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Who do you think you are?
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Who do you think you are?


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Deconstructing John Behan
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Deconstructing John Behan


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Force of nature
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Force of nature


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Back to the future
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Back to the future


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Subject or object?
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Subject or object?


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From the ground up
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From the ground up


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Shadowlands
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Shadowlands


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Inside & out
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Inside & out


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Shadows from the past
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Shadows from the past


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The weight of light
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The weight of light

‘I’m trying to make the invisible visible’ Pat Harris tells Brian McAvera on the eve of his exhibition at the Taylor Galleries, Dublin

 


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Theatre of discontent
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Theatre of discontent

Brian McAvera wonders whether soulless consumerism is the message in Ian Cumberland’s dramatically installed artworks recently shown at Golden Thread Gallery in Belfast


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Graham Gingles: Boxed In – Cyphers, Secrecy And Sensuality
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Graham Gingles: Boxed In – Cyphers, Secrecy And Sensuality


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Book Review: The Crawford at the Castle
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Book Review: The Crawford at the Castle


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Book Review: Conflicting Visions In A Turbulent Age
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Book Review: Conflicting Visions In A Turbulent Age


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Book Review: Daphne Wright: Emotional Archaeology
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Book Review: Daphne Wright: Emotional Archaeology


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Book Review: Lucian Freud
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Book Review: Lucian Freud


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Book Review: Modality of the Visable: Michael Kane
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Book Review: Modality of the Visable: Michael Kane


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Book Review: Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition
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Book Review: Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition


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Sugar Rush
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Sugar Rush


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Book Review: Invisible Barriers: Moving Images
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Book Review: Invisible Barriers: Moving Images


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Book Review: A Terrible Beauty: Robert Ballagh
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Book Review: A Terrible Beauty: Robert Ballagh


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Book Review: Two Birds One Stone
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Book Review: Two Birds One Stone


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Book Review: Still (The) Barbarians
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Book Review: Still (The) Barbarians


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Book Review: David Crone: Echoes and Reflections
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Book Review: David Crone: Echoes and Reflections


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Book Review: PANI
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Book Review: PANI


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Book Review: Liliane Tomasko, Sense
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Book Review: Liliane Tomasko, Sense


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Book Review: Royal Ulster Academy of Arts 2015
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Book Review: Royal Ulster Academy of Arts 2015


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Book Review: Vanishing Futures
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Book Review: Vanishing Futures


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Book Review: Construct
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Book Review: Construct


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Book Review: Tim Shaw
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Book Review: Tim Shaw


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The Wright Stuff
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

The Wright Stuff


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Diaspora
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Diaspora


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The Art of Synthesis
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

The Art of Synthesis


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Book Review: Irish Theatrescapes: New Irish Plays, Adapted European Plays and Irish Classics
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Book Review: Irish Theatrescapes: New Irish Plays, Adapted European Plays and Irish Classics


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Catalogues
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Catalogues


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Silent Testimony
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Silent Testimony


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Miller’s Crossing
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Miller’s Crossing


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New Horizon
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

New Horizon


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Everyday People
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Everyday People


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Book Review: A Time and a Place: Two Centuries of Irish Social Life
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Book Review: A Time and a Place: Two Centuries of Irish Social Life


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Book Review: Home: Creating a Contemporary Memorial
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Book Review: Home: Creating a Contemporary Memorial


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Book Review: Ballagh: Robert Ballagh – Artist and Designer, a Retrospective
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Book Review: Ballagh: Robert Ballagh – Artist and Designer, a Retrospective


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Book Review: Art in State Buildings 1995-2005
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Book Review: Art in State Buildings 1995-2005


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Book Review: Art on the Move: Hidden Treasures from the CIÉ Art Collection
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Book Review: Art on the Move: Hidden Treasures from the CIÉ Art Collection


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Book Review: Alex Katz: New York
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Book Review: Alex Katz: New York


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Book Review: Barbara Freeman: Works on Paper 1966-2006
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Book Review: Barbara Freeman: Works on Paper 1966-2006


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Book Review: Michael Warren
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Book Review: Michael Warren


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Book Review: Richard Long: Lismore Castle Arts
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Book Review: Richard Long: Lismore Castle Arts


