New from the Spring 2018 edition. To be elected as an ordinary (there are forty of them) councillor of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in May 2014, then to be elected to Dáil Éireann in the 2016 general election and then Read More
The Irish Arts Review remembers Patrick Pye (1929-2018) who recently passed away. Patrick Pye was credited with revitalising religious art through his paintings, designs for stained-glass and a number of altarpieces. He was also a noted printmaker and a writer of clarity on … Read More
The recent discovery in Finland of three new Kollwitz works missing since the end of World War II will have pleased those who enjoyed the recent exhibition of her work entitled ‘Life, Death and War’ at the National Gallery of … Read More
We mourn the passing of Nikki Gordon Bowe, a long-time contributor to the Irish Arts Review Read More
New from the Winter 2017 edition. Something different going on in Marsh’s Library beside St Patrick’s Cathedral is an exhibition of print works by Melissa Ellis. Read More
New from the Winter 2017 edition. ALTHOUGH the Arts Council’s 2016 Strategy Document was introduced under the enigmatic headline of ‘Making Great Art Work’, in practice the AC appears to have rather little to do with ‘Great Art’. Read More
ONCE upon a time, the sky was the limit for tax exemptions for artists and the likes of Bono and the boys enjoyed tax-free incomes to beat the band. Read More
New from the Autumn 2017 edition. The physical condition of the whole NCAD campus is so poor that there is a danger of a patchwork solution being implemented 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. Read More
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