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Art in Focus: Eamonn Doyle – i Series 07

Art in Focus: Eamonn Doyle – i Series 07

Doyle has been called the saviour of street photography, and it’s not hard to see why

Sat Mar 16 2019 - 05:00
This week’s visual arts highlights: Tracking changes in Dublin’s Docklands

This week’s visual arts highlights: Tracking changes in Dublin’s Docklands

Plus work by Wieczorek, Colman, Sullivan, O’Donoghue, Haughey, Nolan and Newman

Sat Mar 16 2019 - 05:00
Come up and see these fine, 100-year-old Irish etchings

Come up and see these fine, 100-year-old Irish etchings

Making Their Mark, at the National Gallery of Ireland, casts light on early 20th-century painter-etchers

Tue Mar 12 2019 - 05:00
Art in focus: Away by Patricia Burns

Art in focus: Away by Patricia Burns

Burns’s preoccupation is a certain ambivalence about suburban, in-between space

Sat Mar 09 2019 - 05:00
Blank pages, black books and a Ulysses that’s hard to get in to

Blank pages, black books and a Ulysses that’s hard to get in to

Marie Hanlon’s sculptural installations engage with books in their natural habitat

Tue Mar 05 2019 - 05:00
Chris Robshaw and Mario Itoje back in England’s training squad

Chris Robshaw and Mario Itoje back in England’s training squad

Robshaw won the last of his 66 caps during the 2018 summer tour to South Africa

Mon Mar 04 2019 - 12:42
The best art exhibitions to see this week

The best art exhibitions to see this week

One Here Now final instalment features work by Brian O’Doherty and alternate persona Patrick Ireland

Sat Mar 02 2019 - 05:00
Art in Focus: John Lavery, Two Figures on a Boat

Art in Focus: John Lavery, Two Figures on a Boat

A great society painter’s solo voyage into etching

Sat Mar 02 2019 - 05:00
Moving pictures from inside the mind’s eye

Moving pictures from inside the mind’s eye

Ronan McCrea checks his credit at the image bank; Graphic Studio marks 30 years

Tue Feb 26 2019 - 05:00
Art in Focus: The Sphinx Half in Shadow and Chephren Pyramid, Giza, Egypt’ by Nathaniel Hone the younger

Art in Focus: The Sphinx Half in Shadow and Chephren Pyramid, Giza, Egypt’ by Nathaniel Hone the younger

What was the secret of Nathaniel Hone’s Sphinx?

Sat Feb 23 2019 - 05:00
Five art exhibitions to see this week

Five art exhibitions to see this week

Aidan Dunne: 18 artists explore the words we cannot say in Letterbomb at Synge St

Sat Feb 23 2019 - 05:00
Robert Armstrong takes a swipe at explosive landscapes

Robert Armstrong takes a swipe at explosive landscapes

‘Squeegee Paintings’, the new exhibition by the former head of painting at NCAD, is all about what's left out

Tue Feb 19 2019 - 05:00
Art in Focus: Landline Gray (2015) by Sean Scully

Art in Focus: Landline Gray (2015) by Sean Scully

Sean Scully’s Landline paintings link minimalism to northern European romanticism

Sat Feb 16 2019 - 05:00
Separating fact and fiction in Islamic art

Separating fact and fiction in Islamic art

Stephennie Mulder aims to expand the usual ‘European story’ and outlook on art history

Tue Feb 12 2019 - 05:00
Art in Focus: Gerard Byrne – Points of view in Waiting for Godot

Art in Focus: Gerard Byrne – Points of view in Waiting for Godot

Byrne’s image of the Gate production reflects his interest in cultural representations

Sat Feb 09 2019 - 05:00
The five best art exhibitions to visit this week

The five best art exhibitions to visit this week

Fergus FitzGerald, Martin Redmond, Robert Armstrong, Siobhan McDonald, Stephen McKenna

Sat Feb 09 2019 - 05:00
The Liberties: where the past and present collide

The Liberties: where the past and present collide

Ingenious work by artist Marielle MacLeman delves one of the oldest areas of Dublin

Tue Feb 05 2019 - 05:00
From Utopia to damnation: This week’s visual arts highlights

