Eamonn McEneaney selects an early 18th-century silver plaque that forms a centrepiece in Waterford’s new Irish Wake Museum
On the exterior of Waterford’s new museum is a plaque measuring two by three metres. It is a much-magnified replica of a silver plaque made in Dublin in 1704, a year when many of the anti-Catholic Penal Laws were introduced.
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Angela Griffith appraises Paul MacCormaic’s painting of Lucky Khambule, this year’s winner of the Ireland–U.S. Council and Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award
Rachel Thomas interviews Richard Malone, an artist who works across the media of sculpture, fashion and performance, pushing the boundaries of traditional sculpture.
Hilary Pyle recalls the artist Hilda Roberts, two-time winner of the RDS Taylor Art Award, whose talents were apparent from an early age
