Nicola Gordon Bowe recalls how Harry Clarke’s homage to Ireland’s most celebrated writers fell foul of censorship in the early days of the Irish Free State
Nicola Gordon Bowe recalls the close friendship that was kindled in art school and forged in adulthood between William Orpen and Beatrice Elvery
Nicola Gordon Bowe previews multidisciplinary work by four artists inspired by their location in Co Clare showing at Origin in September
Two new titles tackling the careers of Irish women artists, albeit with separate aims, are reviewed by Nicola Gordon Bowe
In his livre d’artiste, a selection from which are on display at the Chester Beatty Library, Matisse sought to create a graphic equivalent to the facing page, writes Emily Mark-FitzGerald
A striking new installation by John Kindness on Dublin’s Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, borrows from the ancients to recall the history of gas in Ireland, writes Nicola Gordon Bowe
Over a career spanning five decades, Ann Griffin Bernstorff has built up a treasury of magical yet historically informed images, writes Nicola Gordan Bowe
Nicola Gordon Bowe tells the story behind Evie Hone’s execution of the bold modernist window forming the backdrop to State visits in Government Buildings
Nicola Gordon Bowe pens a sketch of Joseph Campbell the influential poet of the Irish Revival
As the restoration of St. Mel’s Cathedral by Fitzgerald Kavanagh + Partners has been announced as the Winner of the Public Choice Award at the 2015 RIAI Irish Architecture Awards, we re-publish here our article on St. Mel’s by Andrew Halpin and Nicola Gordon Bowe