This exhibition places Irish artists of different generations alongside international figures in unexpected juxtapositions that enrich how Irish art can be understood, writes Seán Kissane
Themes of the natural world and climate chaos lie at the heart of Caoimhín Gaffney’s exhibition, writes Eamonn Maxwell
The politics of identity and the fashioning of the self emerge as strong themes in the 2024 graduate shows, writes Niamh NicGhabhann
John O’Sullivan visits artist John Jobson at his home on the Little Sugar Loaf in County Wicklow
Peter Murray journeys to sculptor Michael Quane’s studio in Cork, which provides an insight into his inspirations and method of working
Painter and printmaker Ailbhe Barrett’s engagement with making, or ‘sculpting’ the copperplate to her will, results in work of transcendental emotional intensity, writes Angela Griffith
Vivienne Roche’s approach is formally beautiful and seemingly straightforward in its address, but opens onto profound and unsettling ideas about time, loss and persistence, writes Sarah Kelleher
Cristín Leach finds that the exhibition ‘A Matter of Time’ at the Crawford Art Gallery moves from the political to the personal, and the local to the global, without skipping a beat
Jason Turner’s father kept racing pigeons and, with Jason confined to home through illness, the birds offered a fascinating source of stimulation for him, writes Catherine Marshall
Jean Curran tells Stephanie McBride that in her editing of cinematic work she is stopping the movie, asking the audience to go back to the fundamentals
Julie Brazil and Emer McGarry look at Jack Butler Yeats’ images of Irish Travellers and the wandering poor, which provide a glimpse of his consistent interest in those who lived a nomadic life
Margarita Cappock visits painter Bernadette Kiely at her home and studio in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny
Dorothy Cross’ new work feels explicitly relevant to the times we are living in, writes Francis Halsall
Brian McAvera points to some highlights from Brian Lalor’s forthcoming retrospective at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre
Pamela Dunne’s brooding chiaroscuro landscapes and self-portraits epitomise the sombre tonalities of the drypoint process, writes Kieran Cashell
John P O’Sullivan surveys Mick O’Dea’s paintings of characters from the playwright Seán O’Casey’s plays
There is a confidence about Mollie Douthit’s practice, which is slow and considered, writes Margarita Cappock
What is urgent for artists working in Ireland? Sarah Kelleher explores the RDS Visual Art Awards at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
Artist Jack Hickey tells Cristín Leach that his influences range from Caravaggio to Nan Goldin
Sonia Shiel turns painting on its head, writes Catherine Marshall, and her exhibition invites reflective pauses, moments to question what you have just seen
Gráinne Coughlan examines the work of Bere Island artist Mary K Sullivan
John P O’Sullivan meets with John Kindness ahead of his exhibition ‘Odyssey’, at the Royal Hibernian Academy
Aidan Dunne considers the work of four artists, whose paintings are on view in the atmospheric space of Rathfarnham Castle
Ahead of Gordon Hogan’s first exhibition in Ireland, Mike Fitzpatrick visits the artist at his home in Tipperary
