Art exhibit, film at NYU

An exhibition entitled "When Time Began to Rant and Rage: Figurative Painting from Twentieth Century Ireland" is currently showing in the Grey Art Gallery at New York University, 100 Washington Square East, NYC.

The exhibition, which runs to July 24, was opened on Monday evening by the Irish ambassador to the U.S., Séan O hUiginn.

On this Wednesday, May 26, there will be a symposium on "Dissolving Borders?: Art and Society in Twentieth Century Ireland" at 6:30 p.m. in Irving H. Jurow Hall, Room 101A, Main Building, New York University (enter at 32 Waverly Pl.).

The symposium will be moderated by Peter Murray, curator of the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery in Cork.

Also, an Irish film festival will run from May 28 to June 10 in the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center. The festival will focus on new Irish films, and on Irish short films on June 3 at 7 p.m. in Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th Street. On June 6 at 2 p.m., there will be a panel discussion on "Whither Irish Film?"

There are also a number of related exhibitions in various venues, including Glucksman Ireland House; the Drawing Center, 35 Wooster St.; in the Contemporary Art Center at 22-25 Jackson Ave., at 46th Street in Long Island City, Queens, and in the New York Public Library.

For details, call (212) 998-3950.

May 26-June 1, 1999