Form and function: What makes one object art and another ‘mere’ craft?At Sara Flynn and Joseph Walsh’s collaborative new exhibition at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, the distinctions are in the eye of the beholderSat Oct 05 2024 - 05:15
Slow travel allows you to escape the busy world: Here’s how to do itGet away from it all by road, rail, ramble or sail in Ireland and farther afieldMon Sept 30 2024 - 05:00
A bear walks into a rehearsal room: In Pan Pan’s new twist on The Winter’s Tale, the animal finally gets to tell the storyDublin Theatre Festival 2024: Exit, Pursued by a Bear might sound absurd, but it opens up a world of dramatic connectionsSat Sept 28 2024 - 05:15
Autumn culture preview 2024: The biggest films, TV shows, books, music, theatre and exhibitions to catchFrom Paul Mescal in Gladiator II and Cate Blanchett in Disclaimer to Nick Cave at 3Arena and Brian Maguire at the Hugh LaneSat Sept 21 2024 - 05:15
Motion and emotion: Watching as Michael Keegan-Dolan’s Nobodaddy takes shape at Teach DamhsaDublin Theatre Festival 2024: The acclaimed choreographer has teamed up with the musican Sam Amidon to create the festival’s opening showSat Sept 14 2024 - 05:30
Back on the ranch: a dream holiday for horse lovers in the American westA dude ranch holiday in Tucson, Arizona, is among exciting offerings for experienced riders and novices alikeMon Sept 02 2024 - 05:00
How artists are funded: Five places around the world and the ways they support creativitySome countries build theatres, others give young people money to spend on the arts. What works best?Sat Aug 31 2024 - 05:15
Like Romeo and Juliet, it’s hard not to fall in love in VeronaGorgeous streets, riverside coffees, boutiques and inspiring art - a trip to Verona provides wide drama and intimate momentsMon Aug 26 2024 - 05:00
Making home in the museum: how Irish arrivals to London lived in the 1950sIrish couple Kathleen and Jack came to London in 1956 to find new opportunities. Their fictional story, illustrative of many Irish emigrants at the time, features at London’s Museum of the Home, which has recreated their room in a shared house in CricklewoodSun Aug 25 2024 - 05:00
Take a Breath: Irish Museum of Modern Art’s moving, intriguing exhibition explores ‘why, how and what we breathe’Imma’s new show has the themes of breath as meditation, as language, in warfare; air in a time of environmental catastrophe; and feminism, race and ecologySat Aug 17 2024 - 05:20
Reviving small Irish towns: ‘They are exactly the same as some of the finest European towns. They can become vibrant communities again’There is a wealth of vacant housing hidden in Ireland’s rural towns. Architect Valerie Mulvin has five suggestions to unlock their potentialSun Aug 11 2024 - 06:00
Five days in Estonia: Saunas, bears, wolves, and an extraordinary experience I will never forget Artistic leanings, Soviet shadows and a playful sense of humour: The Tallinn Fringe and Tartu 2024 are two great reasons to visit EstoniaTue Aug 06 2024 - 07:00
First look: ‘Rebellious luxury’ woodland suites nestled in the trees overlooking Cork cityStealth wealth is the order of the day in the hotel’s ode to ‘rebellious luxury’ based on Japanese/Scandinavian trend with Irish inflectionsTue Jul 30 2024 - 06:00
Artist Donald Teskey: ‘When teacher praised my drawing, it was the first time I was aware of myself as a person’The winner of the 2024 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Art Award shows how art, nature, medicine and wellbeing intertwineSat Jul 27 2024 - 05:24
‘This house was a new chapter for me’: Irish designer on renovating a colourful London homeHome sweet home is the name of the game for a makeover by an Irish designer in London’s Primrose Hill. Rose-tinted spectacles not requiredSun Jul 21 2024 - 06:00
A bear on wheels and gilt-edged opportunities among items up for auctionThose seeking gilded and decoratively fancy pieces will have much to choose from at Victor Mee’s Decorative Interiors and Garden SaleSat Jul 20 2024 - 05:00
