Limerick: a city in search of its cultural identity

The arts community in Limerick is in crisis, thanks to cuts and closures, so how will the city live up to its city of culture status next year?

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Imma looks for the money shot with its new exhibition

The gallery’s new group show is about cash and all the other currencies that are shaping European identity

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Patrick O’Reilly: making hay and other art that shines

Patrick O’Reilly’s wild eclecticism can be perplexing, but his latest work, a giant haystack in a church, is a thrilling success

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An international exhibition that’s become an international incident

An exhibition of art in the Louvre has provoked fury in Germany for portraying the country as a dark and dangerous neighbour – has it ignored key movements deliberately, or is it all a matter of taste?

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It’s not great art, but it is good mythmaking

Seán Keating wanted to establish an authentically Irish school of art. It’s debatable how successful he was, but there’s no denying the importance of his paintings to our history

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Irish art on Berlin’s blank canvas

‘Neither Here Nor There’, a show by Irish artists in Berlin, turns nowhere into something

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A brush with the Troubles leaves a lasting legacy on McCann’s art

Paddy McCann’s Northern-themed works are eloquent visions of the long-term costs of violence

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Francis Bacon and the art of food

When the artist’s studio was forensically excavated, the influence of food - and books about food - became clear

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A pop art show that’s gone flat

The Andy Warhol exhibition at the Mac in Belfast attempts to package culture as entertainment, but there’s little depth beneath the veneer

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Creativity, independence, heart: the future of design

As the Offset design conference kicks off, we ask designers what lies ahead, and look at the best of what’s on offer this weekend

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A personal tour of some of Picasso’s best works

After extensive renovation, the doors have reopened on Berlin’s Berggruen Museum, one of the world’s top private collections of 20th-century art

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The orchard in which art grew

A family orchard inspires Helena Gorey’s latest paintings, photographs and video

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What’s the point of pointless art?

Art that isn’t good for anything can often be very good indeed

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Trouble at the mill

He’s one of Ireland’s most popular artists. But now the taxman is after his earnings. Michael Parsons visits painter Mark O’Neill

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Mark Francis: making waves on a macro level

In a previous show, Mark Francis trained his eye on a microscope. Now, he’s gone telescopic

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A stylish bunch: why the impressionists loved fashion

A terrific show at the Met in New York shows us that when it came to their painting, Renoir, Manet and Monet often started with the clothes

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