
Ireland is changing and so is our art. The exhibition of New Irish Art at the Lavit Gallery in Cork reflects some of this. For this inaugural show the gallery with a long track record of support both for local and national artists has extended its reach. Cork is represented by Tom Climent, Deirdre Frost, Nuala O’Donovan and Amna Walayat, Galway by John Behan and Cecilia Danell, Clare by Kaye Maahs, Dublin by Samir Mahmood and Dominic Turner, Wicklow by Conor Walton, Sligo by Martha Quinn and Belfast by Jennifer Trouton. Not all are based in their counties and the New Irish part of the title references the idea of a more fluid and multi-cultural Irish society. Included in the show are artists represented by Solomon Fine Art, Taylor Galleries and the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery. It runs until September 27.


