Bono looked admiringly at the soft white portrait painted by one of today's greatest Irish painters, Louis le Brocquy, an artist whom Bono has admired since he was 13, at an unveiling at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin. The U2 frontman described le Brocquy as "one of the grandmasters of European painting." The portrait, entitled Image of Bono, is the fifth in a series … [Read more...] about Bono Portrait Unveiled
Arts
Filmmakers Threaten to Leave Ireland
Recently Hollywood and the Irish government have come to blows over taxation. The debate is over the section 481 tax allowance, otherwise known as the film-tax incentive that has bolstered the film industry in Ireland by 18 percent over the last 10 years. The incentive is due to expire at the end of 2004, and though the film industry is placing pressure on the Department of … [Read more...] about Filmmakers Threaten to Leave Ireland
Gregory Peck: A Class Act
When Gregory Peck passed away on June 12, the world mourned one of the last icons of Hollywood's glory years. In all the tributes that were paid to him, few mentioned Peck's Irish roots, of which he was most proud. In June 1997, Peck, who rarely gave interviews in his last years, sat down with Irish America Editor Patricia Harty. An edited version of that interview … [Read more...] about Gregory Peck: A Class Act
Jim Sheridan at Boston Film Festival
Jim Sheridan will introduce his new film In America for the closing night of the fifth annual Boston Irish Film Festival at the end of April. The acclaimed Irish director will be on hand for the East Coast premiere of the film. Festival director Peter Flynn remarked, "Sheridan's work as a writer, producer, and director has done more for the image of Ireland and the Irish … [Read more...] about Jim Sheridan at Boston Film Festival
Art Exhibition
J. Kieran McGonnell
An exhibition of J. Kieran McGonnell's new work will be held at the Axel Raben Gallery in New York City from January 7 – February 8, 2003.
McGonnell's work, an exploration of graphic iconography within the context of today's corporate and world politics, has been widely reviewed, discussed and written about by critics and art historians both in the United States and in his … [Read more...] about Art Exhibition
J. Kieran McGonnell