Brian O Doherty

Photography features strongly, with Kim Haughton’s study of the late JP Donleavy, Fionn McCann’s Cezanne’s Apple and Mandy O’Neill’s striking study, Diane

The artist and political activist has written his ‘reluctant memoir’ at 75. It’s dominated by one major absence: his wife and artistic compass, Betty, who died in 2011

The common theme at the Sunbeam Bingo Hall and Sirius Arts Centre performances was personal identity

The Art of Being Here: Brian O’Doherty’s restored murals at Sirius in Cobh are a revelation

Also: Brendan Early, The Fragmented Mind, Imma Collection and ‘Breadwinner’ drawings

‘Last thing I expected, God knows. Then the unexpected has been a great part of my life’

Like its protagonist, Matilda the Musical is not afraid to be clever, while Beckett’s words are put to music in Gare Saint Lazare’s Here All Night at the Abbey and beyond

Ballaghaderren-born Booker-shortlisted author best known at home as Patrick Ireland

Art in Focus: ‘Aspen 5+6’ is an exhibition in a cardboard container rather than a gallery

Beckett’s legacy endures, and reaches far beyond the written word

Renowned international artist has said ‘Ireland does not appreciate its foreign achievers’

Visual Art: In 1960, Bikila won Olympic gold, while running barefoot through a Fascist showcase in Rome. Mart's latest show recalls the deed and its impact

The artist, doctor and Booker-shortlisted author is as busy as ever in his 90th year, with projects in Ireland, Italy and his adopted New York

Two abstract exhibitions explore how differently humans perceive colour

Model arts centre outreach scheme takes paintings out of gallery to inspire children

ROSC events were extraordinarily ambitious but to reprise them would be a mistake

An industrial dishwasher, a vintage car and a “soggy-bottom” chair

Susan McKeown has been exporting Irish culture her whole career. So can her festival of Irish arts become part of the fabric of New York City and beyond?

The Dole Queue Dadaists’ critique of gallery art is worth hearing – if a little harsh

Welcome Disturbances, an exhibition of work from the UCD Science: Artists in Residence project explores the topic

The conceptual artist and novelist – aka Patrick Ireland – looks back