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Housed in a magnificent 18th century building beside the Panthéon in Paris, with a remarkable heritage as the former Irish College, the Centre Culturel Irlandais is Ireland’s cultural flagship in Europe.
The Centre presents the work of contemporary Irish artists, reinforces the rich heritage of Franco-Irish relations in today’s international context and fosters a vibrant and creative resident community. In addition to its diverse cultural programme, the CCI houses France’s primary multi-media library of resources on Ireland as well as significant historic archives and an Old Library.
Housed in a magnificent 18th century building beside the Panthéon in Paris, with a remarkable heritage as the former Irish College, the Centre Culturel Irlandais is Ireland’s cultural flagship in Europe.
The Centre presents the work of contemporary Irish artists, reinforces the rich heritage of Franco-Irish relations in today’s international context and fosters a vibrant and creative resident community. In addition to its diverse cultural programme, the CCI houses France’s primary multi-media library of resources on Ireland as well as significant historic archives and an Old Library.
Exhibitions
Joseph Walsh & Sara Flynn
From Saturday 21 September to Saturday 26 October 2024
Opening night on Friday 20 July from 6:30pm to 9pm, admission free
The Centre Culturel Irlandais is delighted to present new works by renowned designer and maker Joseph Walsh in special collaboration with ceramic artist Sara Flynn. Dialogue between the two dates back over fifteen years around their common passion for material and form. Here at the CCI, in a poetic interweaving of expression, twelve unique sculptural Enignum Wall Brackets hold twelve porcelain vessels and a landscape of vessels spread across the burr ash surface of an Enignum Dining Table.
Composer-musicians Irene and Linda Buckley will perform an atmospheric concert at 8pm on the night of the opening.
Three special events accompany the exhibition to allow audiences to delve into the artistic and creative ecosystem that develops around talented craftmanship: a documentary film on the Joseph Walsh Studio’s annual symposium ‘Making In’ plus discussions about the exciting challenge of testing the limits of material and form.
A bright and brilliant ‘rentrée’ celebrates 25 years of artist Joseph Walsh’s virtuosic studio practice, in a collaborative exhibition with acclaimed ceramicist Sara Flynn, before we embrace the dark season. On Halloween night, author Niamh Boyce calls us to remember Petronella the first woman in Ireland and Britain burned at the stake for heresy 700 years ago; jazz singer Sue Rynhart brings the Gothic to the emblematic Sunset-Sunside Jazz Club in November, and Michael Keegan-Dolan whips up a frenzy at Théâtre de la Ville in December with his masterpiece ‘Mám’. Enjoy the merry-go-round!
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Contacts
- Rosetta Beaugendre
- Head of Communications and Public Relations
- rbeaugendre@centreculturelirlandais.com
- Anne-Sophie Delhommeau
- Communications and Public Relations Officer
- asdelhommeau@centreculturelirlandais.com