Like an orchestral conductor, the artist Genieve Figgis encourages and cajoles the passages of paint in her work, writes Cian McLoughlin
Medb Ruane reflects on Cléa van der Grijn’s visual treatise on loss and mourning on view at Solomon Fine Art, Dublin
Nuala Clarke describes her process as excavating what’s on the inside, writes Isabella Evangelisisti
Joy Gerrard uses media images to re-image and memorialise crowd events, writes Margarita Cappock
Locky Morris is a master of finding beauty and humour in the everyday, writes Riann Coulter
Research into theoretical principles across the fields of art, science and aesthetics imbue Nuala O’Donovan’s work, writes Mark Ewart
‘There’s a huge sensuous pleasure in making a colour’ Fergus Martin tells Brian McAvera as an exhibition of his work opens at IMMA
Eamonn Doyle’s portraits of Dubliners are unposed, untroubled by vanity and full of momentum, writes Stephanie McBride
The modernity of the Goethe Institute in Merrion Square exemplifies sensitive renovation of Georgian buildings, writes James Howley
Irish painter-etchers looked abroad for their inspiration, direction and markets from the 1880s, writes Angela Griffith and Anne Hodge
Peter Murray charts the work of Irish marine artist, Edwin Hayes, whose bicentenary falls this year
Finola Finlay visits a number of churches enriched by stained-glass artist George Walsh and asks why this medium is not used more widely in secular architecture
A collection of drawings and watercolours by Cork artist Daniel Macdonald display his skill as a draughtsman and his wry wit, writes Niamh O’Sullivan
Rosemary Devereaux paints a picture of Mary Cottenham Yeats as a talented, resourceful artist in a variety of media
The artist Patrick Swift and his wife founded a pottery in Portugal in the 1960s that is still thriving today, writes Peter Murray
Joshua Reynolds’ painting of Emily, Duchess of Leinster, has been unveiled in Castletown House, writes John Coleman
The Chester Beatty’s new website provides online access to one of the world’s great collections of rare books, manuscripts and decorative arts writes Jessica Baldwin
Elizabeth Kirwan explores photographs from 1919 in the NLI Collection
