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Jonathan Brennan Art

@jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social
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Multidisciplinary artist based in Belfast. Member of Vault Artist Studios and Belfast Print Workshop. www.jonathanbrennanart.com

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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I was delighted to be commissioned by Arborist to make artwork for the 4th album ‘Looking for Love’. Inspired by Airfix kits and the writings of Ciaran Carson, and primarily Mark's lyrics. Album out this month. Find out more: jonathanbrennanart.com/artwork-for-...
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Artwork for new Arborist album - Jonathan Brennan Art
I was delighted to be commissioned by Arborist to make artwork for the 4th album ‘Looking for Love’. Inspired by Airfix kits and the writings of Ciaran Carson, this handmade linocut print on Fabriano…
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
October newsletter out now. Looks like this. Sign up to receive the next one — promise I won’t spam you!: jonathanbrennanart.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some of the pieces I have in @leoprints.bsky.social ‘s ‘Time of the Signs | Border Crossing’ opening tonight 1 Oct at @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social Bedford St. I’ve had a sneak peek at the show and it looks great! Nearly 40 artists from all over the world — not to be missed! 
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I am delighted to be taking part, for the second time, in Leo Boyd’s latest iteration of his ‘Time of the Signs’ exhibition of artist-made and artist-modified street signs. Find out more: jonathanbrennanart.com/time-of-the-... @leoprints.bsky.social
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Time of the Signs | Border Crossing - Jonathan Brennan Art
I am delighted to be taking part, for the second time, in Leo Boyd’s latest iteration of his ‘Time of the Signs’ exhibition of artist-made and artist-modified street signs.
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‘Amergin’ is a video poem collaboration with poet (& my brother) Dylan Brennan. The work transposes the mythological first poet of Ireland to the semi-desert settings of northeastern Mexico. It's been screened in Mexico, Ireland, New Zealand & USA. Watch now: jonathanbrennanart.com/amergin-now-...
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'Amergin' — now available to watch - Jonathan Brennan Art
‘Amergin’ is a video poem collaboration with poet, and my brother, Dylan Brennan. The work transposes the mythological first poet of Ireland to the semi-desert settings of northeastern Mexico.…
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
great to see AI bullsh1t called out: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Community condemn Bedminster AI mural as 'insult' to artists
The pub's owners said the vinyl sticker is a "temporary solution" and will soon be replaced.
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I made a linocut for the Belfast Fleadh -- although it potentially works for all Fleadhs! Find out more: jonathanbrennanart.com/the-fleadh-t...
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The Fleadh, the Fleadh, the Fleadh, the Fleadh... - Jonathan Brennan Art
Ahh the Fleadh, the Belfast Fleadh - were you there? I've never seen Belfast so lively, so fun, so full and so mad. It was so good - it was genuinely emotional. I'm even tearing up as I write about…
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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
© Claude Monet. 'The Studio Boat.' Oil on canvas, 1876. 72.7 × 60 cm.
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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We're sad to hear of the death of broadcaster, playwright and critic Bonnie Greer 💞 This portrait of Greer is by Maud Sulter, who was born #OnThisDay in 1960. 'Bonnie Greer' by Maud Sulter (1960–2008) © Estate of Maud Sulter. All rights reserved, 2026 DACS. 📷 National Portrait Gallery
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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
At last night's Q&A for The Lost Children of Tuam, director Frank Berry said he wants people to see the film and "get angry". Catherine Corless' dogged pursuit of why 796 infants were dumped in a septic tank at a M&B home is rage-making. In cinemas 25/9. TRAILER: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6A7...
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I didn't create this print in an attempt to make something that I anticipated would sell. Yet it's become my most popular artwork. Read about the background to this print and see the preparatory sketches: jonathanbrennanart.com/the-giants-r...
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The Giant's Ring — back in stock - Jonathan Brennan Art
I didn't create this print in an attempt to make something I anticipated would sell. Admittedly, I did try this a couple of times early in my artistic career and I found that it didn't work for me…
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's 4pm — Culture night begins. Find me exhibiting alongside Sally O'Dowd and Marta Dyczkowska at @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social until 9pm. Videos, artwork, hula hoop workshop, drawing workshop, live music & screenprinting, fire eaters, dj, and I think more: jonathanbrennanart.com/culture-nigh...
