Rita Duffy’s exhibition of new work at the F E McWilliam Gallery & Studio is inspired by a three-month residency in Norway and combines the influence of Nordic myth and culture with familiar themes from the artist’s oeuvre, writes Riann Coulter
Isabella Evangelisti reports on Peter Pearson’s views of Dublin on exhibition at the James Joyce Centre in April, which capture his regard for the city in all its aspects.
Marianne O’Kane Boal reports on the first cultural partnership between the Port of Cork and Belfast Harbour
‘Putting a helicopter in the sky isn’t a political statement, it’s just that I saw more helicopters than seagulls’, Dermot Seymour tells Brian McAvera as his retrospective continues at the Irish College in Paris.
Michael Quane’s sculpture celebrates the ordinary citizen rather than leading political figures, writes Peter Murray in his appraisal of the Cork-born artist
Is street art anti-social behaviour or has it been transformed into a vital and socially-engaged practice that reclaims our urban environment?
Silvia Loeffler considers the politics of visual expression
Seán Ó Mordha asks James O’Connor to reflect on the development of his practice since his move to Munich in 1977
Using a selection of germane quotations Rolf Loeber recalls his mentor, the late Maurice Craig; their literary exchange taking the form of a tete-a-tete.
Despite the obscurity of their lives, and the uneven nature of their work, John Butts and Nathaniel Grogan merit the attention the Crawford Art Gallery’s exhibition now gives them, writes Tom Dunne
Muirne Lydon reveals the original brilliance of Murillo’s Prodigal Son as degraded varnish and old restorations are painstakingly removed from the 17th-century series at the National Gallery of Ireland
A visit by Lady Caroline Lamb to Kilkenny and Lismore in 1812
Brought to Ireland to gain distance from Byron, Lady Caroline Lamb instead found inspiration for her novel’s central character based on the poet. Two hundred years later, Peter Murray recalls the historic visit
Mic Moroney looks at a new study from L Perry Curtis that examines images of dispossession dating from the Great Famine and the Land Wars
Cosmopolitan yet connected to local issues, Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt played a prominent role in promoting Ireland’s cultural institutions at a pivotal time in their early history, writes Philip McEvansoneya
Through the ambition of its fellows, legal entitlement and generous bequests, the Old Library, Trinity College Dublin has amassed a world-famous collection, writes Charles Benson in celebration of its tercentenary.
Making a virtue of necessity, Belfast’s Metropolitan Arts Centre has triumphed over its tight location in Cathedral Quarter, writes Paul Harron.
In a new series of landscapes at the Gordon Gallery, Derry, Bernadette Madden’s mastery with a demanding medium evokes a richly atmospheric sense of place, writes James Hanley
Jennifer Goff selects Sasha Sykes’ contemporary screen inspired by Eileen Gray’s original
