Brian McAvera considers the leap from all to gallery as a new generation of artists like Conor Harrington successfully negotiate both arenas
Has capturing the pattern of everyday life put Hector McDonnell among the ‘Kitchen Sink’ School; or is he as he claims, an Impressionist? Brian McAvera asks the questions
Gottfried Helnwein’s imagery is confrontational but this provocation is ultimately designed to jolt us from complacency writes Mic Moroney
The strong decorative element within Kathleen Holohan’s paintings reflects a sympathetic celebration of the ordinary, Gerry Walker
Hilary Pyle remembers Sarah Purser’s retrospective of Nathaniel Hone in 1901 and its far-reaching role in raising the profile of Irish contemporary art
Eimear O’Connor pays tribute to Margaret Irwin-West, who quietly embodies Jean Paul Sartre’s dictum
‘I like painting with a gun to my head,· Nick Miller tells Brian McAvera about techniques he’s adopted in order to capture immediacy in his art
Until 2010, I never regarded myself as a portrait painter and had absolutely no desire to be one’ Colin Davidson tells Brian McAvera…
Deirdre Kelly sheds light on AE Russell’s ‘dream’ paintings as Armagh County Museum honours a native son with an exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of his birth
Nathaniel Hone excelled at capturing the great outdoors, whether pastoral or coastal: to mark his centenary Julian Campbell examines his dramatic County Clare marine works
Peter Murray recalls the independent spirit Edith Blake, diarist and artist and one-time occupant of Myrtle Grove, Youghal, County Cork
This month Dorothy Cross delves into our national collections to create a show for IMMA,here she tells Brian McAvera ‘Sometimes I need extreme new experiences to find new directions,’ while the show continues into March 2015