Friday

Venice Art from Ireland

Ireland's artists at the 51st Venice Biennale are Stephen Brandes, Mark Garry, Ronan McCrea, Sarah Pierce, Isabel Nolan and Walker and Walker. Sarah Glennie, the Republic's Commissioner for the Biennale said this was the largest selection of artists to represent Ireland, which in the context of the Northern Ireland's first participation at the Biennale, presents an important opportunity to bring to the attention of the international art world the depth, vibrancy and strength of the visual arts currently being made in Ireland. For the first time, following its return from Venice, the Irish exhibition will show in Ireland in early 2006 in The Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, which will also support the staging of the exhibition in Venice. The Venice Biennale of Art was founded in 1895. It is the most highly respected of the international visual art festivals. Irish Art