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Click for your art in 2017 but be discerning
- Culture
- December 24, 2016, 05:00
What were your cultural highlights? Aideen Barry’s Brittlefield at RHA in July: dark shards turned into private viewing experiences of worlds where (...)

An Irishman’s Diary: Parallels between Seán Keating’s wild west and the real thing
- Opinion
- December 7, 2016, 01:00
One of the definitive paintings of Ireland’s revolutionary period is Seán Keating’s Men of the West. It represents 1917 in the Fintan O’Toole series M(...)

Ireland’s most magnificently controversial art exhibitions
- Culture
- December 3, 2016, 05:00
The recent publication of The Poetry of Vision: The ROSC Art Exhibitions 1967-1988, written by Peter Shortt and published by Irish Academic Press, rec(...)

The best places to experience Irish culture overseas
- Travel
- November 26, 2016, 06:00
While the Irish have a reputation for travelling the world, so too does our culture. Beyond the ubiquitous Irish pub, with its varying degrees of aut(...)

Michael Kane: A fierce integrity to be applauded
- Visual Art
- November 15, 2016, 06:00
Modality of the Visible: Michael Kane Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, Dublin **** Few would have predicted the turn taken by Michael Kane in h(...)

‘Lusitania’ telegraph machine recovered off Co Cork
- Heritage
- October 31, 2016, 18:31
One of the telegraph machines from the sunken ship the Lusitania has been recovered from the ocean floor off the coast of Co Cork, Minister for Herita(...)

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Irish road to modernity has no straight lines
- Art & Design
- October 15, 2016, 06:00
“Modern” is a funny word in Ireland. In other countries, modern implies a straight line of development, from rural to urban, from agricultural to ind(...)

Board’s future at Hugh Lane Gallery called into question
- Art & Design
- October 11, 2016, 01:00
The board of directors of Dublin’s Hugh Lane Gallery could be dissolved due to a “lack of clarity” regarding its role, a report on its structure has s(...)

Going Out: Hard Working Class Heroes, Galway Jazz Festival and more
- Culture
- October 7, 2016, 07:21
FRIDAY Slam Hangar, Dublin 10.30pm €15/€12 When it comes to techno luminaries, Slam’s Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle are very much in the top div(...)

Emma Cullinan: ‘North inner city’ neighbourhoods have identity too
- Homes & Property
- September 24, 2016, 06:00
A few weeks ago I awoke to a radio report that a violent incident had happened in “Kevin Barry House in north inner city Dublin”. That was all listen(...)