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IMMA MEMBERS: CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2010

JANUARY - MARCH 2010

28 January  Gallery Tour: The National Gallery of Ireland

12noon, Shaw Room, the National Gallery of Ireland

A Light in the Darkness Turner's Watercolours & Silhouettes and Miniatures - The Mary A. McNeill Bequest

The National Gallery of Ireland's famous Vaughan collection of watercolours by JMW Turner (1775-1851) will be on display for the month of January. It includes Turner's most striking works in watercolour painted during his later European tours: the Doge's Palace in Venice, Lake Lucerne, and the fortresses at Bellinzona in Switzerland. The exhibition will be complemented by a display of seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth-century silhouettes and miniatures from the Mary A. McNeill Bequest, comprising works by John Comerford, Richard Crosse and William Grimaldi.

Free tour. Guests welcome

To book tickets contact Christine Blessing, IMMA Members +353 1 6129951 or email members@imma.ie

January    Boulevard Magenta - Issue 2

Pick up your free copy of Boulevard Magenta Issue 2 from the museum front of house. To arrange a collection date please contact Christine Blessing, IMMA Members, at tel +353 1 6129951 or email members@imma.ie

Description: Volume 2 of this arts and literary publication that is the brainchild of IMMA’s Director, Enrique Juncosa, himself a noted poet, bringing together a collection of works ranging across the visual arts, prose, poetry, music, film and architecture.

Authors, Editor and Contributors: Enrique Juncosa (Editor), Seán Kissane (Editor), John Banville, Gerard Barry, Rabih Alameddine, Pedro Almodóvar, Francis Alÿs, Martin Assig, Roberto Bolaño, Cecily Brennan, Trisha Brown, Michel Butor, Anthony Cronin, Anju Dodiya, Theo Dorgan, Iran do Espírito Santo, Jordi Esteva, Wayne Koestenbaum, Fergus Martin, Jockum Nordström, Dennis O’Driscoll, Brian O’Doherty, Hans Ulrich Obrist, John Pawson, Gerard Smyth, Enrique Vila-Matas. 'Includes a CD of music by Gerald Barry'

Price: €25.00 (Free to IMMA Members)

29 January at 6pm   Private Opening: Traces, IMMA Limited Editions, Kilkenny

Traces: IMMA Limited Editions is traveling to the Blackbird Gallery in Kilkenny for the month of February.

IMMA Members and guest are invited to the private opening on Friday 29 January, at 6pm Blackbird Gallery, 18 William Street, Kilkenny.
Features new editions for sale by Louis Le Brocquy and Ilya and Emilia Kabakov www.immaeditions.com

Contact: Christine Blessing, IMMA Members at tel: +353 1 6129951 or email: members@imma.ie

14 February - IMMA Members Jorge Pardo Preview Brunch

Members of the Irish Museum of Modern Art are invited to brunch on Sunday 14th February in the Vaults at IMMA, to a private sneak preview of one of the most unusual exhibitions in recent years at IMMA

Cuban-American artist Jorge Pardo brings his first exhibition to Ireland in the form of a wallpaper mural that will occupy the entire East Wing of IMMA. A worldwide first, this is a highly conceptual virtual retrospective of over 100 artworks, installations and projects, with every aspect of the exhibition-right down to the labels and wall texts-incorporated into the wallpaper

12noon Brunch in the Vaults
13:30pm Private gallery talk and preview of Jorge Pardo
15:00pm Concert by The Vogler Quartet of Schubert’s Quintet in C Major

This event is free to IMMA Members (and €40 for their guests).

Places are strictly limited, so if you would like to come, with or without your Valentine, please contact Christine Blessing at tel: 01 6129951 or email: christine.blessing@imma.ie by Tuesday 9 February.

Booking absolutely essential

16 February  6pm - Private Opening: Jorge Pardo and Anne Tallentire

Join us for a glass of wine and enjoy two solo exhibitions by the Cuban-American artist Jorge Pardo and Irish artist Anne Tallentire. The evening includes the unveiling of a beautiful limited edition lamp by Jorge Pardo.

Guests welcome.

Contact Christine Blessing, IMMA Members tel: +353 1 612 9951 or email: members@imma.ie

25 February  6pm - Private Opening: Francis Alÿs

Explore the exhibition Le Temp du Sommeil by Belgium artist Francis Alÿs.

For this exhibition Alÿs presents his on-going series Le Temps du Sommeil which he began in 1996 and currently comprises over a 100 paintings some of which are still works in progress. This work is shown at IMMA before it travels to Tate Modern, where a retrospective of Alÿs work takes place in the summer of 2010.

Guests welcome.

Contact Christine Blessing, IMMA Members, tel: +353 1 6129951 or email: members@imma.ie

Sunday 28 March    11.45am - Members Sneak Preview of Vertical Thoughts: Morton Feldman and the Visual Arts

Members of the Irish Museum of Modern Art are invited to a sneak preview brunch in the Chapel on Sunday 28 March to celebrate one of IMMA’s most anticipated exhibitions of the year.

Vertical Thoughts: Morton Feldman and the Visual Arts
Born in New York City in 1926, Morton Feldman is widely considered to be one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. During his long career he was closely associated with a number of visual artists – particularly those connected with the New York School. Vertical Thoughts is a remarkable exhibition of music scores, record covers, photographs, documents, and works by Francesco Clemente, Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, Jasper Johns, Alex Katz, R.B. Kitaj, Franz Kline, Piet Mondrian, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko and Cy Twombly.

11:45am Brunch in the Chapel
1:15pm Private gallery talk and preview of Vertical Thoughts

This event is free to IMMA Members (and €40 for their guests).

Places are strictly limited so early booking is advised. Contact Christine Blessing on tel: 01 6129951 or email: christine.blessing@imma.ie by Tuesday 23 March. Booking absolutely essential.