In a new memoir, Robert Ballagh explores a different form of portraiture, with words on paper, writes Ciaran Carty
Robert Ballagh has long been recognised for his political engagement; BRIAN McAVERA asks him to enlarge on the artist’s position in
society ahead of his retrospective at the RHA in September
Robert Ballagh discovers a family lineage in Jim Fitzpatrick’s fusion of art and politics
In addition to creating a likeness of her daughter, Geraldine O’Neill has in mind the age-old interrogation of representation, writes Robert Ballagh of this year’s recipient of the Ireland-U.S. Council/Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award