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Book Review: Paul McKinley: Farewell Chestnut Avenue
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Book Review: Paul McKinley: Farewell Chestnut Avenue


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Book Review: Michael Craig Martin
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Book Review: Michael Craig Martin


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Book Review: The Writer’s Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers
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Book Review: The Writer’s Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers


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Book Review: Irish Art 1947-1974: The Great Southern Art Collection
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Book Review: Irish Art 1947-1974: The Great Southern Art Collection


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Book Review: Sophia Rosamond Praeger 1867-1954: Art, Literature, Science
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Book Review: Sophia Rosamond Praeger 1867-1954: Art, Literature, Science


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Book Review: Anne Madden
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Book Review: Anne Madden


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Book Review: Leonardo da Vinci: The Codex Leicester
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Book Review: Leonardo da Vinci: The Codex Leicester


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Book Review: Looking for Orion: Rowan Gillespie
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Book Review: Looking for Orion: Rowan Gillespie


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Book Review: Patrick Hall: Drawings
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Book Review: Patrick Hall: Drawings


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Book Review: Miroslaw Balka, Tristes Tropiques
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Book Review: Miroslaw Balka, Tristes Tropiques


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Book Review: Eddie Kennedy
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Book Review: Eddie Kennedy


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Book Review: Paintings from Poland: Symbolism to Modern Art (1880-1939)
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Book Review: Paintings from Poland: Symbolism to Modern Art (1880-1939)


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Book Review: Robert Bordo: Blind Spot
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Book Review: Robert Bordo: Blind Spot


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Book Review: The Rembrandt House: A Catalogue of Rembrandt Etchings
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Book Review: The Rembrandt House: A Catalogue of Rembrandt Etchings


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Book Review: Not in Alphabetical Order: Fingal Public Art Collection, Vol. 1
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Book Review: Not in Alphabetical Order: Fingal Public Art Collection, Vol. 1


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Book Review: Open / Invited e v+ a 2008 Too Early for Vacation
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Book Review: Open / Invited e v+ a 2008 Too Early for Vacation


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Book Review: Commodity Form: Colin Darke & David Mabb
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Book Review: Commodity Form: Colin Darke & David Mabb


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Book Review: Cut-Outs and Cut-Ups: Hans Christian Andersen and William Seward Burroughs
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Book Review: Cut-Outs and Cut-Ups: Hans Christian Andersen and William Seward Burroughs


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Book Review: 10,000 to 50: Contemporary Art from the Members of Business to Arts
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Book Review: 10,000 to 50: Contemporary Art from the Members of Business to Arts


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Book Review: National Gallery of Ireland: Essential Guide
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Book Review: National Gallery of Ireland: Essential Guide


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Book Review: In the Mind’s Eye
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Book Review: In the Mind’s Eye


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Book Review: The Nurses’ Home: The Mater Hospital College of Nursing, Mater Campus
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Book Review: The Nurses’ Home: The Mater Hospital College of Nursing, Mater Campus


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Book Review: Ground Up
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Book Review: Ground Up


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Book Review: Perfopuerto
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Book Review: Perfopuerto


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Book Review: Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait
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Book Review: Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait


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Book Review: Boulevard Magenta
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Book Review: Boulevard Magenta


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Book Review: Calder Jewellery
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Book Review: Calder Jewellery


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Book Review: Mary Fitzgerald: After Life
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Book Review: Mary Fitzgerald: After Life


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Book Review: David Crone 1979-2009
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Book Review: David Crone 1979-2009


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Book Review: Terry Winters: Signal to Noise
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Book Review: Terry Winters: Signal to Noise


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Book Review: Sean Scully: The Art of the Stripe
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Book Review: Sean Scully: The Art of the Stripe


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Book Review: Susan MacWilliam: Remote Viewing
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Book Review: Susan MacWilliam: Remote Viewing


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Book Review: Royal Hibernian Academy 179th Annual Exhibition, Dublin 2009
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Book Review: Royal Hibernian Academy 179th Annual Exhibition, Dublin 2009


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Book Review: Edward Munch: Prints
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Book Review: Edward Munch: Prints


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Book Review: Mapping Form: Drawing and Sculpture
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Book Review: Mapping Form: Drawing and Sculpture


