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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 –…

‘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…