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Kilkenny Arts Festival 10 - 20 August 2023
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Timisien

Timisien

  • Fri 11 – Sat 19 August
  • Kilkenny Castle Parklands
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Deirdre Frost

Deirdre Frost

Big Crush
  • Fri 11 - Sun 20 August
  • Festival Gallery, St Kieran's College, via New Street
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Colm MacAthlaoich. Sprinting woman, right to left. Acrylic, oil on canvas (Detail)

The Art of Sport

Curated by Anna O’Sullivan, Butler Gallery Director
  • 12 August — 8 October 2023
  • Butler Gallery, Evans’ Home
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KAF50 Ex Web

KAF50 Exhibition

Echoes of a Festival: Celebrating 50 Years of Kilkenny Arts Festival
  • 11 — 20 August 2023
  • The Ormonde Cleaners, High Street
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Unfold

Exhibition by Craig Carry celebrating 25 years of Crash
  • 11 — 20 August 2023
  • The Ormonde Cleaners, High Street
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Dumbworld Where we bury

Where We Bury the Bones: a round-table discussion

Dumbworld
  • 19 August 2023
  • Parade Tower
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KCAT Declan Byrne Untitled

The Dance of Life

A KCAT Trio exhibition by Thomas Barron, Declan Byrne & Sinéad Fahey
  • 3 — 25 August 2023
  • KCAT Arts Centre, Mill Lane, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, R95 XN35
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Returning to Earth Deirdre O Mahony

Returning to the Earth / Ag Filleadh ar an Talamh

Curated by Shannon Carroll as part of Kilkenny Arts Office Emerging Curator Development Programme
  • 11 August 2023
  • Rothe House
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DCCI gallery

Made in Kilkenny/Made Local:

A celebration of excellence in craft
  • 12 August — 28 October 2023
  • National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
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Light Up the Castle

Light Up the Castle: In Good Hands

  • 10 — 13 August 2023
  • Kilkenny Castle
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Scorched

Scorched Earth Trilogy

Dumbworld and Irish National Opera
  • 14 — 15 August 2023
  • St.Kieran's College (via New Street) - meet at The Festival Gallery
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A New Topography of Love Dumbworld

A New Topography of Love

Dumbworld
  • Mon 14 & Tue 15 August
  • St.Kieran's College
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Colm MacAthlaoich. Sprinting woman, right to left. Acrylic, oil on canvas (Detail)

The Art of Sport - Artist Panel Discussion

With Colm Mac Athlaoich, Fearghus Ó Conchúir, Mandy O’Neill
  • 15 August 2023
  • Parade Tower
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