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Book Review: The Quick and the Dead
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Book Review: The Quick and the Dead


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Book Review: FRANCIS BACON: A TERRIBLE BEAUTY
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Book Review: FRANCIS BACON: A TERRIBLE BEAUTY


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Book Review: VISIONS: A CELEBRATION OF IRISH ART FROM THE ULSTER MUSEUM
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Book Review: VISIONS: A CELEBRATION OF IRISH ART FROM THE ULSTER MUSEUM


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Book Review: ARCHIVING PLACE & TIME: CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND SINCE THE BELFAST AGREEMENT
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Book Review: ARCHIVING PLACE & TIME: CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND SINCE THE BELFAST AGREEMENT


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Book Review: GRACE HENRY: THE PERSON AND ARTIST
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Book Review: GRACE HENRY: THE PERSON AND ARTIST


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Book Review: TERROR AND THE SUBLIME: ART IN AN AGE OF ANXIETY
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Book Review: TERROR AND THE SUBLIME: ART IN AN AGE OF ANXIETY


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Book Review: THE IDEA OF ISLANDS TESKEY HUBBARD
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Book Review: THE IDEA OF ISLANDS TESKEY HUBBARD


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Book Review: ANNE TALLENTIRE: THIS, AND OTHER THINGS 1999-2010
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Book Review: ANNE TALLENTIRE: THIS, AND OTHER THINGS 1999-2010


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Book Review: RHA 180th ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2010
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Book Review: RHA 180th ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2010


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Book Review: OLIVER COMERFORD
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Book Review: OLIVER COMERFORD


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Book Review: FOR THE LOVE OF ART: THE KELLY COLLECTION
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Book Review: FOR THE LOVE OF ART: THE KELLY COLLECTION


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Book Review: JOHN GIBBONS: LIGHT/LISTEN
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Book Review: JOHN GIBBONS: LIGHT/LISTEN


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Book Review: VERTICAL THOUGHTS: MORTON FELDMAN AND THE VISUAL ARTS
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Book Review: VERTICAL THOUGHTS: MORTON FELDMAN AND THE VISUAL ARTS


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Book Review: MICHAEL WARREN: KIREJI
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Book Review: MICHAEL WARREN: KIREJI


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Book Review: LOCKY MORRIS: THIS THEN
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Book Review: LOCKY MORRIS: THIS THEN


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Book Review: TAKING STOCK: ACQUISTIONS 2000-2010
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Book Review: TAKING STOCK: ACQUISTIONS 2000-2010


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Book Review: TONY O’MALLEY: CONSTRUCTIONS
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Book Review: TONY O’MALLEY: CONSTRUCTIONS


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Book Review: BLACKROCK COLLEGE: SESQUICENTENARY EXHIBITION
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Book Review: BLACKROCK COLLEGE: SESQUICENTENARY EXHIBITION


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Book Review: PASSION AND POLITICS, SIR JOHN LAVERY: THE SALON REVISITED
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Book Review: PASSION AND POLITICS, SIR JOHN LAVERY: THE SALON REVISITED


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Book Review: GABRIEL METSU
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Book Review: GABRIEL METSU


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Book Review: ART BEYOND ULSTER
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Book Review: ART BEYOND ULSTER


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Book Review: PORTRAITS & PEOPLE: ART IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY IRELAND
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Book Review: PORTRAITS & PEOPLE: ART IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY IRELAND


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Book Review: DEARC: CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF THE RDS TAYLOR ART AWARD
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Book Review: DEARC: CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF THE RDS TAYLOR ART AWARD


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Book Review: EGO: ROBERT BALLAGH
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Book Review: EGO: ROBERT BALLAGH


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Book Review: PHILIP TAAFFE: ANIMA MUNDI
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Book Review: PHILIP TAAFFE: ANIMA MUNDI


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Book Review: ANOTHER DIMENSION: SEACOURT PRINT WORKSHOP
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Book Review: ANOTHER DIMENSION: SEACOURT PRINT WORKSHOP


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Book Review: MICHAEL KANE: LIFE STORY
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Book Review: MICHAEL KANE: LIFE STORY


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Book Review: RHA 181ST ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2011
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Book Review: RHA 181ST ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2011


