Events Archive

The cover of Crudo by Olivia Laing has the image of a woman in a pool covering her face.

DABF24 Book Club | Olivia Laing, 'Crudo'

28 November 2024, 5pm

Read and discuss Olivia Laing’s first novel, Crudo, an experimental autofiction which blends the personal and political, testing the limits of fiction.

Two portraits side-by-side. On the left is a photo of Adrian Duncan, and on the right is a photo of Sean Lynch.

DABF24 Talk | Objects in narratives

28 November 2024, 6pm

Artist Sean Lynch and artist, writer and DABF Guest Curator Adrian Duncan explore—through a series of objects—the fascinating relationships between reality and fiction in Lynch's practice.

A snippet of text cut from a page reads 'the grain of things,' and is placed agains a lime green grainy background.

DABF24 Talk | the grain of things

27 November 2024, 6pm

Writer Ingrid Lyons and visual artists Liliane Puthod and Ella Bertilsson meet to discuss the place of storytelling, inner worlds and material culture in each of their practices.

Dublin Art Book Fair 2023. Photo: Maria Maarbjerg.

DABF24 Tour | Artist Book Spotlight

26 November 2024, 5pm

The second of two tours spotlighting a selection of the artist books at this year's Dublin Art Book Fair led by TBG+S Gallery + Studio Coordinator Anna Maye.

Tara Carroll, 'Art as Pilgrimage', 2022. Film Photograph by Clodagh O’Leary, courtesy the artist.

DABF24 Book Launch | Seeking Solace

24 November 2024, 2pm

Join TBG+S Studio Artist Tara Carroll and members of an older women's group to celebrate the launch of Seeking Solace, part of the ongoing project Art as Pilgrimage.

Workshop at RHA School, 2019. Image courtesty of the artist.

DABF Workshop | Create Your Own Fantasy World with artist Ella Bertilsson

24 November 2024, 11:30am

Inspired by this year’s Dublin Art Book Fair theme, Fictions: The makings of other worlds, Ella Bertilsson leads a family-orientated workshop exploring world-building, fantasy and storytelling.

Peter Geoghegan (left) and Susan McKay (right).

DABF 24 Talk | Possible Truths

23 November 2024, 4pm

DABF Guest Curator Adrian Duncan introduces a conversation between acclaimed journalists and writers Peter Geoghegan and Susan McKay to discuss technology, truth-making, and journalistic storytelling.

A black and white collage shows photographic images of same sex couples and drawings.

DABF24 Workshop | Exploring Queer Archiving with Collaborative Zines

23 November 2024, 2pm

Explore the queer archive with Emma Hurson and Ava Chapman as they lead a workshop using copied and found archival material to create a collaborative zine.

Three people stand looking at a handmade artist book.

DABF24 Tour | Artist Book Spotlight

22 November 2024, 1–2pm

The first of two tours spotlighting a selection of the artist books at this year's Dublin Art Book Fair led by TBG+S Gallery + Studio Coordinator Anna Maye.

Ella-Bertilsson, ‘ROCKS TURN TO SAND IIII’, 2022. Marker on Fabriano. Courtesy of the artist.

DABF24 | Ella Bertilsson, ‘THE MOLE FLIPPED THE SUNSHINE SWITCH’

21 November — 01 December 2024

THE MOLE FLIPPED THE SUNSHINE SWITCH is a commissioned artwork by TBG+S Studio Artist Ella Bertilsson in response to this year's Dublin Art Book Fair theme Fictions: The makings of other worlds.

DABF24 Opening Talk | Fictions: The makings of other worlds

21 November 2024, 5pm

Join Dublin Art Book Fair’s Guest Curator Adrian Duncan as he introduces this year’s theme, Fictions: The makings of other worlds.

Artists’ Fundraiser for Médicins Sans Frontières in aid of Palestine and Lebanon

21 November — 18 December 2024

Seven leading Irish artists hold a raffle to raise funds to support those affected by the catastrophic war in Palestine and Lebanon.

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