New acquisitions for IMMA
Congratulations to the four contemporary artists whose work has been acquired by IMMA through the Hennessy Art Fund: Kevin Atherton, David Beattie, Rhona Byrne and Dennis McNulty. Read More
Comment Summer 2016
Good News for the Royal Ulster Academy
President Denise Ferran stated that a permanent home has been found for the RUA in a fine old building called Riddle’s Warehouse on Ann Street in Belfast. Read More
Commemorating Irish victims of war
The Arts Council failed to select a single piece of sculpture from the 258 submissions it received (and subsequently financed) for nine projects to commemorate 1916. Any one such monumental sculpture might have permanently enhanced, for instance, the city’s most remarkable and most beautifully sited public park – which is now called the Irish National War Memorial Gardens at Islandbridge. Read More
Dáil Debate
What price the cultural life of the nation? What would our cultural landscape look like without our vigorous arts sector? Read More
Time for the Beit Trustees to Quit?
Following the Irish Arts Review Appeal to Save the Beit Paintings last year, the Trustees of the Beit Foundation at Russborough have now consigned three of the paintings to auction this July. Read More
A voice for the Visual Arts
Although fees to board members of most other semi-state organizations continue to be paid and average upwards of €5,000pa, the arts boards have been unremunerated since the crisis. Read More