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thisisnotashop in the New York Times

Published June 25, 2009

Just spreading the good news that in the review of No Soul For Sale in Today’s NY Times an image of Catherine Barragry performing as part of Thisisnotashop exhibit was used as a lead photo — we were also sited as one of “the good ones”. Read the review here.

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New York Opening in 3 days!

Published June 20, 2009

Thisisnotashop @ X-Initiative, NYC, opens in 3 days… if in Dublin check out our new shutter by Ased Ink “From The Big Smoke to the Big Apple”. Waiting for the plane now… hope to see you all in New York!

Writing Workshop Exhibition

Published June 17, 2009

The Writing Workshop 2008/2009 had a great opening last night- pictured above core workshop members from left to right: Jessica Foley, N.S. Malone, Jessamyn Fiore, Aine Ivers, and Susan Thompson. Tonight there’s a reading in the gallery at 8pm- a new short play by Jessamyn Fiore titled ‘A Play About Lee Lozano’ read by Claire-Louise Bennett, Michael Kynaston, Sarah Smyth, and Jessamyn Fiore. Exhibition is open thru Saturday daily from 2-7pm. Find out more here.

Thisisnotashop in NYC and New Website Launch

Published June 11, 2009

Thisisnotashop is proud to represent Dublin at NO SOUL FOR SALE: A Festival of Independents which takes place in New York from the 23rd to the 28th of June. X Initiative has gathered organisations from Hong Kong, Barcelona, Trinidad, Berlin, Reykjavik, Milan, Paris, Los Angeles and more. Our show will bring together artists involved in the gallery both past and present. See the events section for more details.

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