In celebration of the Millennium, this was a revised and updated version of the original Whole Earth Catalog, long considered the “bible” of the counterculture/environmental movement since its appearance in the late 1960s and the very first Earth Day in 1973, when people were beginning to think about being green and sustainable. According to the editor, Howard Rheingold “It’s all new again, because the world is all new again.”
Compulsory ujamaa villages in Tanzania, collectivization in Russia, Le Corbusier’s urban planning theory realized in Brasília, the Great Leap Forward in China, agricultural “modernization” in the Tropics—the twentieth century has been racked by grand utopian schemes that have inadvertently brought death and disruption to millions. Why do well-intentioned plans for improving the human condition go […]
As part of our An Artistic Eye Series we asked Niamh O’Malley: how did they become an artist? What is the best thing about being an artist? What do they all day?
The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art is delighted to welcome our Student Forum cohort 2025. The Student Forum is a group of students and recent graduates who engage with The Douglas Hyde and its programming in different ways over a period of twelve months. This includes participating in reading and discussion groups, meeting […]
Artists present us with new perspectives on the world we live in. Explore the exciting ideas behind our programmes, hear more from the artists we work with and discover new ways of engaging with art.
