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The regional Cultural Centre in Letterkenny has forged substantial links with Europe, resulting in the staging of highly ambitious shows in the town, writes AIDAN DUNNE

IT IS SURPRISING, in a good way, to come across an exhibition with the distinctive title Modernisme Activisme Bauhaus: Constructive Tendencies in Hungarian Art 1910-1930at the Regional Cultural Centre in Letterkenny. It wouldn’t be at all surprising if it were on at the National Gallery of Ireland, say, or at IMMA, but it seems somehow unlikely for Donegal. How did a regional centre come to deliver such a show, and to follow it through with a title that lays it on the line to such an extent? If you climb the hill towards the cultural centre you won’t be labouring under the misapprehension that you’re in for some light entertainment courtesy of the French Impressionists, that’s for sure.