In pursuit of provenance: the last Knight of Glin?

John Mulcahy pays tribute to the scholarly and tireless advocate for Ireland’s cultural heritage, Desmond FitzGerald the 29th Knight of Glin

 

From the Sierra de las Nieves
Michael Cullen’s long connection to the Spanish village of Casarabonela has brought him full circle in his approach to paint, writes Isabella Evangelisti as the Taylor Galleries host his exhibition which continues until mid December. Click here to read the article

 

Mapping the map-maker
Life and art are seamlessly interwoven in the career of Tim Robinson, writes Peter Murray of the Connemara-based writer-cartographer

 

A Hole in the Future
Jenny Fitzgibbon previews Isabel Nolan’s solo show at the Model, Sligo this winter where the Dublin-born artist will also install a new site-specific steel sculpture

 

Cleary & Connolly sans frontières
In the first of a new series highlighting the work of Irish artists abroad, Helen O’Donoghue discusses the practice of award-winning duo Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly who have been based in Paris since 1990

 

Colm Brennan: translations
Truth to materials and the never-ending striving for simplicity are Colm Brennan’s guiding forces, he tells Brian McAvera, while a show of his small bronzes continues at the Irish Arts Center in New York until mid December

 

Cork printmakers at Twenty
Founded by Patricia Mortell and Sinéad ni Chionaola twenty years ago, Cork Printmakers is now an essential resource for artists of the region, writes Angela Griffith

 

Snapshots for posterity
During the 1950s, Elinor Wiltshire was one of the few female photographers working in Ireland; David Davison recalls the woman he knew whose work is on view in ‘Small Lives’ at the National Photographic Archive, Dublin

 

Unlocking John Luke
Dickon Hall’s critical assessment of John Luke’s early London paintings and works on paper illuminate our understanding of an uncommon artist

 

Before the Great Famine
Anne Hodge examines a portfolio of 19th-century watercolours by William Evans of Eton documenting the wild beauty of Connemara prior to the Great Famine from the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland

 

In memoria
The higher echelons of Norman society ensured their image would remain in memory through their elaborate tomb sculpture, writes Peter Harbison

 

Parliament house to Bank of Ireland
David Griffin traces the architectural history of Dublin’s magisterial Parliament House, while John Mulcahy examines the proposal to convert it from banking house to a national literature centre

 

Kevin Roche: design and development
Ellen Rowley reviews the career of Irish-born, Pritzker prize-winner Kevin Roche as documented in a new publication and exhibition

 

Building as machine
Kevin Donovan provides an analysis of the Commissioners of Irish Lights Headquarters in Dún Laoghaire by Scott Tallon Walker Architects

 

The fabric of history
Robert O’Byrne looks at the international success of the Irish linen industry as examined in a new publication by Kathleen Curtis Wilson

 

Pitch perfect
Jennifer Goff focuses on the 19th-century music room at the National Museum of Ireland’s display tracing the development of Irish furniture from 1600 to the present

 

A woman of substance
Nicola Gordon Bowe reflects on the full trajectory of Sonja Landweer’s career whose retrospective at VISUAL in Carlow continues into the New Year

 

Evolutionary by design
Joseph McBrinn looks at the Enignum range by innovative furniture-maker Joseph Walsh on view at Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin

 

 

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The Whole planet is a Garden: the Genius of John Kingerlee reviewed by Declan McGonagle

The Paper Garden: Mrs Delany (Begins Her Life’s Work) at 72 r eviewed by Muriel McCarthy

Glendalough: City of God reviewed by Cormac Bourke

Albert Bender Collection of Asian Art in the National Museum of Ireland
reviewed by Ruth Starr
Ghosts of the Faithful Departed reviewed by Fiona Kearney
Reading the Maps: a Guide to the Historic Towns Atlas reviewed by Mic Moroney
Lough Swilly: A Living Landscape reviewed by Howard Clarke
Donald Teskey: A Connemara Folio reviewed by Roisin Kennedy

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