Brian Fallont races the cosmopolitan influences at work in the painterly language of Makiko Nakamura
Well within living memory, abstract painting was semi-officially considered not only the most vital element in contemporary painting, but the predestined art of the future as well. Its supporters were adamant in claiming that it was the ultimate, inevitable stage in artistic progress, rather as Lenin’s (or Stalin’s) Communist state was held to be the ne plus ultra in the socio-political field. Similar claims were made for 12- note music, which was widely and dogmatically held to have supplanted the Western tonal system forever and a day.
Proving that good design is timeless, Virginia Teehan presents a selection of rare artefacts travelling to Boston College, celebrating Irish design from the Arts and Crafts Movement.
In response to the 1916 centenary, EVA International takes as its theme, the post-colonial legacy on the psyche and imagination of colonized communities, writes Michaele Cutaya.
A recent visit to Sligo County Library prompts Peter Harbison to ask, could our national institutions do more to give local communities access to their treasures?