Honouring the work of Artist Michael Farrell

Artist Michael Farrell died in self-imposed exile in France, appalled by the Troubles. A retrospective here reaffirms his status in the Irish pantheon, says Tina Darb O’Sullivan

INFLUENTIAL Irish artist, Michael Farrell, who died in 2000, is being honoured with a retrospective, The Work of Michael Farrell, at the Crawford Art Gallery until Jan 2014.

The show is curated by Belinda Quirke, director and CEO of the Solstice Arts Centre, in Navan, where it opened in August. Dawn Williams is overseeing the exhibition at the Crawford.