Irish Arts Review, Autumn 2002
What separates us from our contemporaries Patrick Pye asserts, is that we believe that the work of art, a painting, is an artifice
Paul O’ Reilly previews a major exhibition of new work by John Shinnors which will open in his home town of Limerick on 19 September
While in Kilkenny for the Arts Festival (10–18 August), be sure to visit the potters and ceramicists located around Bennettsbridge, writes Treasa O’Brien
Well-known artist Donald Teskey and rising star David King, both Award-winners at the annual RHA exhibition, discuss with Roisin Kennedy the continuing relevance of painting in an art world increasingly dominated by other media
The wrecks of cars abandoned in the wilds of Wicklow have a strange fascination for photographer Conor Caffrey.
Shane O’ Toole finds that the tragic atmosphere that had dogged the buildings of St Joseph’s Reformatory has been exorcised
Jane Fenlon traces the changing fortunes of the remarkable Ormonde collection, begun in the 17th century by Ireland’s premier patron of the arts and lord lieutenant, James Butler
Terence-Reeves Smith looks back to the beginnings of these extraordinary gardens, now that phase three of the Woodstock Gardens Restoration Project is under way
John Kirwan recounts the fascinating history of the creators of a recently reclaimed Arcadia
Continuing the family tradition of artistic patronage, Lord Hartington shows Peter Murray around his cultivated garden
Alex Ward, Assistant Keeper in the Art and Industrial Division of the National Museum of Ireland and former curator of the Grand Lodge at Freemasons’ Hall in Dublin, reveals the treasures behind the stately façade of 17 Molesworth Street
Olive Sharkey returns to Belvedere, home of the ‘Wicked Earl’ to appraise its recent restoration
