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
Man in his 40s due in court over damage to Luke Kelly sculpture
CCTV to be installed at Luke Kelly sculpture later this week
Council’s public art chief not for shifting statue of Luke Kelly
Despite recent episode of vandalism sculpture a ‘site specific work’, says Ruairí Ó Cuív
Luke Kelly statue on Dublin’s Sheriff Street is vandalised
Meeting to take place on Wednesday to discuss removal of black paint from structure
Five artists shortlisted for Royal College of Surgeons award
Artworks selected from more than 500 works at the RHA Annual Exhibition
How one Luke Kelly statue for Dublin city became two
The story of ‘two Lukes’ being unveiled on the same day in the capital is the subject of a new documentary
Luke Kelly remembered with two statues unveiled on the same day
The Dubliners’ singer who died 35 years ago on Wednesday is commemorated in Dublin
The story behind Dublin’s two new Luke Kelly sculptures
The works are unveiled on Wednesday, on north and south sides of the river Liffey
An Irish sculptor comes to Eileen Gray's classic modernist house
Eileen Gray and Eilís O’Connell in an artistic dialogue across a century at villa E1027
RHA Annual: No wallflowers at this rowdy art party
With 600 pieces to fit in, famous names jostle for space with newcomers, but there’s no one at this party you wouldn’t be happy to go home with
Jack Hickey wins 2017 Hennessy Portrait Prize
Hickey wins €15,000 first prize and a commission of €5,000
Got the blues? Plunge right in to this week’s art highlights
Works by Vera Klute, Janet Mullarney, Bassam Al-Sabah and Nigel Rolfe are on show
Female portraits to go on RIA’s walls for first time in 230 years
‘Women on Walls’ project aims to redress imbalance and inspire other offices to do same
Hennessy Portrait Prize 2016: Gerry Davis wins €15,000
Limerick graduate takes top prize and for the first time two others are highly commended
The tricky ethics of painting human suffering
Brian Maguire’s paintings try to address the experiences of society’s outsiders
Fresh impressions: female portraits on walls
There’s a severe dearth of women in portaits on Irish walls, and the Royal Irish Academy is doing its bit to redress the balance
Visual art: Breeders in nature, all teeth and claws
The German artist Vera Klute does not take a cosy view of motherhood and family
Ideas for 2016: A year to paint a portrait
No selfie or Instagram picture can capture the essence of a person the way a painting can. Here, experienced portraitists give some pointers so you can have a go yourself
A show that’s a year in the life of the RHA’s members
Against the odds, the RHA is still around, with this year’s exhibition one of its best. And despite our changing tastes, portrait painting has survived the advent of the selfie
Vera Klute studies the human animal in its natural habitat
The German-born artist’s exceptional show is disturbing and even slightly creepy
Sr Stanislaus Kennedy ‘very humbled’ by new portrait
Painting of social campaigner unveiled at the Natoinal Gallery of Ireland
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