As the 2024 edition of Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//) gets underway, Culture Ireland is pleased to announce that the partnership between the two organisations will be extended for another two years (2025 and 2026 editions). hcmf// is the UK’s largest international festival of new and experimental music and brings a host of Irish talent to its programme, supported by Culture Ireland. Currently in its third year, the international partnership between Culture Ireland and hcmf//...

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The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media, Catherine Martin T.D. has announced the selection of artist, Isabel Nolan, with Georgina Jackson and The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art as the curator, to represent Ireland at the 61st Venice Art Biennale in 2026. The Venice Biennale is one of the most important international platforms for visual arts, attracting over half a million visitors, including global curators, gallerists, art critics, and artists. The...

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***List of grant offers available here*** Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin has announced funding of over €1.3m for the promotion of Irish arts globally through Culture Ireland’s Regular Grants Programme. The funding will benefit 140 projects taking place in over 20 countries, covering architecture, circus, dance, film, literature, music, theatre and visual arts. Announcing the grants, Minister Martin said: “It gives me great pleasure to announce this round of Culture...

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