Form and colour in Sam Walsh’s new series of paintings at Visual in Carlow, tantalise but ultimately remain evocative, writes Catherine Marshall
Ciarán Bennett previews ‘Returning’, an ambitious show of sixty new paintings at the Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, celebrating painterly skills, and aptly so, as all four artists are recent winners of the Hennessy Craig Scholarship
One happy but largely unsung result of Ireland’s prosperity has been the creation of quite spectacular new art centres in provincial towns, Louise Cotter has visited three of them in Thurles, Navan and Drogheda
Drogheda’s key position in the 18th-century is reflected in a pair of views of the town, by Neopolitan artist Gabriele Ricciardelli, explains Nick Reilly
William Gallagher tracks Janet Mullarney’s installation from its debut at the Highlanes Gallery to its currents setting in the Butler Gallery, Kilkenny