Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Carving history

Carving history

Paula Murphy celebrates the work of one of Ireland’s most esteemed sculptors, John Henry Foley


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Holding her own

Holding her own

At a time when men dominated the profession, Mildred Anne Butler achieved parity as an artist with her distinguished male contemporaries, writes Tom Duffy


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Enchanted garden

Enchanted garden

Ann Wilson explores Harry Clarke’s only stained-glass windows in Kerry, which feature fairytale elements unusual in a religious setting


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On the road

On the road

Julie Brazil and Emer McGarry look at Jack Butler Yeats’ images of Irish Travellers and the wandering poor, which provide a glimpse of his consistent interest in those who lived a nomadic life


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Pioneer Modernist

Pioneer Modernist

Riann Coulter traces the path of the sculptor Hilary Heron, whose retrospective exhibition is showing at the Irish Museum of Modern Art


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Dreamscapes

Dreamscapes

Aidan Dunne finds in the paintings of Anita Shelbourne subjects woven into the very fabric of environment


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Receding planes

Receding planes

Dickon Hall considers the work of Northern Irish artist Arthur Armstrong on the centenary of his birth


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Painter and advocate

Painter and advocate

Logan Sisley salutes an indomitable and towering figure in Irish art, Sarah Purser


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Reclaiming Danby

Reclaiming Danby

Mary Stratton Ryan traces the life and career of Wexford-born artist Francis Alfred Danby


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New World pioneer

New World pioneer

Martha Severens tells the story of Henrietta de Beaulieu Dering Johnston, who travelled from Dublin to Charles Town, South Carolina, becoming America’s first professional woman artist


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Forgotten Stories

Forgotten Stories

Once prominent in Irish life, the vicereines and their legacies are largely overlooked, but the faces of these women have now been afforded a place on the walls of Dublin Castle, writes Myles Campbell


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Winning Ways

Winning Ways

Gabriel Hayes was invariably identified in the press as a woman, wife, mother and grandmother before being acknowledged as an artist, which distracted from serious critical reception of her work, writes Paula Murphy


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City visions

City visions

Kathryn Milligan traces the career of Harry Aaron Kernoff, whose art was inspired by city life


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An avant-garde

An avant-garde

One gets the sense that Ralph Cusack was always looking for the next project in which to throw himself, writes Adam Pearson


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Figures of Dignity

Figures of Dignity

Flannagan was ecstatic about his first encounter with Ireland and particularly the abundance of different stones lying in the fields in Connemara, writes Paula Murphy


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Force of Nature

Force of Nature

James Gorry recalls the unique life and work of semireclusive painter Jeremiah Hoad, who quietly pursued his ‘gentle art’


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Travelling Irishness

Travelling Irishness

Catherine Manthorne recounts the life and work of the Irish American landscape artist Eliza Pratt Greatorex


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Irish Fauvist

Irish Fauvist

On the fiftieth anniversary of her death, Michael Waldron assesses the work of Cork artist Sylvia Cooke-Collis


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Imaging Connemara

Imaging Connemara

Artist Charles Lamb’s paintings conveyed a romantic ideal of the new Ireland, writes Marie Bourke

 

 


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Scattered fractions

Scattered fractions

Artist Frances Kelly didn’t aim for exact likenesses in her portraits of people or flowers, but rather for some inner, more abstract, significance, writes Hilary Pyle


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Shaping space

Shaping space

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

 


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Modelled contours

Modelled contours

Hilary Pyle recalls the artist Hilda Roberts, two-time winner of the RDS Taylor Art Award, whose talents were apparent from an early age


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Fortune, Prowess and Alchemy

Fortune, Prowess and Alchemy

Like an orchestral conductor, the artist Genieve Figgis encourages and cajoles the passages of paint in her work, writes Cian McLoughlin


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Abstract lyricism

Abstract lyricism

Nuala Clarke describes her process as excavating what’s on the inside, writes Isabella Evangelisisti


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Eagle eye

Eagle eye

Joy Gerrard uses media images to re-image and memorialise crowd events, writes Margarita Cappock


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Lights on

Lights on

Locky Morris is a master of finding beauty and humour in the everyday, writes Riann Coulter


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Wit and whimsy

Wit and whimsy

A collection of drawings and watercolours by Cork artist Daniel Macdonald display his skill as a draughtsman and his wry wit, writes Niamh O’Sullivan


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Systems analysis

Systems analysis

Francis Halsall previews new paintings from Mark Francis which expand the boundaries of the grid to suggest the interconnectivity of today’s network society


