In addition to creating a likeness of her daughter, Geraldine O’Neill has in mind the age-old interrogation of representation, writes Robert Ballagh of this year’s recipient of the Ireland-U.S. Council/Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award
Brian Fallon traces painterly antecedents in the work of that most European of artists, Stephen McKenna, ahead
of his thematic exhibition at Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane
Imelda Kilbane’s paintings are hewn from the wild and rugged Achill Island in County Mayo, writes Mark Ewart as the artist’s first solo exhibition
Brian McAvera examines a provocative new series from Colin Davidson, which brings us face to face with those who have been overlooked in Northern Ireland’s hard-won peace
Eilis O’Brien previews a selection of sculpture by Eamonn Ceannt who draws inspiration from the dynamic form of dancers in movement currently on view at Gormley’s Fine Art, Belfast
On the 150th anniversary of its completion, Michael O’Neill traces key chapters in the Pakenham-Guinness Restoration of St Patrick’s Cathedral 1845-1865
‘I like painting with a gun to my head,· Nick Miller tells Brian McAvera about techniques he’s adopted in order to capture immediacy in his art
Seán Kissane reflects on the career of Gerda Frömel whose handling of form echoes Brancusi’s statement ‘Beauty is absolute equity.’
Eimear O’Connor pays tribute to Margaret Irwin-West, who quietly embodies Jean Paul Sartre’s dictum
Michael Nolan’s images of a present-day meitheal invoke much older notions of kinship and identity, writes Stephanie McBride of the photographer’s festival sketches.
Overcoming the slow down at home, Irish architects Heneghan Peng, Grafton Architects, O’Donnell+Tuomey amongst others have looked to international competitions, but overseas projects are not without risk, writes John McLaughlin
Pat Donlon pays tribute to the bibliophile whose private collection furnished the newly founded National Library in 1877
James Watson could trace his family’s artistic lineage to York Minster and following his move to Cork he launched a new tradition to last a hundred years, writes Vera Ryan.
Karen Mullaney-Oignam reveals the extent of the Bryce family collection as their former home on Garinish Island, County Cork opens to the public this summer
Described by Thomas Carlyle as 4a huge grey pile,’ Dromana today resembles its modest 17th-century form; Robert O’Byrne recounts the history of this house and the prominence of its formidable female line
Eimear O’Connor selects Sean Keating’s Wagon Train at Ardnacrusha from the ESB Collection
