Irish Arts Review: The Quarterly Review of Irish Art

There are echoes of the old Roman circus on the bases of Irish high crosses at Clonmacnoise, Monasterboice and Lorrha, writes Peter Harbison

Barbara Warren’s work, rather than startling or imposing on the eye, invites the spectator to come in, writes Hilary Pyle

In a world where the analogue is routinely discarded, Aoife Shanahan’s explorations invite us to look more closely and more intensely at the image, writes Stephanie McBride

The legacy of stained-glass artist Helen Moloney is in the vibrancy of her colours and her use of coloured glass and lead lines in an abstract manner, writes Bart Felle

The sea’s characteristics, particularly its unpredictability and perpetual rhythm, continuously inspire, Alva Gallagher tells Carissa Farrell

The Irish Arts Review mourns the loss of Dublin-born sculptor Janet Mullarney who passed away earlier this month, after a long illness, at her home in Italy. A member of Aosdána and the Royal Hibernian Academy, Mullarney was one of the foremost sculptors of her generation. Read More

What’s On

Dublin: Intangible Realities

The Molesworth Gallery shows new work by Gillian Lawler. Titled ‘There Are Intangible Realities Which Float Near Us, Formless and Without Words’, it continues the artists exploration of place, organisation, relocation and transformation in a variety of media. The exhibition … Read More

Painting

Shifting Sands

New from the Spring 2020 edition. Tom Climent’s recent paintings appear to edge more and more away from pure abstraction, writes Mark Ewart Read More

Sculpture

Tidal force

New from the Spring 2020 edition. The sea’s characteristics, particularly its unpredictability and perpetual rhythm, continuously inspire, Alva Gallagher tells Carissa Farrell Read More

Architecture & Design

Dublin’s MoLI

New from the Spring 2020 edition. Newman House is undoubtedly the right locus for this major initiative, where there is an affinity between form and content, writes Niall McCullough about Dublin’s new museum of literature Read More

Photography

Shadow lands

New from the Spring 2020 edition. In a world where the analogue is routinely discarded, Aoife Shanahan’s explorations invite us to look more closely and more intensely at the image, writes Stephanie McBride Read More

Heritage

Radiant legacy

New from the Spring 2020 edition. The legacy of stained-glass artist Helen Moloney is in the vibrancy of her colours and her use of coloured glass and lead lines in an abstract manner, writes Bart Felle Read More

From the archive

A Fairyland Mise-en scéne

NICOLA GORDON BOWE examines a rare collection of Harry Clarke’s first published illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales
Many of Harry Clarke’s original pen and ink drawings and watercolours for five books he illustrated for the London publishers, George G … Read More

Books

The Irish Tower House Society, economy and environment c.1300–1650

New from the Spring 2020 edition. The Irish Tower House Society, economy and environment c.1300–1650 reviewed by Tadhg O’Keeffe Read More

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