The AIB Award embraces a progressive spectrum of art media and provides crucial support to emerging artists, writes Marianne O’ Kane Boal
While the four artists short-listed for this year’s AIB Prize employ a variety of media to express their ideas, all share strength of impact, says Gemma Tipton
Mark Swords, this year’s recipient of the award, and the three short-listed nominees, share a world view that brings them beyond the boundaries of Ireland, writes Jenny Fitzgibbon.
As the AIB Prize comes into its tenth year, with past winners representing some of Ireland’s most promising artists of the decade, it is time to reflect on where Irish art is going, what might survive in the challenging economic times ahead and how young contemporary Irish artists can position themselves to achieve recognition.
Initiatives like the AIB Prize are more relevant and necessary than ever, argues Donal Maguire as he reviews the work of the artists short-listed for this year’s award
Despite banks rationalising their business through closure or reuse of branches, architectural patronage has recently been boosted by the Central Bank’s imminent move from Dame Street to North Wall Quay, writes Frank McDonald
