Olivier Cornet Gallery

Olivier Cornet Gallery

Gailearaí Olivier Cornet
Location within Central Dublin
Established	January 2012 (2012-01)
Location	3 Great Denmark Street, Dublin, Ireland
Coordinates	53°21′19″N 6°15′45″W
Type	contemporary art gallery
Founder	Olivier Cornet
Public transit access	Parnell Luas stop (Green Line)
Nearest parking	Q-Park Clery's
Website	oliviercornetgallery.com

The Olivier Cornet Gallery (French pronunciation: [ɔlivje kɔʁnɛ]) is a contemporary commercial art gallery in Dublin, Ireland, owned and run by French-born Olivier Cornet.^[1][2][3][4]

History

Ceramics in the Olivier Cornet Gallery

Olivier Cornet originally came to Ireland from France in the late 1980s. His interest in art derives from collecting stamps which featured famous French artists as a teen, as well as his grandmother's amateur painting practice. In the early 1990s, Cornet did his military service as a Cultural Animator at the French Cultural Centre of Lilongwe in Malawi, where part of his brief was to organise art exhibitions.^[5]

Cornet organised and curated exhibitions of Irish visual art in various locations in Dublin under the name "Olliart" from 2004. In 2012 he opened the Olivier Cornet Gallery in Temple Bar. settling in its current location on Great Denmark Street in 2015, the former home of The Lord Norbury.

Exhibitions and artists

The gallery organises several solo exhibitions every year, and is open every day (except on Mondays) with free admission.^[6] It represents the artists Annika Berglund, Hugh Cummins, Jordi Forniés, Conrad Frankel, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Miriam McConnon, Yanny Petters, Kelly Ratchford and Susanne Wawra.^{[7][8] [9]} It has also exhibited the work of artists such as Gerald Davis and members of its "associate gallery artists" group, which includes the artists Mary A. Fitzgerald, David Fox, Nickie Hayden, Sheila Naughton and Vicky Smith.^[10] The gallery has also been noted, by Irish Times critic Aidan Dunne, "for curating good thematic shows" and, in Irish Arts Review, for its collaborative approach.^[11][12] Themed shows have centered around topics such as climate change, the environment, identity, notoriety and fake news.^[13][14] The gallery also curates a show annually for the June Bloomsday festival in Dublin, each time choosing a different theme related to James Joyce's novel Ulysses.^[15]

References

1. "Memento: Looking back, looking forward | Winter Group Show at Olivier Cornet Gallery | Visual Artists Ireland". 10 December 2021.
2. "Olivier Cornet Gallery". xamou art. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
3. O’Sullivan, John P. "Art review: Nick Miller — Rootless". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
4. McCrory, Elena. "Careers in the Arts: Contemporary Gallerist Olivier Cornet ahead of his time". Trinity News. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
5. Drinkwater, Ros. "Meet the Gallerist: Olivier Cornet". Business Post. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
6. "Olivier Cornet Gallery - Dnote".
7. McCormick, Penny. "Artistic License: Susanne Wawra". The Gloss. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
8. "With a Paintbrush and Layer of Gold, an Artist Brings Weeds and Wildflowers into the Gallery". Dublin Inquirer.
9. "VAI: Friends & Organisational Members". Visual Artists Ireland. Archived from the original on 10 April 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
10. "The Olivier Cornet Gallery's AGA Group or Associate Gallery Artists". www.oliviercornetgallery.com.
11. Dunne, Aidan. "The best art exhibitions this week – from 2°C in Dublin to Outposts in Cork". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
12. Walker, Gary (22 June 2023). "The French new wave". Irish Arts Review. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
13. Woodworth, Paddy. "What has art to do with climate change?". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
14. Meehan, Emma. "DRAWING ON DON QUIXOTE // REVIEW". TN2 Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
15. "Bloomsday art exhibitions at the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin, Ireland". www.oliviercornetgallery.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

External links

• Official website