The AIB Award embraces a progressive spectrum of art media and provides crucial support to emerging artists, writes Marianne O’ Kane Boal
As Annaghmakerrig marks its 25th anniversary, Tyrone Guthrie’s vision in founding the eponymous retreat for artists in County Monaghan has been admirably realised, writes Marianne O’ Kane
John Kindness, the subject of a retrospective this autumn writes Marianne O’Kane
Since its inception in 1977, the role of curator has been pivotal to the developing shape of ev+a and this year’s theme of generosity reflects its participatory ethos, writes Marianne O’Kane
First profiled in Irish Arts Review in 1991, Hughie O’Donoghue acknowledges the important contribution made by art history on his work to Marianne O’Kane
Marianne O’Kane Boal hopes a touring retrospective on the work of Brian Ballard will convey the full trajectory of his practice from figuration to abstraction
Belfast’s new leviathan echoes the form of the ships once visible from the drawing offices where they were designed, writes Marianne O’Kane-Boal
Marianne O’Kane Boal reports on the first cultural partnership between the Port of Cork and Belfast Harbour
Marianne O’Kane-Boal selects Still Life by Mary Ruth Walsh from Wexford County Council’s art collection
Marianne O’Kane Boal welcomes a new body of work from the prolific Neil Shawcross at the Caldwell Gallery, Belfast this spring
Sarah Browne and Gareth Kennedy have created a series of culturally relevant projects for Ireland’s participation at the 53rd Venice Biennale, writes Marianne O’Kane Boal
Marianne O’Kane Boal surveys the public sculpture enlivening the Laganside in Belfast, with work that is both thematically resonant and aspirational in tone
Letterkenny’s new Regional Cultural Centre is undoubtedly a world-class design, but will it provide a context for the county’s aspiring fine art students asks Mariane O’Kane Boal
‘Too Early for Vacation’ is the theme of this year’s ev+a; the artists shown here offer a nexus of perspectives on this subject, explains Marianne O’Kane Boal.
Marianne O’Kane Boal previews a selection of artists participating in e v+ a, Limerick’s international open submission exhibition