From Utopia to damnation: This week’s visual arts highlights

Also: ‘Crossing Permissions’ by Sinéad O’Donnell; ‘Armed Men’ by Mick O’Dea

Sat Feb 02 2019 - 05:00
Art in Focus: Leonardo da Vinci – The skull sectioned

Art in Focus: Leonardo da Vinci – The skull sectioned

Da Vinci is known for a handful of iconic works but drawing was utterly central to everything he did

Sat Feb 02 2019 - 05:00
Brian Eno: ‘I’ve spent longer in Ireland than I have almost anywhere else’

Brian Eno: ‘I’ve spent longer in Ireland than I have almost anywhere else’

The ‘Renaissance man’ on his Irish connections and his ‘deliberately slow’ epic artwork 77 Million Paintings at the RHA in Dublin

Tue Jan 29 2019 - 06:00
Art in Focus – Mark Francis: White Light (Dual Dimension)

Art in Focus – Mark Francis: White Light (Dual Dimension)

Mark Francis fixes his interest on the world beyond the limits of conventional vision

Sat Jan 26 2019 - 05:00
Chance and the space between things

Chance and the space between things

Light, mist and wonder from Leah Beggs and a group of four artists explore creativity through chance in Some Concrete Possibilites

Tue Jan 22 2019 - 05:00
Mary Swanzy: From strait-laced girl to first Irish cubist

Mary Swanzy: From strait-laced girl to first Irish cubist

The Dublin-born artist remains something of an enigma in both her life and her art

Sat Jan 19 2019 - 06:00
The five best art exhibitions to visit in Dublin this weekend

The five best art exhibitions to visit in Dublin this weekend

Sven Sandberg, Amanda Doran, Andrew Simpson, Leah Beggs and Ruth O'Donnell

Sat Jan 19 2019 - 05:00
Art in Focus: Brian Eno – 77 Million Paintings

Art in Focus: Brian Eno – 77 Million Paintings

Brian Eno’s music and image installation has been endlessly reinventing itself since 2006

Sat Jan 19 2019 - 05:00
Saving seeds: the connection between two very different locations

Saving seeds: the connection between two very different locations

Seeds, plants, people and geopolitics intersect in Jumana Manna’s film ‘Wild Relatives’

Tue Jan 15 2019 - 05:00
Working with concrete: This week’s visual arts highlights

Working with concrete: This week’s visual arts highlights

Eva O’Leary holds a mirror up to teenagers, and a group exhibition looks at surveillance

Sat Jan 12 2019 - 05:00
Art in Focus: Gerry Davis – Wedding Car

Art in Focus: Gerry Davis – Wedding Car

The Limerick-based artist re-imagines his own wedding with a magic realist twist

Sat Jan 12 2019 - 05:00
An atmospherically rich combination of image and sound

An atmospherically rich combination of image and sound

In her new film work Ailbhe Ní Bhriain muses on the legacy of imperialism and an uncertain future

Tue Jan 08 2019 - 05:00
Royal Hibernian Academy: a struggle across centuries

Royal Hibernian Academy: a struggle across centuries

John Turpin’s RHA history reveals an institution fighting for its life for nearly 200 years

Sat Jan 05 2019 - 05:00
The best art exhibitions running across the country

The best art exhibitions running across the country

From Limerick to Armagh, there’s a range of themes and works to explore

Sat Jan 05 2019 - 05:00
Art in Focus: Protest Crowd, London by Joy Gerrard

Art in Focus: Protest Crowd, London by Joy Gerrard

Gerrard’s images of crowds massed in cities reflect a new era of mass protest

Sat Jan 05 2019 - 05:00
Wild relatives: Exploring the play of global power

Wild relatives: Exploring the play of global power

Aidan Dunne: Niamh Barry’s edge lit sculptural lighting pieces at the National Museum of Ireland

Sat Dec 29 2018 - 05:00
Art in Focus: JMW Turner – A Ship against the Mewstone, at the Entrance to Plymouth Sound

Art in Focus: JMW Turner – A Ship against the Mewstone, at the Entrance to Plymouth Sound

