VISUAL ART: A MATTER OF TIME
Time is present in the most common, mundane of human activities. But it's also in the more significant and profound elements of human experience... Featuring over sixty works by twenty-five Irish and International artists, A Matter of Time is an expansive, ambitious and thought-provoking new exhibition that considers temporality within a broad spectrum, focusing on the human experience (Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, 17 February – 3 June 2024)
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— Crawford Art Gallery (@CrawfordArtGall) February 9, 2024
We are delighted to announce a special public preview for our upcoming exhibition 'A Matter of Time'!
'A Matter of Time' considers temporality within a broad spectrum focusing on the human experience. pic.twitter.com/Jz7Iq5ijlC
EVENT: DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
DIFF returns for its 2024 edition, dedicated as ever to presenting the best in contemporary and classic world cinema. The power of Irish storytelling is in full effect, from the world premiere of Marian Quinn's anti-war epic Twig which opens the Festival on 22nd February, through to Pat Collins’ highly anticipated adaptation of John McGahern’s novel That They Might Face The Rising Sun, which closes the Festival on 2nd March. In town to accept VOLTA career achievement awards are Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen and French screen icon Isabelle Huppert (Various venues, Feb 22 – Mar 2, 2024)
STREAMING: TWO MOTHERS
In this remarkable short documentary directed by Anna Rodgers and produced by Zlata Filipovic, an unusual bond compels an Irish mother to travel to war torn Ukraine in order to bring her former surrogate and her family to safety. Created via Netflix's Documentary Talent Fund, watch it in full below:
BOOK: WHERE THEY LIE
Dublin, 1943: Actress Julia Bridges disappears.The last sighting of her is entering the house of Gloria Fitzpatrick, who is later put on trial for the murder of another woman whose abortion she facilitated.But it's never proved that Gloria had a hand in Julia's death – and Julia's body has never been found. Dublin, 1968: Nicoletta Sarto is an ambitious junior reporter for the Irish Sentinel when the bones of Julia Bridges are discovered in the garden of a house on the outskirts of Dublin... The debut crime novel by Claire Coughlan is a proper page turner - you can read an extract here (Simon & Schuster, in bookshops now)
TELEVISION: BOOK CLUB
While on the subject of page turners, RTÉ One's popular book review series returns with a new title (we'd have gone with Gogglebooks), dipping once more into the conversations of eleven book clubs from across Ireland as they discuss literary classics, the latest releases and some old book club favourites - like all good book club get-togethers, their meetings go beyond just reviews! (RTÉ 1, Wednesdays at 10.35)
Hear the Culture 5 every Friday on Aedín in the Afternoon on RTÉ lyric fm, from 1 pm - listen back here.
