The Model Blog

New Acquisition for The Niland Collection

Several years ago I took a phone call from a gentleman with a European accent that I couldn’t immediately put my finger on. He was calling to say that he wanted to leave The Niland Collection a Jack B Yeats painting in his will. I thanked him enormously and said

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Young model created a mural with artist Etienne Zack

Two weekends ago The Model experienced a bit of a makeover. Outside at the front entrance there used to be a cracked white painted hoarding which was quite ugly and sad to look at, it was the first thing you saw when coming in the new Connaughton road entrance. Over

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Harun Farocki Film-making Workshop

The Model intends to bring Cannes to Sligo with the help of esteemed film-maker Harun Farocki. Harun shares his valuable knowledge on the art of making a one-shot short film with a cross section of individuals – from art students to truck drivers, in order to help them create there

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The Model is shortlisted for RIAI Irish Architecture Award

We are very pleased to announce that The Model has been shortlisted for the 22nd RIAI Irish Architecture Awards 2011, in the category of ‘Culture’. The nomination is for the beautiful redevelopment of the building which was designed by architects Sheridan Woods and completed in May 2010. The Model competed

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Photographs from the NCFA Meet & Greet

The Model was delighted to welcome Minister John Perry, Tony McLoughlin TD and Michael Colreavy TD to the National Campaign for the Arts Meet and Greet yesterday, along with a host of local artists, art workers and supporters of the arts. Director/Curator Seamus Kealy fielded what turned out to be

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Director’s Q&A with One Hundred Morning’s Conor Horgan

Don’t miss this week’s great film One Hundred Mornings by Irish Director Conor Horgan. Book tickets here Two couples are holed up in a cabin on the outskirts of a small village for two months now and tensions are starting to flare. They don’t have any power, food supplies are

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