Artist Pádraic represents Ireland in UN show

Galway artist Pádraic Reaney has been selected to represent Ireland in a major international exhibition that celebrates the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations.

Carraroe-born Pádraic, whose most recent work has focused on deserted dwellings on Ireland’s offshore islands, is one of 216 artists from 193 countries across the six continents taking part in this prestigious worldwide show.

The organisers hope to run the exhibition at the UN Headquarters in New York early next year – Covid-19 restrictions permitting – and also at the UN’s Geneva offices. At present, all the artworks can be seen in an online version of the show.

The project was instigated and has been organised by the Romanian-based Inter-Art Foundation, under the patronage of that country’s president, H.E. Klaus Werner Iohannis.  It’s the fourth time Inter-Art has been invited to exhibit at the UN.

This is a historic event, Pádraic explains, as it’s the first time in history that artists from all 193 UN states have come together for one show.

For more, read this week’s Galway City Tribune.

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