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Collapse The Box

Collapse The Box hosts in-depth conversations with visual artists and arts professionals at Belfast’s annual Royal Ulster Academy exhibition. Host Noelle McAlinden meets painters, ceramicists, photographers and curators at the Ulster Museum to discuss their work, influences and careers.

The series features established figures like photo collage artist Seán Hillen (who reflects on his Asperger’s diagnosis and award-winning documentary Tomorrow is Saturday), RUA lecturer Dougal McKenzie on figurative painting’s relevance, and Belfast International Arts Festival director Richard Wakely on partnerships and access. Emerging voices include ceramics artist Denise McAuley, 2025 Irish News Prize winner for Best Newcomer, and AE Russell Prize recipient Kate Beagan.

Guests range from art historian Dr. Éimear O’Connor (National Museum of Ireland) to prize-winning artists discussing everything from materiality and memory to disability and representation. Recorded mainly during 2025–2026, the series offers a snapshot of contemporary practice in Ireland – why artists make what they make, and why it still matters.

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Collapse the Box: Mohammed Al-Azza

Mohammed Al-Azza and Sabreen Asad talk about photography and experiences of Palestine.
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03/10/2016

Collapse the Box: Scoil an Droichid

An art exhibition created by pupils at Scoil an Droichid, looking at their native city of Béal Feirste/Belfast through themes such as environment and history.
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14/08/2016

Collapse the Box: David O’Kane

Marianne O’Kane Boal talks to artist David O’Kane about his work, and his current exhibition ‘The Shadow on the Wall’.
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05/08/2016

Collapse the Box: Cavanacor House Gallery

A visit to the Cavanacor House Gallery in Lifford, Co. Donegal and an interview with the artist Edde O’Kane.
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22/07/2016

Collapse The Box: Deborah Brown

Interview with Deborah Brown, the acclaimed Northern Irish Sculptor, best known perhaps for her bronze sculpture Sheep on the Road outside the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.
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14/07/2016

Collapse The Box: Heather Kamarra Shearer

Interview with acclaimed Stolen Generations Aboriginal artist, Heather Kamarra Shearer at her first solo exhibition in the UK in the Naughton Gallery.
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20/06/2016

Collapse The Box: The Box

The story of Olive Swanzy, a nurse who kept drawings and poems made by soldiers in her care during World War One as told through the play by award winning local theatre company Kabosh.
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05/06/2016

Collapse The Box: Arts & Age

A review of the successful Arts & Older People programme funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland across Northern Ireland.
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12/05/2016

Collapse the Box: Made 2016 The Craft & Design Collective’s Annual Exhibition

NVTV profiles the artists selected for the Craft & Design Collectives Annual Exhibition, MAD.
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18/04/2016

Collapse The Box: What if We Got It Wrong?

Artists discuss the group exhibition at the F.E. McWilliam Gallery on the issues of climate change.
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07/04/2016

Collapse the Box: Brian Maguire

Artist Brian Maguire talks to Marianne O’Kane Boal about what inspires him.
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23/02/2016

Collapse the Box: Stephen Shaw

Artist Stephen Shaw talks about his work in water colours and the changes in Belfast over time.
Show added:
12/02/2016
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