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
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
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
New from the Summer 2018 edition. The Central Bank goes to considerable trouble in selecting designs for new Irish coins and recently introduced a new website where the public can buy collector coins online Read More
New from the Summer 2018 edition. Make no mistake about it, the Per Cent for Art Scheme (PCAS) introduced in 1986 has already provided the greatest stimulus for the production of new art since the foundation of the state Read More
New from the Summer 2018 edition. Is there any hope at all that the new Minister for the Arts, Josepha Madigan will provide a new and substantial boost of income directly to Irish artists? Read More
New from the Spring 2018 edition: The University of Malaga has announced a research award in memory of the Irish artist George Campbell who lived for many years in the south of Spain. Read More
In the Spring edition of the Irish Arts Review, it is stated that ‘the Arts Council has increased the Cnuas payments from €12,180 per annum to €20,000 per annum over the next three years.’ That statement was taken from an Arts Council Press Release in 2008 and unfortunately did not come to pass – to date at any rate.
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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
