Sean Scully comes back to Ireland to be honoured in his birthplace
“I’m coming to a very emotional place,” he says of his visit to Richmond Barracks while nodding to the transformative power of people and place “these... read more
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Sean Scully: Long Light
Villa Panza, Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI), Varese, Italy. April 19, 2019 – January 6, 2020
"The exhibition brings together 60 works from the early seventies to the present day, retracing for the most part the production of the American artist of Irish origin, offering a profound and robust vision of his research and reconfirming it among the protagonists of the contemporary pictorial scene. "
Read more about the exhibition here.
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A beautiful exhibition of a magnificent painter: Sean Scully at the National Gallery reviewed
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Sea Star — Sean Scully review: Colour is the winner in this elegant wrestle with Turner’s legacy
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'Turner gets his cobwebs blown away' – Sea Star: Sean Scully review
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