SWISS EVENTS

IN IRELAND

May 2022

Art

National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2

09 April – 04 September 2022

Beit Wing (rooms 6-10)

Book your tickets to see the exhibition: https://www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artists/exhibitions/giacometti

More than 50 works by Alberto Giacometti (1901 – 1966) are displayed in the first exhibition

of the artist’s work held at the National Gallery of Ireland. Giacometti: From Life, co-

organised by the National Gallery of Ireland and the Fondation Giacometti, includes bronze

and plaster sculptures, paintings, drawings and prints. The artworks date from Giacometti’s

early years in his native Switzerland through to the late work he made in his Paris studio.

Film

EUNIC SHORT SHORTS IN EUROPE

Europe Day - Monday, 9 May 2022

To mark Europe Day on Monday May 9th, the EUNIC Ireland Network (European Union

National Institutes for Culture) is delighted to present a free screening of its 2021 Short Shorts

from Europe programme.

There will be three simultaneous free screenings in Dublin, Cork and Online:

Alliance Française, 1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, 18:30

Free booking: https://www.alliance-francaise.ie/event-details/?eventId=892#/

The Gate Cinema Cork – Screen 4

Free booking: https://corkfilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/625e82af548d4f00ab665945

French Embassy / Alliance Française joint-digital screening platform - available 9-12 May

Free booking: https://watch.eventive.org/franceinireland/play/624f0f7dda70d3008094d1f2

Action, animation, drama – expect this and more from Short Shorts – a selection of European

short films from the home countries of ten members of EUNIC Ireland. Experience a variety of

genres from contemporary, cutting-edge filmmakers.

After the screening you will be asked to vote for your favorite film using your phone

EUNIC European Book Club 2022

ONLINE ENCOUNTER WITH PORTUGUESE AUTHOR Afonso Reis Cabral

A conversation with Portuguese writer Afonso Reis Cabral, whose travel diary, Take

me with You – Portugal’s National Road 2 on Foot, has recently been translated into

English.

Rachel McNicholl will moderate this online discussion, promoted by the Embassy of Portugal in Dublin and the Portuguese cultural institute, Camões — Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, I.P., with the support of the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in Ireland. This event will take place on 12th May, at 6pm, via Zoom. All are most welcome,

including book and travelling enthusiasts. Eventbrite booking:

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/european-book-club-afonso-reis-cabral-tickets-328041961337 TAKE ME WITH YOU – PORTUGAL’S NATIONAL ROAD 2 ON FOOT In the spring of 2019, Afonso Reis Cabral crossed Portugal from North to South, walking 738.5 km

along the country’s longest road, and sharing the whole adventure on social media. This beautiful route

covers breath-taking landscapes such as the vineyards of the Douro Valley; mainland Portugal’s highest

mountain, Serra da Estrela; Alentejo’s plains and fields, extending as far as the eye can reach; until

finally reaching Algarve and the sea. This travel diary was edited and published under the title Take me

with you – Portugal’s National Road 2 on foot.

AFONSO REIS CABRAL Afonso Reis Cabral (1990) published his first book at the age of 15 years old, entitled

Condensação (Condensation). In 2014, he won the prestigious LeYa Prize for the novel O

meu irmão (My brother), and five year later he was awarded the José Saramago Literary Prize

for his second novel, Pão de Açúcar (Sugarloaf Mountain). Reis Cabral has a B.A. and an

M.A. in Portuguese and Lusophone Studies, degrees that were awarded by the Nova

University Lisbon and contributes to various newspapers in Portugal, also working as a

freelance editor.