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Do we really need an exhibition of women’s art? Yes

Do we really need an exhibition of women’s art? Yes

The Elliptical Affinities exhibition at the Highlanes Gallery gives us a peek at what a differently-centred world might look like

Wed Jan 08 2020 - 05:00
How Aria?: The opera challenging stigma around mental health

How Aria?: The opera challenging stigma around mental health

Performance combining opera, poetry and mental health launches with First Fortnight

Sat Jan 04 2020 - 05:00
Living in Instagram on holidays in the Maldives

Living in Instagram on holidays in the Maldives

Sense of fragility and air of unreality pervade life on the island nation in South Asia

Sun Dec 22 2019 - 06:10
We Make Good, the social enterprise linking designers and makers

We Make Good, the social enterprise linking designers and makers

Gorgeous gifts come guilt-free from this Irish initiative that is a model of how to do things right

Sat Dec 21 2019 - 06:05
Forget socks and jocks: Last-minute Christmas gifts they’ll really thank you for

Forget socks and jocks: Last-minute Christmas gifts they’ll really thank you for

Don't panic - we've got you covered with this list of thoughtful gift ideas for every budget

Sat Dec 21 2019 - 06:02
Bust to empty boom: What shaped our public spaces in the past decade

Bust to empty boom: What shaped our public spaces in the past decade

The Decaste in Culture: The 'quarterisation' of our cities reached a ludicrous peak with derided Grafton Quarter

Sat Dec 21 2019 - 05:00
What a load of smetch: new words to describe art

What a load of smetch: new words to describe art

Text plays a tricky role in art – as descriptors or part of the exhibit

Wed Dec 18 2019 - 05:00
Ashford Castle: Eighty years old and more gorgeous than ever

Ashford Castle: Eighty years old and more gorgeous than ever

Tollman family have spent €68m since 2015 restoring historic castle to its former glory

Sat Dec 14 2019 - 01:00
New Aer Lingus flights announced from Shannon to Paris and Barcelona

New Aer Lingus flights announced from Shannon to Paris and Barcelona

Travel deals: Plan an escape with these holiday ideas in Ireland and abroad

Sun Nov 24 2019 - 05:00
Acting out the apocalypse – in dustbins

Acting out the apocalypse – in dustbins

The cast of Pan Pan’s upcoming Endgame talk about Samuel Beckett’s enduring relevance

Sat Nov 23 2019 - 05:00
When the world’s best photographers came to Ireland, here’s what they saw

When the world’s best photographers came to Ireland, here’s what they saw

Cartier-Bresson, Dorothea Lange and Robert Cresswell caught Irish life in the 1950s

Wed Nov 20 2019 - 05:00
Cooking food from video games offers escapist fantasy

Cooking food from video games offers escapist fantasy

Desire to replicate delicacies from Azeroth or Tamriel part of society’s obession with food in abstract

Sat Nov 16 2019 - 05:00
Roland Mouret: In Ireland, the air smells different and people are like family

Roland Mouret: In Ireland, the air smells different and people are like family

The designer talks bees, waste and growing up in Lourdes ahead of project at the RHA

Mon Nov 11 2019 - 06:00
Look at this picture. What do you see?

Look at this picture. What do you see?

Eoin McHugh’s latest exhibition gets us closer to things we can’t see or comprehend

Sat Nov 02 2019 - 05:00
Take a punt on former Buck Whaley Curragh home for €1.85m

Take a punt on former Buck Whaley Curragh home for €1.85m

All the formal rooms you need for entertaining and a stud farm right next door

Thu Oct 10 2019 - 00:00
Why are Irish world class architects not building in Ireland?

Why are Irish world class architects not building in Ireland?

Grafton Architects have just won the 2020 Royal Gold Medal, but are ineligible to tender for many major projects at home

Wed Oct 09 2019 - 05:00
Can the arts come up with an alternative to capitalism?

Can the arts come up with an alternative to capitalism?

