The Land of Metamorphosis
Alice Maher explains to Brian McAvera how an early appreciation of uncultivated nature and her reading of Ovid's Metamorphoses have influenced her art

Design Portfolio
Craft and design in Northern Ireland enters a period of rejuvenation, Irish architecture is lauded internationally, and the Irish Arts Review in association with the Crafts Council of Ireland launches two craft awards, writes Eleanor Flegg in her preview of the autumn design season

Back to the Lighthouse
Mike Fitzpatrick visits the studio of John Shinnors ahead of his exhibition at the Wexford Arts Centre this October

Deconstructing the Maze
Dara McGrath's photographs of the demolition of the Maze Prison in Belfast resound with an eerie silence, writes Marianne O'Kane Boal

Spliced Realities
A solo exhibition at the West Cork Arts Centre is an integral part of the AIB Prize won by Diana Copperwhite in 2007, writes Alannah Hopkin

Judgement Day
Geraldine O'Neill's new paintings for Dra’ocht this autumn use the genre of still life to tackle contemporary artistic issues, writes Jane Humphries

The Moonlight Mezzanine
Gerard Cox's sculptural background is present in his two-dimensional work, writes Andrew Folan, ahead of the artist's exhibition at Graphic Studio Gallery in November

Horizons of Light
''I don't want to be standing behind the work, I want to be standing in front of it with you', William McKeown tells Emily Mark FitzGerald ahead of his exhibition at IMMA in November

Against the Canon
Brian McAvera sees the beginnings of a new acceptance of the contemporary in the 127th Annual Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition

On the Waterfront
A tangible sense of place and reinvigoration now pervades Belfast's Laganside as a result of extensive commissioning of public sculpture, writes Marianne O'Kane Boal

Breon O'Casey: Influence and Synthesis
Breon O'Casey has assimilated motifs from the St Ives School and primitivism and made them his own, writes Brian Fallon ahead of his exhibition at Beaux Art Gallery Bath

Re-composing the Past
Isobel Harbison discusses the artistic preoccupations of Sean Lynch, ahead of his 'Recent Finds' exhibition at the Gallery of Photography

A Fairyland Mise-en-Scene
Nicola Gordon Bowe recalls the triumph of a youthful Harry Clarke in 1913 when he left publisher George G Harrup's London office with a commission to illustrate Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

A Modern Master
This September the London studio of F E McWilliam will be unveiled in the artist's hometown of Banbridge, Co Down, writes Denise Ferran

Reflections of An Age of Grace
Paul Caffrey previews 'Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1740-1808) A Life in Pictures' opening at the National Gallery of Ireland in November

Daniel Maclise: History and Spectacle
John Turpin examines the influence of Victorian literature and theatrical production in the compositions of Cork-born artist Daniel Maclise, the subject of an exhibition at the Crawford Gallery of Art this October

Petrie and the Haldimand Album
Philip McEvansoneya looks at how George Petrie's 1828 version of The Last Circuit of the Pilgrims at Clonmacnoise, came to be commissioned for Ôthe celebrated Album of a Lady'

Meter House
Paul Harron applauds the skilful restoration of the Meter House, a Victorian terracotta gem in Belfast

A Strategic Portfolio
Cathal O'Neill highlights the achievements of A+D Wejchert Architects' successful career in Ireland

Art of Glass
Audrey Whitty discusses the work of Ireland's participants at 'European Glass Context 2008' in