Declan Long is an Irish art critic and lecturer specialising in contemporary art made in ‘Post-

Troubles The Troubles ( ga, Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it is sometimes described as an " ...

’

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

Career

Declan Long is programme director of the MA course 'Art in the Contemporary World' at the

National College of Art & Design The National College of Art and Design (NCAD) is Ireland's oldest art institution, offering the largest range of art and design degrees at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the country. Originating as a drawing school in 1746, many of th ...

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

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. He frequently appears on ''Arena'' on

RTÉ (RTÉ) (; Irish language, Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the Public broadcaster, national broadcaster of Republic of Ireland, Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on RTÉ Television, telev ...

Radio 1, discussing and reviewing contemporary art. His criticism is regularly published in

Artforum ''Artforum'' is an international monthly magazine specializing in contemporary art. The magazine is distinguished from other magazines by its unique 10½ x 10½ inch square format, with each cover often devoted to the work of an artist. Notabl ...

Frieze In architecture, the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Paterae are also usually used to decorate friezes. Even when neither columns nor ...

, and ''

Source Photographic Review ''Source'' is a quarterly photography magazine published in Belfast. It is distributed throughout Ireland, Great Britain and internationally. History ''Source'' was first published in 1992 as a newsletter of the organisation Photo Works Nor ...

.'' In 2013 Long was a member of the judging panel for the

Turner Prize The Turner Prize, named after the English painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist. Between 1991 and 2016, only artists under the age of 50 were eligible (this restriction was removed for the 2017 award) ...

. He is also a board member of the

Douglas Hyde Gallery The Douglas Hyde Gallery is a publicly funded contemporary art gallery situated within the historical setting of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. When the Gallery opened in 1978, it was for a number of years Ireland's only public gallery of ...

, Dublin. He has written gallery texts for numerous exhibitions including:

Willie Doherty Willie Doherty (born 1959) is an artist from Northern Ireland, who has mainly worked in photography and video. He has twice been a Turner Prize nominee. Life and work Doherty was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, and from 1978 to 1981 studied a ...

(for Alexander & Bonin, New York and Matt’s Gallery, London, 2012),

Isabel Nolan Isabel Nolan is an Irish contemporary artist who works with sculpture, textile, photographs, and text. Nolan lives and works in Dublin. Work Nolan, according to a review of her work in Frieze Magazine, works similarly to Eva Berendes, Nichol ...

(The Model, Sligo, and Le Musée d'art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, 2011), Jesse Jones (

Project Arts Centre Project Arts Centre is a multidisciplinary arts centre based in Temple Bar, Dublin, which hosts visual arts, theatre, dance, music, and performance. History Project Arts Centre was founded by Jim FitzGerald and Colm O'Briain in 1967 after a thr ...

, 2011), Mamma Andersson (

, 2009), Ulla Von Brandenburg (

Irish Museum of Modern Art The Irish Museum of Modern Art ( ga, Áras Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann) also known as IMMA, is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art. Located in Kilmainham, Dublin, the Museum pr ...

, 2009),

Lothar Hempel Lothar Hempel (born 1966 in Cologne) is a German artist based in Berlin. He attended Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1987 to 1992. Artistic practice Hempel transforms the exhibition space into a stage on which the visitor becomes an actor in a st ...

(

, 2008), William McKeown (

, 2008), Fergus Feehily (Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, 2008), Clodagh Emoe,

Nina Canell Nina Canell (born 1979) is a sculpture and installation artist born in Växjö, Sweden and educated at the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Dublin, Ireland. She currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany Work Nina C ...

, and Linda Quinlan (for the exhibition 'Come Together' at the Douglas Hyde Gallery, 2007). His 2017 book, ''Ghost-haunted Land: Contemporary Art and Post-troubles Northern Ireland'', was described in

The Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...

as "a foundational work of art criticism that will stand alongside Colin Graham’s study of photography and the North as a first point of reference for anyone interested in the Troubles and their cultural legacies."

Bibliography

*Long, Declan. ''Anois''. Dublin: Temple Bar Gallery & Studios (2001). *Long, Declan. ''Didymosphenia Geminata: Barrie Cooke''. Dublin:

Kerlin Gallery Kerlin Gallery is a contemporary commercial art gallery in Dublin, Ireland. History Originally opened in 1988, the gallery's current space was designed in 1994 by architect John Pawson. It is located in central Dublin and has 3,600 square feet ...

(2007). *Long, Declan. ''Passage''. Belfast:

Golden Thread Gallery The Golden Thread Gallery is a contemporary art space in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It hosts contemporary art exhibitions and participatory events by a mix of Northern Irish and international artists; six large-scale exhibitions in the main ga ...

(2007). *Long, Declan, and Beatrix Ruf. ''Ulla Von Brandenburg: Whose Beginning is Not, Nor End Cannot be''. Dublin: Irish Museum of Modern Art (2008). *Juncosa, Enrique; Lotz, Corinna; Long, Declan. William McKeown. Milan & Dublin: Charta/Irish Museum of Modern Art (2009). *Long, Declan. ''Willie Doherty Photo/text/85/92.'' London & New York: Matt's Gallery & Alexander and Bonin (2012). *Murray, Peter; Long, Declan. ''Mark Clare, I Believe in You''. Cork:

Crawford Art Gallery The Crawford Art Gallery ( ga, Áiléar Crawford) is a public art gallery and museum in the city of Cork, Ireland. Known informally as the Crawford, it was designated a 'National Cultural Institution' in 2006. It is "dedicated to the visual arts ...

(2014). *Packer, Matt; Long, Declan; Ricks, Jim. ''Here Comes The Summer.'' Derry: Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry (2017). * Long, Declan. ''Ghost-haunted Land: Contemporary Art and Post-troubles Northern Ireland''. Manchester:

Manchester University , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

(2017). * Long, Declan, Kelly Grovier, Rudi Fuchs, and Sean Scully. ''Sean Scully: Landlines and Other Recent Works''. London: Cultureshock Media (2019).

References

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