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Elaine Grainger: Detail from Barely There

The week’s best art exhibitions: From Suan Mannion to Gabhann Dunne

Aidan Dunne
December 7, 2019

Elaine Grainger in Dublin, Dorje de Burgh in Bray, and Greenlane’s Christmas Show

Detail from Gwen O’Dowd, Limen Series, 2019, oil on canvas at Hillsboro Fine Art.

Nature up close and far away

Aidan Dunne
November 5, 2019

Aidan Dunne: Gwen O’Dowd’s powerful, inky expanses and Yanny Petters's exemplary botanical watercolours

Helen Cammock: ‘I want to talk about injustice and oppression and people being interconnected.’ Photograph: Sebastiano Luciano

Turner Prize nominee surprised at North’s lack of protests over Brexit

Ian Johnston
November 4, 2019

Film exploring role of women in civil rights movement shortlisted for prestigious award

Detail from DI_02.jpg by Aches, which will be shown by Atelier Maser at Vue, Ireland’s National Contemporary Art Fair, at the Royal Hibernian Academy November 7-10.

Art in Focus: Portrait by Aches

Aidan Dunne
November 2, 2019

The visual information in these pixilated images are compressed to the point of abstraction

Scintilla, 2014, Helen MacMahon, cut glass crystals, motor, tripod, LED pinspot lights, immersive light installation

The best visual art shows this week

Aidan Dunne
November 2, 2019

Shows from Kennedy Browne, Vanya Lambrecht Ward and Anthony Scott

Xavier Theunis, Bone in Skin on, installation view, Green on Red Gallery

Bone in Skin on: An enthralling exhibition that needs to be seen in the round

Aidan Dunne
October 29, 2019

The environment Xavier Theunis has created is just as much a part of the work

Nevill Johnson, Masterson’s Lane (Children and Washing), 1952-1953. Photograph: RTÉ Archive, Selenium-toned print purchased 2019

Art in Focus: Masterson’s Lane (Children and Washing) by Nevill Johnson

Aidan Dunne
October 26, 2019

Johnson’s Dublin work included in the first photography exhibition at National Gallery

Maud Cotter’s exhibition, a consequence of – a breather of air, takes place at The Dock, St George’s Terrace, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, until November 2nd

The best visual art shows this week

Aidan Dunne
October 26, 2019

Shows from Maud Cotter, Gwen O’Dowd, Ronnie Hughes and Norman Ackroyd

Leonardo: Vitruvian Man at the Louvre. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty

Decoding da Vinci: Inside the largest Leonardo exhibition ever assembled

Lara Marlowe
October 26, 2019

The Louvre has put on a blockbuster show to mark 500 years since the artist’s death

Jason Ellis, Athenian, Carrara marble. Photograph: Ros Kavanagh

Simulacra: Carving out unique passageways into the past

Aidan Dunne
October 22, 2019

Jason Ellis finds timeless resonances in classical sculptures in his new exhibition

Eoin McHugh, Therapy Notebook 1, pp. 1-6, pigment ink on paper six pages, 15 x 20cm each, six pages 5.9 x 7.9in each

Art in Focus: Therapy Notebook 1, pp. 1-6 by Eoin McHugh

Aidan Dunne
October 19, 2019

Sketchbook drawings take spirit of simplified Toki Pona language and apply it to images

El Greco: part of the 1575 version of Christ Driving the Traders from the Temple. Photograph: Minneapolis Institute of Art

El Greco: The last great Renaissance master

Lara Marlowe
October 19, 2019

The painter constantly reinvented his art – and the older he grew, the wilder it became

Amelia Stein, Portrait of Rosemarie and Seán Mulcahy at the Butler Gallery

Visual art round-up: The best exhibitions to see this week

Aidan Dunne
October 19, 2019

Xavier Theunis, Camille Souter, Jason Ellis and more

13BC, Corpse Cleaner, 2016/2019, digital projection, colour, sound, 18 minutes

Oblique projections from the nuclear age

Aidan Dunne
October 15, 2019

Research collective 13BC delve into the intricacies of the human fallout from nuclear warfare

Sleep of Reason, Diana Copperwhite (2019, oil on canvas, 170X229cm). Courtesy of the artist and Kevin Kavanagh Gallery

Art in Focus: Diane Copperwhite – Sleep of Reason

Aidan Dunne
October 12, 2019

The oil painting is a typical work of artist, if relatively dark in tone

Winter which was not there, Vajiko Chackiani

Hero raised from the sea: The best visual arts shows to see this week

Aidan Dunne
October 12, 2019

Helen Robbins, Yanny Petters, Frieda Meaney and this year’s art graduates

Theo Dorgan and Cormac Breathnach. Photograph: Alan Betson

Loco por Lorca: An Irish celebration of the great Spanish poet

Paddy Woodworth
October 10, 2019

For Loco por Lorca, Theo Dorgan and Cormac Breatnach made a joyous tapestry of four cultures and four languages

A2 Architects at Close Encounter at the Glucksman Cork Cork. Photograph: Jed Niezgoda

Why are Irish world class architects not building in Ireland?

Gemma Tipton
October 9, 2019

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

Detail of winning photograph photograph by Enda Bowe (b.1975), Cybil McCaddy with Daughter Lulu, 2018, C-Type print, 127 x 101.6 cm. Photograph: Enda Bowe

Photographic study of mother and child wins Zurich Portrait Prize

Aidan Dunne
October 8, 2019

Enda Bowe wins €20,000 award as first young portrait prize also goes to a photograph

Sheila Rennick, Worst Pub, 2019, Hillsboro Fine Art

Meet the Fleabag school of contemporary Irish painting

Aidan Dunne
October 8, 2019

Amanda Doran, Sheila Rennick’s works at Hillsboro, Aileen Murphy in Temple Bar

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Open House Dublin: Five things to see at the architecture festival

Alanna Gallagher
October 5, 2019

Your annual chance to nose around private homes and off-limits buildings, free of charge

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