Artist Scott’s 70-year career requires two-gallery show

Retrospective opens simultaneously at Dublin’s IMMA and Carlow’s Visual, says Des O’Sullivan.

Amajor exhibition of the work of Patrick Scott opens at two centres, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, in Dublin, and Visual, in Carlow, on Feb 16.

Now in his 90s, Scott had his first exhibition in 1940, with the White Stag Group. The exhibition brings together more than 140 pieces that illustrate the breadth and longevity of his career as architect, designer and artist.