Mic Moroney meets Kilkenny’s first family of creatives, war photographer Richard Mosse, potter Nicholas, and artists Tania and Paul whose Quaker background influences
their daily lives.
At Paul Mosse’s retrospective last year at Carlow’s VISUAL, gallerist John Daly invited Paul and his siblings, sculptor Tania and master-potter of saltglazed spongeware Nicholas to exhibit together in his gallery Hillsboro Fine Art. All bemusedly agreed, followed by Nick’s son, photographer extraordinaire Richard. So what ultimately spawned this peculiar Kilkenny nexus of creativity?
Comhghall Casey is a keeper of ordinary things made extraordinary through his art, writes Isabella Evangelisti ahead of his exhibition at Solomon Fine Art this autumn
Christian Dupont reflects on the personal and political desires conveyed in two cartoons by Grace Gifford Plunkett
Recently elected ARHA Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh is proof that the outward appearance of Academicians may change but the concern with discipline remains constant, Niamh NicGhabhann reports