Nicola Gordon Bowe pens a sketch of Joseph Campbell the influential poet of the Irish Revival
Nicola Gordon Bowe tells the story behind Evie Hone’s execution of the bold modernist window forming the backdrop to State visits in Government Buildings
Over a career spanning five decades, Ann Griffin Bernstorff has built up a treasury of magical yet historically informed images, writes Nicola Gordan Bowe
A striking new installation by John Kindness on Dublin’s Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, borrows from the ancients to recall the history of gas in Ireland, writes Nicola Gordon Bowe
Recently appointed Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, Sean Rainbird, reinvented the exhibition programme at the Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart; Nicola Gordon Bowe asks him about his plans for the State Collection while the NGI is undergoing refurbishment.
Since her arrival in Ireland in 1965, Sonja Landweer has been admired for her mastery with materials, here Nicola Gordon Bowe discusses her life’s work currently on view at VISUAL in Carlow
In his livre d’artiste, a selection from which are on display at the Chester Beatty Library, Matisse sought to create a graphic equivalent to the facing page, writes Emily Mark-FitzGerald
Two new titles tackling the careers of Irish women artists, albeit with separate aims, are reviewed by Nicola Gordon Bowe
Nicola Gordon Bowe introduces the work of Patrick Conyngham whose latest series of paintings is currently on view at Gilford Castle, Co Down.
A new book and exhibition on the multi-talented Mrs Delany prompts Nicola Gordon Bowe to call for a reassessment of the contribution made by women to Georgian cultural life
Desperate Dan and William Hogarth are unruly muses to a new installation by John Kindness, currently on view at the Foundling Museum, London, writes Nicola Gordon Bowe
Nicola Gordon Bowe examines a rare collection of Harry Clarke’s first published illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales
Nicola Gordon Bowe previews multidisciplinary work by four artists inspired by their location in Co Clare showing at Origin in September
Nicola Gordon Bowe recalls the close friendship that was kindled in art school and forged in adulthood between William Orpen and Beatrice Elvery
Nicola Gordon Bowe recalls how Harry Clarke’s homage to Ireland’s most celebrated writers fell foul of censorship in the early days of the Irish Free State