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Culture Night 2026 - Jonathan Brennan Art
In creating Amergin the video, I gathered a lot of material: plants, sketches, votive amulets, found objects, Polaroids, etc. Some find their place in the video, others work as supporting material.…
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
September newsletter out now. Looks like this. Sign up to receive the next one: jonathanbrennanart.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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Leo Prints @leoprints.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My very good friend @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social wrote an amazing piece about the upcoming exhibition Time of the Signs: Border Crossing that I am curating which is opening in Belfast on the 1st of October. www.leoboyd.com/2026/09/time... #streetart #art #ireland #belfast
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Time of the Signs: Border Crossing • Leo Boyd
The Sign ‘The sign […]The sign […]The sign […]The sign’ The End of EverythingM John Harrison M John Harrison’s 2026 novel The End of Everything features a chapter entitled ‘The Sign’. In it, is descri...
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the Curb @thecurbau.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sorry. What?
N.B. By attending this screening, you consent to your voice and likeness being used by Amazon MGM Studios, its successors, assigns, and licensees without compensation, for exploitation in all media now known or hereinafter devised, worldwide, in perpetuity. You hereby waive any moral, performers', or similar rights you may have in these materials to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law.
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Leo Prints @leoprints.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Leo Body signed up!
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Leo Prints @leoprints.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I was doing some research on Irish soup names (and slang) for a possible project and google threw up this gem :) #dublin #food #ireland #soup
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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Chrysanthemum by Piet Mondrian, 1908 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten…
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

© 2007 Mondrian/Holtzman Trust
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I have a September e-newsletter coming out shortly. I'll be announcing the return of a favourite print, some stuff I've been up to, and some things happening soon. Sign up here plz, promise I won't spam you: eepurl.com/heSMej
Yellow, high-vis gilet hanging on a white wall with a black plastic coat hanger. On the back is a logo with the word 'Rivers' and three wavy lines below.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is what Macklemore has been censored for. Absolutely nothing. They hate free speech, boycott them all.
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Found an Elisabeth Frink in Manchester Airport (commemorating Alcock and Brown's first non-stop flight across the Atlantic). Was passing through on my way to Llandudno. #elisabethfrink @manchesterairhelp.bsky.social
Sculpture of a winged figureSculpture of a winged figure on a pedestal, flying like an aeroplane in the corner of a steel and glass building. The plinth of a sculpture showing two heads in profile and wearing army style caps. Text in gold on grey/white stone about Alcock and Brown.
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
As a lucky recipient of Explore funding from Immersive Arts UK, I'm off to @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social 's 'The Big Thing' tomorrow in Llandudno - any tips for Llandudno? between the workshops and presentations?
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Those people look familiar. I wonder who they are.
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I support Wikipedia, where information is still human-created, fact-checked, and 100% free. Join me! donate.wikimedia.org
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Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects. Each year, the generosity of the 2% of readers who donate allows us to expand the reac...
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I've confirmed that the UK's new Sovereign AI Fund does no due diligence on whether AI companies use copyrighted work without permission before investing in them. It took me 3 Freedom of Information requests to find this out: 🧵 1/10
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Such shocking and tragic news. www.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
M$ i.e. @microsoft.com has just remotely disabled my copy of Office. I bought the software package - the latest version of MS Office at the time - on 5 October 2021 - thinking I wouldn't need to ever purchase it again. Since mid-July I can only read documents. Goodbye MS Office, hello Libre Office.
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Vault Artist Studios @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Following on from his single release, Vault member J SHIELDS speaks to The Thin Air about slowness, grief and the banshee wail: thethinair.net/2026/06/obse... @thethinairmagazine.bsky.social @jshieldsxoxo.bsky.social #thethinair #northernirelandmusic #newmusic
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Obsession is the Process: J SHIELDS on slowness, grief and the banshee wail
An interview with Vault member J SHIELDS in The Thin Air
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
My sentiments exactly. Also, this was a joy to see, following the horror of a few days ago.
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Wrighty @wrightsnake.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Nice thing to see on my way home.