Galway International Arts Festival 2024: 15 events to catch this yearGalway International Arts Festival 2024: here are 15 unmissable things to see and do at this year’s festivalMon Jul 15 2024 - 11:19
Patricia Piccinini: ‘We’re hard-wired to be suspicious of difference’The Australian artist exhibits a wilderness of imagined creatures for the Galway International Arts Festival. The works challenge our empathy and revulsionSat Jul 13 2024 - 05:15
The forgotten women impressionists: Far more than models, muses or mothersCelebrating the anniversary of the first impressionist exhibition, the National Gallery of Ireland shows four pioneering women artistsSat Jul 06 2024 - 05:15
Lady of the house: Astronomers, botanists and antiquarians are the women behind some of Ireland’s great housesWomen have played an often unsung role in the history of Ireland, and of our great houses. This summer, why not take a trip to visit them?Sat Jun 15 2024 - 05:00
All That Glitters by Orlando Whitfield: How rich people ruin artArt dealer and gallerist digs into his friendship with fraudster Inigo Philbrick to portray a world of greed far removed from the struggle of paintersSat Jun 15 2024 - 00:00
The extraordinary art of Tino Sehgal is coming to Cork. It has to be seen to be believedThe artist eschews objects to create ‘constructed situations’, and does not document his works – luckily they are unforgettableSat Jun 08 2024 - 05:15
The best hotels for art lovers in Ireland and across EuropeFrom an ultra luxurious base for the Venice Biennale to Salvador Dalí days in Co CorkSat Jun 08 2024 - 05:00
5,313 works submitted, 515 on show: RHA Annual Exhibition 2024 ready to be unveiledThis year’s show includes plenty of powerful work, as well as prices that range from €50 to €60,000. But younger painters are notable by their absenceMon May 20 2024 - 05:15
Dozy dozen: 12 of the best spots to get 40 winks in Ireland and overseasSleep tourism is booming, as the pressures of modern life press in on us. How far are you willing to go for sweet oblivion?Sun May 19 2024 - 05:00
Inside Ireland’s government nuclear fallout shelter: ‘It’s more a basement than a bunker’A ‘secret’ facility in Athlone was designated the national control centre during the cold war. We visit with a group of artistsSun May 12 2024 - 05:15
‘You get to hear the maddest stories … the saddest stories’: unlocking memories with family photosFamily snaps can release memories when we and our loved ones need them most, as a project by Photo Museum Ireland revealsSat May 11 2024 - 05:00
Visual art reviews: Each Now, Is the time, the Space; and Aleana Egan: Second-hand Group shows can create brilliant conversations, but unless you are familiar with the work of these artists, you may need help to get inMon Apr 29 2024 - 05:00
The blink of an eye: Great street photography that finds magic in the mundaneA new festival in Dublin captures the glorious, random, intimate moments of everyday lifeSat Apr 27 2024 - 05:00
Eilís O’Connell and Mona Hatoum at Visual, Carlow: mysterious yet simultaneously unequivocalAbstract art speaks of refuge and evacuation while recalling the engines of war that underpin such thingsMon Apr 22 2024 - 06:00
Deirdre O’Mahony’s The Quickening: the unlikely star of the show is a dung beetleOne of the most striking artists working in Ireland, O’Mahony has spent her career exploring our relationships with landSun Apr 21 2024 - 05:15
Soaking up the Mersey Beat on a trip to Liverpool, where music seeps from every corner From The Beatles to Scouse stew to living works of art, Liverpool offers many attractions with a pop culture twistTue Apr 16 2024 - 20:05
Anne Ffrench and Julia Pallone: Accumulation review – half-glimpsed truths come to lifeExhibitions scratch emotional and sensual itch we might not have realised we hadMon Apr 08 2024 - 10:46