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Lux

Lux

Davey Moor explores the qualities of light as a medium for sculpture as seen in a group show at Solstice, Co Meath


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Welcome to the future

Welcome to the future

The six artists selected for Futures have succeeded in reaching an important milestone in their careers, writes Pádraic E Moore


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Life in the round

Life in the round

‘The world changed for me’. Hilary Pyle remembers Melanie le Brocquy’s realisation that sculpture was to be her métier when she discovered the sculpture studio at art school


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The would-be Radicals of the Irish Free State

The would-be Radicals of the Irish Free State


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Margaret Stokes Celtic Connoisseur

Margaret Stokes Celtic Connoisseur


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John James Barralet in Dublin and Philadelphia

John James Barralet in Dublin and Philadelphia


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The Vicissitudes of the Royal Hibernian Academy

The Vicissitudes of the Royal Hibernian Academy


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American Aid to the National Gallery of Ireland

American Aid to the National Gallery of Ireland


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Texans Sponsor Irish Architectural Archive

Texans Sponsor Irish Architectural Archive


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The Arts and Crafts Movements in Edinburgh (1880-1930) and Dublin (1885-1930)

The Arts and Crafts Movements in Edinburgh (1880-1930) and Dublin (1885-1930)


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Open Exhibition of Contemporary Irish Art

Open Exhibition of Contemporary Irish Art


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The Somerville & Ross Commemorative Festival

The Somerville & Ross Commemorative Festival


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A Loan Exhibition of Selected Works of Art: November to December 1984

A Loan Exhibition of Selected Works of Art: November to December 1984


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Corrigendum: Dun Emer: The Origins

Corrigendum: Dun Emer: The Origins


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Miro International Prize Exhibition

Miro International Prize Exhibition


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Venice Biennale for Architecture

Venice Biennale for Architecture


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George Moore: Artist and Art Critic

George Moore: Artist and Art Critic


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The Irish Exhibition of Living Art

The Irish Exhibition of Living Art


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Irish Landscapists in Rome 1750-1780

Irish Landscapists in Rome 1750-1780


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Patrick Collins and ‘The Sense of Place’

Patrick Collins and ‘The Sense of Place’


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Art and Design in Europe and America 1800-1900

Art and Design in Europe and America 1800-1900


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Richard Long: ‘Stone Fields’

Richard Long: ‘Stone Fields’


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Irish Women Artists from the 18th Century to the Present Day

Irish Women Artists from the 18th Century to the Present Day


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L’Epoque, la Mode, la Morale, la Passion Aspects de l’Art d’Aujord’hui

L’Epoque, la Mode, la Morale, la Passion Aspects de l’Art d’Aujord’hui


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Cinquantenaire de l’Exposition International des Arts et des Techniques dans la Vie Moderne

Cinquantenaire de l’Exposition International des Arts et des Techniques dans la Vie Moderne


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Sailing to Byzantium: The Portraits of Edward McGuire

Sailing to Byzantium: The Portraits of Edward McGuire


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Rose Barton’s Talent Displayed

Rose Barton’s Talent Displayed


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“The Art That Is Life”: The Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1875-1920

“The Art That Is Life”: The Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1875-1920


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Je Suis Le Cahier: The Sketch-Books of Picasso

Je Suis Le Cahier: The Sketch-Books of Picasso


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Sir Alfred Chester Beatty and the NGI

Sir Alfred Chester Beatty and the NGI


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Russian Style 1700-1920: Court and Country Dress from the Hermitage

Russian Style 1700-1920: Court and Country Dress from the Hermitage


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Baghdad International Festival of Arts

Baghdad International Festival of Arts


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British Art in the 20th Century: The Modern Movement

British Art in the 20th Century: The Modern Movement


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The Later Italian Paintings in the NGI

The Later Italian Paintings in the NGI


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Jane and Tony O’Malley at Home

Jane and Tony O’Malley at Home


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Sampson Towgood Roch, Miniaturist

Sampson Towgood Roch, Miniaturist


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Jane Morgan, a Forgotten Irish Artist

Jane Morgan, a Forgotten Irish Artist


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Interview with Nelly O’Brien de Lacy

Interview with Nelly O’Brien de Lacy


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Qu’Est-Ce Que la Sculpture Moderne?

Qu’Est-Ce Que la Sculpture Moderne?


