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
Equivalence is not defined by the square inch, writes Catherine Marshall, of Ciaran Murphy’s pairing with Nigel Cooke at the Douglas Hyde Gallery this summer
Ann Quinn’s world is internalized, enclosed and informed mmmm by personal memories, writes Denise Ferran ahead of the artist’s solo exhibition at the Taylor Galleries
An exhibition at the F E McWilliam Gallery, Co Down featuring David Crone, Mark McGreevy and Dougal McKenzie amply demonstrates that painting in Ireland remains relevant, writes Riann Coulter.
Michaela Cutaya falls within the orbit of John Gerrard’s virtual constructions in her analysis of this year’s featured project at the Galway Arts Festival.
Several Limerick-based artists were invited to respond to the National Self-Portrait Collection to mark the 40th anniversary of the University of Limerick; Helen Carey explores the outcome.
‘Most of the art that inspires me is pre-industrial’, John Kindness talks to Brian McAvera about his interest in the ‘longevity of imagery as opposed to its immediate social impact’
Patrick Scott has certainly established his own particular niche, writes Brian Fallon in his assessment of a uniquely elegant figure in Irish art
Over a career spanning five decades, Ann Griffin Bernstorff has built up a treasury of magical yet historically informed images, writes Nicola Gordan Bowe
Society’s values are more happily reflected in their monuments to writers than to statesmen, suggests Gerry Walker
Alison FitzGerald meets Carlow-based designer Sasha Sykes, whose fusion of natural ephemera and architectural lines would satisfy both John Ruskin and Gerrit Reitveld
As a building commissioned by a State entity charged with the stewardship of a precarious energy resource, Bord Gáis Network Services Centre warrants some reflection on its relevance as a benchmark and path-finder, writes Seán O’Laoire
Northern Ireland: 30 Years of Photography at Belfast Exposed and the MAC this summer highlights the medium as a highly-charged, critical artform that constantly questions its own role in the construction of memories, writes Stephanie McBride
Hilary Pyle remembers Lily Williams, the independent young woman whose introduction to the romantic spirit of Irish nationalism was sparked by her friendship with Arthur Griffith
Peter Harbison retraces the career of W F Wakeman, whose widely published work brought archaeology beyond the confines of antiquarian circles
In our series on Irish artists abroad, John Mulcahy recalls Andrew Nicholl’s adventures as teacher of landscape painting in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Eamonn P Kelly evaluates the recent find of gold coins in County Tipperary now on display at the National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks
Nigel Everett recounts how John Annan Bryce and his architect Harold Peto transformed Garinish Island into one of the most important gardens in Europe
Arthur MacGregor selects an ostrich egg cup from the Cobbe Collection
