The painter and the poet
On 19 October this year, Estella Solomons HRHA (1882–1968) was honoured with a plaque on the left-hand gatepost of the entrance to the An Taisce wildlife sanctuary Read More
Art News
RUA Annual Exhibition
New from the Winter 2022 edition. There were 2,000 entries to the Royal Ulster Academy’s annual exhibition this year, of which 332 were selected to exhibit and 13 awarded prizes. Read More
RDS Visual Arts Awards
New from the Winter 2022 edition. What you’re seeing is a cutting-edge snapshot of the future of Irish art,’ says artist Aideen Barry, curator of this year’s RDS Visual Arts Awards. B Read More
The Follies Trust
New from the Autumn 2022 edition. After decades of neglect, the final quarter of the 20th century saw a rise of public interest in the Irish country house, together with its demesnes and designed landscapes. Read More
Contemporary painting awards
New from the Autumn 2022 edition. Three Irish artists – Bernadette Kiely, Helen G Blake and Michelle Conway – are shortlisted for the 2022 Contemporary British Painting Prize. Read More
New director at the NGI
New from the Autumn 2022 edition. The National Gallery of Ireland’s new director will come from the National Gallery, London, where she is Director of Collections and Research, a position that in itself makes her a high-status catch Read More
Heritage Council initiatives
New from the Summer 2022 edition. A tree-covered mound in Monaghan and a 19th-century church and graveyard in Kerry may not have much in common, but both were among the sites recently selected for the Heritage Council’s Adopt a Monument programme Read More
Cian Burke: a world on edge
New from the Summer 2022 edition. When a booklet from the Swedish government landed in Cian Burke’s letterbox four years ago, its potential for his photographic practice wasn’t immediately apparent. Read More
girls girls girls
New from the Summer 2022 edition. Work by the acclaimed French artist Louise Bourgeois is included in an exhibition entitled ‘girls girls girls’, on show at Lismore Castle Arts in the grounds of the Duke of Devonshire’s Lismore Castle in Co Waterford.
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Honouring St Brigid
This year marks the third iteration of Hamilton Gallery’s St Brigid’s exhibition series, a group show by Irish women artists marking Lá Fhéile Bríde. Read More