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Thoughts on the Roderic O’Conor Exhibition

Thoughts on the Roderic O’Conor Exhibition


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Patrick Ireland: Drawings 1965-1985

Patrick Ireland: Drawings 1965-1985


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Divisions, Crossroads, Turns of Mind: Some New Irish Art

Divisions, Crossroads, Turns of Mind: Some New Irish Art


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Irish Artists and Society in Eighteenth Century Rome

Irish Artists and Society in Eighteenth Century Rome


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Barrie Cooke on Paint and Painters

Barrie Cooke on Paint and Painters


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Remembering Mother and Miss Yeats

Remembering Mother and Miss Yeats


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Samuel Lover’s Achievement as a Painter

Samuel Lover’s Achievement as a Painter


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The Kilkenny Art Gallery Society

The Kilkenny Art Gallery Society


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The New Generation: Denis Farrell and Mike Fitzpatrick

The New Generation: Denis Farrell and Mike Fitzpatrick


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The Dublin School of Landscape and Ornament 1800-1854

The Dublin School of Landscape and Ornament 1800-1854


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Moments et Folies de la Femme Fatale

Moments et Folies de la Femme Fatale


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Interview with Hilda van Stockum

Interview with Hilda van Stockum


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Roderic O’Conor: The Elusive Personality

Roderic O’Conor: The Elusive Personality


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Impressions of an Irish Countess

Impressions of an Irish Countess


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Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Ireland at the National Gallery, London

Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Ireland at the National Gallery, London


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Hughie O’Donoghue: An Interview

Hughie O’Donoghue: An Interview


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Four Irish Artists at the São Paulo Bienal

Four Irish Artists at the São Paulo Bienal


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Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Ireland on Show in London

Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Ireland on Show in London


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The October Exhibition – 16 Irish Artists

The October Exhibition – 16 Irish Artists


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The GPA Awards for Emerging Artists 1984

The GPA Awards for Emerging Artists 1984


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Two Tribes – Liam Magee & Dermot Seymour

Two Tribes – Liam Magee & Dermot Seymour


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The Age of Vermeer and de Hooch: Masterpieces of 17th Century Dutch Genre Painting

The Age of Vermeer and de Hooch: Masterpieces of 17th Century Dutch Genre Painting


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A Pre-Raphaelite Enigma in Belfast

A Pre-Raphaelite Enigma in Belfast


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Kilkenny Art Gallery Society: Personal Choice

Kilkenny Art Gallery Society: Personal Choice


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The City’s Art: The Original Collection

The City’s Art: The Original Collection


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Rococo: Art and Design in Hogarth’s England

Rococo: Art and Design in Hogarth’s England


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National Art-Collections Fund N.I. Branch

National Art-Collections Fund N.I. Branch


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Castellani and Giuliano: Revivalist Jewellers of the Nineteenth Century

Castellani and Giuliano: Revivalist Jewellers of the Nineteenth Century


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Silver Exhibition at Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire

Silver Exhibition at Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire


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The First Touring Exhibition of Contemporary Patchwork Wallhangings Called Breacadh

The First Touring Exhibition of Contemporary Patchwork Wallhangings Called Breacadh


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S. W. Hayter, Taylor Galleries, Dublin

S. W. Hayter, Taylor Galleries, Dublin


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International Ceramics Fair & Seminar Limited

International Ceramics Fair & Seminar Limited


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The Lynn Brothers, Architect and Sculptor

The Lynn Brothers, Architect and Sculptor


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Irish Portrait and Subject Painters in Rome 1750-1800

Irish Portrait and Subject Painters in Rome 1750-1800


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The Aran Fisherman’s Drowned Child

The Aran Fisherman’s Drowned Child


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The National College of Art under Keating & MacGonigal

The National College of Art under Keating & MacGonigal


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A Painter of Living Art: Jack P. Hanlon 1913-1968

A Painter of Living Art: Jack P. Hanlon 1913-1968


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Daniel O’ Neill (1920-1974): Landscape and Figure Painter

Daniel O’ Neill (1920-1974): Landscape and Figure Painter


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Luke Gardiner (1745-98): An Irish Dilettante

Luke Gardiner (1745-98): An Irish Dilettante


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Practical Patriots and True Irishmen the Royal Irish Art Union 1839-59

Practical Patriots and True Irishmen the Royal Irish Art Union 1839-59


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Rhythm, Repetition and Reproduction Re-Experiencing the Art of James Coleman

Rhythm, Repetition and Reproduction Re-Experiencing the Art of James Coleman


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In the Mainstream of Irish Naturalism: The Art of Lilian Lucy Davidson, 1879-1954

