Valuing our artists
New from the Spring 2019 edition. Artist studio space in Ireland is increasingly difficult to secure writes Brian McAvera Read More
Art Comment
Graffiti Artist Aches on Canvas
Twenty-six year-old Dubliner Aches has designed and created original artworks for projects all over Europe and the United States, and now he’s having his first solo show with works on canvas. Read More
What now for Dublin’s College Green Pedestrian Plaza?
New from the Winter 2018 edition. Bord Pleanála’s decision to turn down Dublin City Council’s plans for a carfree plaza at College Green came as a shock to many. Read More
90 Irish female visual artists in London celebrating St Brigid’s Day
90 Irish female visual artists’ work will be on display in the 12 Star Gallery in London in a contemporary art exhibition celebrating St Brigid’s Day on February 1st. Read More
Galway 2020 – Arts Groups Rally to the Cause
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
Where have all the Painters gone?
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
Ringing in The New at the RHA
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
Student Art at Dublin Airport
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
Free entry to public galleries?
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
The Ideal Candidate
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