Brenda Moore-Mccann visits the Sligo studio of Michael Wann as he prepares for a solo exhibition at the Cross Gallery, Dublin in April
Carissa Farrell discovers that no aspect of the human condition escapes Vera Klute’s focus as she marshalls her multi-disciplinary skills in preparation for her show at the Moelsworth Gallery in May
Brian Fallont races the cosmopolitan influences at work in the painterly language of Makiko Nakamura
In response to the 1916 centenary, EVA International takes as its theme, the post-colonial legacy on the psyche and imagination of colonized communities, writes Michaele Cutaya.
John Kelly’s enrollment in school in the 1950’s marked the beginning of a fully realized career in the arts; Gerry Walker remembers the noted artist and printmaker
Proving that good design is timeless, Virginia Teehan presents a selection of rare artefacts travelling to Boston College, celebrating Irish design from the Arts and Crafts Movement.
The theme of sexuality was often overlooked in Patrick Hennessy’s work, but a new exhibition at IMMA marking his centenary offers an opportunity to assess its role in his art, writes Sean Kissane
Michael Warren has been consistent in his desire to marry the contemplative and the concrete: here he tells Brian McAvera, ‘to make is, for me, to make matter, matter’
Stephanie McBride examines a collaborative photographic project that artfully captures the bravado and vulnerability of being seventeen
Raymund Ryan assesses the career of Níall McLaughlin, the Irish architect whose research engages with the values of humanism.
Hilary Pyle remembers James Stephens, a writer of stature, whose account of the Easter Rising while Registrar at the National Gallery comes into focus in the current display at the Gallery
Paula Murphy examines the political character of Oliver Sheppard’s work as exemplified by Cuchulainn and his all’antica portrayal of Padraig Pearse
Michael Healy’s diary pages from the Easter 1916 vividly convey the chaos and confusion on Dublin’s streets in the aftermath of the Rising and give witness to the destruction of the RHA’s headquarters, Academy House, writes David Carron
At the height of his career, American artist Morris Graves moved to Ireland, where he found a ‘kind of magic ‘; Peter Murray recalls the sojourn
A new addition to the wide array of decorative arts to be seen at Castletown will further enhance its integrated appeal, writes William Laffan
A recent visit to Sligo County Library prompts Peter Harbison to ask, could our national institutions do more to give local communities access to their treasures?
Patricia McCarthy charts the history of the Honorable Society of King’s Inn: its members were granted the Dominican Friary of St Savipur’s by Henry VIII in 1539, and later James II held his last parliament there, before the barrister moved to their Gandon-designed headquarters on Constitution Hill, Dublin
Christiaan Corlett tracks the handiwork of stone cutter James Butler beyond the previously understood confines of north Wexford
Robert Ballagh discovers a family lineage in Jim Fitzpatrick’s fusion of art and politics
Donal Maguire selects an illustrated letter, written by Walter Osborne, from the ESB Centre for the Study of Irish Art
