Art in an age of anxiety
Tom Dunne explores the range of artistic responses to the Sublime at the Crawford Art Gallery's innovative exhibition based on the Burkean concept

Design Portfolio

John Noel Smith - Pandect
John Noel Smith's Pandect series at Hillsboro Fine Art, marks an impressive breakthrough in his practice, writes Ciar‡n Bennett

Complementary spirits: Nano Reid and Gerard Dillon
Riann Coulter explores the artistic affinities shared by Nano Reid and Gerard Dillon, the subject of an exhibition at the Highlanes Municipal Art Gallery, Drogheda

Mining the landscape
More often associated with printmaking, Stephen Lawlor's new suite of paintings at Fred London Gallery, show the artist revelling in the painterly qualities of oil, rites Catherine Leen

The everyday gaze
'Ten Miles Round' Jackie Nickerson's new portfolio at the Gallery of Photography, Dublin exalts the realm of the local, writes Stephanie McBride

Tracking Donald Teskey
'Working on larger canvases forced me to work with larger implements,' Donald Teskey talks to Brian McAvera about recent developments in his practice

Sculpture in the face of convention
John Gibbons' unconventional 'portrait heads' evolved from personal associations he tells Nancy Ireson, and, he hopes, that process continues into the public domain

Desmond Carrick Ð light and colour
Anne-Marie Keaveney investigates the influence of the French and Spanish landscape in the work of painter Desmond Carrick

Role reversal
Amelia Stein's classic black and white studies of the Royal Hibernian Academicians brings the artists into sharp focus, writes R—is’n Kennedy

Kathleen Mackie – artist adventurer
Eamonn Mallie investigates the early artistic promise of fearless aviation pioneer Kathleen Isabella Metcalfe Mackie

The Iveragh Peninsula
Peter Harbison discusses some notable pagan and Christian sites on the Iveragh Peninsula

Killua in transformation
After a recent programme of conservation, Killua Castle in Co Westmeath faces a brighter future, writes Judith Hill

Athens on the Lough
Terence Reeves-Smyth discusses the architectural sources of the Temple of the Winds, a Grecian-revival masterpiece on the shores of Strangford Lough, Co Down

Community purpose
Orla Murphy reports on the new building for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in Co Leitrim, designed by the Office of Public Works

Showing his mettle
Joseph McBrinn recommends a visit to the Hunt Museum, Limerick, this December to see the strikingly modernist designs of Rudolf Heltzel

Memories of space
Ann Mulrooney reports on the 2009 Emerging Makers Award won by ceramicist Orlaith Ross

Crafts Council of Ireland 2009
In an extended feature from the Crafts Council of Ireland, Muireann Charleton, winner of the inaugural Critical Writing in Irish Craft Award, discusses the work of silversmith Pádraig Ó Mathœna; Des Doyle reports on the collectible craft market and Ann Mulrooney reviews the programme at the National Craft Gallery