Design Portfolio

Jim Manley from the hills to the shore
Respected artist and devoted outdoors man Jim Manley talks to Brian McAvera ahead of his 'Outside' exhibition at the Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast in October

Double ground
Amanda Croft visits The Dock, Co Leitrim to view a new series from Belfast-based painter, Paddy McCann, created in response to the political situation in Northern Ireland

Art without end
Nicola Gordon Bowe introduces the work of writer and artist Patrick Conyngham whose cloisonnist-style paintings are on view at Gilford Castle, Co Down

Random harvest
Siobhan Hapaska's sophisticated sculpture installations will be seen for the first time in her home town this autumn at Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, writes Liam Kelly

Future forecast
Ruth Carroll reports on the Royal Hibernian Academy's decision to relaunch the Futures series to showcase a new generation of talent

Launched
Gerry Walker discusses trends in this year's BA Fine Art graduate shows; Stephanie McBride, Edwin Davidson, Charles Harper, Peter Murray and Martin Walkington critique the work of six graduates on the cusp of their careers in art, film, architecture and photography

Through a glass darkly
Cliodhna Shaffrey investigates stylistic heritage and psychological content uniting new and older work from Janet Mullarney at the RHA and the Taylor Galleries, Dublin, in November

The Moderns
Brian Fallon previews the ambitiously-conceived survey exhibition of 20th-century innovators in art and design, opening at IMMA, this October

Archiva Chonamara
Lelia Doolan pays tribute to the incisive eye and independent spirit of film-maker and photographer, Bob Quinn, who recently gifted his Conamara photographic archive to NUI, Galway

Rediscovered master of the Dutch golden age
Adriaan Waiboer provides an expert insight into the development of Gabriel Metsu's career ahead of the National Gallery of Ireland's exhibition

American dream
Although relatively unknown today, in the last quarter of the 19th century, Cork-born artist Thomas Hovenden was among the most popular and successful artists in America, writes Lawrence William White

Observing the body
Clive Lee explores the continously evolving, yet mutually beneficial relationship in existence between artists and anatomists from the 15th century to the present

Bronze into Gold
Mary Cahill recalls the tenacity and enthusiasm of antiquarians such as Redmond Anthony, whose collection forms part of the current exhibition at Waterford Museum of Treasures

The Master's Gardens
Elizabeth Morgan discusses the stylistic sources that have given shape to the newly restored gardens of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham

Remembrance of things past
Richard Hurley provides a critique of the recently opened Glasnevin National Heritage Visitors Centre designed by A & D Wejchert and Partners

New light in Castletown
Ruth Thorpe considers the young Lady Louisa Conolly's inspiration for the Long Gallery at Castletown, while John Mulcahy reveals a calamitous episode from her later life

Ceramics take flight
Form and function are equally matched in commissioner Audrey Whitty's selection of designer-makers for the biennial symposium in Bornholm, Denmark.