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Book Review: THE FORGOTTEN ART OF FLOATING: MARTIN FINNIN
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Book Review: THE FORGOTTEN ART OF FLOATING: MARTIN FINNIN


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Book Review: RICHARD GORMAN, PAINTINGS AND PRINTS
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Book Review: RICHARD GORMAN, PAINTINGS AND PRINTS


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Book Review: KATHERINE BOUCHER BEUG: SOMETIME
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Book Review: KATHERINE BOUCHER BEUG: SOMETIME


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Book Review: BARRIE COOKE
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Book Review: BARRIE COOKE


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Book Review: THE GOLDEN BOUGH
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Book Review: THE GOLDEN BOUGH


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Book Review: JAMES CLANCY BORDER COUNTRY
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Book Review: JAMES CLANCY BORDER COUNTRY


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Book Review: A LIFE’S WORK: SONJA LANDWEER
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Book Review: A LIFE’S WORK: SONJA LANDWEER


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Book Review: ART OF DOWN: THE FINE ART COLLECTION OF DOWN COUNTY MUSEUM
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Book Review: ART OF DOWN: THE FINE ART COLLECTION OF DOWN COUNTY MUSEUM


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Book Review: BARRY FLANAGAN: POET OF THE BUILDING SITE
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Book Review: BARRY FLANAGAN: POET OF THE BUILDING SITE


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Book Review: ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY 130TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
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Book Review: ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY 130TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION


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Book Review: GLORIA
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Book Review: GLORIA


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Book Review: GRAHAM GINGLES 1971-2011
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Book Review: GRAHAM GINGLES 1971-2011


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Book Review: LITHOSPHERE: EILEEN MacDONAGH
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Book Review: LITHOSPHERE: EILEEN MacDONAGH


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Book Review: EIL√çS O’CONNELL: HAPTIC
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Book Review: EIL√çS O’CONNELL: HAPTIC


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Book Review: SEAN SCULLY
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Book Review: SEAN SCULLY


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Book Review: CONOR FALLON: THOUGHTS ON SCULPTURE
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Book Review: CONOR FALLON: THOUGHTS ON SCULPTURE


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Book Review: THE QUEEN: ART & IMAGE
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Book Review: THE QUEEN: ART & IMAGE


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Book Review: RHA 182ND ANNUAL EXHIBITION DUBLIN, 2012
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Book Review: RHA 182ND ANNUAL EXHIBITION DUBLIN, 2012


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Book Review: MICHAEL CANNING
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Book Review: MICHAEL CANNING


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Book Review: BLACKSHAW AT 80
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Book Review: BLACKSHAW AT 80


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Book Review: THE AIB ART COLLECTION
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Book Review: THE AIB ART COLLECTION


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Book Review: SEÁN KEATING: CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS
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Book Review: SEÁN KEATING: CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS


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Book Review: REVOLUTIONARY STATES: HOME RULE AND MODERN IRELAND
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Book Review: REVOLUTIONARY STATES: HOME RULE AND MODERN IRELAND


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Book Review: ELEMENTS
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Book Review: ELEMENTS


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Book Review: MARK SWORDS: MOSAIC
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Book Review: MARK SWORDS: MOSAIC


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Book Review: SINEAD O’DONNELL: CAUTION
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Book Review: SINEAD O’DONNELL: CAUTION


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Book Review: UNA SEALY: A PIANO IN THE KITCHEN AND OTHER STORIES
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Book Review: UNA SEALY: A PIANO IN THE KITCHEN AND OTHER STORIES


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Book Review: NORTHERN RHYTHM: THE ART OF JOHN LUKE (1906-75)
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Book Review: NORTHERN RHYTHM: THE ART OF JOHN LUKE (1906-75)


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Book Review: EITHNE JORDAN: STREET
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Book Review: EITHNE JORDAN: STREET


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Book Review: BECOMING: ALICE MAHER
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Book Review: BECOMING: ALICE MAHER


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Book Review: SEÁN KEATING: ART, POLITICS AND BUILDING THE IRISH NATION
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Book Review: SEÁN KEATING: ART, POLITICS AND BUILDING THE IRISH NATION


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Book Review: INTO THE LIGHT
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Book Review: INTO THE LIGHT


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Book Review: ANALYSING CUBISM
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Book Review: ANALYSING CUBISM