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Vault Artist Studios @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
'We will not stand by as racist pogroms sweep our city. Not in our name' - Solidarity rally at Belfast City Hall, Sat 13 June at 1pm. #solidary #rally #belfast
Dark Green poster with primarily white text. At the top there is a United Against Racism logo with handprint, followed by 'Belfast Solidarity Rally, Together Against Hate'. Underneath, a graphic representing a page torn from a desk calendar that reads 'June 13 Saturday'. Further text reads: 'We will not stand by as racist pogroms sweep our city. Not in our name!', and 'Belfast City Hall, 1pm'. Dark Green poster with primarily white text. At the top reads 'Together Against Hate', followed by 'Belfast Solidarity Rally , Endorsed by NIC-ICTU', a logo reading 'Stronger Together, Congress, Irish Congress of Trade Unions Northern Ireland Committee', Saturday 13th June, Belfast City Hall, 1pm'. Finally in the bottom right corner, there is a United Against Racism logo with handprint.
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Some of my video work -- was going to say 'recent video work' but I see now that this page definitely needs an update!... jonathanbrennanart.com/videos/ #videoart #video #art #belfast #mexico
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Videos Archive - Jonathan Brennan Art
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𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕎𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕥 ⭕ @radiator9987.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Damn, this is everyone from Sgt Pepper cover still alive
Paul, ringo, some woman, some kid, dylan, 
Dion DiMucci and Larry Bell , sophia loren
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Vault Artist Studios @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
New! 'Party Fly' T-Shirt by Ruth Crothers available only this month! Designed by Vault's very own Ruth Crothers this Party Fly T-shirt will see you flutter and fly through the summer party scene in full blown party fly style! Find out more:
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New! 'Party Fly' T-Shirt by Ruth Crothers — Vault Artist Studios and Gallery Belfast
Designed by Vault's very own Ruth Crothers this Party Fly T-shirt will see you flutter and fly through the summer party scene in full blown party fly style!
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Freaky Film Fri... no... Thursday! Like today!
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Vault Artist Studios @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Tonight: ‘We influence everything’ by Cathy Scullion. A solo exhibition of new work by Cathy Scullion. Opening in The Black Box Thursday 4 June for Late Night Art Belfast. Find out more:
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'We influence everything' by Cathy Scullion — Vault Artist Studios and Gallery Belfast
'We influence everything' is a solo exhibition of new work by Cathy Scullion. Opening in The Black Box Thursday 4 June for Late Night Art Belfast.
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Vault Artist Studios @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Vault member Jonathan Brennan will be showing a new work, created during a recent residency at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, at Ranelagh Arts Festival taking place at Ranelagh Arts in Dublin from 8–17 May 2026. www.vaultartiststudios.com/news/jonatha... @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social
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Jonathan Brennan shows new work at Ranelagh Arts — Vault Artist Studios and Gallery Belfast
Vault member Jonathan Brennan will be showing new work, created during a recent residency at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, at the 21st Ranelagh Arts Festival taking place at Ranelagh Arts in Dub...
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Just for the fun of it 🥲
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Vault Artist Studios @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Double launch tomorrow night (7 May 6—9pm)! New digs on Bedford St and a new exhibition ‘Mayday Mayday’ to honour International Workers’ Day. Part of Late Night Art - this is your new stop on the LNA route, see you then! 62 Bedford St Belfast BT2 7GP
Photograph of a red brick and buff brick building on a corner in Belfast. There is a clock on the roof.
Photograph of a pink coloured gallery wall. There are three artworks attached to the wall: on the left an A4 sized image of a blackened hand in front of some text, image below similar. To the right a large oil on canvas painting featuring a moped driver wearing a helmet and two other figures in striped clothing. There is foliage in the foreground.
Image of a Lambeth drum on which is painted the words it doesn’t matter where you’re from and ‘the Tories fuck us all’Image of two artworks attached to a pink wall. They are both landscape format. They look like titles from an old black-and-white film : the top one reading ‘money that’s what I want’ and the bottom one reading ‘yeah I’m the taxman.’
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Vault Artist Studios @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Goooood morning!
