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Brian Fay

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Thank you to everyone who came to our Culture Night event last week with @nicholasfoxweber of the @albers_foundation and artist @brianfay1!

It was a special moment for us to be able to sit down with Nicholas Fox Weber, Director of the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation, to speak about Anni and Josef Albers legacy. Nicholas shared amazing stories behind the Albers’ lives and works which highlighted the contributions to art they made. We are honoured to have works like Fay’s, AA Open Letter PNG, 2022, which remembers Anni Albers’ legacy.

Brian Fay's work, AA Open Letter PNG, 2022, which is currently on display as a part of our current exhibition Selected Works from the UCC Art Collection, combines the depiction of an abstract weaving with with a portrait of the renowned artist Anni Albers, widely considered to be the foremost textile designer of the 20th century.

Nicholas Fox Weber is Director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, perpetuating the vision of Anni and Josef Albers through exhibitions, publications, education, and outreach concomitant with the Alberses’ personal values.

@culturenightcorkcity | @universitycollegecork | @artscouncilireland @albers_foundation by @brianfay1

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24 days ago

Patrick Street Studios launched on Sunday with an Open Studio event.
We are a not-for-profit arts organisation set up this year offering affordable, comfortable and secure workspaces for professional artists in the heart of Dun Laoghaire. All ten studios are occupied and artists can stay for up to three years.
@anitagroener @buisir @akprintmaker @em.ilj @laurakellyartist @helenhughes100 @brianfay1 @vagabond_reviews2024 @vanessadaws @roisin.lewis and thanks to @happyoutcafe for delicious food and @searsonswine photo by @by_evanna by @brianfay1

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Culture Night at The Glucksman Gallery!

Join us at this years Culture Night, Friday the 18th, for a day and evening of creativity that includes a round table discussion on the legacy of Anni Albers, a collaborative family art workshop, and a night of music organised in partnership with UCC Student Union!

What's on:

1-2pm: Anni Albers in Focus

A roundtable discussion with Nicholas Fox Weber, Director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Fiona Kearney, Director of the Glucksman, and artist Brian Fay.

4-6pm: Europe Through Art: A collaborative family workshop

Explore stories of art, culture, history, and contemporary life while adding your own creative perspective to this evolving artwork in this family workshop inspired by the exhibition Panorama Europa.

7-8:30pm: Coirm Cheoil Chorcaí

An evening of traditional Irish music in our gallery spaces. Performers on the night will include Conchubhar and Seán Ó Luasa, the Gamelan ensemble from the UCC Department of Music, and artists from a variety of other cultural backgrounds.

Find out more through the link in our bio!

Friday Late programming is generously supported by the Night-Time Economy After Hours at the Museum scheme from the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.

@deptculturecommssport | @patrickodonovan_td | @universitycollegecork | @culturenightcorkcity by @brianfay1

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All Welcome taken in Dun Laoghaire by @brianfay1

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Thanks to Paul McKenna @paulsean73 for the invitation to show the drawing 'Anni Albers Double Portrait' in this years exhibition Visual Thread @boyleartsfestival

Anni Albers Double Portrait
Pencil on paper, framed - 60 cm (h) x 80 cm (w) 2024-25
Photo:@paulmaccarthaigh
@albersfoundation #annialbers #searchresearch #contemporarydrawing #drawingweaving taken in Boyle Arts Festival by @brianfay1

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3 months ago

⏳As we near the deadline for the submission of entries to the AIB Portrait Prize and AIB Young Portrait Prize 2026 on Friday 3 July, we’re very pleased to introduce you to this year’s judges.

⚡️The AIB Young Portrait Prize judges are:
- Amanda Coogan, artist
- Carl Hickey, artist
- Donna Rose, curator at the National Museum of Ireland

⚡️The AIB Portrait Prize judges are:
- Brian Fay, artist and Lecturer at TU Dublin.
- Christina Kennedy, Senior Curator, Head of Collections at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
- Joseph McBrinn, Art Historian and Lecturer at Belfast School of Art

A warm welcome to all six judges, who have a difficult but very rewarding task ahead of them as they choose the shortlisted works, and later, the winning portraits.

🗓️ The closing date for receipt of entries is 10pm on Friday 3 July - all the details are linked in our bio. Good luck to all the artists who are thinking about entering this year.

💡The shortlisted artworks in both competitions will go on display here at the National Gallery of Ireland from 14 November 2026 until 14 March 2027, and the winners will be announced at an awards ceremony here in December. The exhibitions will also travel to our exhibition partners, Galway Arts Centre and Limerick City Gallery of Art, later in 2027.

#NationalGalleryIRL #AIBPortraitPrize #AIBYoungPortraitPrize #IrishArt #ArtCompetition taken in National Gallery of Ireland by @brianfay1

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Brian Fay @brianfay1 is an Irish artist living in Dublin, his practice is rooted in drawing and he uses the materiality of pre-existing artworks and objects to examine our complex relationship to time.

In 2021 he was awarded a 3 year studio membership with Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin. He undertook an artist residency at the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation, Connecticut, USA in 2022. He recently completed a national touring survey show which opened in the Highlanes Gallery Drogheda then to Limerick City Gallery of Art and Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland.

His work is in the collections of The National Gallery of Ireland, Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaín Collection, The Irish National Collection of Contemporary Drawing, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Art Collection, The Crawford Art Gallery, University College Cork, The Office of Public Works, Technological University Dublin, AXA Art Collection and Private Collections.

He teaches Fine Art at Technological University Dublin and holds a practice led PhD from Northumbria University, England.

Divergent Lines
📅 Tuesday 21st April – Sunday 21st June
⏰ Open: Tues - Sat | 11am – 5pm and Sun 12pm - 5pm
📍 Luan Gallery
Free Admission

Supported by The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon @artscouncilireland

#luangallery #athlone #contemporaryart #irishartgallery by @brianfay1

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Delighted to be a judge for the AIB Portrait Prize 2026 @nationalgalleryofireland
alongside @christinakennedy39 of IMMA and Joseph McBrinn of @belfastschoolofart.

The AIB Portrait Prize showcases contemporary portraiture and invites submissions from artists working in all media across the island of Ireland and from Irish artists living abroad.

For more information cut and paste the link below: https://www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artists/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/aib-portrait-prize-2026?mc_cid=228134ac0e&mc_eid=fad5c7310f

#NationalGalleryIRL #AIBPortraitPrize #AIBYoungPortraitPrize #PortraitCompetition #IrishArt #TUDublin #UlsterUniversity #IMMA #AIBPortraitPrize @patrickstreetstudios @tudublin_artanddesign @civictudublin by @brianfay1

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6 months ago

taken in Luan Gallery by @brianfay1

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taken in RHA Gallery by @brianfay1

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Eight artists moved into Patrick Street Studios this month and two more next month. It’s great to finally see the building occupied and artists settling in. @anitagroener @em.ilj @vagabond_reviews2024 @brianfay1 @laurakellyartist @helenhughes100 @vanessadaws @roisin.lewis @akprintmaker @buisir by @brianfay1

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7 months ago

taken in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland by @brianfay1

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