2025 in art: Our 10 favourite Irish exhibitions of the year
Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone at the National Gallery of Ireland, Kunstkammer in Waterford and Lisa Fingleton in Tralee are among the highlights
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Dealing with subjects such as our online existence, the housing crisis, and interior lives, these artists have emerged almost fully formed
A Syrian artist who took refuge in Dublin: ‘Picasso came to this life to open a door. I hope I can open a door’
Manar Mervat Al Shouha, who fled civil war, prefers to talk through her paintings, but she has much to say about her fears for Syria, Irish people’s indirectness, and how ‘the feeling of time’ is similar in both countries
‘I will not be intimidated by our Tricolour’: The women pushing back against the far right
Welcome murals can become greeting cards, saying: ‘You are seen, you belong, you matter’
Louis le Brocquy’s portrait of Samuel Beckett is the top lot at Whyte’s Irish art sale
Sale also features artists including Paul Henry, Roderic O’Conor, Sir William Orpen and Mainie Jellett
12 must-see artworks at the RHA Annual Exhibition 2025
Along with greater recognition for women artists, there is a joyful exuberance at this year’s Annual not seen since before the Covid pandemic
‘Thanks to the bogs, life will continue. Just not ours’: The Irish bog and our national psyche
BogSkin, an exhibition by the Royal Hibernian Academy, prods us by showing that Ireland’s bogs aren’t simply repositories for our collective unconsciousness, they are precious sustainers of life and, in a hugely destructive inflection of past habits, we are sacrificing them
Irish civil servants pore over a US right-wing roadmap so radical even Trump seems wary
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Inside Dublin’s United Arts Club: ‘I probably walked by this building hundreds of times without knowing what it was’
The United Arts Club, on Fitzwilliam Street Upper, has been supporting its members for more than a century. After some quiet years, it’s growing again
Artist Donald Teskey: ‘When teacher praised my drawing, it was the first time I was aware of myself as a person’
The winner of the 2024 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Art Award shows how art, nature, medicine and wellbeing intertwine
5,313 works submitted, 515 on show: RHA Annual Exhibition 2024 ready to be unveiled
This year’s show includes plenty of powerful work, as well as prices that range from €50 to €60,000. But younger painters are notable by their absence
Patrick Pearse’s Irish Volunteer card expected to fetch in the region of €150,000 in Whyte’s sale
The History Sale at Whyte's has a number of items in relation to Patrick Pearse, the Irish teacher, barrister and revolutionary
Ballina’s 300th birthday: RHA celebrates with art inspired by the west of Ireland
Plus: a new initiative to encourage a more diverse nightlife in towns and cities across the country
It Took a Century: Do we still need an exhibition dedicated to art by women? Sadly, yes
The National Gallery of Ireland’s big new show marks both the RHA’s bicentennial and the 100 years it took to elect a woman academician
RHA women artists celebrated at new National Gallery exhibition
It took a century for the institution to allow women full membership, with first woman president elected in 2018
Jane O’Malley obituary: Artist with an innate, impeccable aesthetic
Some of her best paintings are of the land and sea framed by windows, of the wonderfully harmonious interiors she created and her luxurious garden
Stephen Murphy wins RCSI award for a sculpture of his premature newborn son
‘Our baby, PJ, he’s a miracle – I’m not kidding. He had so many obstacles, he shouldn’t even exist’
That AI-generated Magdalene selfie: a lot of fuss about very little
Hugh Linehan: Why did a banal picture in a Dublin exhibition elicit such a furious response?
Una Mullally: Big question about the AI-generated Magdalene selfie is unanswered
The artist says his work is meant to be relatable and empowering. Others may find it trite or offensive. I just think it lacks depth
From surviving dissent and debt to celebrating artists: The Royal Hibernian Academy at 200
Royal charters, burning buildings and 100 years devoid of women; Royal Hibernian Academy takes a good look at itself for its very big birthday
RHA annual exhibition: Sprawling, unpredictable vitality
Some 567 works of rich diversity on show as academy prepares for 200th anniversary
Two views of Dublin Bay as painted by one of Ireland’s foremost landscape artists
By a stroke of luck the two paintings were purchased by the same person, allowing them to stay together for the next 150 years
‘Sky, sea and land shift like a kaleidoscope’ in a restored Clare Island cottage
Restoring a homestead that had fallen into ruin has been a labour of love for Ethna Phelan
Representing Ireland at the Venice Biennale, Niamh O’Malley finds inspiration in the everyday
`You question the logic of what you’re doing: whether it’s work, or whether it’s just time being spent'
Step inside the lives of Irish artists through new digital archive
Source at National Gallery of Ireland offers access to over 23,000 records and images
A very big space for art at Wilton Park
Europe’s largest dedicated art screen has popped up in Dublin. What’s going on?
When Jesus met John the Baptist – a new exhibition of 16th-century art
Displays include Renaissance works, and art by Mick O’Dea, Sam Keogh and Fergus O’Ryan
Ireland’s collector couple: 194 diverse artworks to go on sale
Jackie Stanley and her late husband, NCAD’s Campbell Bruce, were giants on art scene
Exhibitions, short courses, portrait prizes and healing mothers
2021 Zurich Portrait Prize won by Salvatore of Lucan for Me Ma Healing Me
Irish art works from Michael Smurfit’s collection for auction at Sotheby’s
Retired businessman says climate of Spanish home not suited to works of Irish artists
The RDS Arts Awards can launch careers, but what about the art of rejection?
Curator Vera Klute, who makes a living solely from her art, insists setbacks are normal
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