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- 'Radharc' - the best view in New York
Thu, May 24, 2012An exhibition by six contemporary Irish painters on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan offers a perfect platform for their work – and especially so given there’s also a hot attraction across the road at the Met, writes
SINEAD GLEESON - Artistic royalty comes to the castle
Mon, May 21, 2012Lismore Castle Arts wants to position itself on the international arts scene – it’s latest show moves it closer - eva INTERNATIONAL 2012: AFTER THE FUTURE
Fri, May 18, 2012Limerick City Gallery and other venues, incl 10th Floor Riverpoint, Bishop’s Quay, 103-104 O’Connell St, Arthur’s Quay Park, Faber Studios, 19 Henry St, Belltable, 69 O’Connell St May 19-Aug 12
eva.ie - The original Japanese sci-fi story
Fri, May 11, 2012Scrolls depicting one of the oldest Japanese stories are on display in the Chester Beatty, and their beauty, colour and format still effectively tells a very familiar story even several centuries later, writes
GEMMA TIPTON - The beauty behind the bamboo curtain
Fri, May 11, 2012 THE TALE OF THE BAMBOO CUTTER/TAKETORI MONOGATARI: Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm Until Aug 5 01-4070750 - Between a rock and an urban place
Thu, May 10, 2012Artist Mary Nally was struck by the potential of Inis Oírr for a festival where the visual arts, DJ-ing, music, design, architecture and fashion could connect, writes
AIDAN DUNNE - $120m for a painting? That's a scream
Fri, May 4, 2012FOR A RELATIVELY small, simple painting, Edvard Munch’s The Scream exercises an extraordinary hold on the popular imagination. It’s up there with the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper and Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in terms of iconographic status. - Deeper Dark
Fri, May 4, 2012Kerlin Gallery, Anne’s Lane, South Anne St, Dublin Mon-Fri 10am-5.45pm, Sat 11am- 4.30pm Until May 20 01-6709093 - Google's window on the world of art
Wed, May 2, 2012The new Google Art Project by the world’s favourite search engine isn’t everything – there are copyright issues, some of Ireland’s best artists don’t feature – but it is fascinating and addictive, writes
GEMMA TIPTON - For DIY, take some Swords to the material
Fri, Apr 27, 2012Mark Swords’s latest exhibition is at once rough-hewn and painstakingly crafted, works of art that reflect the energy bound up in their own making, writes
AIDAN DUNNE - Trouble
Fri, Apr 27, 2012Kevin Kavanagh, Chancery Lane, Dublin Tues-Fri 10.30am-5.30pm, Sat 11am-5pm Until May 26
kevinkavanaghgallery.ie - Louis le Brocquy: Portrait of the artist
Thu, Apr 26, 2012Louis le Brocquy revitalised the tired genre of portraiture and turned it into an ‘archaeology of the spirit’, and it is this, along with his personal charm and open intelligence, that secured his reputation in the arts world, writes
AIDAN DUNNE - The home place
Sat, Apr 21, 2012 CULTURE SHOCK: Many of the paintings of 19th-century rural Ireland that hang in a Boston exhibition aren’t particularly great. But that frees us up to look at them in a different way and gives depth and context to domestic scenes that look naive or kitschy to the modern eye - Strong on theory,weak on meaning
Fri, Apr 20, 2012Two new exhibitions in Dublin’s Temple Bar complement each other, but despite some highlights in both, as is often the case with conceptual art, the interest generated is more theoretical than visual - Mark Joyce
Fri, Apr 20, 2012Green on Red Gallery, 26-28 Lombard St, Dublin Tues-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 1-4pm Until May 26 01-6713414 - Between the darkness and the light
Wed, Apr 18, 2012DARKNESS AND LIGHT can be very close to one another, and it’s not always clear which is which. The first thing you hear if you walk into the gallery at the Cable Factory in Helsinki is the drone of aeroplanes.
