Brian Whelan leads London Irish painters in an exhibition in Philadelphia from 20 Aug – 6 Oct 10, the third stop for an international tour of the works of 5 dynamic, Irish artists based in London: Brian Whelan, Bernard Canavan, John Duffin, Dermot Holland and the late Daniel Carmody. Launched at the PM Gallery in west London in spring 2009, the following summer the show visited the medieval celtic bastion of Santiago de Compostela in Spain and now the shores of Philadelphia, where thousands of Irish fled during the ‘potato famine’.
For details on the documentary and book, contact wendy.roseberry@btinternet.com and visit www.brianwhelan.co.uk 






















