2025 in art: Our 10 favourite Irish exhibitions of the year
Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone at the National Gallery of Ireland, Kunstkammer in Waterford and Lisa Fingleton in Tralee are among the highlights
RDS Visual Art Awards 2025: A showcase for 10 impressive new creative voices
Dealing with subjects such as our online existence, the housing crisis, and interior lives, these artists have emerged almost fully formed
The Art of Status; Leonardo Da Vinci; Who Owns Beauty? - Art books about plundering dilemmas and fabricated back stories
Two books show that creating a museum with a clear conscience isn’t always straightforward; another shows how we do love a good historical mystery
Cecilia Vicuña: ‘Democracy allowed a teenager like me to be free. When that was removed, it was like the end of the world’
The renowned Chilean artist, whose first Irish solo show is at Imma, on the inspiration for her work
Warm welcomes: 17 of Ireland’s cosiest places to stay this winter, from Donegal to Kerry
Shelter from wild weather with a sojourn in famously snug settings around the country
How did a small Irish architectural firm come to design one of the world’s biggest museums?
Heneghan Peng beat stiff competition to design Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum partly by luck, they say, but mostly by ‘looking’
Bram Stoker, the corncrake and ‘folklore as resistance’: Making Macnas’s Halloween parade
Louise Lowe and Owen Boss of Anu are swapping intimate immersive theatre for this year’s Macnas parade, An Truen: The Summoning of the Lost
Renovating your kitchen? Top tips from experts on getting it right
Don’t have your head turned by trends, but leave a little room for falling in love -you’ll spend upwards of €8,000 on a new kitchen, so think before you leap
Pablo Picasso’s personal artwork that he refused to sell comes to Ireland
A landmark National Gallery of Ireland exhibition tells the story of the artist’s life through the works he chose to keep
Irish architects have designed a new London neighbourhood. What could they do here?
A newspaper on a Tube journey led Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey to work on the flagship East Bank project
Escape to the châteaux: live a gilded life on a trip to the Loire Valley in France
The châteaux of the Loire Valley are glorious. Just watch out for amorous peacocks
How to Art by Kate Bryan and David Shrigley: An engaging primer
If you require emotional support to go to a gallery, this could be a book for you
Culture Night 2025: Where to head on Friday, September 19th
The big events book out quickly, but here are a few you might have missed
Is Valencia the holy grail of holidays?
The Spanish city, home to the reputed Last Supper chalice, is a fascinating and tasty trip through time
Lisbon is sinfully good fun during the feast of St Anthony
The city’s exuberant charm is in overdrive as a carnival atmosphere takes over its very walkable centre