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VAN Nov/Dec 2016
The November/December Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN) is hot off the press! It will be sent by post to all VAI members and arts organisations in the coming days. Guest editor Joanne Laws looks back at...
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VAN January – February 2017
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN ) is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists. Writer and researcher Joanne Laws is the guest editor and her column features on page 5....
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Writer and researcher Joanne Laws is the guest editor of the Jan/Feb issue of the VAN, out now. Several interviews are included in this issue: Joanne Laws spoke to Alistair Hudson about the Arte Útil...
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VAN March/April 2017
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists presenting case study articles on all aspects of the lives of professional artists, alongside features...
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VAN May/June 2017
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VAN July/Aug 2017
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists presenting case study articles on all aspects of the lives of professional artists, alongside features...
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VAN Sept/Oct 2017
September – October 2017 is a themed issue that focuses on contemporary Irish painting, offering timely insights into recent exhibitions, seminars, residencies and current studio practices. With so...
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VAN Nov/Dec 2017
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN ) is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists. In the columns for this issue, Nick Miller discusses his role as curator of the RDS Visual Arts...
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VAN January – February 2018
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN ) is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists. In the Columns for this issue, Áine Phillips offers a topical overview of gender issues in the...
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May – June 2018 Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN ) is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists. Members of VAI receive a copy of the VAN delivered straight to their door. The News Sheet is...
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July / August 2018 Issue
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September / October 2018 Issue
The latest issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet is a special issue focusing on the infrastructure and supports in place for emerging artists nationwide. A range of specially commissioned extended...
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November / December 2018 Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
The final issue of 2018 is loosely themed around several prominent anniversaries being celebrated this year, offering a retrospective glance at the evolution of various Irish arts organisations. Given...
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January/February 2019 Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN ) is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists. This issue features a range of conferences, exhibitions, residencies and events that took...
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March / April 2019 Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN ) is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists. This issue features a range of conferences, exhibitions, residencies and events that took place...
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May / June 2019 Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN ) is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists. This issue features a range of conferences, exhibitions, residencies and events that took place...
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Out Now | July / August 2019 Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN ) is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists. This issue features a range of conferences, exhibitions, residencies and events that took place...
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Out Now | September / October 2019 Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN ) is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists. VAN’s 2019 themed issue focuses on contemporary Irish photography and moving image, probing the...
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Out Now | November / December 2019 Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN ) is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists. The final issue of 2019 profiles a range of significant projects including: Dorothy Cross’s...
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Out Now | January / February 2020 Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
The January – February 2020 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet is out now. The first issue of 2020 introduces Visual Artists Irelands’s new discursive programme, ‘VAN Chats’, which aims to further...
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Out Now | March / April 2020 Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
We are thrilled to present VAN 100 – the 100th issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet – which coincides with the 40th anniversary of Visual Artists Ireland this year. For these reasons, we are...
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Out Now | May / June 2020 Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
The May/June 2020 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet has been dispatched to VAI members nationwide. Given that all our gallery distributors remain closed, many of the articles have been archived...
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Out Now | July / August Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
Over the last few months, the livelihoods of artists have been catastrophically affected by the unprecedented public health restrictions, undertaken to protect against the spread of COVID-19. The...
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Out Now | September / October Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
The September / October 2020 issue of the VAN has arrived and been dispatched to members and arts organisations. As countries around the world continue to grapple with the shifting realities of...
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Out Now | November / December Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
The November / December 2020 issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN) has arrived and been dispatched to members and arts organisations. With the ongoing closure of all cultural venues nationwide...
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Out Now | January / February Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
Happy new year! After a difficult year, we hope you all enjoyed a peaceful festive season. The January-February 2021 issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN) has arrived and been dispatched to...
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VAN Podcast – Episode 1: Cornelius Browne and Frank Wasser
The VAN Podcast is a new podcast series from Visual Artists Ireland, hosted by Joanne Laws, Features Editor of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN). Published every two months, The VAN Podcast...
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The VAN Podcast | Episode 2: NINE Artist Collective and The Angelica Network
The VAN Podcast is a podcast series from Visual Artists Ireland. Published every two months, The VAN Podcast comprises online conversations, recorded remotely, with various contributors to each issue...
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July – August 2021 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
VAN’s summer issue has just been despatched to arts organisations and VAI members nationwide, while the digital version is now available for subscribers in the members’ area of the VAI website. To mark...
