New from the Winter 2018 edition. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory best sums up the behaviour of the powers-that-be in Galway after the region was awarded European City of Culture for 2020. Read More
New from the Winter 2018 edition. From this year’s RDS Visual Artists Awards, ‘a snapshot of the best of 2018 graduates from across the island of Ireland’, whittled down from a longlist of some 121 graduates to a lucky thirteen, not one Irish art graduate with a painting portfolio was selected Read More
New from the Winter 2018 edition. The Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) Annual Exhibition had a record number of artists and their work on show this year, but the real record-breaker was the appointment last month of their first female President in its 195-year history, Abigail O’Brien Read More
It’s not easy for young artists fresh out of art college to find space to show their work. A new initiative between Dublin Airport (a subsidiary of daa), Business to Arts and the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), ‘Creative Journeys’ is a two-year public art programme Read More
New from the Autumn 2018 edition. At the same time as the Glorious Renovation at the National Gallery of Ireland last year, another little innovation seems to have arrived in Merrion Square with no comment whatsoever. Read More
New from the Autumn 2018 edition. Are we not extremely fortunate to have a person as highly qualified, in so many respects, as Michael D Higgins to offer himself in re-election for the Presidency of Ireland over the next seven years? Read More
New from the Summer 2018 edition. The Central Bank goes to considerable trouble in selecting designs for new Irish coins and recently introduced a new website where the public can buy collector coins online Read More
New from the Summer 2018 edition. Make no mistake about it, the Per Cent for Art Scheme (PCAS) introduced in 1986 has already provided the greatest stimulus for the production of new art since the foundation of the state Read More
New from the Summer 2018 edition. Is there any hope at all that the new Minister for the Arts, Josepha Madigan will provide a new and substantial boost of income directly to Irish artists? Read More
New from the Spring 2018 edition: The University of Malaga has announced a research award in memory of the Irish artist George Campbell who lived for many years in the south of Spain. Read More