Change is possible, and it can come from individual acts

Sat Sept 28 2019 - 05:00
Why does Ireland not have a National Museum of Science?

Why does Ireland not have a National Museum of Science?

A museum would put this country’s contribution to global developments in context

Sat Sept 21 2019 - 05:00
A Georgian jewel in west Cork’s coastal crown for €3.8m

A Georgian jewel in west Cork’s coastal crown for €3.8m

Stone Hall on Glandore Harbour, once left to decay, has been restored to its former glory

Thu Sept 19 2019 - 06:00
First look inside the new Museum of Literature Ireland

First look inside the new Museum of Literature Ireland

MoLI in Newman House, Dublin opens this month featuring Joyce’s notebooks and more

Sat Sept 14 2019 - 05:00
Insider art: finding release through creativity in Irish prisons

Insider art: finding release through creativity in Irish prisons

Inmates at Midlands prison explain what making art means to them

Thu Sept 12 2019 - 05:00
One night only? Culture Night’s ambitions go much further

One night only? Culture Night’s ambitions go much further

What began in Dublin in 2006 is now a national behemoth on a cultural mission

Mon Sept 09 2019 - 05:00
Why does the heart want what it wants? Desire at Imma

Why does the heart want what it wants? Desire at Imma

A new exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art strips back to a primal force

Sat Sept 07 2019 - 05:00
Racing cert at former jockey's Kildare riverside home for €3m

Racing cert at former jockey's Kildare riverside home for €3m

Castlesize House in Sallins is the home of former champion jockey LIam Ward and sits on 37 acres

Wed Sept 04 2019 - 12:00
How can art be judged and valued?

How can art be judged and valued?

Public funding of the arts has become a nebulous and convoluted process

Sat Aug 24 2019 - 05:00
‘The answer is more’: Dublin Fringe director on choosing acts and supporting artists

‘The answer is more’: Dublin Fringe director on choosing acts and supporting artists

Ruth McGowan wants to transform lives, inspire change, and test her own limits

Sat Aug 17 2019 - 05:00
Time for the RDS to flex its cultural muscles

Time for the RDS to flex its cultural muscles

Society should go back to its roots, as scattergun use of venue is not helping it fulfill its potential

Sat Aug 03 2019 - 05:00
‘Developing appreciation can slow down the incredible race to consume’

‘Developing appreciation can slow down the incredible race to consume’

Master craftsman Joseph Walsh suggests a different and inspiring idea of culture

Thu Aug 01 2019 - 05:00
Kim Gordon: ‘I never think of myself as famous – I’m barely famous’

Kim Gordon: ‘I never think of myself as famous – I’m barely famous’

The Sonic Youth co-founder on her new exhibition at IMMA, her relationship with fame, the changing face of feminism and her strange fascination with Airbnb

Wed Jul 31 2019 - 05:00
Rough Magic theatre, 35 years on: ‘Dublin in those days was so bohemian’

Rough Magic theatre, 35 years on: ‘Dublin in those days was so bohemian’

Company reflects on decades of casting spells and pushing the envelope with its productions

Sat Jul 27 2019 - 05:00
Galway International Arts Festival: The must-see events

Galway International Arts Festival: The must-see events

The best picks from this year’s selection of theatre, street spectacle and quirky surprise

Sun Jul 14 2019 - 06:00
Why the ancient Greeks didn’t make a big deal of penis size

Why the ancient Greeks didn’t make a big deal of penis size

A Cork gallery has removed the fig leaves from its statues, showing that small is beautiful

Sat Jul 13 2019 - 05:00
Jersey: An unusual little island that feels surprisingly familiar

Jersey: An unusual little island that feels surprisingly familiar

Where immigration controls are incredibly strict and the tax laws favour the wealthy, it’s tempting to see it as a microcosm of post-Brexit Britain

Sun Jul 07 2019 - 06:00
A matter of life and death: the startling lifelike sculptures of Sam Jinks

