Edward Cecil Guinness: Noblesse oblige
Mary Heffernan previews 'Iveagh Pictures' at Farmleigh in Dublin, an exhibition aimed at enlarging our perception of Edward Cecil Guinness as collector and patron of the arts

Design Portfolio

Studies in Still Life
James Hanley visits Comhghall Casey's meticulously ordered studio as he prepares for a solo exhibition this autumn hosted by Solomon Fine Art in Dublin

Bridget Flannery: new paintings
Mary O'Donnell discusses Bridget Flannery's new series of paintings on view at the Cross Gallery, Dublin this autumn

Geometry in Motion
Livia Hurley describes Peter Monaghan's dynamic installation at Number 1 Grand Parade, Dublin as 'music for the eye'

Common Place
Ann Curran evaluates the portfolio of Eoin O Conaill, winner of the Gallery of Photography Irish Arts Review Artist Award

Planned Palimpsests
Brian Henderson's latest suite of painting at the Taylor Galleries, Dublin in September combine a balance between his early Hard Edge style with a new gestural freedom, writes Brian McAvera

Uneasy Pastoral
In conversation with Brian McAvera, Martin Gale discusses the importance of narrative and multiple interpretation in his work

Reflection in Form
Maurice Harron is better known for his large-scale public sculpture, but this September visitors to the Gordon Gallery, Derry will see a new collection of intimately scaled works in bronze and steel, writes John Cunningham

Francis Bacon: A Terrible Beauty
Barbara Dawson discusses Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane's celebration of the centenary of Francis Bacon's birth in 1909

Fragments of time
Catherine Marshall examines John Minihan's photographic portraits of Francis Bacon which reveal the celebrated bon vivant as a man who is always alone with his thoughts

Ottoman Treasures from the Chester Beatty Library
Serpil Bagci explores a number of richly illustrated manuscripts from the Ottoman Empire as seen in Elaine Wright's recent publication Islam: Faith Art Culture

Faces from the groves of academe
Peter Harbison introduces some of the illustrous scholars associated with the Royal Irish Academy through the Academy's extensive but little known art collection

Poetic Encounter
Janette Stokes explores the Stokes family connection with FW Burton's The Meeting on the Turret Stairs from its inspiration to bequest

Westport House, Co Mayo
Kevin V Mulligan examines the architectural detail of Westport House while John Mulcahy provides an overview of the Browne family history for whom it was built and continue to live there today

VISUAL thinking big
Jason M O'Shaughnessy provides an architectural critque of VISUAL Ð Carlow's luminous monolith dedicated to contemporay art and theatre

A Material Landscape
Michael Brennand-Wood's textile art defies simple categorisation, writes Joseph McBrinn ahead of his exhibition and new installation at Queen's Belfast

St Patrick's Cathedral Dublin
Roger Stalley assesses a new study of St Patrick's Cathedral, the only medieval cathedral in Ireland built on a European scale