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‘Visions – Spectacular Art from the Ulster Museum’

Ulster Museum & Art Gallery - Belfast - 26 Mar-26 Oct 2010 Botanic Gardens, Belfast BT9 5AB Tel: +44 (0) 28 9042 8428 ‘Visions – Spectacular Art from the Ulster Museum’ features more than 170 works of major Irish artists of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries including Hone, O’Conor, Osbourne, Lavery, Yeats, Henry, Dillon, Le Brocquy, Ballagh and O’Donoghue. One of the museum’s newest acquisitions, Ghost Story by Turner Prize Finalist Willie Doherty is shown as part of an exhibition exploring contemporary Irish art. The British and international highlights include work by JMW Turner, LS Lowry, Francis Bacon, Jean Dubuffet, Karel Appel, Bridget Riley, Gilbert & George, Graham Sutherland and Patrick Caulfield. A new publication by Ulster Museum’s Curators of Fine Art detais 100 of the best Irish works of art and is on sale at the museum. Tim Cooke, Director of National Museums Northern Ireland, says: “This new exhibition will build upon the success of the Sean Scully retrospective in re-establishing the Ulster Museum and Belfast as a venue for exceptional art exhibitions.” Unmissable show. For full source and full article click the Headline). Irish Art