Irish Arts Review: The Quarterly Review of Irish Art

The class of 2019 redefines what characterises visual culture today through their individual practices, writes Paul Caffrey

John Egan’s Portable Irish harp became the archetypal Irish harp, writes Nancy Hurrell

‘I knew from the age of three what I wanted to do,’ sculptor Carolyn Mulholland tells Brian McAvera

Using satellite imaging, photographer David Thomas Smith echoes the Arecibo radio message transmitted into deep space forty-five years ago, writes Stephanie McBride

Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith meets painter and sculptor Marcel Vidal

New from the Summer 2019 edition. Years of ineffective heritage management, and neglect by owners, have left many historic buildings in Cork city in a poor state, with nearly one hundred listed as derelict. Read More

What’s On

Castlebar: Forgotten Existence

Robert Ryan’s ‘Forgotten Existence’ opens in the Linenhall Arts Centre. The artist’s paintings combine an interest in Old Master painting and allegorical concepts, including the infinity of space and time, solitude, vulnerability, fragility and the cycle of life.
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Painting

Multiplicity

New from the Autumn 2019 edition. Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith meets painter and sculptor Marcel Vidal
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Sculpture

Shifting Angles

New from the Autumn 2019 edition. ‘I knew from the age of three what I wanted to do,’ sculptor Carolyn Mulholland tells Brian McAvera Read More

Architecture & Design

Sinéad Brennan

New from the Autumn 2019 edition. Going to art college to study glass design was the first of many non-conventional steps Sinéad Brennan has taken to carve out a new kind of career path. Read More

Photography

Alchemy of shadows

New from the Autumn 2019 edition. Using satellite imaging, photographer David Thomas Smith echoes the Arecibo radio message transmitted into deep space forty-five years ago, writes Stephanie McBride Read More

Heritage

Restored splendour

New from the Autumn 2019 edition. The historically important Doneraile Court in north Cork has opened its doors to the public following an extensive conservation and renovation project, writes Peter Pearson
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Books

The unveiling of a sculpture by Albert Power (1881-1945) in 1935 afforded a golden opportunity to an unidentified photographer. The location: Galway’s Eyre Square; the statue: writer Pádraic Ó’Conaire; the officiator: Éamon de Valera. Read More

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Arts Council

Arts Council expresses its regret at the death of Micky Donnelly
Ministers Madigan and McHugh announce new and enhanced initiatives to support creativity in schools
President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins announces Frank Ormsby as the Ireland Professor of Poetry 2019
Arts Council announces recipient of Jerome Hynes Fellowship 2019/2020

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