Declan McGonagle argue for a radical shift in our thinking about the conception and installation of large-scale art exhibitions
Farrell explores the ways in which Susan Connolly, Judy Carroll-Deeley and Jennifer Trouton forge their own vision of oil on canvas at the Solstice in Navan
James Hanley is drawn into Cristina Bunello’s feminine environment where the gazed upon gazes back, at the Cross Gallery, Dublin
To what extent did Irish culture impact on Leonora Carrington’s writing and fantastic imagery? Sean Kissane explores the connections as the retrospective at IMMA continues
Technical developments enable artistic development’: John Behan reflects on the circumstances which spurred his move to sculpture, in conversation here with Brian McAvera
Following a somewhat nomadic upbringing, Cork-born artist Patrick Michael Fitzgerald has put down roots in the Basque Country, as Mark Joyce discovers.
Phyllis Arnold continues the miniaturist’s art of capturing informal portraits of loved ones, writes Paul Caffrey
The botanically-themed exhibition at the National Botanic Gardens demonstrates that nature continues to engage and challenge contemporary artists, writes Angela Griffith
Achill’s desolate beauty has inspired many Irish artists, not least Linda Brownlee who has captured the island’s youth caught between land, sea and sky, writes Stephanie McBride
Eleanor Flegg visits ceramicist Mark Campden’s Kilkenny studio to witness the process behind his gleaming table-ware
A bridge to live in? Louise Cotter visits the project in County Dublin that attracted awards from the RIAI and the AAI Downes Medal for architects Clanc
Brian Fallon recalls his first impression on meeting Mary Swanzy and her Gauguin moment conceived during a visit to Samoa
Paula Murphy examines the background to Oisín Kelly’s immortalization of Big Jim Larkin commissioned by the workers of Ireland
Peter Murray recalls the remarkable, unconventional career of Elizabeth, Lady Butler whose intense feeling for humanity is documented in her paintings
Michael Waldron and Shane Lordan pay tribute to Cork’s prodigy, Samuel Forde, whose precocious talent earned him a comparison with Raphael