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Out Now! September – October 2021 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
In celebration of physical encounters with art – and the role of writing in recording these experiences – this issue focuses almost exclusively on the many interesting and vibrant exhibitions taking...
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Out Now – November/December 2021 Issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
VAN’s final issue of the year has just been despatched to members and arts organisations, while the digital version is now available for subscribers in the members’ area of the VAI website. You can...
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March-April 2021 Issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
As galleries and museums across Ireland and Northern Ireland remain closed to the public, we have once again had to temporarily shift our focus away from physical exhibitions. VAN’s March – April 2021...
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The May – June 2021 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
Welcome to the May-June issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet. In columns in this issue, Cornelius Browne considers the historical rejection of exhibitions by outsider artists in his Plein Air column...
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Out Now! January/February 2022 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
In VAN’s first issue of the year, we profile a range of exciting projects, exhibitions, screenings and festivals taking place around the country, as 2021 came to a close. On The Cover Anthony...
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Out Now! March/April 2022 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
VAN’s March/April 2022 issue has a thematic focus on painting. Among specially commissioned feature articles, a series of Artist Interviews between painters at different career stages aims to generate...
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Out Now! – May-June issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
VAN’s May/June issue features coverage of several major exhibitions, including ‘i See Earth’ at VISUAL, Carlow, and ‘girls girls girls’ at Lismore Castle Arts. Also featured in this issue is an...
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Out Now! – July-August Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
July – August 2022 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet VAN’s July/Aug issue features reviews of recent exhibitions, including Patrick Graham, ‘Transfiguration’ at the Hugh Lane Gallery; Tinka...
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Out Now! September-October Issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
September/October 2022 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet VAN’s September/October 2022 issue has a renewed international focus, which includes reviews of the Whitney Biennial (New York),...
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Out Now | November-December 2022 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
VAN November/December 2022 issue profiles several recent exhibitions by artists at different career stages, working across a diverse range of media. Nick Miller interviews Philip Moss about his recent...
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Out Now | January – February 2023 issue of the Visual Artists’ News Sheet
We wish to extend a happy new year to all VAN readers – may the Irish visual arts community go from strength to strength this coming year. In the first issue of 2023, we profile a range of interesting...
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Out Now | March April 2023 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
In columns for VAN March/April issue, Iarlaith Ni Fheorais’s outlines a forthcoming access toolkit for curators and producers, while Cornelius Browne considers some of the pragmatic and conceptual...
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Out Now | May June 2023 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
The May/June issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet opens with a diverse series of columns: Veronica Sanchez discusses the contemporary relevance of Latin American art, Aoife Banks outlines the...
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Out Now | July August issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
The July/August issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet continues VAI’s commitment to ecological practice with the section, In Focus: Field Notes, presenting insights from VAI members and organisations...
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Out Now | September October issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
The September / October issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet features a range of timely insights from artists and curators about forthcoming exhibitions and projects happening around the country and...
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Out Now | November December 2023 Special Issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
Visual Artists Ireland is thrilled to publish the November-December 2023 special issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet. As recipient of the inaugural VAN Guest Editor Award 2023, London-based art...
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Out Now | January February 2024 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
Happy new year to our valued readers, supporters, colleagues, and friends! The first VAN issue of the year features a report on VAI Get Together 2023 – the annual networking event for visual artists –...
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Out Now | March April 2024 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
In columns for this issue, we reflect on capacity and slowness across the arts sector; Lian Bell considers the implications of slow travel, while Catherine Hemelryk shares some thoughts on delivering a...
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Out Now | May June 2024 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
For VAN May/June, the In Focus section features members of Print Network Ireland – an initiative led by Black Church Print Studio, Cork Printmakers, Graphic Studio Dublin, and Limerick Printmakers,...
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Out Now | July August 2024 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
For The VAN July August 2024 issue, Carissa Farrell’s Public Art profile considers Comórtas – a new artwork by John Byrne, commissioned through Fingal County Council’s public art programme,...
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Out Now | September October 2024 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
For VAN Sept/Oct issue, Joanne Laws reflects on ‘Longest Way Round, Shortest Way Home’ – offsite exhibitions by Yuri Pattison and Liliane Puthod, being presented by Temple Bar Gallery + Studios in...
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