Entrance to a building labeled “Bankmore House” with a blue-framed revolving glass door. Two identical posters on the door read “Coming Soon – Vault Artist Studios.” The surrounding facade is dark with blue window panels
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
"A mother burying her 4 children.. Zainab was 14, Zara 12, Malika 9 and Yasmina just 6.. they died when their home in southern Lebanon was hit by an Israeli missile" Emma Murphy reporting
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Vault Artist Studios @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The time has come when Everyone Must Go (from our Marlborough House building). But before we do we're having a sale! Come and grab some bargains and giveaways on Sunday 1 Feb from 12pm — 4pm. Free city centre parking. Open to all. Good dogs are always welcome. 28-32 Victoria Street!
A poster in bright red and bright yellow giving information about an art studio jumble sale in Vault Gallery Marlborough house on the 1st of February from 12 pm to 4 pm. The sale is called everyone must go and the last piece of text says the word bargains three times.
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Vault Artist Studios @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
A constant…
This is an image that contains text in black all caps on a white background. The text says: “IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHILE MEANTIME USE OF BUILDINGS HAS ALLOWED VAULT T GROW INTO THE FORCE THAT IT IS TODAY, THAT THIS MODEL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. LIKE MANY OTHER SIMILAR ORGANISATIONS, WE ARE EXHAUSTED BY THE PRECARIOUS NATURE OF THE MEANTIME MODEL AND THE CONSTANT WORRY ABOUT FINDING NEW BUILDINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS. REST ASSURED, WE WILL MAKE THE VERY MOST OF OUR BUILDINGS IN THE TIME THAT WE HAVE THEM AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE OUR PLATFORM TO ADVOCATE FOR A CITY WHERE THE ARTS ARE PROPERLY VALUED AND SUSTAINABLE.”
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Vault Artist Studios @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Vault Artist Studios presents... A comic in 5 pages. In little more than two weeks, Vault at Marlborough House will be no more as our tenancy in this home for the last 2 years and 8 months comes to an end. Marlborough House was a temporary building for us as the site is due for redevelopment…
Comic book rendering of Marlborough house and the Albert clock
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Leo Prints @leoprints.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
We are in the Big News! Stand against AI everywhere! :) @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social #belfast #ireland #art #antiai #aiart
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
I'll be up at the Vault Xmas Market again today. Hoping for more conversations like: 'Can I pay you in Euro?' 'OK. How come you're paying in Euro?' 'I won in a casino in Dublin' And: 'Do you know anyone who does mime in Belfast' 'Yeah, there's a guy called Grant doing mime behind you.'
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Vault Artist Studios @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
‘All Welcome’ is open until 6pm today and tomorrow 12 November — the final day (12–6pm).
Wide shot of Vault gallery show showing in the foreground a woven boat shape attached to the ceilingShot of a poem on the window of the Vault gallery - poem is by Ashley David JohnPhotograph of a painting on a green wall in the Vault gallery. The painting is by Clinton Kirkpatrick and shows a humanoid tank rolling towards what looks like the Sun and a small red form like an eyeball on the ground.
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Vault Artist Studios @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Some details from ‘All Welcome’ at Vault Marlborough House (28-32 Victoria St, Belfast). Show runs until the 12th of November — get down before 6 pm tomorrow.
Detail of artwork showing silver fabric and lots of sequins in gold and blue.Detail of artwork showing gilded glass and a no entry sign in red over a striped blue backgroundDetail of artwork showing a man falling through a trap door in the style of an exit sign. The surface is highly polished and reflective.
Detail of artwork showing hand drawn letters in various shades of green, red and black
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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
In Borges' short story 'The Other', a 70+ Borges speaks to his younger self about the blindness that will later afflict him: 'You'll be able to see the colour yellow and light and shadow. But don't worry. Gradual blindness is not tragic. It's like the slowly growing darknesss of a summer evening.' 😭
An elderly man (Jorge Luis Borges) smiling warmly while looking upward, captured in black and white lighting.
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Vault Artist Studios @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Did you go to Culture Night? Let Belfast City Council know how it went by filling in this short survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/CNB25PART
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Culture Night Belfast 2025 Audience Survey
Did you go to Culture Night? Let us know how it went
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