Graduating artists from Irish art colleges explore subjects ranging from housing and the environment, to the female body, writes Róisín Kennedy
A Surrealist influence is evident in With Tomorrow, where the use of the Rückenfigur – a person seen from behind – dominates and where the surrounding space creates a tense and intriguing setting, writes Róisín Kennedy
Róisín Kennedy speaks with this year’s winner of the Ireland–U.S. Council and Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Daniel Nelis
Using traditional materials and methods that link her to earlier portrait artists, Emma Stroude has become this year’s Ireland-U.S. Council/Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award winner, writes Angela Griffith
Gareth Reid’s portrait is an experiment in colour, writes Angela Griffith of this year’s recipient of the Ireland–U.S. Council and Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award
Donal Maguire reflects on Aches’ award-winning portrait, painted in the artist’s distinctive graffiti style, which references subtractive colour-mixing theory
Darragh O’Connell’s portrait of his son Mick – winner of this year’s Ireland-U.S. Council and Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award at the RHA annual exhibition – is a painting of quiet, confident masculinity and a remarkable artistic achievement, writes Angela Griffith
Mick O’Dea’s study of fellow academician Stephen McKenna, this year’s recipient of the Ireland-US Council/Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award, embodies the artistic ideals of both sitter and creator, writes Angela Griffith
All is not harmonious in Una Sealy’s Neighbours, the winner of the Ireland-US Council/Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award at the 181st RHA Annual Exhibition, writes Isabella Evangelisti.
In celebration of its 150th anniversary, Patrick J Murphy surveys the wealth of talented art students who have won the RDS Taylor Art Award.
