Newscoronavirus
Galway City of Culture programme abandoned
The board of the festival has cancelled its contract with arts production company Artichoke, which was organising the ambitious schedule of outdoor events and public art
Newscoronavirus
Irish Museum of Modern Art to be used as mortuary to cope with coronavirus pandemic
Museum will house a temporary structure in its grounds as the “country prepares Public Health facilities to deal with Covid-19”
Newscoronavirus
This video is spectacular: light show in Irish mountains goes online after coronavirus cancellation
Part of the Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture programme, Finnish artist Kari Kola's Savage Beauty installation will not be accessible to the public
PreviewExhibitions
Dublin show presents Derek Jarman as you've never seen him before
The first major survey of the film-maker’s work includes experimental set design and never-before-seen paintings
ReviewBooks
What was the real purpose of the English country house library?
Mark Purcell's study explores 19th-century bibliomania and rejects the notion that books in historic libraries were "bought by the yard"
PreviewExhibitions
The Irishman who painted—and brawled—beside Gauguin
Roderic O’Conor and the Moderns: Between Paris and Pont-Aven opens at National Gallery of Ireland
BlogIn the frame
On the eve of Ireland’s abortion referendum, artists contemplate the outcome
NewsBiennials & festivals
Barbarians at the gate: Irish biennial finds inspiration in Easter Rising
Artists take on postcolonial themes at Eva International, as Limerick gears up for its bid to be the 2020 European Capital of Culture
NewsConservation & Preservation
A heritage site far, far away: Star Wars film puts Irish island monastery in the spotlight
Local businesses want to extend access to island Skellig Michael to accommodate eager fans, but preservationists fear that crowds will threaten the medieval ruins and sea bird colonies
ArchiveBooks
Book review: the history of Irish furniture in all its finery
An invaluable resource, lavishly illustrated
ArchiveRubell Collection
Devonshires team up with Rubells for exhibition at Lismore Castle
Contemporary art from the Miami collection heads to Ireland
ArchiveIreland
Exhibition of Visual Art (EV+A) in Limerick remains relevant and provocative
Pigs not caught in flagrante delicto and women wrestling with balloons are just some of the delights at this multi-venue biennale curated by Rosa Martínez
ArchiveCollectors
Sir Denis Mahon retracts his gift to the Walker in protest against entry charges
Baroque paintings given to National Gallery of Ireland instead
ArchiveCollectors
A late, great collector and the new museum of his collection: The legacy of the ever elusive John Hunt
One of Europe’s greatest private collections of medieval material and works of art from antiquity to the twentieth century is now on view in Ireland