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Book Review: CHANGING STATES: CONTEMPORARY IRISH ART & FRANCIS BACON’S STUDIO
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Book Review: CHANGING STATES: CONTEMPORARY IRISH ART & FRANCIS BACON’S STUDIO


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Book Review: NORTHERN IRELAND: 30 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
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Book Review: NORTHERN IRELAND: 30 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY


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Book Review: MELANCHOLY WITNESS: IMAGES OF THE TROUBLES
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Book Review: MELANCHOLY WITNESS: IMAGES OF THE TROUBLES


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Book Review: THE ARTIST’S EYE
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Book Review: THE ARTIST’S EYE


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Book Review: MOTION CAPTURE: DRAWING AND THE MOVING IMAGE
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Book Review: MOTION CAPTURE: DRAWING AND THE MOVING IMAGE


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Book Review: AN ELECTIVE FAMILY ALBUM: PETER RICHARDS
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Book Review: AN ELECTIVE FAMILY ALBUM: PETER RICHARDS


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Book Review: PARALLEL VISIONS
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Book Review: PARALLEL VISIONS


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Book Review: SEVEN
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Book Review: SEVEN


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Book Review: CLOUD ILLUSIONS I RECALL
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Book Review: CLOUD ILLUSIONS I RECALL


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Book Review: GERARD DILLON, ART & FRIENDSHIPS
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Book Review: GERARD DILLON, ART & FRIENDSHIPS


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Book Review: COLIN DAVIDSON: BETWEEN THE WORDS
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Book Review: COLIN DAVIDSON: BETWEEN THE WORDS


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Book Review: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
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Book Review: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS


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Book Review: STEPHEN MCKENNA: OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONS
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Book Review: STEPHEN MCKENNA: OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONS


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Book Review: DOROTHY CROSS: CONNEMARA
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Book Review: DOROTHY CROSS: CONNEMARA


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Book Review: NATURAL RESEMBLANCES: JORDI FORNIÉS
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Book Review: NATURAL RESEMBLANCES: JORDI FORNIÉS


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Book Review: PERSONAL CHOICE: TWENTY ARTISTS FROM THE LIMERICK SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN
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Book Review: PERSONAL CHOICE: TWENTY ARTISTS FROM THE LIMERICK SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN


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Book Review: PATRICK SCOTT: IMAGE SPACE LIGHT
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Book Review: PATRICK SCOTT: IMAGE SPACE LIGHT


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Book Review: RHA ANNUAL EXHIBITION
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Book Review: RHA ANNUAL EXHIBITION


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Book Review: THE PAST IS UNPREDICTABLE
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Book Review: THE PAST IS UNPREDICTABLE


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Book Review: CHARLEMONT’S MARINO: PORTRAIT OF A LANDSCAPE
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Book Review: CHARLEMONT’S MARINO: PORTRAIT OF A LANDSCAPE


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Book Review: LEE MILLER IN JAMES JOYCE’S DUBLIN
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Book Review: LEE MILLER IN JAMES JOYCE’S DUBLIN


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Book Review: SAMUEL FORDE: VISIONS OF TRAGEDY 1805-1828
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Book Review: SAMUEL FORDE: VISIONS OF TRAGEDY 1805-1828


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Book Review: REAL HALLUCINATIONS: BRIAN MacMAHON
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Book Review: REAL HALLUCINATIONS: BRIAN MacMAHON


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Book Review: EFFORTS AND IDEALS: PRINTS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
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Book Review: EFFORTS AND IDEALS: PRINTS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR


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Book Review: GENERATION: 30 YEARS OF CREATIVITY AT TEMPLE BAR GALLERY & STUDIOS
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Book Review: GENERATION: 30 YEARS OF CREATIVITY AT TEMPLE BAR GALLERY & STUDIOS


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Book Review: MARIA SIMONDS-GOODING: A RETROSPECTIVE
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Book Review: MARIA SIMONDS-GOODING: A RETROSPECTIVE


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Book Review: BERNIE MASTERSON: WEATHER
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Book Review: BERNIE MASTERSON: WEATHER


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Book Review: WATERMARK
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Book Review: WATERMARK


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Wall power
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Wall power


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The Artists’ Arena
Photography

