In September this year we showed Michael’s works on paper at an Art Fair in the prestigious equivalent of RHA, The BOZAR in Brussels. A new European audience came to know what this venerable Irish artist wants to say, they loved it. Michael had a significant birthday this year (of course he wants no fuss or mention of that – we feel a little safe as he confines himself to his vast, impressive library of great literature and the ‘wireless’ – Michael is not much into BLOGS). Anyway the thing is, Michael may have passed that age when others among us will express our wild side, tear up the rule books, do fun things, make something we want to make without worrying about whether its what folk expect of you or not. So in Brussels we showed this fantastic large Papier Mache Head/Portrait. We feel very close to this fella as he had his own seat beside us on the Aer Lingus flight from Dublin. I’m not sure he will come to the VUE party – but maybe? [Image of artwork by Michael Kane, courtesy of the artist & Rubicon]