In the Mainstream of Irish Naturalism: The Art of Lilian Lucy Davidson, 1879-1954


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‘Modelled Muscularity’: Daniel Robertson’s Tudor Manors

‘Modelled Muscularity’: Daniel Robertson’s Tudor Manors


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L’Art de Vivre: The Designs of Eileen Gray (1878-1976)

L’Art de Vivre: The Designs of Eileen Gray (1878-1976)


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Henry Jones Thaddeus: An Irish Artist in Italy

Henry Jones Thaddeus: An Irish Artist in Italy


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‘What Are You Doing There with That Pencil?’ the Integrity of Camille Souter

‘What Are You Doing There with That Pencil?’ the Integrity of Camille Souter


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Insider on the outside: Thomas Ryan PPRHA

Insider on the outside: Thomas Ryan PPRHA


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John Campbell (1883-1962) an Artist of the Irish Revival

John Campbell (1883-1962) an Artist of the Irish Revival


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Recollections of Roderic O’Conor an Interview with His Grandniece

Recollections of Roderic O’Conor an Interview with His Grandniece


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Painters and Illustrators Aloysius O’Kelly and Vincent Van Gogh

Painters and Illustrators Aloysius O’Kelly and Vincent Van Gogh


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Who Was ‘Rogers, a Pupil of Woodward’?

Who Was ‘Rogers, a Pupil of Woodward’?


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The Hamwood Ladies: Letitia and Eva Hamilton

The Hamwood Ladies: Letitia and Eva Hamilton


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The Talented and Idle Mr. William Gandy in Ireland

The Talented and Idle Mr. William Gandy in Ireland


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Choosing the Battleground: Robert Ballagh’s Paintings

Choosing the Battleground: Robert Ballagh’s Paintings


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Irish Painters in Paris, 1868-1914

Irish Painters in Paris, 1868-1914


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A Forgotten Artist, Walter Chetwood-Aiken

A Forgotten Artist, Walter Chetwood-Aiken


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The Art of Beatrice Elvery, Lady Glenavy (1883-1970)

The Art of Beatrice Elvery, Lady Glenavy (1883-1970)


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Casimir Dunin Markievicz Painter and Playwright

Casimir Dunin Markievicz Painter and Playwright


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Sidney Smith: Painter and Muralist (1912-1982)

Sidney Smith: Painter and Muralist (1912-1982)


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A Life Devoted to Landscape Painting: William Ashford

A Life Devoted to Landscape Painting: William Ashford


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Edward Martyn and Guests at Tulira

Edward Martyn and Guests at Tulira


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Jack B Yeats: ‘A Complete Individualist’

Jack B Yeats: ‘A Complete Individualist’


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Mainie Jellett and Irish Modernism

Mainie Jellett and Irish Modernism


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A Vision of Ireland: Exhibition Review

A Vision of Ireland: Exhibition Review


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Thomas Bodkin at the National Gallery of Ireland

Thomas Bodkin at the National Gallery of Ireland


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‘Images, Single and Multiple’ 1957-1990

‘Images, Single and Multiple’ 1957-1990


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Word and Image: Man Lying on a Wall: Homage to L. S. Lowry

Word and Image: Man Lying on a Wall: Homage to L. S. Lowry


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Masonic Treasures The Museum at Freedmason’s Hall

Masonic Treasures The Museum at Freedmason’s Hall


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The Hibernian Way: Arthur Gibney on the future of the RHA

The Hibernian Way: Arthur Gibney on the future of the RHA


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Through Time and Space: John Gerrard’s Image Objects

Through Time and Space: John Gerrard’s Image Objects


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Robert Gibbings: Travelling to Bohemia

Robert Gibbings: Travelling to Bohemia


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Sarah Walker: A Naturalist in Hyperborea

Sarah Walker: A Naturalist in Hyperborea


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Style and Substance

Style and Substance

Robert Ballagh has long been recognised for his political engagement; BRIAN McAVERA asks him to enlarge on the artist’s position in
society ahead of his retrospective at the RHA in September


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John Kindness: Rewriting Art History

John Kindness: Rewriting Art History


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A Gallery for the City: Hugh Lane’s Inspiration

A Gallery for the City: Hugh Lane’s Inspiration


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An Enduring Presence: Paul Henry and the Irish Landscape

An Enduring Presence: Paul Henry and the Irish Landscape


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Constructions in Colour and Light

Constructions in Colour and Light


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The Intemperate Life of Thomas Frederick Collier

