Dublin Contemporary: Terrible Beauty?
An international exhibition of contemporary art has just opened in Dublin – Dublin Contemporary 2011: Art, Crisis, Change & The Office of Non-Compliance. Apparently the first such exhibition in Dublin since 1988 and spread across five venues, as well as the city itself. In the Irish Times the verdict is somewhat mixed – perhaps understandably given the number of artists involved. So extensive is Dublin Contemporary, with something like 114 artists involved in all, that this brief survey omits dozens …