By Alan Healy

A new director has been appointed to the Derry art gallery, Void.

Mary Cremin will take up the post after the departure Maolíosa Boyle from the Patrick Street venue, to take up a post as the new Executive Director of Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre.

Speaking to us regarding her appointment, Mary Cremin paid tribute to her predecessor and her team, adding that she hoped to build on their work.

"It is a privilege to be joining the team at Void,” she said.

“I look forward to building on the extraordinary programme that Maolíosa Boyle and the team have developed during her time as Director, and to articulate the next chapter.

“I look forward to working with the team at Void and the community to develop and deliver a dynamic exhibitions programme."

Mary Cremin is the Artistic Director of The Treeline Project with Oonagh Young and the Programme Curator of Temple Bar Gallery + Studios.

She is part of the Visual Arts Programme for Galway 2020, European Capital of Culture.

In 2015, she was Curator of TULCA Festival of Visual Art, Seachange, which included over 30 national and international artists.

She has delivered large scale exhibitions and commissions such as Magnetism, Hazelwood Estate, Sligo, (2015), Richard Mosse, The Enclave, Irish Pavilion, Venice Biennale, (2013).

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