The Boundaries of Abstraction
Sam Walsh found the language of abstraction inadequate to his interpretation of Dante's Inferno, the theme of his current exhibition at Limerick City Gallery of Art, he tells Brian McAvera

The crystal void
Corban Walker's glass sculptures for his exhibition at the Green on Red Gallery draw on minimalist ideals and the inherent qualities of the glass, argues Ciaran Bennett

Design Portfolio
This Christmas marks a season of success for Irish craft,
writes Eleanor Flegg, as jewellery, furniture, silverware, ceramics and textile makers excel at 100% Design, SOFA 2007, the London Craft Fair and Design Week 2007

Empiricism and Aesthetics
Mark Francis continues his long-standing fascination with capturing an analytic vision of matter, writes Mic Moroney, ahead of his exhibition at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane

A pilgrim's progress
Riann Coulter previews William Crozier's winter exhibition at the Taylor Galleries in Dublin, which coincides with the publication of a monograph on the artist

The crystal void
Corban Walker's glass sculptures for his exhibition at the Green on Red Gallery draw on minimalist ideals and the inherent qualities of the glass, argues Ciaran Bennett

From the deep
Barrie Cooke's recent visit to New Zealand has provided him with a new source of inspiration for his latest collection of paintings at the Kerlin Gallery, writes Gerry Walker

A Sculptor from Sparta
Desmond Egan pays tribute to James McKenna, whose retrospective takes place at IMMA this November

A White Stag in France
Peter Murray investigates Cork-born artist Thurloe Conolly, whose career spans six decades

Before the storm
Gerard Moran looks at a French photographic project documenting life in rural Ireland just before the outbreak of World War I

The Bird on the Rock
In this personal account of his three decades at the National Gallery, Sergio Benedetti chooses seven works of art that have a special significance for him

Yeats and Bender: A Time of Gifts
Audrey Whitty uncovers an unknown sketchbook by Jack B Yeats given in friendship to Albert Bender, a great patron of the National Museum

The Shannon Collection
Paul Caffrey examines the Shannon Collection of portrait miniatures, a rare and coherent historic series

The Cramillion Lectern
Joe McDonnell reports on the discovery of a previously unknown sculpture by Bartholomew Cramillion, creator of the Rotunda Chapel ceiling

Blarney Castle: Myth and Reality
Kate Hamlyn gives an account of the Mac Carthy Muskerry Clan, the Gaelic chieftains of Blarney Castle in Co Cork

Vernon Mount
Desmond FitzGerald and Donough Cahill highlight the plight of Vernon Mount in County Cork, a neoclassical villa acclaimed for the subtlety of its design

A Beacon for Donegal
The design concept for the new Regional Culture Centre in Letterkenny was not constrained by the inclusion of a theatre, writes Marianne O'Kane Boal

Jewellery's New Wave
The work of five contemporary Irish jewellers ranked strongly at SOFA Chicago this winter, reports Alison Fitzgerald