Art doesn’t have to mean anything, or any one thing. Stephanie Deady, a young Limerick artist, says her paintings “simply encourage a language of looking”. This is her first solo show but the quiet assurance and achieved feel of the work suggest a more mature talent. The paintings are in two groupings: large pastel interiors of a room, her studio perhaps, where some art activity has been taking place; and smaller, more confined views of the corner of a kitchen — with figures glimpsed through a window, darkly. Each painting within its group shares the same viewpoint but the details vary — encouraging you to look harder. A painting rests in the corner in one, the corner is empty in another. A washing-up bowl appears and disappears. In two of them an incomplete figure intrudes on the scene. A more abstract diptych completes the show, demonstrating much the same cool balance and decorum as the interiors — apart from a broad intruding brushstroke and a few white blotches in one corner playfully undermining the pristine rigour of the piece.
Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin 8, Tue-Fri 10.30am-5.30pm, Sat 11am-5pm, 01 475 9514
Art: the best of what’s on this week
ARMAGH
Martin Nangle – Divided Cities
Works by award-winning photojournalist. Market Place, Armagh city
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BELFAST
Conflicting Images
Troubles-themed photographs. Ulster Museum, today & Tue-Sat 10am-5pm
nmni.com
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David Godbold: Nightfall – amplissium terrarum tractum
Installation. Golden Thread, Sat 11am-4pm
goldenthreadgallery.co.uk
Mary McIntyre
Photographs. Fenderesky gallery, Tue-Sat noon-6pm
fendereskygallery.com
New works for January
Including works by Stephen Johnston and Rebecca Crowell. Gormley’s Fine Art, Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm
gormleys.ie
Pil and Galia Kollectiv: The Immigrants
London-based artists’ works. Naughton, today & Tue-Sat 11am-4pm
naughtongallery.org
Unfamiliar Familiarities
Group photography exhibition. Belfast Exchange, Tue-Sat 11am-5pm
belfastexposed.org
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CARLOW
Dennis McNulty: Ttopology
Including new works. Visual, Sat 11am-5.30pm
visualcarlow.ie
CLARE
The First Friday Series – Brendan McCarthy
Works by British illustrator. Glor, Ennis, Fri 11am-5pm
glor.ie
CORK
Leanne McDonagh: Accommodate vs Assimilate
Traveller community-themed works. Triskel, Christchurch, Tue-Sat 10am-4pm triskelartscentre.ie
Outposts: Global Borders and National Boundaries
Works by Willie Doherty, Katharina Cibulka and others. Lewis Glucksman, today 2pm-5pm, Tue-Sat 10am-5pm
glucksman.org
Stones, Slabs and Seascapes
Survey of George Victor du Noyer’s work. Crawford, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm crawfordartgallery.ie
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DERRY
Every Day Words Disappear
Works by Johan Grimonprez. Void, Sat 11am-5pm
derryvoid.com
Film Makers Exhibition
Including works by Sharon Adams, Sheena Devitt and Ronan Lowery. Nerve Centre, today-Sat 10am-5pm
nervecentre.org
DONEGAL
Gareth Nee
Star Wars-themed works inspired by Michelangelo, Van Gogh and others. An Grianan, Letterkenny, Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm
angrianan.com
DOWN
Daryl Young: Through the Lens
Photographs. Down Arts Centre, Fri-Sat 10am-4.30pm
downartscentre.com
DUBLIN
Affordable Art Exhibition
Contemporary artworks. Gallery Intermarium, Cornelscourt, today 12.30pm-5pm, Mon-Wed 11am-7pm @galleryintermarium
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William Crozier: The Edge of The Landscape
Retrospective. Imma, today noon-5.30pm, Tue-Sat 10am-5.30pm
imma.ie
The Doorway Gallery Winter Group Show
Annual group exhibition. Doorway Gallery, Mon-Wed 10.30am-6pm thedoorwaygallery.com
Sarah Gallagher
Works by Howth-based artist. Seamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul, today-Sat 10am-4.30pm tseac.ie
Good Morning Mr Turner
Turner watercolours. National Gallery, today 11am-5.30pm, Mon-Wed 9.15am-5.30pm nationalgallery.ie
Kim Haughton: Portrait of a Century
Photographs. National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, today 2pm-5pm, Tue-Sat 10am-5pm
museum.ie
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Michael Keating: Ballymun Wildlife
Photographs. Axis, Ballymun, Mon-Wed 9am-9pm
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Keepers of the Port
Moira Sweeney film. LAB, today & Sat 10am-5pm, Mon-Fri 10am-6pm dublincityartsoffice.ie
La Danse Contemporaine En Questions
Choreography-themed exhibition. Alliance Francaise, Mon-Fri 8.30am-7.30pm, Sat 8.30am-2pm
alliance-francaise.ie
Molesworth Winter Group Exhibition
Works by gallery and invited artists. Molesworth Gallery, Thu-Fri 10am-5.30pm, Sat 11am-2pm
molesworthgallery.com
Otobong Nkanga: The Breath from Fertile Grounds
First solo exhibition in Ireland. Temple Bar Gallery, Tue-Sat 11am-6pm
templebargallery.ie
Alex Pentek: Folded Space
New works by Cork-based sculptor. RHA, today noon-5pm, Mon-Tue & Thu-Sat 11am-5pm, Wed 11am-8pm
rhagallery.ie
Winter
Works by gallery and invited artists. Taylor Galleries, Mon-Fri 10am-5.30pm, Sat 11am-3pm
taylorgalleries.ie
KILKENNY
Rudolf Heltzel: In Precious Metals
German designer’s exhibition. National Craft Gallery, Fri-Sat 10am-5.30pm
ndcg.ie
SLIGO
Turbulence
Including works by Elaine Hoey, Eoin McHugh and Sarah Wood. The Model, today 10.30am-3.30pm, Tue-Sat 10am-5pm
themodel.ie