Inside historic west Cork home of the creator of The Irish RM: ‘I always knew we’d end up living here’Drishane House has been in the Somerville family for nine generations and is where Edith Somerville cowrote her acclaimed trilogy of novelsSun Apr 07 2024 - 05:00
Celebrating 100 years of giving by Ireland’s oldest arts charityFriends of the National Collections of Ireland has been involved in the donation of more than 1,000 works to collections across IrelandSat Apr 06 2024 - 05:00
From pints to property and beyond: Irish shops are multitasking to make ends meetWould you care for a holiday with your suit, sir? Exploring premises in Ireland bringing new meaning to added valueSat Apr 06 2024 - 05:00
Banshees of Inisherin and Irish vernacular furniture feature at upcoming auctionMovie-star furniture and an early example of the sofa bed feature alongside garden objects and a bright orange tulip chairSat Apr 06 2024 - 05:00
Harry Clarke illustrations light up rare Edgar Allan Poe and Goethe editions for saleIllustrations by Richard Doyle – an uncle of Arthur Conan Doyle – bring the classic works of William Allingham to lifeSat Mar 30 2024 - 05:00
Recalling the time Salvador Dalí was paid in elephants for designing an Air India ashtray An intriguing piece by Dalí features in Morgan O’Driscoll’s upcoming sale, alongside portraits from William Orpen, Genieve Figgis and Andy WarholSat Mar 30 2024 - 05:00
‘On Room to Improve everyone goes miles over budget - I just can’t’After selling her Dublin city centre cottage, Gemma Tipton is renovating an old stone building adjacent to her parents’ home on the outskirts of the citySun Mar 24 2024 - 05:00
Hone, Jellett and Henry: Irish art in focus at this week’s salesWorks by Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett are on sale at Adam’s and deVeres, while highlights of Sotheby’s forthcoming Irish Art Sale are on show in DublinSat Mar 23 2024 - 05:00
Golden moments for artists, and dazzling baubles for saleGolden Fleece Award helps artists recognise their vision, while O’Reilly’s has more tangible gold on sale such as a Van Cleef & Arpels 18ct broochSat Mar 23 2024 - 05:00
Wander Wild Festival: Experience Killarney’s great outdoors from hiking to forest bathing and moreHiking, paddle boarding, forest bathing, climbing, photography workshops and more are at the Wander Wild Festival from March 22nd to 24thSun Mar 10 2024 - 05:00
From the Beatles to U2, sleep on an operatic scale with Irish hotels steeped in music history There are plenty of spots where you can revel in a rocking atmosphere, whatever the era you’re afterSun Feb 25 2024 - 05:00
‘You know those artworks that stop you in your tracks?’ The powerful A Matter of Time opens at the Crawford galleryThe 60 works by 25 Irish and international artists on show in Cork sing together in ways that reveal richly evolving ideasSat Feb 17 2024 - 05:15
Let’s get personal: From bedding to cushions to furniture, use your photographs to decorate your homeLook beyond Instagram, and your photographs can become an amazing array of items for the homeSat Feb 17 2024 - 05:00
Mollie Douthit: When Worlds Collide – Wonderful works are visual riches grounded in the literalReview: Extended texts giving insight ultimately limit each work to singular meaningsTue Feb 13 2024 - 05:00
What’s it worth? Family treasures including a 1950s Dior handbag and a trio of porcelain figurines get valuedThe family stories behind hidden finds - and out how much these treasured possessions are actually worthSun Feb 04 2024 - 05:00
‘It is actually possible for everyone to have a house, a decent life and a dignified death’Eimear Walshe’s Romantic Ireland, which will be seen on a global scale at the 60th Venice Biennale, continues the artist’s focus on land, ownership and inclusionSat Feb 03 2024 - 05:15
Popping with colour, singing with ideas: John Kindness retells the OdysseySchool can make you think art has to be difficult to be good. The artist’s visual take on Homer’s epic is, in part, just a damn good yarnWed Jan 31 2024 - 05:15