The Artists’ Arena


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The Lithographer’s Mark
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

The Lithographer’s Mark


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Against the Canon
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Against the Canon


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Vocation and Vision
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Vocation and Vision


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25 years of Irish art: a personal selection
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

25 years of Irish art: a personal selection


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Tracking Donald Teskey
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Tracking Donald Teskey


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Cathy Carman Dreamworks
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Cathy Carman Dreamworks


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Art that consoles
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Art that consoles


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Jim Manley from the hills to the shore
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Jim Manley from the hills to the shore


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T P Flanagan Landscape and lineage
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

T P Flanagan Landscape and lineage


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John Doherty in-focus
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

John Doherty in-focus


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About face
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About face


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Maud Cotter Mind over matter
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Maud Cotter Mind over matter


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Colm Brennan: translations
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Colm Brennan: translations


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Fish, Flesh and Fowl
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Fish, Flesh and Fowl


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The god of small things
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The god of small things


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Outsider Art
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Outsider Art


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Fit to print
Artists

Fit to print


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The Parable of the Sower
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

The Parable of the Sower


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Living proof ‘I guess I’m a little tired of being typecast’
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Living proof ‘I guess I’m a little tired of being typecast’

Painter and master printmaker Stephen Lawlor talks to Brian McAvera about the nuance of approach required for each medium, ahead of his solo show at Oliver Sears Gallery this winter


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Book Review: Cecil Maguire: Towards a Retrospective
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Book Review: Cecil Maguire: Towards a Retrospective


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Book Review: Basil Blackshaw: Paintings 2000-2002
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Book Review: Basil Blackshaw: Paintings 2000-2002


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Book Review: AIB Art 2
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Book Review: AIB Art 2


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Book Review: Meath County Council: Art Collection 1955-2002
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Book Review: Meath County Council: Art Collection 1955-2002


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Book Review: Nick Miller: Figure to Ground, 1993-2003
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Book Review: Nick Miller: Figure to Ground, 1993-2003


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Book Review: Barbara Warren RHA: A Retrospective
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Book Review: Barbara Warren RHA: A Retrospective


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Book Review: David King: Pleasant Places
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Book Review: David King: Pleasant Places


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Book Review: One Place Twice
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Book Review: One Place Twice


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Book Review: EV+A 2003
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Book Review: EV+A 2003


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Book Review: Denis Farrell. Faith: Paintings 2001-3
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Book Review: Denis Farrell. Faith: Paintings 2001-3


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Book Review: Cobra. National Touring Exhibitions
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Book Review: Cobra. National Touring Exhibitions


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Book Review: Colin Davidson New Paintings
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Book Review: Colin Davidson New Paintings


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Book Review: Louise Bourgeois: Stitches in Time
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Book Review: Louise Bourgeois: Stitches in Time


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Book Review: The Forgotten Irish Artist: William Docherty Weir 1863-1903
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Book Review: The Forgotten Irish Artist: William Docherty Weir 1863-1903


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Book Review: Crawford Open 1-4, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery
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Book Review: Crawford Open 1-4, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery


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Book Review: An Irish Eye: Landscapes of Fact & Imagination
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Book Review: An Irish Eye: Landscapes of Fact & Imagination


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Book Review: Hector McDonnell
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Book Review: Hector McDonnell


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Book Review: A Vision of Modern Art: In Memory of Dorothy Walker
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Book Review: A Vision of Modern Art: In Memory of Dorothy Walker


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Book Review: High Falutin Stuff
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Book Review: High Falutin Stuff


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Book Review: Imaging Ireland: Selected Works
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Book Review: Imaging Ireland: Selected Works


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Book Review: One Hundred Years of Watercolours
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Book Review: One Hundred Years of Watercolours


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Book Review: Imagining Ireland: The Collection of Drawings and Watercolours by John Butler Yeats and Jack B Yeats
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Book Review: Imagining Ireland: The Collection of Drawings and Watercolours by John Butler Yeats and Jack B Yeats


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Book Review: Joyce in Art
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Book Review: Joyce in Art


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Book Review: George Petrie: The Rediscovery of Ireland’s Past
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Book Review: George Petrie: The Rediscovery of Ireland’s Past