The Intemperate Life of Thomas Frederick Collier


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In His Own Words: Andy Devane, Architect

In His Own Words: Andy Devane, Architect


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‘A Poetry of Vision’: The Rosc Exhibitions

‘A Poetry of Vision’: The Rosc Exhibitions


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Time, Process, Memory Installation Art by Andrew Kearney

Time, Process, Memory Installation Art by Andrew Kearney


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Purring with Pleasure: The New Chester Beatty Library

Purring with Pleasure: The New Chester Beatty Library


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Frederick Prussia Plowman: A Dublin Painter of the Late-18th Century

Frederick Prussia Plowman: A Dublin Painter of the Late-18th Century


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A Lost Leader: M. J. McNamara and the Arts and Crafts Movement in Cork

A Lost Leader: M. J. McNamara and the Arts and Crafts Movement in Cork


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Academician Supreme the Paintings of David Hone

Academician Supreme the Paintings of David Hone


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Double Identity Aloysius O’Kelly and Arthur Oakley

Double Identity Aloysius O’Kelly and Arthur Oakley


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The art of Looking

The art of Looking

Catherine Marshall visits the studio of Hennessy Craig prize-winner Mollie Douthit as she prepares for a solo exhibition at the Royal Hibernian Academy in 2015


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Brian Ballard in profile

Brian Ballard in profile

Marianne O’Kane Boal hopes a touring retrospective on the work of Brian Ballard will convey the full trajectory of his practice from figuration to abstraction


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Landscape as witness

Landscape as witness

Stephanie McBride draws parallels between recent photography and new works on video by Anthony Haughey to be shown at Limerick City Gallery of Art


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Behind the lines

Behind the lines

Peter Murray remembers the talented artist, Robert Gregory, son of Lady Gregory of Coole Park, whose surviving works are testament to unfulfilled promise


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Artist by the sea: the paintings of Mary Lohan

Artist by the sea: the paintings of Mary Lohan


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Deborah Brown: a life in the round

Deborah Brown: a life in the round


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Rediscovered master of the Dutch golden age

Rediscovered master of the Dutch golden age


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T P Flanagan Landscape and lineage

T P Flanagan Landscape and lineage


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Jim Manley from the hills to the shore

Jim Manley from the hills to the shore


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Rhythmic forms: The constructions of Tony O’Malley

Rhythmic forms: The constructions of Tony O’Malley


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Michael Canning’s eco warriors

Michael Canning’s eco warriors


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Neil Shawcross reinventing still life

Neil Shawcross reinventing still life


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Edward Cecil Guinness: Noblesse Oblige

Edward Cecil Guinness: Noblesse Oblige


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Complementary Spirits: Nano Reid and Gerard Dillon

Complementary Spirits: Nano Reid and Gerard Dillon


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25 years of Irish art: a personal selection

25 years of Irish art: a personal selection


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Albert Bender: A Dubliner’s Collection of Asian Art

Albert Bender: A Dubliner’s Collection of Asian Art


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Thomas Roberts Et in Arcadia Ego

Thomas Roberts Et in Arcadia Ego


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Daniel Maclise: History and Spectacle

Daniel Maclise: History and Spectacle


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Reflections on a Troubled Canvas

Reflections on a Troubled Canvas


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Dara McGrath: Deconstructing the Maze

Dara McGrath: Deconstructing the Maze


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Breon O’Casey: Influence and Synthesis

Breon O’Casey: Influence and Synthesis


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Melita Denara: Upon the Glad Earth

Melita Denara: Upon the Glad Earth


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Cecil King: A Legacy of Painting

Cecil King: A Legacy of Painting


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Lucian Freud: Prophet of Discomfort

Lucian Freud: Prophet of Discomfort


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Between Abstraction and Landscape

Between Abstraction and Landscape


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Mirror To An Age

Mirror To An Age

Judith Hill examines the political content of Robert Ballagh’s survey exhibition at the Hunt Museum, Limerick


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Sarah Purser’s gift for friendship

Sarah Purser’s gift for friendship


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Country girl

Country girl

Mary Stratton Ryan outlines the life and work of artist Phoebe Donovan ahead of an exhibition of her works during the Wexford Arts Festival


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Precious metal

Precious metal

Síghle Bhreathnach-Lynch remembers a leading member of the Celtic Revival, artist Mia Cranwill


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The resurrection of Harry Kernoff

The resurrection of Harry Kernoff

Brian Fallon remembers a modest exhibition that began a love affair with the work of Harry Kernof


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