In association with OFFSET 2010, “The Loons Have Looned Their Last” is an exhibition of new work by Alan Clarke. This wondrous spectacle of the arts will take place, for one single day only, on Sunday the 26th of September, 2 – 8 pm, at No. 13 North Great Georges Street, Dublin. All are welcome, none will be disappointed maybe.

IGI Member Mario Sughi has a solo show in Manchester starting next week. Make sure you check it out if you are around.
The exhibition is curated by Blank Media Collective.

Mario Sughi: “A New Sense of Emptiness”
Opening 9 September 2010
Greenroom, Manchester, UK
The exhibition is curated by the Blank Media Collective and it will run throughout 23 October 2010.
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A selection of IGI members have an exhibition on at the moment

The show was opened on Thursday 5th August by artist Sean Hillen

Exhibition continues until 24th August 2010
Viewing Mon to Sat from 5.30pm
The United Arts Club
3 Upper Fitzwilliam St
Dublin 2
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The always amazing BLAB! celebrates its 24th anniversary with a retrospective exhibition at the Society of Illustrators gallery in New York. It opened yesterday and runs until May 1st 2010 and has featured work by Chris Ware, Gary Baseman, Sue Coe, Camille Rose Garcia, The Clayton Brothers, Peter Hoey and Maria Hoey, Geoffrey Grahn, Steven Guarnaccia, Jonathon Rosen, Owen Smith, SHAG!, Joe Sorren, Ron English, and Mark Ryden, among others.

Happy Birthday and congrats to editor Monte Beauchamp and sustaining such a high level of content over the years.

For his most recent exhibition the artist Stanley Donwood (the man behind many a Radiohead album cover), invited visitors to loot all the work from the walls… and even including the walls. Watch the looting and mayhem in progress here.

Here are some of the latest news from members of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland (IGI)
It includes a talk by Steve Simpson, an exhibition in Basel featuring Brian Gallagher and the Thursday Life Drawing Group Exhibition in Dublin.
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Signal Arts Centre is pleased to present this collection of work by artist & IGI Member Brian Gallagher.   He has exhibited in many shows and his work features in private collections nationally and internationally.  Some notable clients include Le Monde, London Evening Standard, Sunday Independent, Penguin Books and Harper Collins. He currently works as a full time Illustrator/Artist in Dublin.

Signal Arts Centre
1 Albert Avenue
Bray, Co. Wicklow

Opening Reception Friday 19th March 7p.m. – 9 p.m.

For more info about Brian and his work visit Illustrators Ireland.

Drawers is a co-production between the IGI and the people at South Studios – a small visual arts business complex based in Dublin. The show features 14 IGI members and the rest are designers, photographers, architects and a fashion stylist next 26th March.

More info in www.illustratorsireland.com

Tiny Little Horse presents an exhibition and indeed a celebration of their poster work for CSS, Morrissey, Flight Of The Conchords, Battles and many more.
Also featuring original artwork and ‘hopefully’ some live screen printing.

Tiny Little Horse features the work of Gav Beattie and IGI members BRENB and Chris Judge.

Opening Launch is from 7PM, March 11th at The Shaw Space in The Bernard Shaw and runs for 2 weeks.

To launch the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Alliance Française in Dublin, a collection of acclaimed work by artist Seán Hillen will be shown for the first time in Dublin since the 1990’s.

Best known for his ‘Irelantis’ series, they have since burrowed deep into Irish culture, appearing on nearly 20 book covers and in this exhibition the public will get a rare opportunity to see several of the delicate almost miniature original collages, together with a selection of a new definitive edition of archival prints.

12 February – 10 April
Admission free