Dublin Gallery Weekend announces winners of first Francis Bacon art awards
Patrick Graham and Cathy Wilkes named as recipients of new annual Irish prizes worth €40,000
The life-changing work of Alice Maher, an artist to her bones
The Irish artist has spent decades making the everyday uncanny. With her work on show at the Venice Biennale, she talks about myth, misogyny and the power of art
Technologies of Peace: Give Imma’s sprawling exhibition the time and attention it deserves
The Irish Museum of Modern Art show incorporates work by artists from 17 countries, including Frances Hegarty and the Slavs and Tatars collective
Irish artist Donald Teskey at 70: ‘There’s a lot of history – of baggage – to painting’
Donald Teskey couldn’t find a way to make his paintings say what he wanted them to. Then he spent time on residencies, both with other artists and alone
Mainie Jellett at Whyte’s auction: a unique marriage of cubism with religious and Celtic motifs
Two particular pieces mark the artist’s concerns: La Pietà and Nude by the Sea
The craic of Colorado: a trip to Aspen and Snowmass in the off-season
From horse riding to the ‘sticky bar’ scene, Aspen and Snowmass are tremendous fun in the off-ski season, even with a dose of altitude sickness
An infinite variety of views of the Irish landscape at Adam’s
From realism to the edge of abstraction, artists Letitia Marion Hamilton, Gerard Dillon and Harry Kernoff give their takes on Connemara
Culture Night 2026: 12 events to catch off the beaten track
From tribal dance and earthquake education to clay sculpting and an after-dark tractor parade, there is plenty to experience this Culture Night
‘You’re looking at the artist’s mind working’: Marvels of the National Gallery’s works on paper
As well as showing treasures from its collection, the National Gallery of Ireland has made all of its prints and drawings available for individual viewing
Former Irish Times chief critic Brian Fallon dies aged 93
A literary editor of The Irish Times, and its chief critic for 35 years, Brian Fallon also founded the newspaper’s Weekend supplement
Inside the remarkable renovation of an ideal summer house on Donegal’s Cruit Island
When tasked with rebuilding this holiday home in Donegal, the architects sought to incorporate core memories in the design
Artist Orla Barry presents life and its deepest strands through the prism of sheep
Exhibition at Rua Red in Tallaght uses animals to explore ideas of land, time, gender, belonging and the natural world
An oyster’s journey from sea to spoon in Ireland: ‘It’s far from umami we were reared’
There’s a glorious simplicity to harvesting and preparing an oyster to eat, but that doesn’t mean there’s no work involved
Otherworldly art: Michael Ashur’s astral art is illuminated once more
The late artist’s large, cosmic canvasses were once often found in office foyers. Now a new exhibition in Limerick offers the chance for a re-evaluation
Snap happy: Irish photographers on the story behind their favourite photographs
From supermodels to scenes of everyday life – powerful images chosen by those who captured them














