Galway International Arts Festival 2019 largely overcomes issues with venues

Artist Sam Jinks’s exhibition gets to grips with life (the universe and everything)

A new exhibition at Dublin’s Science Gallery delves into our fear of flaws

The visual art at this year's Galway International Arts Festival has lots of odd junctures, strange characters and weird journeys

Given more recent events, the shock of the Charlie Hebdo shootings in January seems distant, but visiting Paris that month I learned the enormous power of images

Wind hampers cetacean’s show but event sees record footfall at visual arts exhibitions

It’s life but not as we know it: Australian artist Patricia Piccinini uses silicon, fibreglass and hair to make strange creatures that seem biologically plausible. But why?

This year’s series brings theatre, music and an eye-catching hot air balloon to the city

Galway International Arts Festival rolls into the City of the Tribes this weekend, and in among the visual arts, theatre and music there's some great food to be found

Biggest talking point likely to be Patricia Piccinini’s giant Sky Whale, which created quite a stir when it appeared in Melbourne in 2013