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Book Review: Mark O’Neill: Chapters
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Book Review: Mark O’Neill: Chapters


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Book Review: Jack B Yeats: Master of Ceremonies
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Book Review: Jack B Yeats: Master of Ceremonies


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Book Review: Colin Davidson: No Continuing City
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Book Review: Colin Davidson: No Continuing City


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Book Review: Marc Quinn: Flesh
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Book Review: Marc Quinn: Flesh


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Book Review: Mary Burke: Semi-Detached Reflections
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Book Review: Mary Burke: Semi-Detached Reflections


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Book Review: Cor Klaasen: A Breath of Fresh Air
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Book Review: Cor Klaasen: A Breath of Fresh Air


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Book Review: Sophie Calle
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Book Review: Sophie Calle


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Book Review: Margherita Manzelli
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Book Review: The Robert Sellar Collection at Flowerfield
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Book Review: J B Vallely
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Book Review: A Distinctive Palette: The Art of Georgina Moutray Kyle
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Book Review: Modern American Painting from the NYU Art Collection
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Book Review: The Seven Sacraments: Abigail O’Brien
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Book Review: Luis Melendez: Still Lifes
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Book Review: A German Dream: Masterpieces of Romanticism from the Nationalgalerie Berlin
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Book Review: Catherine McWilliams: A Retrospective 1961-2004
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Book Review: William Orpen: Politics Sex & Death
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Book Review: David King: Echoes
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Book Review: David King: Echoes


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Book Review: The West as Metaphor
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Book Review: From Dark Passages: Ian Charlesworth
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Book Review: The Beckett Suite: Diarmuid Delargy
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Book Review: Tom Fitzgerald: The Ministry of Dust Drawings
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Book Review: Modern Masters
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Book Review: Parable of the Prodigal Son: Hughie O’Donoghue
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Book Review: Irish Museum of Modern Art: The Collection
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Book Review: Mourne: Words by Paul Yates, Images by Basil Blackshaw
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Book Review: Deborah Brown: From Painting to Sculpture
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Book Review: Deborah Brown: From Painting to Sculpture


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Book Review: The White Stag Group
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Book Review: The White Stag Group


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Book Review: Maud Cotter: More than Anything
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Book Review: Gardens of Earthly Delight
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Book Review: Dorothy Cross
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Book Review: The Banks of the Bann: Barbara Freeman and Paul Wilson
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Book Review: Earthworks: Derval Symes
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Book Review: Shades of Light: Evocations of Summer
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Book Review: James Hanley: A Decade of Works on Paper
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Book Review: Four Now
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Book Review: Four Now


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Book Review: Sculpture & Gardens
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Book Review: Stephen McKenna
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Book Review: James Barry, 1741-1806: The Great Historical Painter
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Book Review: James Barry, 1741-1806: The Great Historical Painter


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Book Review: Tom Fitzgerald
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Book Review: Writers on Howard Hodgkin
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Book Review: Crossing: Anita Groener
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Book Review: Richard Gorman: Paintings
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Book Review: Michael Kane: If It Is True, I – XX
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Book Review: James McKenna, Sculptor: 1933-2000, a Catalogue
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Book Review: Donald Teskey
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Book Review: Beyond the White Cube: A Retrospective of Brian O’Doherty / Patrick Ireland
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Book Review: Michael Craig-Martin
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Book Review: Inner Worlds Outside
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Empirical Investigations
Painting

Empirical Investigations


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Meditations on Abstraction
Painting

Meditations on Abstraction


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Composing the Elements
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Composing the Elements


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Class of ’84
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Class of ’84


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Interior Visions
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Interior Visions


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The Director’s Chair
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

The Director’s Chair


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The Power of Uncertainty
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

The Power of Uncertainty


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Marching to the Barricades
Art Comment

Marching to the Barricades


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Memory and Invention
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Memory and Invention


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Flying Blind
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Flying Blind


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Le Brocquy: Masters and Muses
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Le Brocquy: Masters and Muses


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Irish Parables
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Irish Parables


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IMMA And The Devil’s Advocate
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IMMA And The Devil’s Advocate


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Book Review: A Conversation Piece: Poetry and Art
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Book Review: A Conversation Piece: Poetry and Art


