Constructions in colour and light
Peripatetic painter Bill Crozier discusses artistic influences and issues of cultural identity with Brian McAvera

A portrait of the artist
Brenda Moore-McCann discusses some seminal artworks by the artist and critic Brian O’Doherty/Patrick Ireland

The Spire in Context
In this age of uncertainty, Dublin’s new Spire of Light is open to interpretation—which is perhaps its principal attraction—Raymund Ryan hopes that it will act as metaphor for energy

Under the hammer
In this regular feature, Robert O’Byrne appraises some of the highlights of the recent fine art sales

Tony O’Malley (1913–2003)
This outstanding artist, whose ‘Irishness cannot be overstressed’, is remembered by Brian Lynch

An enduring presence: Paul Henry and the Irish landscape
The most ambitious exhibition of Paul Henry’s work to be seen in Dublin is currently on view at the National Gallery’s Millennium Wing; S B Kennedy traces the key influences on Henry’s art

A Noble path
Peter Murray introduces Ken Thompson, a sculptor who has found his true vocation

Conversations in Silence
Six painters based in West Cork are portrayed by John Minihan

Ballynatray house and demesne
Patrick Bowe reveals the natural and designed beauty of Ballynatray Demesne located in the lower Blackwater valley, and Deirdre Conroy discusses the restoration of the house

Propaganda and Iconography: Images of Robert Emmet
Ruan O’Donnell explains how Robert Emmet became the premier figurehead of Irish Nationalism in the 19th century

St Marys, Youghal, Co Cork
David Kelly outlines the history St Mary's Collegiate Church in Youghal. Clodagh Tait shows how Richard Boyle, First Earl of Cork, symbolised his social ascent through his family’s funeral monuments, one of which is located in the south transept of St Mary’s, and John Mulcahy sketches the creation of this dynasty

Arklow Pottery
Audrey Whitty looks at fifty years of design in Arklow Pottery

Material Convictions
Eleanor Flegg finds out what makes the interior of this 19th-century coach-house, designed by Laura Farrell, so different