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A deeper look at our mysterious neighbour the shark
- Life & Style
- January 23, 2021, 06:00
“We need to get to know sharks better,” says artist Dorothy Cross. “There are 35 different types swimming in Irish waters, and yet we’re largely obliv(...)

Art online: Prize-winning portraits and little-known Mondrians
- Fine Art & Antiques
- January 16, 2021, 02:30
Anna Purna Kambhampaty, in a Time Magazine feature headlined How art movements tried to make sense of the world in the wake of the 1918 flu pandemic, (...)

Painting Dublin: A visual history of Ireland’s capital city
- Visual Art
- January 9, 2021, 06:00
Before now, emphasis was placed on rural landscape and western seaboard in Irish art. KATHRYN MILIGAN'S book has taken a different approach Art (...)

Zurich Portrait Prize 2020: Winners announced by National Gallery of Ireland
- Visual Art
- December 8, 2020, 19:30
A portrait capturing an eight-year-old boy and his time at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, which became the inspiration for a painting by his fathe(...)

Master of three dimensions – An Irishman’s Diary on sculptor Patrick MacDowell
- Opinion
- November 23, 2020, 19:30
Ireland has produced some notable sculptors, one of the finest of whom was Patrick MacDowell, who died 150 years ago on December 9th. Although he work(...)

Daniel O’Neill to highlight at art sale in his centenary year
- Fine Art & Antiques
- November 21, 2020, 06:00
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Irish artist Daniel O’Neill (1920-1974) who was born in Belfast. To celebrate, two events were p(...)

Twelve artists elected to Aosdána
- Culture
- October 13, 2020, 21:51
Author Kevin Barry, film-maker Pat Collins, architect Valerie Mulvin and painter Mairead O’hEocha are among new members elected to artists’ associatio(...)

Approval for redevelopment and restoration of Old Library in Trinity College
- Heritage
- October 7, 2020, 15:05
A major redevelopment and restoration of the Old Library in Trinity College Dublin, home to the Book of Kells and more than 350,000 rare books, has be(...)

A brush with genius – An Irishman’s Diary on artist Michael Angelo Hayes
- Opinion
- July 13, 2020, 18:20
If you were christened “Michael Angelo”, as was Michael Angelo Hayes, who was born 200 years ago on July 25th, the chances are probably reasonable to (...)

Faces of the future: Some of the rising stars of Ireland’s black community
- Life & Style
- July 5, 2020, 06:00
GINA AKPE-MOSES Gina Akpe-Moses is a 21-year-old athlete who came to Ireland from Nigeria at the age of three. From a very early stage, Akpe-Moses sh(...)