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Portraits by Neil Shawcross
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Portraits by Neil Shawcross


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The Eternal Dance
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The Eternal Dance


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Tales from the Big House
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Tales from the Big House


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Celtic myths in the 21st Century
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Celtic myths in the 21st Century


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Godfather of cool
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Godfather of cool


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In the flesh
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In the flesh

‘Everything that is beautiful has something creepy about it or something unsettling underneath,’ Vera Klute talks to Brian McAvera about her aesthetic


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Then and now
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Then and now

‘There’s a huge sensuous pleasure in making a colour’ Fergus Martin tells Brian McAvera as an exhibition of his work opens at IMMA


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Poles of Influence
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Poles of Influence


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Eva Rothschild at the Venice Biennale
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Eva Rothschild at the Venice Biennale

Interview with Brian McAvera


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Book Review: Pallas Heights 2003-2006
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Book Review: Pallas Heights 2003-2006


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Book Review: Passage: Brian Kennedy
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Book Review: Paul Henry
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Book Review: The West of Ireland – A Photographer’s Journey
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Book Review: William Crozier
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Spirit and Light
Sculpture

Spirit and Light


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The Medium Is The Message
Sculpture

The Medium Is The Message


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Talking heads
Art Associations

Talking heads


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Art Comment
Art Comment

Art Comment


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Arts News and Diary
Art Comment

Arts News and Diary


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A Matter of Form
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A Matter of Form


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Harmonious Variations
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Harmonious Variations


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Making their Mark
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Making their Mark


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Through the looking glass
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Through the looking glass


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A Gothic Sensibility
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

A Gothic Sensibility


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A New Vision
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A New Vision


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A Robust Grace
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

A Robust Grace


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Between Abstraction and Landscape
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Between Abstraction and Landscape


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Cabinet Curiosa
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Cabinet Curiosa


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Capturing the Fleeting Eternal
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Capturing the Fleeting Eternal


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Deborah Brown: a life in the round
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Deborah Brown: a life in the round


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Eyewitness Account
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Eyewitness Account


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Fields of vision
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Fields of vision


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Reflections on a Troubled Canvas
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Reflections on a Troubled Canvas


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Reforming the Female Narrative
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Reforming the Female Narrative


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State of Surveillance
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

State of Surveillance


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Style and Substance
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

Style and Substance

Robert Ballagh has long been recognised for his political engagement; BRIAN McAVERA asks him to enlarge on the artist’s position in
society ahead of his retrospective at the RHA in September


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The Boundaries of Abstraction
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

The Boundaries of Abstraction


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The Draughtsman Painter
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

The Draughtsman Painter


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The Land of Metamorphosis
Arts Lives and Exhibitions

The Land of Metamorphosis


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True West
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True West


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Reflections on space
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Reflections on space

Corban Walker tells Brian McAvera of the inherent conundrum in his practice. ‘How do you use a transparent material or a transparent form to articulate volume?’


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Carousel
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Carousel

Elizabeth Taggart tells Brian McAvera that the seaside village of Donaghadee in which she grew up holds the key to what drives her as a painter


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A painter’s painter
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A painter’s painter


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Veiled Metaphors
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Veiled Metaphors

Robert Armstrong talks to Brian McAvera about his varied body of work and his pathway from graphic design to landscape painting


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Reflected Distortions
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Reflected Distortions

I learned to trust my instincts and it gave me permission to get things wrong, Sinead McKeever tells Brian McAvera


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Swimming with Dali
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Swimming with Dali

I often wonder if I am trying to capture and hold on to a memory, to stop this world for a minute, artist and master printmaker James McCreary tells Brian McAvera


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Out of the Blue
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Out of the Blue

Mike Fitzharris tells Brian McAvera of his attraction to colour captured in the brilliance of an Irish summer or Spain’s Andalucía


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Solar Attraction
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Solar Attraction

If there’s a consistent thematic in my work it’s about how meaning is made, artist Isabel Nolan tells Brian McAvera


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Sacred landscape
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Sacred landscape

Brian McAvera points to some highlights from Brian Lalor’s forthcoming retrospective at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre


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Shifting Angles
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Shifting Angles

‘I knew from the age of three what I wanted to do,‚’ sculptor Carolyn Mulholland tells Brian McAvera

 


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