Jesse Jones

Artists have a rich history of activism, using their talents to take their messages out of the gallery and into the street

What’s not: Fair City’s Katy, fake nostalgia, 80s shoulder pads, faux fleece

A gender audit reveals a poor representation of women in some of our national cultural institutions

The present age of anxiety has triggered a new interest in the paranormal

Jones’s idea for Ireland’s entry into the Venice Biennale was to create a fictional lost past where women held power

Broadside: The Touching Contract is a new show ‘about the State and how women are affected by the law’

A round-up of the best nights out across the country, inicluding gigs by Little Green Cars, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Mmoths and more

Tackling malevolent cupcakes, mutant lesbians and “the man problem” at the Abbey

The three-day conference launches the theatre’s Waking the Nation programme

The Dublin studio has offered generous residencies for artists to live and work for 20 years. As former resident Jesse Jones puts it, ‘the space demands more of you’

Opinion: Turner Prize at least gives us an opportunity every year to vent our scepticism