Turner’s watercolour brilliantly conveys the drama and danger of negotiating a coastal hazard in heavy seas

Sat Dec 29 2018 - 05:00
Art in focus: Madeline, St Agnes’s Charmed Maid by Harry Clarke

Art in focus: Madeline, St Agnes’s Charmed Maid by Harry Clarke

The work is not on permanent display, so now is your chance to see it

Sat Dec 22 2018 - 05:00
The stunning Canaletto show: a perfect antidote to winter

The stunning Canaletto show: a perfect antidote to winter

This week’s visual art highlights include fine shows at Imma, Crawford and Hunt Museum

Sat Dec 22 2018 - 05:00
Pallas Periodical Review:  a lively look at the state of Irish contemporary visual art

Pallas Periodical Review: a lively look at the state of Irish contemporary visual art

Disjuncture or rupture, in terms of time, space and more is the overarching theme of the work on show

Tue Dec 18 2018 - 05:00
Art in focus: Olwen Fouéré, Kilkenny (2016) by Mick O’Dea

Art in focus: Olwen Fouéré, Kilkenny (2016) by Mick O’Dea

O’Dea’s portrait of Fouéré is fast, sketchy and spontaneous, a record of the moment

Sat Dec 15 2018 - 05:00
A stark climate change warning in a devastated Cork woodland

A stark climate change warning in a devastated Cork woodland

Paul Ringrose’s new paintings address show a shattered place where trees have been snapped like matchsticks

Tue Dec 11 2018 - 05:00
Strange Bedfellows and stocking fillers: this week’s best visual arts

Strange Bedfellows and stocking fillers: this week’s best visual arts

Check out the Christmas exhibitions, and pick up some artworks for under €500

Sat Dec 08 2018 - 05:00
Art is thriving in a time of cultural disruption

Art is thriving in a time of cultural disruption

Year in Culture Review: Commercial galleries are under pressure despite rising economy but art still thrives

Sat Dec 08 2018 - 05:00
Art in Focus: For GRS by Colin Davidson

Art in Focus: For GRS by Colin Davidson

A painter best known for his realist portraits turns to floral still life

Sat Dec 08 2018 - 05:00
Prix Pictet: Richard Mosse’s prize-winning work comes home

Prix Pictet: Richard Mosse’s prize-winning work comes home

Irish artist’s work contrasts with that of others in the Gallery of Photography

Tue Dec 04 2018 - 05:00
Water works: Canaletto’s Venice at the National Gallery of Ireland

Water works: Canaletto’s Venice at the National Gallery of Ireland

Dazzling paintings, drawings and prints by the greatest painter of the Italian city

Sat Dec 01 2018 - 06:00
Art in Focus: Alice Maher – Vox Hybrida I (2018)

Art in Focus: Alice Maher – Vox Hybrida I (2018)

Inspired by a medieval carving of a mermaid, Tipperary artist’s woodblock prints and bronzes aim to redefine representations of women

Sat Dec 01 2018 - 05:00
High anxiety and the fine art of falling apart

High anxiety and the fine art of falling apart

The RHA’s annual Futures show finds emerging artists facing uncertain times

Tue Nov 27 2018 - 05:00
Super-saturated pink palettes and giddy allegorical fantasies

Super-saturated pink palettes and giddy allegorical fantasies

This week’s visual art highlights

Sat Nov 24 2018 - 05:00
Art in Focus – Liability Channelled (detail), 2018, by Liam Gillick

Art in Focus – Liability Channelled (detail), 2018, by Liam Gillick

In his multifarious work the artist considers his own role in modes of production: industrial, artistic, intellectual

Sat Nov 24 2018 - 05:00
A mythical, dreamy view of the Blasket Islands

A mythical, dreamy view of the Blasket Islands

Iranian artist Atoosa Pour Hosseini reimagines the Co Kerry islands in the lyrical ‘Kinetics in Blue’

Tue Nov 20 2018 - 05:00
Art in Focus: My Magnetic North, Gary Coyle

Art in Focus: My Magnetic North, Gary Coyle

The latest instalment in his reflections on identity, place, death, memory – and demons within and without

Sat Nov 17 2018 - 05:00
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