artwork, jewellery and more. The next event will be on Sunday, 4 September, 2022, from 8:30 at Alexandra Palace Way, London. What can you expect as a first-time antiques collector/dealer at Ally Pally Antiques Fair? First, you…

192nd RHA Annual Exhibition on until 24 July, 2022

The Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) Annual Exhibition is Ireland’s largest and longest-running open submission exhibition of visual art. It returns for its 192nd year and is open to the public until 24 July, 2022. Visitors to the Dublin venue can view 570 works across the mediums of paint, sculpture, drawing, print, photography and architecture. The annual exhibition is a core responsibility of the artist members of the RHA. This year, 4,038 works…

August dates for antiques fairs – East Ireland

The Medals, Militaria & Collectables Fair takes place at Knox Memorial Hall, 97 Monkstown Road, Monkstown, Dublin on Saturday, 6 August, 2022 from 10am to 3pm. Go along and browse, trade, swap and buy medals, militaria and collectables with the table holders. They offer free valuations and identifications. You can expect to discover campaign medals, orders, decorations, militaria, badges, helmets, edged weapons, inert cartridges, books and many other collectables. Admission:…

Loseley Park Decorative Home and Salvage Show

The next Loseley Park Decorative Home and Salvage Show will run from Friday, 15 July to Sunday, 17 July, 2022. It will be hosted at Loseley Park, which is south of Guildford and 30 miles southwest of London. It is situated on the B3000. The event is built around the theme of true reclamation and recycling, and consists of specially selected exhibitors for a showcase of the finest architectural salvage,…

Join Elmer’s Big Belfast Trail – free

Elmer’s Big Belfast Trail is a free, family-friendly art trail that will be held daily until 31 August, 2022, beginning at noon. The city will be brought to life by a herd of uniquely decorated elephant sculptures, which will be positioned around key landmarks, streets, and open spaces in Belfast for 10 weeks. Each elephant is sponsored by a local business or organisation, making the trail deeply rooted in the…

Van Gogh Dublin: An Immersive Journey in 3D

Don’t miss your chance this summer to gain access to the world premiere of Van Gogh Dublin: An Immersive Journey in the RDS. Visitors can delve into the world of Van Gogh in a fully immersive 3D experience set up across more than 20,000 square feet in Dublin’s RDS Hall 2 (Shelbourne Hall). You can see Van Gogh’s most famous art at Van Gogh Dublin until 4 August, 2022. It…