Resplendent in its latest reconstruction, the National Gallery of Ireland needs a new and inspiring ‘Mission’ that places Irish art and artists at the centre of its activities, argues John Mulcahy Read More
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The Arts Council’s mandate is pretty straight forward. To quote the relevant Act of 2003 the Arts Council is empowered ‘to assist in the development or advancement of the arts Read More
AS USUAL, Irish artists will get little exposure in the Galway International Arts Festival (GIAF) where Paul Fahy is the Artistic Director, and which kicks off this year on 17 July. Read More
THE ANNUAL election for new members to the ranks of Aosdána was overshadowed this year by the more pressing issue of the Arts Council’s controversial new proposals for ‘the overall governance and administration of Aosdána’. Nevertheless the elections resulted in … Read More
NOT everyone may be familiar with the annual EU Prizes for Cultural Heritage for the simple reason that they are called Europa Nostra Awards. The scheme celebrates best practice related to heritage conservation, research, management, voluntarism, education and communication and … Read More
IT IS EXACTLY FIVE years since the Irish Arts Review featured Richard Mosse’s infrared film on the Congo called INFRA in an essay by Stephanie McBride (see IAR Summer 2012 pps 86/90). Now Mosse has earned himself and his team … Read More
THE SAGA involving the future of the Mount Congreve estate outside Waterford started back in 1979 when Ambrose Congreve transferred his personal ownership to the Mount Congreve Trust at a meeting with the then Taoiseach, Jack Lynch. At the same … Read More
CORK CITY will be festooned with Fine Art Prints during the Cork Midsummer Festival which takes place this year in the last week of June. A trail of print exhibitions will stretch across the city in such notable locations as … Read More
THERE IS A tradition in the Royal Hibernian Academy for a retiring President to ask a fellow Academician to paint their Presidential portrait. When Stephen McKenna stepped down as President in 2009 after four years at the helm, he asked … Read More
ON THE FRONT PAGE of The Irish Times dated 16 May 2017, there was a very large and arresting photograph of Fine Gael leadership contender Leo Varadkar facing straight out to camera with a rather smug grin on his face … Read More