ART

Intelligent Machinery

Farmleigh Gallery, Castleknock Until May 31st farmleigh.ie/gallery Art that explores the idea of “art as software” in Francis Halsall’s phrase, looking to systems, complex networks, coding and pattern recognition, and putting incremental units, algorithmic processes in place of “the finite, unique work of high art that is paintings or sculpture”. Curator Hilary Murray enlisted Sofie Loscher, Jonathan Mayhew and Niamh O’Doherty to make the case.

DOUBLE BILL

Paul Simon & Sting
3Arena Dublin 8pm €155/€101/€70.45/€39.05 Also Thurs, Odyssey Arena, Belfast
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Really? Yes, really. According to recent reports, the pairing of one of the best songwriters of the past 40 years with, well, Sting (with Simon, left), is as inspiring a creative experiment as was ever undertaken. Each musician has separate sets, but the pair also team up for what the Hollywood Reporter described as "magical".