A matter of life and death: the startling lifelike sculptures of Sam Jinks

Artist Sam Jinks’s exhibition gets to grips with life (the universe and everything)

Sat Jul 06 2019 - 05:00
Toxic philanthropy: When arts sponsorships mask social ills

Toxic philanthropy: When arts sponsorships mask social ills

We must ensure the super rich don’t get a pass because they fling money at the arts

Sat Jul 06 2019 - 05:00
From Russia with music, love and a single suitcase

From Russia with music, love and a single suitcase

A peek at the schedule of one of Ireland’s most renowned pianists: Barry Douglas

Sat Jun 29 2019 - 06:00
Fès: Marrakesh’s quieter, timeless little sister

Fès: Marrakesh’s quieter, timeless little sister

The 1,200-year-old Moroccan city has that captivating sense of being at a crossroads: of cultures and of time

Sat Jun 22 2019 - 06:00
The Small Things: Blood and violence and love, but no chemistry

The Small Things: Blood and violence and love, but no chemistry

Review: Pauline McLynn and Peter Gowan work from an extraordinary script by Enda Walsh, but the setting leaves things out in the cold

Thu Jun 20 2019 - 06:12
What does perfection look like and why does it make us miserable?

What does perfection look like and why does it make us miserable?

A new exhibition at Dublin’s Science Gallery delves into our fear of flaws

Sat Jun 15 2019 - 05:00
Limerick stud where Nixon stayed and champions were bred for €5.5m

Limerick stud where Nixon stayed and champions were bred for €5.5m

Kilfrush on 286 acres has proved a fertile breeding ground for thoroughbred champions and in the 1970s the Georgian property even played host to former US president Nixon

Thu Jun 06 2019 - 11:51
Georgian estate with Norman castle, mill and film star credentials for €2.65m

Georgian estate with Norman castle, mill and film star credentials for €2.65m

Atmospheric estate was the setting for a Stanley Kubrick movie, while the mill boasts a firefighting friendly ghost

Thu Jun 06 2019 - 06:00
Librettos on the beach: Standouts at this year’s Venice Biennale

Librettos on the beach: Standouts at this year’s Venice Biennale

Also known as the Art Olympics, this vast exhibition features works from 89 countries

Thu Jun 06 2019 - 05:00
The Passion Equation: Why some think exploiting culture workers is okay

The Passion Equation: Why some think exploiting culture workers is okay

Study finds people think it’s acceptable to exploit those who are passionate about a job

Sat Jun 01 2019 - 06:00
Carlow Arts Festival: Wide awake to the virtual and the real

Carlow Arts Festival: Wide awake to the virtual and the real

Jo Mangan hopes to open public’s eyes to new ideas as well as offering the classics

Thu May 30 2019 - 05:00
Escape to this contemporary seaside haven for €3.1m

Escape to this contemporary seaside haven for €3.1m

Every comfort has been considered at this unique luxury home with panoramic views outside Kinsale

Thu May 23 2019 - 06:00
The arts board: a way to give something back that pays biscuits

The arts board: a way to give something back that pays biscuits

Cultural institutions need board members, and it can be rewarding (just not financially)

Sat May 04 2019 - 05:00
Leonardo da Vinci remains a very modern genius

Leonardo da Vinci remains a very modern genius

Five hundred years after his death, the original Renaissance Man's creative brilliance is still astonishing

Thu May 02 2019 - 05:00
Fancy a share of your own racehorse? Here’s how to get in on the action

Fancy a share of your own racehorse? Here’s how to get in on the action

Running in Heels is an all-female syndicate, named after their first horse

Sat Apr 27 2019 - 06:00
Upcoming art auctions all in a good cause

Upcoming art auctions all in a good cause

Works by cutting edge contemporary artists will go under the hammer in coming weeks

Wed Apr 24 2019 - 17:21
Live Collision international festival: Everything you need to know

Live Collision international festival: Everything you need to know

Ditch your idea of categories and preconceptions about the live art exhibition at Project

Mon Apr 22 2019 - 05:00
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